Trainer Chris Waller has 10 of the 19 nominations for the Group One George Main Stakes but is likely to whittle that down to three or four. The weight-for-age George Main (1600m) is the feature race on Saturday’s Randwick card which also features the Group Two Shorts (1100m), an important… Read More »
Group One winner Castlevecchio will target the 2019 Golden Rose after an eye catching run in the Dulcify Stakes on the weekend. Castlevecchio hit the line strongly over 1500m in the Dulcify Stakes on the weekend which has prompted trainer Richard Litt to target the horse at the 2019 Golden… Read More »
Last years Melbourne Cup winner and current favourite for the 2019 Melbourne Cup ‘Cross Counter’ was just okay overnight in the Irish St Leger. Cross Counter went into the Irish St Leger as the $2.30 favourite with the TAB but could only manage a rather disappointing fourth with Search For… Read More »
Godolphin colt Pinatubo has produced an astonishing performance to land the Vincent O’Brien National Stakes at the Curragh by nine lengths. The Charlie Appleby-trained two-year-old was sent out the 1-3 favourite to maintain his unbeaten record at his fifth start on Sunday (Monday AEST). Always travelling sweetly for William Buick,… Read More »
The Frankie Dettori-John Gosden show has moved to France with Star Catcher taking out the Group One Prix Vermeille at ParisLongchamp. The duo struck with Logician in the St Leger at Doncaster on Saturday and victory on Star Catcher gave Dettori a 16th Group One win for the year, equalling… Read More »
The George Main Stakes looms as a campaign-defining race for Verry Elleegant with trainer Chris Waller to weigh up the mare’s options after the Group One event. Waller admits Verry Elleegant’s first run as a four-year-old when she beat just one runner home in the Group One Winx Stakes was… Read More »
Queensland trainers have requested stewards clarify the rules for the late replacement of claiming apprentices after a dispute at Doomben. Apprentice Baylee Nothdurft was stood down with illness after the first race and five replacement riders were needed for his mounts later in the day. Trainer Desleigh Forster wanted to… Read More »
A former member of champion Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien’s operation will attempt to win a Group One race for a local stable at Caulfield. Spirit Of Valor will contest the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday, his third run for the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace partnership. The… Read More »
Having shown he is still in business for a third win in the Everest with his Concorde Stakes victory, Redzel faces his next challenge on the path to his spring grand final when he runs in The Shorts at Randwick. His trainer Peter Snowden says The Shorts is an important… Read More »
Brisbane trainer Tony Gollan believes he still has plenty of options for sprinter Zoustyle including a possible trip to Western Australia. Zoustyle tasted defeat for the first time in seven starts when he ran last of six in the Concorde Stakes at Randwick last week. Gollan has sent Zoustyle to… Read More »
This time next year David Hayes will be back in Hong Kong and a few meetings into a new racing season. He will be divorced from the training partnership he currently has with his son Ben and nephew Tom Dabernig and sourcing his own stock to race in Hong Kong…. Read More »
Trainer Jason Warren has posted a heart felt message on Twitter regarding the death of Antah at Flemington on Saturday saying the stable has lost a mate. Antah sadly broke down during The Sofitel at Flemington on Saturday and could not be saved. The son of Bel Esprit won seven… Read More »
Jockey Beau Appo’s appeal against a four-week suspension for weighing in light will feature a first with a practical demonstration of saddling a horse. Appo’s lawyers have arranged for a demonstration of the jockey’s role and how a horse is saddled for the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal appeal on… Read More »
Talented South Australian apprentice Justin Huxtable is set to try his luck in Queensland with trainer Chris Munce as his master. Huxtable has ridden 109 winners in South Australia and still has a 2kg allowance in the metropolitan area. Munce said he expected Huxtable to arrive in Brisbane at the… Read More »
