Hellsing, trained by Annabel and Rob Archibald, has struck a rich vein for form and scored a career-best win in the Listed $200,000 Arrowfield Scone Cup (1600m) at Scone on Friday. Despite having his 10th start in a preparation stretching more than six months, Hellsing is going better than ever… Read More »
Got a ticket ā¦ got a chance ā¦ and trainer Chris Waller holds a ticket with Private Harry in the Doomben 10,000 as he continues to chase down his two hundredth Group 1 victory. That milestone is inevitable, of course, but whether Private Harry is the horse to carry Waller… Read More »
The Tony and Maddysen Sears trained Nightline, an exciting winner of the Gold Coast Bracelet last Saturday, is no longer a Group 1 Queensland Oaks contender after suffering an injury setback which will prevent her from taking any further part in the Winter Carnival. āWe discovered it this morning ā¦… Read More »
It would be quite a spectacular return to winning ways if the Mick Price and Michael Kent (Jnr) trained Reserve Bank were to salute in the Group 1 Doomben 10,000 on Saturday. The chestnut son of Capitalist spent twelve months on the sidelines, only returning to race action in the… Read More »
With each campaign has come some improvement and trainer John Moloney is hoping for a touch more fromĀ HearcomesthestarĀ when she lines up at Flemington. HearcomesthestarĀ has won six of her 28 starts with a further eightĀ placings butĀ has fallen short when competing at Stakes level. The rising six-year-old has one Listed placing to… Read More »
Group 3 placegetter Butter Blonde has topped the Inglis Digital May (Early) Online Sale, selling for $350,000 to Twin Hills Stud. The Ottawa Stakes placegetter was offered in foal to exciting young sire Home Affairs and proved the standout lot on the second day of the sale, which featured a… Read More »
TheĀ South AustralianĀ family training team of Gary and Nichole Searle and daughter Brianna Callanan have their sights set on a Melbourne Cup start with Sir Kingsford. A trip to Flemington for the Listed Andrew Ramsden (3200m) on Saturday secures the winner a Melbourne Cup ballot exemption into November’s showpiece. Nichole Searle… Read More »
Joe Pride isn’t sure how Estadio Mestalla has been allocated two kilos more than a Group 1 winner in the Luskin Star Stakes, but he does know the consistent gelding will give his all. The seven-year-old posted his most significant win in last year’s Listed Winter Stakes (1100m) and has… Read More »
Filly Sequista has often been her own worst enemy, but trainers Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou are convinced she has the quality to win at black-type level. Already stakes placed in the 2024 Inglis Nursery (1000m) and finishing on the heels of the placegetters in Tempted’s Percy Sykes Stakes (1200m),… Read More »
Charlotte Littlefield wants to see her exciting filly Concord Connie produce a repeat performance beforeĀ allowing herself to dream bigger. Concord Connie produced a stunning performance to win at her third race start at Flemington on Anzac Day, recording aĀ six-lengthĀ win in slick time. The filly returns to Flemington on Saturday to… Read More »
Harlem Queen hasn’t quite followed the career trajectory she appeared to be on at three, but off the back of a smooth build-up to her latest preparation, trainer Nathan Doyle is optimistic she can regain some consistency to her form. The mare resumes in Saturday’s Dark Jewel Classic (1400m) at… Read More »
The Queensland Derby aspirations for Different Gravy will go on the line when he steps out at Flemington. Trainer Henry Dwyer set his sights on the northern states Derby after Different Gravy scored in a Listed raceĀ over 1800m at Flemington on Melbourne Cup Day last year. Dwyer had originally planned… Read More »
The nervous wait to see if Napoleonic would sneak into the Doomben 10,000 is over with the scratching of Abounding paving the way for the colt to take his place in the Group 1 sprint. Connections have endured an anxious week after the three-year-old was originally named second emergency for… Read More »
With a bevy of stakes-class sprinters currently in the stable, Peter Snowden is in the enviable position of juggling his team between a rich variety of feature races. A fortnight ago, he took out the Hawkesbury Gold Rush (1100m) with Zealously, while last week King Of Roseau and Beadman delivered… Read More »
The Melbourne Cup qualifier at Flemington was never in the planning forĀ ZakoumaĀ untilĀ his last start effort at Flemington After three successive wins, Zakouma went to Flemington on Anzac Day and was expected toĀ take outĀ the benchmark 100 2000m contest in which he was a heavily backed favourite. But the race turned into… Read More »
The Carnival has left town and Nichole Searle would like to think it can result in a deserved victory for Tosen Water when racing returns to the Parks track at Morphettville this Saturday. The six-year-old mare will look to go one better than her past two runs in the $65,000… Read More »
Chris Waller will have a typically robust team for the two-day carnival at Scone but among the horses he is most looking forward to seeing step out is the resuming Sun God. The five-year-old will be among up to 18 runners for the champion trainer when he kicks off his… Read More »
“Mickael had the most amazing timing, it was lovely to see. I think he’ll remain at a mile,ā said an excited Princess Zahra Aga Khan when Rayif won the Emirates Poule dāEssai des Poulains. In being the ninth winner for the Aga Khan family of the French 2000 Guineas, the… Read More »
A week after landing a feature race double at the stand-alone Gosford meeting, jockey Kerrin McEvoy will be hoping for a similar haul at Scone where he has rides in all six black-type races over the two-day carnival. McEvoy, who captured the $500,000 The Coast (1600m) aboard Athantos and the… Read More »
The well performed, Grant and Alana Williams trained Western Empire will resume at Belmont in the Group 3 Belmont Sprint over 1400m on Saturday. It was a case of āno cigarā for the son of Iffraaj over the Summer Carnival at Ascot, but there was plenty to like about Western… Read More »
