Trainer Luke Fernie firmly believes if Excellent Dream can repeat his last start performance he will more than hold his own in Thursday’s Hannans Handicap (1400m) at Kalgoorlie. Luke Fernie says he takes great confidence out of Excellent Dream’s first up run when he ran Comes A Time to a short half-head… Read More »
Jockey Andrew Adkins will partner with Carif in The Metropolitan at Randwick for the first time, although the jockey has a good understanding of the stayer. Adkins has ridden the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained galloper in trackwork several time and after partnering Carif in a gallop on Tuesday morning said the gelding was ready to go… Read More »
The Gai Waterhouse and A Bott stable is banking on the excellent third-up record of Converge over the Randwick Mile in the Epsom Handicap. Converge has twice been a winner third-up at 1600m at Randwick and enters Saturday’s Group 1 race under those conditions again. He won the Listed Fernhill Stakes as a two-year-old before returning… Read More »
Jacquinot will not be the first son of Rubick to meet Nature Strip in The Everest, but the Golden Rose winner’s assignment looks significantly tougher than the one that confronted the last son of the now-Swettenham Stud-Based stallion to attempt it. Yes Yes Yes put Rubick on the map with his win… Read More »
It is getting to be crunch time for the connections still looking to get their horse a run in the $15 million Everest with the big race date of October 15 now just eighteen days away. The names of Nature Strip, Eduardo, Lost And Running, Snapdancer, Mazu and Masked Crusader… Read More »
Jack Duncan is the epitome of a trainer who lets his horses do the talking. And sometimes … they make a loud statement. That was certainly the case when Seat Of Power won the Toowoomba Cup on Saturday with the tried and tested son of Sea The Stars helping Duncan… Read More »
It is arguable a trip of a lifetime for jockey Mark Zahra who will fly to Paris later this week for a date with Verry Ellegant and her assignment in one of Europe’s most prestigious races, Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp. The jury is probably still out… Read More »
Eleven Eleven showed his Manikato Stakes preparations were on track with a trial win at Randwick on Monday morning, but a solid hitout was only part of the plan for Greg Hickman. The Warwick Farm trainer was equally as keen to see how he reacted in the barriers at what his… Read More »
Life is never dull where Alligator Blood is concerned. The top-tier performer won his second Group 1 in his last four starts when he outgunned the mighty Zaaki is a testing stride for stride battle for much of the Sandown straight, while also having enough in hand to see off… Read More »
A flying second place by Mo’unga, who snared stable companion Zaaki in the finals strides to gain a runner-up finish in the Group 1 Underwood stakes behind Alligator Blood on Saturday, rated as a tremendous run, but the post-race fallout was not as satisfying for Mo’unga’s jockey Hugh Bowman. The… Read More »
Fresh from their Underwood Stakes win with Alligator Blood, Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott will chase further Victorian Group 1 success in this Saturday’s Turnbull Stakes with Knights Order. The imported stayer will press his Caulfield Cup claims in the 2000-metre set-weights-and-penalties event at Flemington. The Turnbull Stakes will be Knights… Read More »
It was hard to imagine I Wish I Win being more impressive than his four-length Caulfield romp at his Australian debut in Sunday’s $175,000 Testa Rossa Stakes, but the former Kiwi gelding pulled it off. The Peter Moody-trained rising star came from what seemed like an impossible position to win the… Read More »
The Cox Plate picture was somewhat turned on its head at Sandown on Sunday with Alligator Blood showing tremendous fight to lead throughout and claim the Underwood Stakes (1800m), with the reputation of a couple of key chances at the crossroads. Read on for the 2022 Underwood Stakes Post Race… Read More »
The Cox Plate has a new major player after Alligator Blood dented the reputation of some of Australian racing’s biggest names and enhanced his own in the process at Sandown on Sunday. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott -trained gelding logged a third career Group 1 success when he led all the… Read More »
The early stages of Waltz On By’s career was plagued by bad luck, but the regally-bred filly had something go her way in Sunday’s $175,000 Jim Moloney Stakes (1400m) at Sandown. The Peter Moody-trained filly got the nod in one of the finishes of the season to date, prevailing a… Read More »
Former New Zealander Wolverine will be Kris Lees’ sole runner in the Group 1 Flight Stakes with the trainer opting not to stretch Willinga Best out to a mile. The latter led and tired when fifth to Zougotcha in the Tea Rose Stakes (1400m) last start and while she wasn’t disgraced,… Read More »
Ten races will be run and won at Sha Tin on Sunday, headlined by the Group lll Celebration Cup (1400m). Race One: 2 Wodfire Bro Race Two: 4 Lucky Victor Race Three: 2 California Spangle Race Four: 3 Science Patch Race Five: 6 Stunning Impact Race Six: 10 Adios Race… Read More »
Jacquinot confirmed his promise with a Group l win, sustained speed from Coolangatta came to the fore at The Valley while an Australian jockey has been booked for Verry Elleegant in the Arc. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY… Read More »
Surf Dancer has given Tulloch Lodge trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott pause for thought with his comprehensive first-up win in the Group 2 Shannon Stakes at Rosehill. As the winner of the South Grafton Cup in July, the six-year-old is qualified for the $2 million Big Dance at Randwick on Melbourne… Read More »
Jacquinot has rocketed into contention for a slot in the $15 million Everest after unleashing a withering finish to upstage Sydney’s best three-year-olds in the Group 1 Golden Rose. In doing so, he became the first Victorian-trained horse since Toorak Toff in 2010 to win the coveted race and while the… Read More »
