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 »
It has been billed as a match race for the ages and Queen Elizabeth Stakes joint favourites Anamoe and Dubai Honour will be even hard to separate out of the machine. The barrier draw for the rich 2000m contest took place in the Winx stand at Royal Randwick on Tuesday morning with Godolphin’s… Read More »
The availability of English’s first foal and a half-sister to Learning To Fly ensured a bidding frenzy midway through Monday’s opening day of this year’s Inglis Easter Yearling Sale. The I Am Invincible colt who was the result of English’s first trip to the breeding barn readjusted the mark for the highest-priced… Read More »
Luke Fernie, trainer of impressive Perth Stakes winner (1100m) Ripcord, isn’t about to concede the G2 Karrakatta Plate (1200m) to exciting filly, Live To Tell. The Simon Miller-trained Live To Tell is a raging $1.80 Tabtouch Fixed Odds favourite after scoring a staggering Gimcrack Stakes (1100m) victory on Saturday. Live… Read More »
It is Easter and that means it is the Easter Cup and the Victoria Handicap but not this year at Caulfield. The G3 Easter Cup (2100m) has some G1 standard horses engaged. White Marlin ($6) holds a prominent place in the early Melbourne Cup betting and is here for Tulloch Lodge…. Read More »
It may only be the beginning of April but it was as far back as November last year that Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott had White Marlin’s path to the 2023 Melbourne Cup laid out. Undefeated in five starts, including three runs in Australia since arriving from Ireland in early 2022,… Read More »
