Wyong trainer Tracy Bartley is hoping the rise in distance and addition of visors will turn the fortunes around of Miss Redoble who is nominated for two races on the Randwick-Kensington program. Miss Redoble is among the entries for both the Maroubra Mile (1550m) and an easier Benchmark event, also… Read More »
Maddie Raymond is hoping her run of career training firsts supplied by her stayer Wentwood will continue in the Bagot Handicap at Flemington on New Year’s Day. Wentwood, has at his last two starts given Raymond, who has been training for less than a year, her first country Cup when… Read More »
Melbourne raider Princess Jenni will be a last minute addition to Saturday’s Group Two Perth Cup as connections wait on a flight. Princess Jenni is booked on a flight to Perth which is scheduled to leave on Wednesday night but connections won’t know if there is room on the plane… Read More »
Mick Price said he would aim Ayrton at the Queensland carnival and a race such as the Queensland Guineas before bringing him back to Melbourne for the spring. “He’s going to be a lovely horse and I don’t want to cut him short by getting him back quickly for autumn… Read More »
Caulfield trainer Mick Price has decided to target the Inglis Millenium first-up in February in Sydney with brilliant two-year-old colt Profiteer. And Price has also decided to miss the autumn carnival with his exciting three-year-old gelding Ayrton. Price said on RSN radio on Monday morning that they had devised an… Read More »
The evolving Magic Millions order of entry is uppermost in the mind of Kelly Schweida as he plots a path towards the Gold Coast with Miss Hipstar. The giant filly toyed with her rivals to win an 800 metre two-year-old race at Ipswich last Friday and bank first prize money… Read More »
‘The strength of Australian prizemoney shows there is no more rewarding place to race than Australia,’ stated Aushorse Marketing, ‘with our prizemoney dwarfing those of other racing nations.’ Australia remains the leading place to race a horse in the world with 52 races run this year worth A$1 million or more,… Read More »
One of the highest rated races in the world has been taken out by star galloper Chrono Genesis in what will go down as the biggest betting races of the year. The Grade One Arima Kinen which is raced over 2500m at Nakayama is ranked amongst the worlds best races… Read More »
Training operation Godolphin have unveiled a handful of quality two-year-olds this season but trainer James Cummings feels they will all need to take another step forward if they are to be considered legitimate G1 Blue Diamond Stakes contenders. “We’re looking forward to seeing what level they can get to, but… Read More »
Champion trainer Chris Waller will take over the training of star Singapore galloper Aramaayo. Aramaayo who raced as Aramayo in Australia before heading to Singapore will be trained by Sydney trainer Chris Waller when he returns to Australia to continue his racing career. Aramaayo starred in Singapore where he won… Read More »
The racing on Saturday was focused mainly on Eagle Farm with several feature races taking some form of shape towards the Magic Millions, plus an in form stable continued their purple patch at Randwick. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’…. Read More »
Damien Oliver was to the fore at the meeting riding a winning double for Godolphin and James Cummings which consisted of Picarones and the Listed Christmas Stakes on Pandemic. Oliver has combined to win Group 3 sprint races this season with Godolphin on Coruscate and Viridine and said Pandemic was… Read More »
Comeback jockey Tahlia Hope rewarded the faith of trainer Patrick Payne places in her when they combined for the biggest win in her career when she won the Lord Stakes on outsider Defibrillate. Hope only returned to riding in March this year, after being sidelined for nine months after she… Read More »
How bloody good is this Queensland phenomenon, The Harrovian? At Eagle Farm in the $200,000 Bernborough Plate over 1600m, this bloke, THE HARROVIAN (Fastnet Rock-Harrow) ridden by Brad Stewart and trained by Toby and Trent Edmonds, was headed about 43 times in the straight, yet somehow just lifted. “Look, he’s… Read More »
Mark Newnham has credited a superb ride by his former stable apprentice Robbie Dolan as the impetus for import Spirit Ridge to claim his most important win. Dolan had the former English stayer positioned on the fence and behind the speed in Saturday’s Group Three Summer Cup (2000m) but had… Read More »
Chris Waller produced The Elanora to win the Grand Prix Stakes (2200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday and said the emerging three-year-old would be given a short break and aimed at the Sydney autumn carnival. He is likely to tackle the Randwick Guineas second up with the Australian Derby his… Read More »
Consistent gelding Bigboyroy has booked a spot on Chris Waller’s Magic Millions carnival team with a typically gritty performance to salute at Randwick. A winner at Kembla Grange two starts ago before a luckless third to the in-form Edison earlier this month, Bigboyroy ($4.20) found clear running in Saturday’s Drinkwise… Read More »
The Magic Millions Classic has been thrown wide open after nominal favourite Shaquero flopped in the B J McLachlan Stakes at Eagle Farm. The winner of the Breeders’ Plate on debut at Randwick, Shaquero had been a $4.50 TAB fixed odds favourite for the January 16 feature and a popular… Read More »
Mick Price will delay a decision on whether exciting three-year-old Ayrton will head to the Australian Guineas after his breathtaking win at Caulfield. Price branded Ayrton “a Group horse” as he emulated his debut performance at Bendigo by sprinting away from his opposition to win Saturday’s Ken Sturt Handicap by… Read More »
ALPINE EDGE (Better Than Ready-Freezethemillions) for trainers Team Edmunds has caused a bit of a boil over by finishing too well to win the $250,000 BJ McLachlan Stakes, a rather big Magic Millions Classic lead-up race at Eagle Farm. “He’s the best 2YO I have and his work on Tuesday… Read More »
