The Australian Cup remains firmly on the agenda for Smokin’ Romans who will make his second autumn appearance on Saturday. The Group 2 Blamey Stakes (1600m) at Flemington is where trainers Ciaron Maher & David Eustace expect to see improvement from their Group 1 winner. Smokin’ Romans leapt to prominence last spring… Read More »
James Cummings is on track for his most successful Group 1 season since joining Godolphin with eight wins at the highest level and five months of the racing term still remaining. Cummings has already equalled his best mark of eight Group 1 wins achieved in 2018-19, five of them delivered by… Read More »
New Zealand trainer Ken Kelso will attempt to break a long-standing hoodoo when he saddles Legarto in the Australian Guineas at Flemington. Since the inception of the Group 1 1600m race for three-year-olds in 1986, no New Zealand-trained galloper has been successful, but Kelso is hoping to change that on Saturday. Beaten just once in six starts, Legarto arrived at… Read More »
On Thursday, the undefeated grey galloper White Marlin had his first public outing of 2023 when he trialed in Sydney. Partnered by race day jockey Tim Clark, the former Irish galloper, now trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, finished sixth in the trial which was won convincingly by last-start… Read More »
Adrian Bott has cautioned punters to forgive Cross Talk’s first-up defeat as an odds-on favourite, convinced the gelding can rebound in the Group 3 Newcastle Stakes. The five-year-old led and was overhauled by Zeyrek over 1400m at Rosehill last month and stays at that journey for Friday’s feature, formerly known as the… Read More »
Fangirl, Cascadian and Sheeza Belter sit atop a provisional emergency list for the upcoming $5 million All Star Mile, released by Racing Victoria on Wednesday. Should any of the 10 horses voted into the race be withdrawn, their spots will be filled by the emergency list. The list is based… Read More »
The Team Freedman trained Realm Of Flowers has run her final race, with Team Freedman following her fifth placing in last year’s Melbourne Cup. The daughter of So You Think had won five races and earned a total of $846,110 in prizemoney, and was G1-placed in last year’s Metropolitan. The… Read More »
Ballarat trainer Shay Keating landed her first metropolitan success when Greenhill Prince scored at Sandown. A former jockey who started her racing career apprenticed to her father late father Daryl Brown, Keating has held a trainer’s licence for the past nine year. Keating had her first runner at Swan Hill in 2014 and… Read More »
Promising mare Sanstoc has earned her way back into stakes company after franking her first-up win with another powerful performance at Warwick Farm. Trainer Mark Newnham confirmed the four-year-old would have her next run in the Group 3 Epona Stakes (1900m) at Rosehill on March 18 after producing a dynamic finish… Read More »
Two Japanese horses, Unicorn Lion and Ho O Amazon, are expected to enter quarantine next week before joining the record contingent of overseas raiders descending on the Sydney autumn carnival. It will be the first time since 2020 that Japan has been represented in The Championships, while the 18 horses who… Read More »
Leading trainer Chris Waller will have at least two runners in his bid for a second Randwick Guineas and while he has followed a traditional route with Osipenko, stablemate Manzoice has had a more unconventional preparation. The latter missed his scheduled return in the Hobartville Stakes (1400m), won by Osipenko, and will… Read More »
The Fortune Teller and Holymanz will line-up for Ciaron Maher and David Eustace chasing back-to-back Australian Guineas success. Maher has been taken with the improvement both horses have made from their spring campaigns and enter Saturday’s Group 1 race over 1600m at Flemington second and third-up respectively. The training duo know what is required to win the Group 1 contest having claimed the… Read More »
A familiarising gallop at Randwick has globetrotting sprinter Artorius on target to tackle an intriguing Canterbury Stakes field headlined by star New Zealander Imperatriz and three-year-old Golden Mile. The 2021 Blue Diamond Stakes winner, Artorius has not been victorious since claiming the major, however he has been twice Group 1… Read More »
Trainer Mike Moroney and the connections of imported galloper Alenquer have a nervous wait to see whether they make the All-Star Mile field. The Top 10 vote gathers were announced on Tuesday evening with Alenquer not among them and now connections are banking on gaining a wildcard to run in the… Read More »
Nine races will be run and won at Happy Valley on Wednesday night, with good depth across the program. Race One: 10 Smiling Face Race Two: 5 Sixth Generation Race Three: 9 A Americ Te Specso Race Four: 7 Management Folks Race Five: 1 Righteous Arian Race Six: 9 Fingers… Read More »
Alligator Blood has fallen just short of a new record in the public vote into the All-Star Mile. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained galloper collected 18,301 votes to head the Top 10 into the All-Star Mile after voting closed on Sunday night. His vote count was just 200 shy of… Read More »
Owner Wally Daly has not ruled out top juvenile Brave Halo coming back to Perth and running in the Group 2 $500,000 Karrakatta Plate (1200m) at Ascot in April. Daly has left the door ajar on Brave Halo returning for WA’s richest two-year-old race, setting up a potential mouth-watering showdown with… Read More »
Mike Moroney hopes to have two runners in the Australian Guineas but fears Japanese Emperor may miss out on the Group 1 race at Flemington. Japanese Emperor and Elkington Road have been entered for the 1600m contest on Saturday. Elkington Road is safely in the field limit of 16 plus four emergencies sitting… Read More »
It’s a stable that is usually up and about when the major silverware is being dished out and this autumn is no exception for the training partnership of Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott. Fresh off the back of Alligator Blood’s dominant Group 1 Futurity Stakes win at Sandown last weekend,… Read More »
Just days after the anniversary of his watershed win, Daumier has been retired to stud. The son of Epaulette, who won last year’s Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m), will stand at Twin Hills Stud in New South Wales. The Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained colt won the Blue Diamond at just… Read More »
