Few horses improve as eight-year-olds, but an extended spell has Cisco Bay racing in some of the best form of his career, laying the platform for the gelding to chase his first black-type win. Cisco Bay will line up in the Group 3 Festival Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill on Saturday following… Read More »
NSW raider Norwegian Bliss will attempt to keep her perfect record intact when she makes her Melbourne debut at Caulfield. And it will be the Nathan Doyle-trained mare’s first outing at stakes level when she runs in the Group 3 Kevin Heffernan Stakes (1400m) on Saturday. Norwegian Bliss is unbeaten in seven starts and… Read More »
Head trainer of Godolphin in Australia James Cummings is under no illusion how difficult it will be for Cascadian to win Saturday week’s Drummond Golf-Northerly Stakes (1800m) at Ascot. The eight-year-old won a 1200m trial at Belmont yesterday and looms as the star attraction of The Pinnacles as the only… Read More »
The second-widest barrier probably wasn’t what James Cummings would have selected given the choice, but he sees advantages in it for Paulele in Saturday’s $1.5 million Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes at Ascot in Perth. It all-but ensures the four-year-old will be left alone early in the 1200-metre race, which the Godolphin trainer… Read More »
Eight races will be run and won at Happy Valley on Wednesday night, with solid depth across the program. Race One: 11 Handsome Rebel Race Two: 1 Circuit Spiritanto Race Three: 3 Sparky Star Race Four: 3 Yo Beauty Race Five: 1 Spicy Grill Race Six: 9 Jumbo Legend Race… Read More »
After riding high since relocating to the Gold Coast “King’ Callow’s career has been brought down to earth after the seasoned jockey was suspended for three months and fined $4500 following a Victorian Racing Tribunal’s hearing into betting related charges which occurred all the way back in 2013 when Callow… Read More »
You wouldn’t blame the Tony and Maddysen Sears training partnership if they were already counting down to the inaugural running of the King Of The Mountain feature race which will be held at their home track at Toowoomba on December 31. With $750 000 on offer, the King Of The… Read More »
Pride has last-start winner Coal Crusher nominated for the $200,000 Group 3 feature, and believes the conditions at Rosehill will help his Turffontein gelding handle the step-up to 1500m. The five-year-old has built up a very consistent record of seven wins and six seconds from just 17 outings, and almost $350,000 in… Read More »
Atmosphere will attempt to give Godolphin their second victory in the Sandown Guineas when he lines up in the Group 2 race at Caulfield on Saturday. Morton’s Fork took out the race when John O’Shea was at the helm of the racing empire and the race contested at Sandown. The Sandown Guineas had… Read More »
After seemingly marking time for several seasons, largely due to the negative impact of Covid, Singapore Turf Club’s release of their fixture list for the period April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024 has given great cause for optimism about the future of racing in the precinct as it has… Read More »
One of the better named racehorses is set to make his debut in a stakes race at Caulfield on Saturday. Those across the Underbelly series on television would recognise the name Gangitano, an underworld figure who died during Melbourne’s gangland killings in the late 1990’s and 2000’s. In the Underbelly series, Alphonse Gangitano was portrayed by… Read More »
Trainer Tony Gollan walked away from the Metropolitan meeting at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday a very satisfied man. Not only did Le Palmier and Sneaky Five quinella the Swiss Ace Plate for the champion trainer, but it was his earlier winner in the form of the Spirit Of Boom… Read More »
Cranbourne trainer John Moloney is a little surprised at the depth of opposition Charming Di will encounter when she steps out at Sandown. Charming Di is the only multiple winner in the Ladbrokes Mates Mode Handicap (1200m) on Wednesday and as such the highest handicapped rated runner in the race. Being a… Read More »
After initially being passed in, a share in Melbourne Cup winner Verry Elleegant has been snapped up by one of the existing owners. A 12.5% share 11-time Group 1 was offered online via Gavelhouse for almost a week but was passed in after the final bid of NZ$350,000 (AU$323,000) did… Read More »
That’s the takeout from trainer Dan Morton after the underwhelming performance of Alaskan God in last Saturday’s Group 1 Railway Stakes (1600m). After a sensational three-year-old season and a top run in the Asian Beau Stakes first-up, the hype and expectations on Alaskan God was high, but he fell short of… Read More »
It will forever remain a remarkable moment in racing history … the day when Tears I Cry won the 2007 Emirates Stakes at odds of 100-1. It was a significant result in many ways as it was both trainer Ciaron Maher’s and jockey Nikita Beriman’s first Group 1 win …… Read More »
A lack of suitable options in the second half of the season for Vow And Declare is a key factor in the 2019 Melbourne Cup winner being set to make an appearance at Caulfield this Saturday. The seven-year-old $6 million earner is one of 13 nominations for the $750,000 Group 2… Read More »
Carbine Club Stakes (1400m) winner Minsk Moment will look for more blacktype success in next month’s $1.5 million TABtouch-Gold Rush. The four-year-old made a winning start for new trainer Adam Durrant in Saturday’s $125,000 feature and emerged as a key contender for the main event on the final day of the… Read More »
Amelia’s Jewel’s maiden Group 1 assignment is less than a fortnight away, but Simon Miller has already identified a likely target race for the superstar Western Australian filly when she does head east. The Ascot trainer has his sights set on Melbourne’s $5 million All-Star Mile (1600m). Amelia’s Jewel on… Read More »
Local trainer Symon Wilde could have as many as three starters in Australia’s longest flat race, the Jericho Cup at Warrnambool. First run in 2018, Wilde won the 4600m contest that carries $300,000 in prize money with Count Zero in 2020 who is set to line up again on Sunday along with… Read More »
