After winning million dollar The Hunter last weekend, Vilana has impressed Godolphin’s traveling assistant Nacim Delmi on how the four-year-old has settled in since making the trip to Perth and a is highly likely to be a starter in the $1.5 million Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) on Saturday. “I’m very… Read More »
It took Riodini more than two years to break his duck in Australia but now that he has, trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott are hoping he can keep his momentum rolling into the summer. The former Kiwi, who arrived in Sydney in the spring of 2020, posted a third-up victory in Saturday’s… Read More »
Ten races will be run and won at Sha Tin on Sunday, headlined by trial races for the big International Day in a few weeks time. Race One: 5 Secret Vision Race Two: 12 Supreme Lucky Race Three: 4 Rise Brethren Race Four: 2 Coming Patch Race Five: 9 Victor… Read More »
Talented four-year-old Trix Of The Trade has handed 84 year-old trainer Colin Webster his first Group 1 when taking out Saturday’s Group 1 Railway Stakes at Ascot. An emotional win for all involved, Trix Of The Trade continued the great record of four-year-olds in the feature, much to his trainer’s… Read More »
Le Palmier’s best asset is his speed and trainer Tony Gollan’s plan to make full use of it has reaped dividends with the speedster running his rivals ragged in the Swiss Ace Plate at the Sunshine Coast. The short course specialist started at $9.50 and led throughout to defeat stablemate… Read More »
The big query around Ballarat Cup day was the weather, with the track improving back into the good range on race morning before a deluge struck, downgrading the surface to a soft 7. Jockeys were keen to get as far away from the inside fence as possible the later the… Read More »
The last time Riodini won a race, the COVID-19 pandemic was yet to sweep the world, but the former New Zealander has finally got an Australian success on the board, taking out the $1 million The Gong at Kembla Grange. The six-year-old had not saluted since December, 2019 when he claimed… Read More »
Backed into favouritism late, the punters were keen on Bankers Choice who looked well placed after running sixth, beaten 3.4 lengths by Zaaki in the Group 1 Champions Stakes (2000m) at Flemington last start. A Group 3 winner in New Zealand, Bankers Choice had run eight times in Australia and… Read More »
Apprentice Zac Lloyd has celebrated one of the most significant wins of his fledgling career with victory aboard Athelric in the $300,000 The Warra at Kembla Grange. One of the feature races on Saturday’s stand-alone Kembla program, The Warra attracted a handy field but it was the Godolphin four-year-old who… Read More »
Direct has been a model of consistency over his now 15 start career, rarely missing a place and promising plenty after running third in the Group 2 Silver Slipper Stakes behind star colt Home Affairs. He’s now starting to deliver on that foundation, recording his third win from as many… Read More »
A colt by Zoustar, he’d shown ability at the jump outs but didn’t show a lot of gate speed which was on show at Ballarat in the Magic Millions 2yo Classic, getting back to last in the field but unleashing a powerful last 600m to win softly on the line… Read More »
Twelve races will be run and won at Singapore on Saturday, headlined by the Singapore Gold Cup (2000m) at Group l level. Race One: 3 Fireworks Race Two: 1 Win Win Race Three: 9 Big Day Race Four: 2 Street Of Dreams Race Five: 4 Ejaz Race Six: 4 Chosen… Read More »
Champion trainer Chris Waller is under no illusion how difficult it will be to win tomorrow afternoon’s Furphy-Railway Stakes (1600m) with stable veteran Yonkers. The gelding will get his third crack at Group 1 level in the famous Ascot mile, having contested the Australian Cup (2000m) and Doomben Cup (2200m)… Read More »
Trainer Peter Moody has been fined on a charge of conduct detrimental to the interests of racing. An audio message to the owners of a horse trained by Peter Moody has landed him in hot water following a Racing Victoria stewards’ inquiry. RV stewards charged Moody with conduct detrimental to the interests of… Read More »
Craig Williams has landed in Singapore and takes the ride on the Tim Fitzsimmons-trained $5 favourite Mr Black Back in Saturday’s Group 1 Singapore Gold Cup over 2000 metres. Meticulous in his planning – demonstrably so in nabbing big race successes in Melbourne and Sydney over the last two months – his… Read More »
Ben and J D Hayes have come to the realisation that sprinter Nicolini Vito is at his best when his races are spaced. It will be 18 days between runs by the time Nicolini Vito lines up in the Tonks Plate (1200m) at Ballarat on Saturday. The Lindsay Park trainers decided to… Read More »
Trainer Trevor Andrews possesses a great record in the Sky Racing WA Guineas and he’s hoping to extend that historical link when All The King’s Men races in the Group 2 feature over 1600m at Ascot on Saturday. Andrews has won the WA Guineas three times with King Saul(2011), Vain… Read More »
Canberra trainer Matt Dale with make the trip to Ballarat with a strong three-horse team while also having runners closer to home at Kembla Grange. The Magic Millions Ballarat 2YO Classic (1000m) on Saturday was the first race to raise Dale’s interest in making the trip interstate where he will start debutant Malaboom. Saturday’s race carries… Read More »
He couldn’t have been more impressive when saluting by over six lengths at the Sunshine Coast on debut, and Golden Boom will be looking to go back-to-back there tomorrow in the Innovative Planning Solutions Three-Year-Old Handicap over 1000m. He won his first two trials by a combined margin of eight lengths,… Read More »
Mark Newnham and Tyler Schiller will be hoping lighting strikes twice when they combine with A Very Fine Red in Saturday’s The Warra (1000m) at Kembla Grange. The $300,000 event will be run seven days after Newnham and Schiller combined to win another race of that value, The Beauford at Newcastle, with King… Read More »
