Sydney trainer Michael Freedman is considering a Melbourne autumn sprinting campaign with Queen Of The Ball. Melbourne’s Festival Of Racing commences at Sandown on Saturday with the running of the Group 1 C F Orr Stakes (1400m) and it is a support race on that program, the Group 2 Rubiton Stakes (1100m), that is being considered by Freedman to kick… Read More »
Itâs onto the Inglis Millennium Day at Royal Randwick with the Inglis Sale graduate Learning To Fly being $2.50 favourite for the $2m Inglis Millennium on winning the Widden Stakes. That says it all, with the partnership of Royal Randwick, William Inglis & Son and Widden Stud as itâs being… Read More »
Ten races will be run and won at Sha Tin on Sunday, headlined by the Group l Centenary Sprint Cup (1200m). Race One: 7 Beauty Nova Race Two: 11 Perfetto Race Three: 4 We Are Hero Race Four: 3 Daring Pursuit Race Five: 1 Chilli Baba Race Six: 1 Supreme… Read More »
Heâs been well out of the public eye while serving a three month suspension, but you would have the wrong idea if you think you have heard the last of multiple Group 1 winning jockey Noel Callow. As he watched the rain falling and prepared himself to go out and… Read More »
Right You Are may have booked a trip to Tasmania for their upcoming Cup races with an explosive win at Sandown to complete a winning hat-trick. In a career plagued by a suspensory injury at the end of his four-year-old year, Right You Are is racing in career best form since joining the… Read More »
If Aft Cabin’s Eskimo Prince Stakes performance was a tantalising entrĂ©e to Godolphin’s autumn, the main course could be a veritable feast. The three-year-old completely dominated his rivals in his Randwick return, his first start since a bleeding attack that forced the one-time Caulfield Guineas favourite to have his spring… Read More »
The clock told the story as exciting sprinter Remarque overcame a ten-kilo weight differential to stamp his class at Randwick, and open the door to a Group 1 opportunity interstate. Making light of his 62kg topweight, Remarque covered the 1000m in a class record 56.48 seconds, the final 600m in a… Read More »
Warrnambool trainer Matthew Williams did not consider Wrote To Arataki a stakes winning mare, or one that would be capable of winning when leading. That was six months ago, but now she is both after leading throughout to claim the Group 3 Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes (1300m) at Sandown on Saturday. Given an easy time in front under Jamie Kah,… Read More »
Jockey Ben Melham likes the program set for Godolphin colt Zulfiqar in his search for victory in the Blue Diamond Stakes. Melham partnered with the James Cummings-trained two-year-old to claim the Group 3 Chairman’s Stakes (1000m) at Sandown on Saturday. The Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) will be run on February 25 and Melham… Read More »
Michael Freedman’s day almost got off to the worst possible start when his two Lonhro Plate runners played up in the barriers, but while one was a late scratching, the other posted a smart debut win. Mexico was withdrawn after he reared in the gates and when stablemate Madeira Sunrise became… Read More »
Twelve races will be run and won at Singapore on Saturday, with the depth across the program being relatively solid. Race One: 2 Gold Cut Race Two: 1 Tributo Race Three: 3 Sabah Ace Race Four: 2 Per Incrown Race Five: 3 January Race Six: 1 Zoffspeed Race Seven: 1… Read More »
Some good news after the nasty road accident yesterday with the Doug Gorrel stable posting this update on social media: âDGR is thrilled to let everyone know that Sir Savaluca and Amen Brother have returned to the stables safe and sound. Both horses are battered and bruised but remarkably well… Read More »
Jockey Troy See has been handed a twenty-two-and-a-half month disqualification after Racing NSW Stewards concluded a hearing into Seeâs conduct at the Murwillumbah meeting on January 21. He also received a $500 fine. See faced three charges. This, from the relevant Stewardâs Report: âCharge 1: The details of the charge… Read More »
Sure, there was a blip and a hiccup when she got beaten for the first and only time to date in the Burgess Queen Stakes (1400m), but don’t discount the winner, Laced Up Heels, she is above average. Order was restored for Amelia’s Jewel when she bounced back to regain her… Read More »
Former Champion trainer Darren Weirâs four-year disqualification period is nearly at an end … but any future return to participation within the industry on his part is still uncertain. The suspension officially ends at midnight on February 6, but Weirâs path beyond that, should he want to return to a… Read More »
One thing trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr won’t have to worry about is hot weather ahead of Inundation returning to Sandown on Saturday. The hot weather was blamed for Inundation’s downfall when beaten as the $1.40 favourite over 1000m at Sandown on January 7. Four weeks later, Inundation runs over… Read More »
Small in size, but big in heart. That’s how Roy Rogers describes Halatorion. The Albany trainer is confident Halatorion can win again at Ascot on Saturday and stamp his claims for a bigger race in a fortnight. Either side of his sixth placing in the Fitzpatrick Plate (1230m) at home… Read More »
Grahame Begg always has a good two-year-old in his stable and it was only five years ago that he won Melbourne’s premier two-year-old event, the Blue Diamond Stakes. While Begg’s two-year-old numbers are high this season, Written Bligh will be his first two-year-old runner when she heads out in the Group 3 Chairman’s Stakes (1000m) at Sandown… Read More »
The racing future of ltâs Me, last yearâs Kosciuszko winner, is in serious doubt following the news that the daughter of Shamus Award has suffered a tendon injury. Itâs Me had been one of the early favourites for the Country Championships series. The $1.3 million Kosciusko was Itâs Meâs fourth… Read More »
Wrote To Arataki heads to her first ‘black type’ assignment when she runs in the Group 3 Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes (1300m) on Saturday. Kah rode Wrote To Arataki in the mare’s victory at Flemington on New Year’s Day when trainer Matthew Williams issued no instructions to the jockey after drawing an awkward gate. Again, Wrote To Arataki has drawn poorly and Williams said Kah will… Read More »
