For the second year running the Group 1 Underwood Stakes has brought together a small but select band of gallopers. Zaaki, who won the 1800m weight-for-age contest at Sandown last year against four opponents, will be out to add a second win in the Group 1 contest on Sunday in what… Read More »
Victorian raider Daumier can etch his name in the record books if he becomes the first Blue Diamond Stakes winner to capture the Group 1 Golden Rose. Incredibly, the only winner of Melbourne’s premier juvenile race to have contested the Golden Rose was the three-year-old’s Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained stablemate Artorius,… Read More »
Godolphin galloper Paulele has the potential to be Group 1 winner with his trainer James Cummings hoping the sprinter can climb to the top this campaign. Paulele heads to Moonee Valley on Friday night to run in Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m) and break a run of excruciating minor placings at the highest level. Last campaign Paulele finished third in the T… Read More »
Out now are the latest Longines World Best Racehorse Rankings with Aussies Nature Strip and James McDonald topping their listings, and US star Flightline the new World Champion. In scoring a run-away 19ÂŒ length victory in the TVG Pacific Classic Stakes to defeat the Dubai World Cup winner Country Grammer… Read More »
Eight races will be run and won at Happy Valley on Wednesday night, with solid depth across the program. Race One: 8 Sunny Delight Race Two: 6 Jumbo Fortune Race Three: 4 See U Again Race Four: 11 Smart Cousin Race Five: 12 Raging Blaze Race Six: 2 My Ecstatic… Read More »
The first shipment of international horses for the Melbourne Spring Carnival are due to arrive on Tuesday night. El Bodegon and My Oberon are joining the Chris Waller and Annabel Neasham stables respectively to prepare for the Cox Plate at Moonee Valley on October 22 while Rodrigo Diaz, trained by David Simcock, is set to run… Read More »
The Group 2 McEwen Stakes winner Rothfire is good to go for the Group 1 Moir Stakes at Moonee Valley on Friday night. âThe horse has gone super,â confirmed trainer Robert Heathcote. âI had planned to take him to The Valley on Monday, but it was a very heavy track… Read More »
Godolphin trainer James Cummings is not going to get too far ahead of himself with Cox Plate favourite Anamoe who is over his soundness scare. Anamoe was graded three-out-of-five lame following his victory in the Group 1 George Main Stakes (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday but has been given the all-clear to press-on with his campaign… Read More »
Far Too Easyâs performance at the Gold Coast on Saturday ticked three huge boxes. Firstly, he gave his connections a big thumbs-up by showing he was well and truly over his recent health hiccups. Secondly, it announced in no uncertain terms he was perfectly on track for his date with… Read More »
Mornington trainer Rob Blacker says his stayer Tigertiger will be ready to run on Melbourne Cup Day. Options are the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on November 1 or the other stayers’ race, The Macca’s Run, a Benchmark 96 race over 2800m. Tigertiger starts his Cup campaign this weekend with Blacker entering the seven-year-old for the Benalla Cup… Read More »
“You have to dream, donât you? If you donât you are not going to get there are you?” And trainer Desleigh Forster is dreaming big! Having claimed her first Group 1 win with her star performer Apache Chase in the Kingsford-Smith Cup back in May, a result which also propelled… Read More »
Trainer Francis Henri has confirmed the ownership group of Melbourne Cup winner Verry Elleegant have paid the late entry fee for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. Last years Melbourne Cup winner was disappointing in her French debut finishing at the tail of the field but a much improved run… Read More »
Two of last weekend’s Group 3 winners will have to carry 1.5kg more than initially allocated in this year’s major Cups races after being issued penalties by Racing Victoria’s head of handicapping David Hegan. Friday’s Newcastle Cup (2300m) winner Durston and Saturday’s MRC Foundation Cup (2000m) winner Smokin’ Romans were both allocated… Read More »
Stafford’s Lad scored his second win at Listed level yesterday, adding the Goldfields feature to his success in last year’s ATA Handicap (2200m). The eight-year-old had to settle for second when he finished three lengths behind Living The Dream in last year’s Kalgoorlie Cup, but Chris Parnham said it could be… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott unveiled an impressive Gimcrack Stakes arsenal when Sydney hosted its first set of two-year-old trials on Monday morning. The seven-time Golden Slipper winner and her training partner had runners in all four fillies 850m trials and had three winners, including the filly who clocked the fastest time… Read More »
The writing was on the wall with Joyful Fortune who had matched motors with Eduardo in a recent Sydney trial and Josh Parr making the trip down to Melbourne for the one ride. Jumping an easing favourite for new trainer Mark Newnham, Parr led the field down the straight over 1100m… Read More »
Already a listed placegetter in New Zealand, the Andrew Forsman trained three-year-old Mr Maestro proved a class above his local rivals, ploughing through the heavy conditions to win by 1-Ÿ lengths. Jockey Damian Lane, who combined with Forsman and former co-trainer Murray Baker to win the 2017 ATC Derby aboard Jon Snow,… Read More »
Percy Sykes Stakes winner Paris Dior will tackle the Group 1 Golden Rose after connections decided not to run her on a wet track in the Tea Rose Stakes at Randwick. The filly was a race morning scratching from the third leg of the Princess Series, trainers Peter and Paul Snowden… Read More »
Cardinal Gem’s winning strike rate may not represent his level of talent as the gelding notched up his third career win from fourteen starts, but his connections are starting to be rewarded for his consistency. “We’ve always had a very good opinion of him but he hasn’t had a lot… Read More »
Sent out 100-1 on debut in a hot maiden at Warwick Farm, the John Sargent trained filly proved her strong closing fifth there was no fluke, running out a narrow winner over the Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young trained Whakamana. No stranger to Oaks’ fillies, having won the Queensland Oaks, New Zealand… Read More »
