Albany trainer Roy Rogers believes Big Bada Boom can improve a couple of spots after plans to win a maiden stakes victory in the Listed Grandstand Cup (1500m) were scuppered early in the race. Having his first attempt in black type company three weeks back, Big Bada Boom failed to muster… Read More »
Globetrotting jockeys Joao Moreira and Tom Marquand have added some star power to the midweek meeting at Hawkesbury, continuing their good form with a winner apiece. In Sydney for the autumn carnival, the pair both struck blows on the opening day of The Championships on Saturday, Moreira securing the Group 1 Sires’… Read More »
Yarra Valley Racing Club has conceded that crucial oversights led to the abandonment of Monday’s meeting. Participants were greeted by a track rated as Heavy 8, with the rail in the True position, but marred by wet and worn patches that raised serious concerns. The club’s CEO, Brett Shambrook, admitted… Read More »
One of the integral people in the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable is on the move to join forces with another stable in a training partnership. Lucy Yeomans is set to join Lloyd Kennewell in a training partnership at Cranbourne from the start of the new season. Yeomans will switch Cranbourne… Read More »
Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young have a such an opinion of Muramasa that they went out and bought the colt’s half-brother at the Australian Easter Yearling Sale. The I Am Invincible colt was purchased by Busuttin and Young for $260,000 during the week. “He wasn’t the biggest, flashest I Am Invincible, but we know the brother can gallop,” Busuttin said. “He… Read More »
A firm track and lack of match practice came against northern hemisphere raider Statement at her Australian debut, but connections are anticipating an improved performance under different conditions at Randwick. The dual black-type winner settled midfield in the Emancipation Stakes (1500m) and held her position to be beaten just over five… Read More »
Trainer Cliff Brown says The Inferno is in the right frame of mind ahead of his first-up run at Geelong. The Inferno will run for a second time on Good Friday when he lines up in $500,000 The Country Discovery (1100m). The gelding contested the inaugural running of the race at Sale last year,… Read More »
Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr Jnr have called on blinkers in a bid to rejuvenate Ayrton as he chases a second straight win in the Victoria Handicap. Ayrton was successful first-up in the Group 3 1400m contest last year but will have had the benefit of a run when he heads to Sandown for this year’s… Read More »
The Godolphin team behind Kementari believe their eight-year-old has the required fire power and profile to upset top local filly, Amelia’s Jewel when they clash in Saturday week’s $4 million The Quokka (1200m) at Ascot. The James Cummings-trained Kementari is no stranger to Perth racing, having campaigned twice previously and ending… Read More »
It’s Anamoe who’s at $2.50 with Betr for the $5m Longines Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Royal Randwick, and he’ll again be ridden by the Longines World’s Best Jockey in James McDonald. With Anamoe being on 59kg, he’ll jump from Gate 8 of 13 runners for trainer James Cummings and Godolphin,… Read More »
High Emocean produced a career peak off a quick turnaround in the spring and trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace have deliberately applied the same formula for her Sydney Cup bid. The mare finished a slashing third to stablemate Gold Trip at her only other attempt over the two-mile journey in last… Read More »
In many regards, William Haggas is your quintessential Englishman: respectful, measured and not prone to hyperbole. If he had a choice, he would shun the microphone and let his horses do the talking on the racetrack. But having arrived in Australia this week ahead of Saturday’s highly anticipated Queen Elizabeth Stakes… Read More »
Trainer Neville Parnham fears Bustler is running for the minor prize in the Quokka, but is delighted the three-year-old has secured a slot in the $4 million race. A Fairetha Stakes (1400m) winner last year, Bustler will run under the Jack Lee-Steere banner in Perth’s richest race over 1200m at… Read More »
Sydney trainer John O’Shea is confident the strong form line around his WATC Derby (2400m) charge Awesome John will carry him a long way in this week’s feature. Awesome John finished third behind Tapildoodledo and Major Beel in last month’s Group 2 Tulloch Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill. Since then, Major… Read More »
Trainer Mike Moroney will use The Country Discovery to kick-start the latest campaign of Bermadez. The $500,000 race over 1100m at Geelong on Friday will the shortest race that Bermadez has contested in his 18-start career that has netted the gelding six wins. Bermadez start his career in a blaze of glory winning on debut at Geelong over 1250m… Read More »
Several members of the team associated with Verry Elleegant will race her brother, who was sold in Sydney on Tuesday as part of the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale. The son of Zed and Opulence was knocked down for $260,000 to a group including prominent owners Brae Sokolski and Ozzie Kheir…. Read More »
Trainer Neville Parnham is optimistic Demolish can overturn a run of close finishes and gain the elusive upper hand in Saturday’s Schweppes WATC Derby (2400m) at Ascot. Demolish is bursting to win a feature race after three consecutive second placings including the past two behind Another Chino in the J.C.Roberts… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winning jockey Craig Williams has been given the all-clear to resume race riding. Williams announced on social media on Tuesday that he will make his return at the Sandown meeting on Easter Monday, April 10. The jockey has been sidelined following a fall at Flemington on March 11 that… Read More »
The weather and resulting track conditions will play a big part on whether Hezashocka runs in Melbourne or Sydney on the weekend. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained Hezashocka is an acceptor for the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) at Randwick on Saturday while he also holds a nomination in the Group 3 Easter… Read More »
A day after a half-sister to Learning To Fly topped the opening session at this year’s Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, Tom Magnier revealed that Coolmore’s valuable daughter of Justify was unlikely to race again this year. Learning To Fly suffered a leg injury in a scrimmage in last month’s Golden Slipper, which… Read More »
