The spring path is not yet set in stone for Legacies but the team associated with the classy filly hopes its plans will become clearer after Saturday’s $175,000 Listed Exford Plate at Flemington. The daughter of Justify has the chance to book a spot in the Group 1 Flight Stakes later… Read More »
The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young stable are looking forward to again seeing Shaiyhar step out over 2500m at Flemington. Since his arrival in Australia from France, Shaiyhar has been kept on the big track at Flemington and will have his fifth run at the course in The Melbourne Cup Carnival on sale now… Read More »
Jockey Michael Dee is expecting the vast open spaces of Flemington to suit his mount in the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes. Dee partners New Zealand gelding Aegon on Saturday in the 1600m weight-for-age contest after partnering the gelding in his two runs this campaign. After a pleasing first-up third in the Group 2 PB… Read More »
Having resisted the temptation to propel Autumn Bloom straight into the Princess Series races, Peter and Paul Snowden believe the time is right to give the filly an opportunity against the cream of her age. Placed at Group level as a juvenile, Autumn Bloom was scratched from the Silver Shadow Stakes (1200m)… Read More »
After missing out on Group One placegetter Supido as a yearling, Matthew Smith and his wife Melissa decided they would do the next best thing and buy one of his offspring at the sales. Coming across a Supido colt out of Koi at the 2021 Inglis Classic Sale, they took one… Read More »
A 0-58 at Echuca is a far cry from a Group 1 at Flemington, but that’s where the lone relation to Makybe Diva engaged this Saturday will be in action on the day the race named in her honour is run. Dictionary goes around in the $27,000 Rich River Party Hire… Read More »
Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Darren Weir is facing 10 new charges from Racing Victoria stewards, further jeopardizing his already contested return to the sport. The new charges stem from a seven-month investigation and relate to allegations of corruption, dishonesty, misleading behavior, as well as the care and welfare of horses Red… Read More »
Trainer Grahame Begg has stepped away from his usual pattern ahead of the return run of Maharba at Flemington. Maharba is down to contest the Listed Poseidon Stakes (1100m) on Saturday after Begg gave the gelding a jump-out at Cranbourne on Monday. After a trial and a jump-out at Cranbourne last month, Begg felt Maharba needed another… Read More »
The retirement of superstar Anamoe has Godolphin on the lookout for its next weight-for-age horse and James Cummings is banking on Pericles filling the void. The gelding has been carefully managed and took a traditional three-year-old path through the autumn, highlighted by a Group 2 triumph in Melbourne and narrow second to Lindermann in… Read More »
A strong gallop and a smaller than anticipated field convinced trainer Cliff Brown to start La Danseuse Rouge up the straight at Flemington. Success, or a placing in the Group 2 Bobbie Lewis Quality (1200m) on Saturday, will enhance the broodmare value of La Danseuse Rouge. A winner of the Listed Lightning Stakes (1050m) at Morphettville in July… Read More »
Peter and Paul Snowden have been content to play the long game with class sprinter Mazu and that patience could be rewarded as he begins his second Everest quest this spring. With a slot in the $20 million showpiece locked up, Mazu will kick off his campaign in The Shorts (1100m) at… Read More »
With a long spring campaign still ahead, trainers Ben, Will and J D Hayes have taken Mr Brightside back to the Lindsay Park training operation at Euroa to prepare for his next assignment at Flemington. After wins in the Group 2 P B Lawrence Stakes and the Group 1 Memsie Stakes, both 1400m at Caulfield,… Read More »
Two of Gary Portelli s horses have been knocking on the door for a stakes win and with Encap finally breaking through at Rosehill, the trainer is hoping it’s Kimochi’s turn in the Tea Rose Stakes at Randwick. Encap had a string of eye-catching minor placings before posting an emphatic victory in the… Read More »
Hugh Bowman and Zac Purton have been granted permission by the HKJC to participate in high-stakes Group 1 races in Australia. Hugh Bowman is set to ride Lindermann in the Underwood Stakes, a Group 1 event taking place at Caulfield in Melbourne on September 23. After this commitment, Bowman will… Read More »
Lloyd Kennewell undertook a modern way to sell shares in I Am Unstoppable and interest in the son of I Am Invincible has continued long after the Cranbourne trainer put up the ‘sold out’ sign. But the most recent bids have come from clientele different to those who were initially attracted to the… Read More »
Four years after relocating from Adelaide to Newcastle, Mark Minervini will saddle up his first runner in his adopted ‘hometown’ Cup and he is quietly confident Hosier can bring home the major prize. Formerly owned by Lloyd Williams, Hosier was sold to Minervini and a group of stable clients for $100,000 in… Read More »
Last year’s Australian Oaks and New Zealand Oaks winner, Pennyweka, is focusing her efforts on Sydney for her upcoming races. After recently making her first appearance as a four-year-old in a distance well short of her best, her trainer Jim Wallace has opted to bypass local Group 1 events like… Read More »
After a last-place finish in the Group 1 Tarzino Trophy, Group One winner She’s Licketysplit is retiring from racing to enter the breeding barn. Trained by Andrew Forsman, she first gained prominence with a Group One win in the Group 1 Sistema Stakes, among other accolades. “Following Saturday, we decided… Read More »
Speculation surrounds the potential replacement of champion jockey Craig Williams as the rider of last year’s The Everest winner, Giga Kick. Despite winning five of nine rides and securing major titles like the Group 1 All Aged Stakes and Doomben 10,000, Williams’s position is now in question. The speculation arose… Read More »
âA magnificent thoroughbred specimen with the looks to match his ability,â Anamoe retires to Darley Kelvinside âas the best Australian horse to retire to stud in over a decade.â âA 9-times Group 1 winning champion who recorded elite-level victories at 2, 3 and 4 years totalling 14 magnificent and over… Read More »
