Education time is over as a number of the two-year-olds on the books of Ciaron Maher and David Eustace are about to hit the racetrack. Two fillies from the powerful stable stepped out for the first time at Sandown on Saturday with Axzelina scoring in the Ladbrokes Racing Club Handicap scoring while stablemate Links finished in fifth… Read More »
Improving colt Tannhauser will be given the chance to attempt a feat achieved by Prince Fawaz and The Autumn Sun after securing a berth in the JJ Atkins Stakes with a stylish victory at Randwick. Tannhauser finished strongly from back in the field to capture Saturday’s Wilson Asset Management Handicap… Read More »
There is growing confidence in the Williams camp that Rokanori can show his promise and improve second up at Belmont on Saturday. Touted as a Pinnacles carnival prospect later in the summer, Rokanori will strip in fine order for the Pink Ladies Day 1st Of July Handicap (1400m) after his return run… Read More »
Ascot trainer Neville Parnham can’t wait for the rematch between his classy three-year-old Bustler and the Darren McAuliffe-trained The Velvet Queen on Saturday. Following their epic battle in last fortnight’s G3 Belmont Sprint (1400m), it’s whetted the appetite for their return clash in the G3 Hyperion Stakes (1600m). The scorecard… Read More »
Not Usual Glorious is not your usual racehorse. His Adelaide trainer Travis Doudle is quite happy to put the gelding on the float and transport him to Melbourne and on Saturday Not Usual Glorious heads to Sandown to contest the Catanach’s Jewellers Handicap (1800m). In the past 12 months, Not Usual Glorious has… Read More »
It is more than two years since Mr Exclusive last won a race, but the gelding is still proving himself to be Mr Consistency. Mr Exclusive heads to Sandown on Saturday for the second run of his campaign in the ive > Handicap (1400m), a heat of the Winter Championship. In 14 runs since… Read More »
Tasmanian trainer Scott Brunton is set to appear before the Victorian Racing Tribunal on two charges related to failing to comply with stewards’ instructions during his time in Victoria. The charges stem from Brunton’s attendance at Warrnambool’s May Racing Carnival. Both charges fall under Australian Rule 232, which pertains to… Read More »
The Peter Moody stable is on weather alert with Invincible Caviar ahead of her return run at Sandown. The daughter of unbeaten champion Black Caviar is down to have her first start since December in the Listed Bel Esprit Stakes (1000m) on Saturday. But track conditions will determine whether the winner of four of her six starts… Read More »
QRIC Stewards have found participants Mr Mark Currie and his son Mr Ben Currie guilty of a breach of AR240(2): Prohibited substance in sample taken from horse at race meeting after the analysis of a sample taken from End Assembly, which raced at Eagle Farm on Saturday 17 December 2022…. Read More »
Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou usually have a smattering of runners at Sydney Saturday meetings, but rarely have they had a bigger contingent than the ten they are taking to Randwick this weekend. The training partners will saddle up multiple horses in four of the races, including a trio in the… Read More »
Chris Waller is satisfied he pulled the right rein in running Kovalica against the older horses in the Doomben Cup, fearing the odds-on Queensland Derby favourite might have otherwise gone into the Classic underdone. The exciting stayer missed a run in the Rough Habit Plate (2000m) two weeks ago due to a… Read More »
Trainer Peter Moody is adopting a cautious approach as he prepares Invincible Caviar, the daughter of legendary mare Black Caviar, for her potential black-type debut in the Listed Bel Esprit Stakes (1000m) at Sandown. Moody, speaking with Racing.com, sees the race as an opportunity rather than a primary target. He… Read More »
The seeds of her training career were only just being sown when Danielle Seib helped the Lee family pick out a yearling at the Scone sale seven years ago. Bought for $26,000 and by then-untested sire Deep Field, My Sugar went on to race in Hong Kong where he won five of… Read More »
John Sadler was a relieved trainer when Sartorial Splendor showed a glimpse of the form that has won the sprinter six races. After running fourth at Flemington last week, Sartorial Splendor is on the quick-up back-up at Sandown on Saturday to run in the Listed Bel Esprit Stakes (1000m). If successful on Saturday, Sartorial Splendor will complete… Read More »
Trainer Chris Gangemi goes into Saturday’s G3 Hyperion Stakes (1600m) reticent to spruik up the chances of his enigmatic gelding Notorious One. It’s easy to understand his cautiousness. The seven-year-old has not won in nearly two years and is coming off a train wreck of a Pinnacles carnival. Notorious One… Read More »
After a career in Sydney with Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott , Mr Dependable will have his first start for his new trainer Dylan Dunn at Sandown. Dunn has gone back to basics with Mr Dependable who will run in the Marshall White Handicap (1600m) on Saturday. Mr Dependable spent most of his racing life trained from… Read More »
As a racehorse, Through The Cracks is talented and tough, pushing through a multitude of niggling issues and injuries to carve out a successful career. At home in the yard of trainer Angela Davies, he is more in the mould of spoiled pet, keeping staff entertained and on their toes… Read More »
The gelding will take his place in Saturday’s Fred Best Classic (1400m) at Eagle Farm where the winner will be granted a ballot exemption from the Group 1 Stradbroke. Fashion Legend heads there off a slightly disappointing effort in the Takeover Target Stakes where he finished eighth and just over 3-1/2… Read More »
Match fitness counts for a lot in all types of sport and trainer Alex Rae considers it vital for Chief Altony who heads to Sandown second-up on Saturday. The ive > Handicap (1400m) is seen as an ideal steppingstone towards Chief Altony’s preferred distance of 1600m in coming weeks. Rae and connections of the gelding had a plan of trying… Read More »
Fresh from arriving in Hong Kong a day earlier, Michael Dee delivered the ideal start to his short riding stint in the Asian racing hub by riding a winner on debut. He was, in fact, narrowly denied a double at Happy Valley on Wednesday though Dee described his triumphant start as… Read More »
