Townsville’s Georgie Holt has already achieved her first target of 100 winners in her first five years as a trainer and is on her way to the next aim of winning a premiership at her home track. Georgina Holt has built up from a team of three gallopers when she first… Read More »
Fresh from plundering their first Group 1 win as a training partnership with Ellsberg, Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou have already set their sights on another with classy colt Williamsburg. The three-year-old will back-up from his third-up success in the Dulcify Quality last weekend as part of a five-race plan to… Read More »
Ben and J D Hayes reaped the rewards of being patient with stable star Mr Brightside and have learned from that approach with Gentleman Roy. Mr Brightside provided the brothers with their first Group 1 success when taking out the Doncaster Handicap in the autumn and now it is Gentleman Roy’s time to shine… Read More »
Kiss Sum might be first-up in the Silver Eagle, but trainer Tracey Bartley has left no stone unturned in his quest to have the horse fit and ready to fire. With no grass training tracks available at his home track of Wyong due to renovations, Bartley used a Rosehill barrier trial for… Read More »
Anthony and Sam Freedman have tried to keep some speed in the legs of Elliptical as they chase Caulfield Guineas success. While not officially a winning trainer of the stallion making race, Sam Freedman was his father’s assistant when Super Seth won a thrilling edition in 2019. That year was… Read More »
Even before Wednesday’s barrier draw, Michael Kent Jnr was keen to see I’m Thunderstruck settle closer than usual in this weekend’s $1 million The Might And Power (2000m) at Caulfield. Coming up with the inside alley has only solidified the co-trainer’s desire to see that happen. The five-year-old son of… Read More »
Co-trainers Dan and Ben Pearce have given their ok to extend Let’s Galahvant’s campaign after his successful exploits in winning the Listed Hannans Handicap (1400m) at Kalgoorlie last Thursday. After a 12-start campaign that commenced in May it was intended for Let’s Galahvant to be spelled, but such has been his… Read More »
Nine races will be run and won at Happy Valley on Wednesday night, with solid depth across the program. Race One: 5 Heroic Master Race Two: 1 Island Surprise Race Three: 8 Amigos Giggle Race Four: 12 Pakistan Zindabad Race Five: 9 Fortune Master Race Six: 2 Zone D Race… Read More »
Connections of smart three-year-old Giga Kick have leapt at the opportunity to compete in the $15 million The Everest at Randwick instead of sticking to more familiar scenes in Melbourne. A deal completed overnight saw James Harron select Saturday’s Group 2 Danehill Stakes (1200m) winner for his slot which has… Read More »
Godolphin-owned and race favourite Golden Mile has drawn barrier five for Saturday’s Group 1 Caulfield Guineas while second favourite Berkeley Square has drawn barrier two. Lloyd Kennewell, however, believes his three-year-old Meridius is the forgotten horse. Meridius closed off his preparation for Saturday’s stallion making race over 1600m with a gallop at Caulfield on Tuesday… Read More »
Annabel Neasham doubted she would be back at Caulfield with Zaaki, but a gallop at the course has likely changed her mind. Zaaki and stablemate Mo’Unga galloped on Tuesday at Caulfield in preparation for the Group 1 Might And Power Stakes (2000m) on Saturday with Zaaki, ridden by Jamie Kah, leading home Mo’unga. Mo’unga looked a little sluggish under Damien Oliver, but… Read More »
The Everest contender Snapdancer has been ruled out of next weekends $15m sprint after an injury setback. Slot holder Inglis announced that Snapedancer would not line-up in the Everest field on Monday afternoon. There has been no decision as to which horse will race in Inglis’ slot in the race… Read More »
Ben Hayes concedes Mr Brightside got a ‘reality check’ in the Underwood Stakes, but it has not been enough to prompt he and his co-trainer JD Hayes to deviate from a path towards the Cox Plate. The way the five-year-old has trained on since his 2-3/4-length fifth placing in the 1800-metre… Read More »
Trainer Dan O’Sullivan says he is keeping to his normal pattern as he prepares Berkeley Square for the 2022 Caulfield Guineas. O’Sullivan is chasing his first Group 1 win and will saddle the second favourite in Saturday’s contest for three-year-olds. With a long history in racing, O’Sullivan does not allow his… Read More »
Classy mare Forbidden Love will have a crucial barrier trial on Tuesday to determine whether she can reignite her spring carnival campaign. The triple Group 1 winner has not raced since turning in her second below par run of the preparation when midfield in the Winx Stakes in August. Unable… Read More »
Disappointed at losing Aft Cabin from the Caulfield Guineas, Godolphin and James Cummings have a ready replacement in Golden Mile. James Cummings and Godolphin looked to have an exceptional hand in the Caulfield Guineas but will now just have one representative in the stallion making race. Aft Cabin was ruled out of Saturday’s… Read More »
A dead heat was the result in the Epsom, Zougotcha confirmed her status as the best 3YO filly in Sydney while a barrier trial was what happened in the Turnbull. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: Ellsberg/Top Ranked… Read More »
He wasn’t able to replicate his heroics on the same program three years ago, but Chris Waller still came away with two of the three Group 1 races at Randwick on Epsom Handicap day. In 2019, Waller made a clean sweep of the three feature races, winning the Metropolitan (2400m) with… Read More »
It may have been one of the smallest Epsom Handicap fields in recent memory, but it has produced one of the most thrilling finishes in the 157-year history of the Group 1 race. At the end of the famous Randwick mile, the judge took several, agonising minutes to examine the… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable has worked their magic with Smokin’ Romans who landed his first Group 1 win and, in the process, leapt to the top of Caulfield Cup markets. Smokin’ Romans won the Pakenham Cup towards the end of his last preparation, but this campaign has risen to a new… Read More »
