In Secret has laid the foundation for another Group 1 shot after overcoming a dawdling start to kick off her autumn campaign with a win. The Godolphin filly has been tardy to jump in her barrier trials and was again slow out of the gates before gathering herself to settle midfield… Read More »
Jacquinot enhanced his status as one of the most valuable stallion prospects in Australia when he was crowned the winner of a dramatic $750,000 Group 1 CF Orr Stakes at Sandown on Saturday. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr -trained son of Rubick was awarded the race in the stewards’ room after… Read More »
Lofty Strike was denied a shot at Group 1 glory at last year’s Blue Diamond meeting, but the son of Snitzel emphatically declared on Saturday that he is on track for a shot at redemption 12 months on. The Julius Sandhu-trained three-year-old scored a dazzling first-up win under Craig Newitt in… Read More »
Annabel Neasham experienced the best and worst of racing in the space of a few seconds with one of her two Inglis Millennium runners posting a sensational win as the other suffered a heavy fall. Neasham’s first thought was for two-year-old Dorothy Gail and her jockey Tom Marquand, who crashed to the… Read More »
James Cummings flexed his Blue Diamond muscle at Sandown on Saturday when jockeys sporting Godolphin’s famous royal blue silks won both $300,000 Blue Diamond Preludes. Barber lived up to his high billing when he won the colts and geldings edition, while Exploring put up her hand for a start in the $2 million… Read More »
Tasmanian racegoers were very close to witnessing one of the biggest upsets in recent history only for Dunkel to dive through late and take out the Listed Tasmanian Derby. The shortest priced favourite in the Derby since Northwest Passage in 2017, Dunkel was tipped to win in a canter, however it didn’t… Read More »
The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott trained Soul Choice had no concerns booking her ticket for the Tasmanian Oaks when taking out the Listed Strutt Stakes at Hobart on Friday evening. A maiden success in the feature for the Waterhouse and Bott stable, Soul Choice only faced four rivals and led… Read More »
Just a little over a month since Brett Prebble decided to move his riding career to Sydney, another multiple Group 1 winning rider has decided to do the same. Brad Rawiller is in Sydney, knowing that it will be a tough test as he looks to establish a new phase… Read More »
Unbeaten at her only two career starts, Shaddow Fear looms as one of the key chances in the $300,000 event for the two-year-old fillies. As well as securing valuable blacktype on the filly, a good performance would go a long way to securing a start in the $2 million Blue… Read More »
Trainer Mitchell Pateman is hopeful a return to Ascot and improved fitness will give Feels Playful a big chance of taking out the Listed Challenge Stakes (1500m) on Saturday. Feels Playful ran a tenacious second in last fortnight’s Listed WA Breeders’ Classic (1400m) at Pinjarra, four weeks after recording her… Read More »
A real-life racing court-room drama is set to be played out in the NSW Supreme Court. Broadly, as reported by Racing.com, it involves the serving of legal documents by Racing NSW to every other state’s racing authority and Racing Victoria’s, for one, intention to vigorously defend the action. It should… Read More »
While nothing has yet been set in stone, industry feedback at this time suggests that overtures by Racing Victoria to move the Cox Plate to late November will not get the green light in 2023. As far as can be understood, there are influential parties on both sides of the… Read More »
The Rex Lipp and Nicolas Hahn trained Simply Fly will be looking to claim a tenth career victory in his thirty-first start when he steps out in an Open Handicap over 1200m at Doomben on Saturday. Whatever that result, Simply Fly’s efforts to date translate into a very impressive strike-rate,… Read More »
Trainer James Cummings is looking forward to seeing lightly raced Pericles compete on a firm surface for the first time. After four runs on wet ground in the spring, Pericles makes his return in the Group 2 Autumn Stakes (1400m) at Sandown on Saturday. Pericles made a quick rise up the ranks during the spring,… Read More »
Dual Group 1 winner Mo’Unga is renowned for his laidback attitude towards trackwork and barrier trials but the five-year-old appears to have turned over a new leaf. While his two trial efforts were typically casual, the horse worked sharply in an exhibition gallop with stablemate Laws of Indices at Randwick last… Read More »
When jockey Craig Williams finds a horse he likes, he is 100 per cent committed. A phone call asking if he would like to ride an unraced two-year-old in a jump-out sparked interest from Williams who went to Mornington to put the youngster through its paces. That two-year-old was Gangitano who Williams rode to… Read More »
Lindsay Park trainers Ben and J D Hayes are looking forward to the Festival Of Racing with two of their stable stars Mr Brightside and Gentleman Roy. The pair meet in the first Group 1 race of the autumn, the CF Orr Stakes (1400m) at Sandown on Saturday with the $5 million All-Star Mile… Read More »
Gerald Ryan is not hellbent on a Golden Slipper berth for talented filly Facile, but if she can get there of her own accord he won’t be holding her back. A daughter of Ryan’s former top sprinter Trapeze Artist, Facile will resume in Saturday’s $2 million Inglis Millennium (1100m) at Randwick after… Read More »
Nature Strip showed he is on target for a 10th Group 1 win following a pleasing jump-out at Flemington. Opposed to stablemate September Run and the Mike Moroney-trained Roch ‘N’ Horse, the trio went 800m out of the barriers down the straight 800m course on Friday morning. Nature Strip led home Roch ‘N’ Horse with September Run in… Read More »
The Sydney autumn carnival is set to have a distinct international flavour with several of the world’s leading trainers nominating horses for feature races. Irish powerhouses Aidan and Joseph O’Brien and top English trainer William Haggas, best known in Australia for his feats with dual Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner Addeybb,… Read More »
