Ballarat trainer Nigel Blackiston will take a two-horse team to Sandown as he looks to build the career of one galloper while the other may race for the last time. Last start Sandown winner Subrising runs in the Ladbrokes Yard Comments Handicap (1400m) as she looks to build her career towards a potential Group 1 target, while Passione runs in the… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winner Gold Trip is set to make a much-anticipated return in the Group 2 Feehan Stakes at Moonee Valley on September 9. After a recent 1200-metre jumpout at Cranbourne, trainer Ciaron Maher is optimistic about the thoroughbred’s condition. “He’s getting there, we put the shades on him today… Read More »
Aidan O’Brien has all but confirmed that his star three-year-old, Paddington, will not compete in the Cox Plate 2023. Instead, the focus will be on the Qipco British Champions Day at Ascot on October 21. Paddington recently finished third at the Juddmonte International, ending a streak of six consecutive wins… Read More »
Trainer Colin Webster is delighted with Baby Paris after his exciting sprinter dominated rivals in a barrier trial at Belmont today (Monday). Baby Paris, ridden by Peter Knuckey, was in cruise mode for the majority of her 1000m trial, outclassing a handy field to win by a length. At her… Read More »
Trainer Mitch Freedman has made the tactical decision to steer his horse, Attrition, away from Saturday’s Group 1 Memsie Stakes, instead setting sights on the Feehan Stakes. “We just thought three weeks after that hard first-up run probably would suit him better.” Freedman told Racing.com. This realignment aims to set… Read More »
Leading horse trainer Peter Moody received a $5,000 fine from the Victorian Racing Tribunal after he pleaded guilty to a charge concerning prohibited substances found in his sprinter, Brereton. The fine came after a positive pre-race drug test conducted before a race at Flemington on May 13, 2023. VRT Chairman… Read More »
I Wish I Win will plot a unique path to The Everest, starting with this Saturday’s Memsie Stakes, and Katherine Coleman said the $750,000 event had come at a good time for the gelding. The 1400-metre weight-for-age Group 1 could be the five-year-old’s only start before the $20 million The Everest on… Read More »
Melbourne hosts its first major of the racing season with the running of the G1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) on Saturday. Many of the elite sprinter/milers are in the nominations including Alligator Blood ($6) and Mr Brightside ($3.50) will be high up in the markets come the weekend. There is also up and… Read More »
We get to see the first of the races which will have a great bearing on the TAB Everest as the sprinters take on the initial running of the Concorde Stakes (1000m) with a million dollar prize money. Some old warriors who are the winners of the last two editions… Read More »
“Why Hitotsu?” says Arrowfield Stud “because he fits the 21st century mould of the class stallion in Australasia, and that is, he’s the well-bred Classic 3YO with elite speed.” “Look at Dundeel, So You Think and Savabeel – all are Group 1 winners beyond 2000m, and all with undoubted class… Read More »
Nature Strip has won much bigger races than Saturday’s Group 3 Concorde Stakes, but the $1 million race at Randwick looms as one a significant in the context of his career. The eight-time Group 1 winner and 2021 The Everest champion needs to show trainer Chris Waller that he still has a… Read More »
After being hampered at the start, Lala K (Hansen-Hwaryeohanbisang) pulled off a staggering last-to-first victory in Seoul’s Rookie Stakes, a lead-in to the juvenile series. Guided by jockey Yoo Seung-wan and trained by Song Moon-gil for owner Kang Gyeong-un, she defied all odds. In the crucial final 300M, she unleashed… Read More »
Mike Moroney has set high goals for his horses this spring, especially for Emissary, who finished runner-up in last year’s Melbourne Cup. The stayer appears to have returned in good order, as evidenced by his recent impressive performances at Flemington jumpouts, including one over 1200m. Although late to mature, Emissary… Read More »
In the recent World All-Star Jockeys series in Japan, Australian representative and G1-winning jockey Rachel King performed impressively, narrowly missing the top spot. The Sydney-based English jockey led the series after three of four legs, claiming victory aboard Dover Hawk in a 1200m race and finishing runner-up with Pod Bullet… Read More »
Winx Stakes runner-up Waller’s most likely Memsie starter. Chris Waller is yet to finalise who will represent the stable in next Saturday’s $750,000 Group 1 Memsie Stakes at Caulfield, but he knows who is the most likely starter. Princess Grace is front of the queue to be given the chance to… Read More »
Brungle Bertie delivered a blowout result when he realised a dream 12 months in the making for local trainer Henry Dwyer and owner/breeder Peter Balderstone in Sunday’s $400,000 Grand National Steeplechase at Ballarat. "Brungle Bertie's going to cause a big boilover!" Lee Horner & Brungle Bertie race away with the Grand National… Read More »
Sunday’s Grand National Steeplechase was delayed after Chris McCarthy was dislodged at an early jump in the race preceding the day’s feature. McCarthy fell from Twin Spinner after that horse slipped upon landing early in the Henry Dwyer Racing Steeplechase leaving McCarthy with a suspected shoulder injury. The incident happened early in… Read More »
Gary Portelli is never quite sure what to expect from Fireburn on race days, but he is certain she will improve on whatever she does first-up in the Tramway Stakes. The 2022 Golden Slipper winner will make her first appearance since being controversially scratched on order of racing officials two days out… Read More »
Fresh from a victorious outing with Hennessy Lad at Moonee Valley, Katherine Coleman is already plotting her next big move. Having teamed up with renowned trainer Peter Moody since the start of the month, she’s on the fast track to her G1 debut—thanks to her star runner, TJ Smith Stakes… Read More »
Champion Irish trainer Willie Mullins could have a two-pronged attack on the Melbourne Cup after Frankie Dettori drew on all of his brilliance to raise Absurde from ‘looking beaten’ to winning the Ebor Handicap (2700m) at York in England. Having claimed the ‘golden ticket’ for the Australia’s premier Group 1… Read More »
