Anthony and Sam Freedman have taken high-priced yearling Doull to the country to get that winning feeling back ahead of bigger autumn riches. A $1.2 million yearling purchase, Doull took out The Morning Crew on TR FM 3YO Handicap (1008m) at Sale on Wednesday. A debut winner at Flemington last May, Doull then competed in… Read More »
Chuffed is how Symon Wilde sounded after a decision to take a near exact same approach as was done a year earlier saw Aurora’s Symphony claim a second Group 3 Launceston Cup (2400m). Prior to winning this race in 2022, the now seven-year-old’s lead-in run winning the Colac Cup (2000m) twelve… Read More »
Trainer Scott Brunton believes that The Inevitable can “shake the life out” of the All-Star Mile should the seven-year-old attract enough votes for the final field for the $5 million feature over 1600 metres at Moonee Valley on March 18. The Invitable won the Listed Hellova Street Stakes (1600m) at Launceston on… Read More »
The experience and horsemanship of Brett Prebble has been vital in helping Tulloch Lodge youngster Introducing land a promising debut win at Warwick Farm as the jockey continues his stellar run for the stable. Since relocating to Sydney in January, Prebble has had six rides for Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott for four… Read More »
Craig Newitt declared Lofty Strike would one day win a Group 1 race after his first ride on the colt. Three months later, Lofty Strike will get that opportunity in the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate (1100m) at Sandown on Saturday. Newitt rode Lofty Strike for the first time when the colt was… Read More »
Peter and Paul Snowden will attempt to add to their haul of Blue Diamond winners when they saddle Don Corleone in Melbourne’s premier juvenile race. Saturday’s 1200m Group 1 race for two-year-olds over 1200m has been shifted from Caulfield this year as an inside track is built at the track. Sepoy (2011) and Earthquake… Read More »
Not only will apprentice Dylan Gibbons make his first foray into Group 1 racing in the Surround Stakes at Randwick, he will do it all again forty minutes later. Gibbons has been booked to partner Wolverine for his boss Kris Lees in the three-year-old fillies’ feature and will replace the injured Jason Collett aboard… Read More »
The expansive Randwick track could be the key to Tulloch Lodge youngster Summer Loving breaking through for an overdue win when she faces a rematch with Magic Millions conqueror Skirt The Law. The pair will clash in the Group 2 Sweet Embrace Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday after Summer Loving… Read More »
After months of speculation around a move of the Cox Plate, Australia’s Group 1 weight-for-age championship will remain in its traditional date, for the time being. But Racing Victoria has announced a number of changes to the programming which will see two Group 1 races run after Champions Day at Flemington, the Thousand Guineas and Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes. Joining the… Read More »
Nine races will be run and won at Happy Valley on Wednesday night, with good depth across the program. Race One: 1 Happy Tango Race Two: 7 Euromissile Race Three: 4 Legion Of Merit Race Four: 4 E Brother Race Five: 3 Lean Hero Race Six: 5 Happy Soul Race… Read More »
The barrier draw for the Blue Diamond Stakes has not been that kind for Godolphin and James Cummings who is chasing a first win in Melbourne’s premier juvenile race. Barber (9), Zulfiqar (15) and Exploring (13) will represent Godolphin in the Group 1 race for two-year-olds over 1200m at Sandown on Saturday. A field of 16 will contest… Read More »
With eight winners (16%) and a further 15 placings (46%) from her past 50 runners, Albury-based trainer Donna Scott is one of the more consistent conditioners in her region. The Newhaven Park Country Championships qualifying heat takes place on her home surface this Saturday, and the stable could have upwards of… Read More »
Peter Giadresco last saddled a runner two years ago, but is ready to relaunch himself in the training ranks. It was the simple things Giadresco missed most from racing : friendships, the banter with contemporaries and the racing partnership with sons Matthew and Quenten. The Group 1 winning trainer left racing… Read More »
I’m Thunderstruck will sport a different look when he lines up in the Futurity Stakes at Sandown. Having raced most of his career with a Cross-over Nose Band, the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained gelding will race without the gear in the 1400m Group 1 contest on Saturday. I’m Thunderstruck still has a lugging… Read More »
Sigrid ‘Siggy’ Carr is no stranger to success in Tasmania as a jockey but while she has held a dual jockey/trainer licence since 2018 her best chance of notching a black type win fulfilling both roles could come if Queensborough Flyer can turn around a disappointing result in Hobart with a… Read More »
The Geraldton trainer wasn’t sure what he had got into when Dream To Me arrived at his stables. “From Perth I was told she might be alright for Carnarvon,” Glen Cortes told The Races WA. “She only had one 400m jump out and went a bit shin sore. “When I got her… Read More »
Saturday’s Lightning Stakes (1000m) winner Coolangatta could feature in the inaugural edition of The Quokka (1200m) at Ascot in April, according to owner John O’Neill. Coolangatta upstaged champion sprinter Nature Strip in Saturday’s Group 1 feature at Flemington, her second success at the highest level over 1000m. The Ciaron Maher and David… Read More »
While co-trainer David Eustace was in a jubilant mood and dreaming of Royal Ascot campaign following Coolangattaâs thrilling victory in the Group 1 Lightning Stakes on Saturday, another Australian training partnership could well be formalising even earlier overseas travel plans with a March 25 date in Dubai being their point… Read More »
Top trainer Neville Parnham says Neufbosc is building to a peak performance and believes the imported stayer can rewind the clock in the A.T.A Stakes (2200m) at Ascot on Saturday. Neufbosc won the A.T.A Stakes two years ago before backing up a week later and scoring a thrilling victory over… Read More »
The horses currently filling the top fifteen places in the voting for the $5 million All Star Mile are (as posted on Allstarmile.com.au at this time): *Please note, voting is still underway and therefore the vote totals listed here are merely shown as an indication of how the voting has… Read More »
