If first impressions count for anything then champion jockey Damien Oliver is happy to be teaming up with Perth colt Brave Halo in the Blue Diamond Prelude (1100m) at Sandown on Saturday. Damien Oliver had his first sit on the Sean and Jake Casey-trained juvenile at trackwork this morning (Tuesday) and… Read More »
What is best for the horse is theory behind Veecee coming back in distance ahead of his tilt at the Blue Diamond Stakes. An exciting prospect who scored an impressive debut win at Flemington on January 14, Veecee lines up for his second race appearance on Saturday. Veecee heads to the Group 3 Chairman’s Stakes (1000m) at… Read More »
He made the transition from Group One winning miler to top-line sprinter last preparation and the Joe Pride-trained Private Eye will be sticking to the shorter journeys this autumn. After winning both the Queensland Guineas and Epsom Handicap over 1600m in previous campaigns, the son of Al Maher won the Group Two… Read More »
Now the $3 favourite with Sportsbet for the $2m Inglis Millennium, the Justify filly Learning To Fly had drawn badly in Gate 19 of 16 runners and 4 emergencies, run over 1100m at Randwick. Purchased by Kia Ora for $900,000 from Coolmore Stud at the 2022 Australian Easter Yearling Sale,… Read More »
Beaten only once in his six career starts, Queensland sprinter Uncommon James is back in Melbourne for the Festival Of Racing. Uncommon James will run first-up in the Group 2 Rubiton Stakes (1100m) at Sandown on Saturday with a view to running in the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate (1100m) at Sandown two weeks later. The… Read More »
A trip to Sandown for the Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr pair of I’m Thunderstruck and Jacquinot has rounded out their preparations for the CF Orr Stakes. The Group 1 race over 1400m on Saturday kicks off Melbourne’s Festival Of Racing and the Price and Kent Jnr runners head the market ahead… Read More »
Group 1 racing is back for the first time in 2023 at Sandown this Saturday, with the running of the C.F. Orr Stakes (1400m) and WA is set to have a strong presence. Owner and breeders Bob and Sandra Peters will be hoping for improvement from Western Empire in the… Read More »
Australian Bloodstock is not leaving any stone unturned in their quest to get Nugget into this year’s All-Star Mile. The syndicators are encouraging the gelding’s fans to vote him into the 1600-metre weight-for-age event at Moonee Valley on March 18, but will also give him the chance to earn his spot… Read More »
The race is on … for a place in the race. It’s the $5 million All-Star Mile we are talking about! Voting opened earlier this morning with racing enthusiasts from both Australia and New Zealand eligible to vote for their favourites … with the final vote tally deciding ten of… Read More »
Hugh Bowman celebrated the approval of his extended riding license in Hong Kong (which will now take him through to the end of the season) with a Group 3 win aboard Senor Toba in HK$3.9 million Centenary Vase Handicap which was contested over 1800m at Sha Tin on Sunday. Bowman… Read More »
Giga Kick finished second to Coolangatta in a Cranbourne trial on Monday morning, but the gelding’s trainer Clayton Douglas is thrilled with his condition as he edges towards a racing return. The Everest champion was two lengths behind the Moir Stakes winner in a star-studded trial that saw Golden Eagle… Read More »
Chris Waller has given 2023 Melbourne Cup favourite Soulcombe a pass mark after the former English stayer finished unplaced at his Australian debut at Randwick. Waller was far from discouraged after Soulcombe finished sixth to Banju in the Drinkwise Mile (1600m) with both the trainer and the horse’s jockey James Mcdonald saying… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winner Gold Trip will ramp up preparations for his autumn with a barrier trial this week as connections weigh up the best route to take through the carnival. Trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace have already given the six-year-old a quiet jump-out at Cranbourne and Australian Bloodstock’s Jamie Lovett says… Read More »
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 »
It’s 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 it’s 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 »
He’s 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 »
