Terry Robinson hasn’t given up on giving 2021 Kosciuszko winner Art Cadeau another shot at the $2 million feature, pending his performance in the Winter Stakes at Randwick. The gelding has had a mixed preparation, making a solid return when finishing just over two lengths from Mnementh in the Town Plate at Wagga… Read More »
The aptly named Refreshing has given champion jockey Damien Oliver his first winner back since a golfing holiday in the US. Oliver and a group of golfing tragic mates had a two-week break in the US playing some of that country’s best, and exclusive, golf clubs. The champion jockey said it was… Read More »
An extra week between a Stakes race at Flemington and one at Caulfield is expected to play into the hands of lightly raced mare Sigh. The Peter Moody-trained four-year-old was scratched from the Listed Santa Ana Lane Sprint Series Final (1200m) at Flemington last week to be saved for the Group 3 Sir John Monash Stakes (1100m)… Read More »
In a significant move ahead of the highly anticipated Spring Carnival, four-time Group 1 winner Montefilia has switched trainers and joined the renowned Chris Waller stable. Previously trained by David Payne, the five-year-old mare has been absent from the racing scene since her ninth-place finish in the Group 1 Queen… Read More »
Racing Victoria (RV) has unveiled a new program aimed at supporting retired racehorses by officially recognizing retirement farms across Victoria. The program, known as the Acknowledged Retirement Farm, aims to provide owners and trainers with a reliable option for finding suitable homes for racehorses that are not suited for active… Read More »
The nation’s capital is set to have its first $1 million race day with the Canberra Racing Club moving to condense its annual carnival into a single showcase meeting, headlined by the Group 3 Black Opal Stakes. The two-year-old feature will be one of four stakes races on a bumper… Read More »
Renowned trainer Gai Waterhouse is eagerly preparing for a shot at claiming her second Melbourne Cup victory, a decade after her initial triumph. With a strong stable of stayers under her guidance, Waterhouse believes she has assembled a formidable squad for the prestigious race in 2023. Waterhouse, in partnership with… Read More »
Front Page, the reigning Kosciuszko champion, will have a new trainer as Matthew Dale takes over the reins from the recently retired Geoff Duryea. Dale expressed his excitement about the opportunity to train the top sprinter and confirmed that Front Page will make his first appearance under his guidance in… Read More »
Benaud is more accustomed to Group 1s than Class 1s and it showed at Wyong on Tuesday when the grey gelding beat up on four hapless rivals in the $40,000 Happy Retirement Isorich Class 1 & Maiden Plate. The John O’Shea-trained four-year-old recorded his first win since debut victory at Nowra… Read More »
Talented sprinter Coolangatta is set to skip the upcoming spring season and instead focus on the $1 million Magic Millions Sprint at the Gold Coast in January. Initially, there were considerations of heading to the US for the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint, but following a disappointing 11th-place finish in the… Read More »
Priceless has a way to go to scale the heights of her older half-sister, but co-trainer Troy Corstens is confident the three-year-old filly’s first win might not be too far away. The younger sibling to Roch ‘N’ Horse resumes in the 1200-metre maiden that kicks off Wednesday’s Sandown program. The set-weights event will… Read More »
Sydney trainer Bjorn Baker is sending Malkovich to Melbourne looking for redemption in the Sir John Monash Stakes at Caulfield. Malkovich was run down late in the 2021 Group 3 race over 1100m by Red Can Man, but a stronger version will head to the start on Saturday. Baker said he was looking forward to running… Read More »
City Of Lights, the highly anticipated half-sister of racing legend Winx, won’t extend her first preparation with trainers opting to spell the rising four-year-old. Despite being the second emergency, the talented filly did not secure a start in the Listed Winx Guineas on Saturday, as she was unable to overcome… Read More »
Champion sprinter Nature Strip is set to make his return to Chris Waller’s Rosehill stables for his final preparations ahead of the Spring Carnival. Nature Strip, with career earnings surpassing $20 million, hasn’t raced since his fourth-place finish in the Group 1 TJ Smith Stakes at Randwick in April. The… Read More »
Knight’s Choice proved in Saturday’s Winx Guineas just why John Symons has had such a big opinion of him, but the questions around the gelding don’t end with what to do with him next. There is a chance it might not be the Sunshine Coast trainer’s decision to make with… Read More »
Oakland Park Stud’s head honcho Neville Duncan had to be at his persuasive best to keep the state’s best jockey interested in riding his staying talent, Ihts Closing Inn. There was some early hesitancy from William Pike, but since he was legged aboard the filly for the first time at… Read More »
Caulfield is back hosting group action and the G3 Sir John Monash Stakes (1100m) has some promising horses entered. Sigh ($9) for Peter Moody and Flying On A Limb ($9) bring in strong winning form angles so will be tough to beat. But there is a horse who contested an Everest in… Read More »
âIt takes âspeed and gutsâ to win the Group 1 Blue Diamond,â says Twin Hill Stud who this season stand the super-slick juvenile hero Daumier who defeated Jacquinot all three times. âIn being on the board in the Gr1 Golden Slipper and Gr1 Inglis Sires, this 26 November foal won… Read More »
Danny Shum Chap-shing, the trainer of Romantic Warrior, has confirmed plans to run the reigning Group One Hong Kong Cup champion in the Group 1 Cox Plate. Expressing his intentions, Shum told the South China Morning Post, “That’s the plan. Definitely the Cox Plate, but before the Cox Plate, we… Read More »
Although Aidan OâBrien had already won the Irish Derby 14 times his stable jockey, Ryan Moore, had never won it. It remained the only classic in Britain and Ireland to have eluded him. Moore put that right today on Auguste Rodin, giving OâBrien that record-extending 15th Irish Derby win and… Read More »
