The victory by Imperatriz was the perfect start for a new venture of New Zealand-based Te Akau Racing who recently opened a satellite stable at Cranbourne. Imperatriz was the stable’s first runner, and the mare is unbeaten in two runs at The Valley having taken out the Group 1 William Reid Stakes… Read More »
Star Godolphin colt Cylinder and the emerging Encap have made emphatic Golden Rose statements, the former defying the odds to land The Run To The Rose while Encap shed his maiden tag in style winning the Ming Dynasty Quality. Both three-year-olds are now on a collision course with Golden Slipper winner Shinzo… Read More »
Annabel Neasham is hoping Sunshine In Paris has done enough to attract the attention of Everest slot holders after her stunning first-up win in the Sheraco Stakes at Rosehill. Relishing the strong speed set by Queen Of The Ball and I Am Me, Sunshine In Paris ($8.50) settled back in the field for… Read More »
Country-trained three-year-old Steparty has moved to equal favouritism for the Caulfield Guineas after his brilliant first-up win at Moonee Valley. Unbeaten in his four career starts, Steparty was having his first start at Stakes level when taking out the Listed McKenzie Stakes (1200m) on Saturday. A debut winner at Ballarat in May, Steparty added successive Flemington… Read More »
Australian sports lovers want Australians sporting personalities to succeed overseas and, although Hong Kong racing might be somewhat removed from the everyday focus of racing enthusiasts in the likes of the busy racing precincts of Sydney and Melbourne, former Sydney trainer Mark Newnhamâs debut in Hong Kong ⊠and his… Read More »
Ginger Baker’s outstanding winter campaign could even get better when he chases a maiden Listed victory in the Furphy-Farnley Stakes (1400m) at Belmont Park on Saturday. Ginger Baker has won four races this preparation, including the $100,000 Blue Spec Stakes (1600m) last-start, inspiring trainer Vernon Brockman to test him at stakes level… Read More »
It does not take jockey Blake Shinn long to get an affinity with a horse. After one ride on Queensland sprinter Rothfire, Shinn could feel the quality the gelding possesses. Rothfire is back in Melbourne for a second Spring Carnival campaign and is looking to start it the way he did 12 months ago with victory in the… Read More »
Twenty years ago, trainer Dermot Weld changed the landscape of the Melbourne Cup forever when he won the countryâs signature race with his international raider Vintage Crop who was ridden by fellow Irishman Mick Kinane. It was the first success of a European trained runner in the race and, while… Read More »
Anthony and Sam Freedman will have a two-pronged attack in a Stakes race at Moonee Valley as they go about trying to topple brilliant filly Charm Stone. De Sonic Boom and Right To Party are set to tackle Charm Stone in the Listed Atlantic Jewel Stakes (1200m) on Saturday. Both fillies will be having… Read More »
Unbeaten at Moonee Valley, Forgot You may be the forgotten horse in the Feehan Stakes. That is what his trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young are banking on when the now five-year-old entire runs in the Group 2 weight-for-age contest over 1600m on Saturday. Forgot You won three races at The Valley as a… Read More »
Joe Pride says it will be “handlebars down” when Cinderella Days bids to rebound from a first-up defeat in Saturday’s Group 2 Sheraco Stakes at Rosehill. The mare took a trail when fourth to Parisal in the Toy Show Quality (1100m) and while she was only beaten 2-1/2 lengths, Pride felt she didn’t… Read More »
Godolphin and its predecessors have a stunning record in The Run To The Rose and powerful colt Cylinder is a well backed odds-on favourite to continue that dominance this year. Sheikh Mohammed’s operation has won the Golden Rose lead-up five times since its takeover of the Ingham family-owned Crown Lodge, the… Read More »
Kalgoorlie trainer Paul Rowe has been pleasantly surprised by how well Californication has gone and he’s excited to see what more he can produce in the future. Paul Rowe didn’t have lofty expectations for Californication, but after a flying start to his career he now harbours high ambitions for the progressive… Read More »
The David Vandyke stable is seldom without a good horse in its ranks and, while it is still relatively early days in the racing career of the lightly raced four-year-old Beast Mode, there will be plenty of people monitoring the progress of this son of Better Than Ready moving forward… Read More »
âThis horse is just a spitting image of Snitzelâ said Mr Snitzel himself, Gerald Ryan, with the Best Of Bordeau now standing at Coolmore Australia in the Hunter Valley. In commenting to his trainer Kacey Fogden when seeing Best Of Bordeaux, the four times champion sire Snitzel trainer Gerald Ryan… Read More »
When the connections of Steparty needed to find a replacement rider for Dean Yendall, it was an easy decision to head in the direction of John Allen. Yendall suffered a fracture to a collarbone when dislodged behind the barriers at the Colac jump-outs last week and has been forced to forego the ride on Steparty in the Listed… Read More »
The Blue Diamond Stakes might have been the race that got away, but co-trainer Paul Snowden is confident Don Corleone can make amends this spring. The blue-blooded colt had to settle for the minor prize in two Group 1s as a juvenile, finishing a luckless second in the Melbourne feature then… Read More »
Even with the retirement this week of outstanding sprinter Eduardo, Joe Pride is assembling a strong team for the spring and untapped colt Ceolwulf might just put his hand up to join it. Despite having relatively small numbers in work, Pride consistently produces top performers with exciting sprinter Think About It and Everest… Read More »
Canberra will host an invitation race with local charities and community groups to benefit from the 12-horse event. On Saturday, November 25, the Canberra Community Chest â a 1400-metre open handicap â will be run at Canberra Racecourse. The race will be worth $250,000 with $200,000 of that to paid… Read More »
Coolmore has confirmed that internationally acclaimed jockey Ryan Moore will return to Australia to reunite with Shinzo in the Group 1 Golden Rose. Moore will replace the injured James Mcdonald, who revealed on Tuesday that doctors had ruled him out of riding for a month due to a fractured foot which he… Read More »
