Boasting eight winners from his past 37 runners striking at 21.6%, Warwick Farm conditioner Gary Portelli has hit a purple patch of form heading into the Christmas period. He lines up three runners at his backyard tomorrow, and believes at least two of them are capable of strong showings. With his… Read More »
Racing Victoria has announced the 2023 jumps racing season that will see an additional $175,000 in prize money added to the 2022 season. The prize money increase means more than $1 million has been pumped into an increase in prize money over the past two seasons. The Grand Annual Steeplechase at Warrnambool… Read More »
Young Wagga trainer Darrell Burnet will chase his first metropolitan win when Supido Beauty heads to either Randwick or Moonee Valley on Saturday. Supido Beauty is unbeaten in two starts and Burnet has the filly entered in a benchmark 70 handicap (1000m) at Moonee Valley and in the TAB Highway Class 3 Handicap (1100m) at Randwick. Burnet said… Read More »
Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr will be looking to strike twice in less than a week with Northern Hemisphere-bred debutants when Fretta steps out in Wednesday’s opening event at Sandown. The British-bred daughter of Frankel will have her first start in the 1500-metre Tile Importer Plate that kicks off the… Read More »
Logistics mean Nick Ryan is unable to run Vegas Knight in his preferred race over the festive period, so a trip to The Valley on Christmas Eve will have to suffice. The last-start Pakenham Cup placegetter has been nominated for two events at Saturday’s meeting, the 2040-metre BM84 and the 2500m BM78,… Read More »
Craig Williams is always happy to chat to fellow Grand Slam-winning jockey Chris Munce, but when the conversation includes an offer to ride a horse, he gets particularly excited. Which is why Williams will be riding in Brisbane this Saturday. The star Victorian hoop will be aboard the Munce-trained Miss Coota in… Read More »
Alligator Blood used 2022 to establish himself as one of Australia best gallopers and the gelding’s trainers are now eyeing off the country’s richest 1600-metre event with the tenacious on-pacer. Adrian Bott, who trains in partnership with Gai Waterhouse, said the six-year-old had embraced life back at their Flemington stable and… Read More »
Trainer Julius Sandhu has his quality three-year-old Lofty Strike back in work with two of Victoria’s big sprints races on his radar. The Group 1 Oakleigh Plate (1100m) at Caulfield in February and the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington are high on Sandhu’s agenda. After going through his two-year-old year undefeated which culminated in his… Read More »
Peter and Paul Snowden are gearing up to have one of their strongest ever representations in the Magic Millions Classic at the Gold Coast with a multitude of two-year-olds on target for the $2 million race. The father and son training partners have three of the top five fancies in early… Read More »
With a start locked away for Sunsource on the Gold Coast, trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young are able to set the right campaign to suit the two-year-old. As part of that campaign to the Gold Coast next month, Sunsource will have a jump-out going right-handed over 1000m at Cranbourne on Monday, opposed to four… Read More »
Ten races will be run and won at Sha Tin on Sunday, with solid depth across the program. Race One: 2 Joyful Genius Race Two: 6 Huge Win Race Three: 2 Baby Crystal Race Four: 3 War Weapon Race Five: 2 Cheery Race Six: 4 Bundle Of Charm Race Seven:… Read More »
Blake Shinn has been hit with a $2000 fine and a 12-meeting suspension after Racing Victoria stewards upheld a protest at Flemington. Stewards lodged their own protest after Invincible Caviar and My Yankee Girl could not be separated at the end of the Festive Season Sprint (1200m) on Saturday. On reviewing the film prior to correct weight, Blake… Read More »
A quick back-up and perfectly timed, rails-hugging ride by apprentice Zac Lloyd has proven the right formula for Superium to get back in the winner’s stall. After doing his best work late when fifth to Sky Command in the Razor Sharp Handicap (1200m) last weekend, the six-year-old relished a distance… Read More »
Ashford Street has provided trainer Ken Elford with his most important victory with a stakes victory at Flemington. While the win was nice, the race Elford would most like to capture is his hometown sprint during the Warrnambool May Carnival. Ashford Street provided Elford with his first Flemington success when taking… Read More »
Ridden patiently at the rear of the field and ‘turning it on’ at the top of the straight is a trait now common with Kovalica as the three-year-old gelding notched his fourth win in five starts in the Group 3 Grand Prix Stakes (2100m). Traditionally a lead-up to the Group 1… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained stayer Persan has registered his first win in more than 18 months with an all-the-way win at Flemington. An emerging stayer through 2020, Persan eventually ran fifth in that year’s Melbourne Cup and returned the following March to win first-up at Moonee Valley. But the stayer had been in… Read More »
There have been moments during the past 12 months when Jenny Duggan feared she would never ride again. But after months of soul searching and various medical treatments, the courageous jockey has celebrated a special victory at Randwick, sooling home Our Bellagio Miss to land her first metropolitan win of… Read More »
Renowned for his patient approach with two-year-olds, Chris Waller has been happy to let Lazzago find her way to the races pre-Christmas, labelling her as one of the best youngsters on his books this season. Sydney’s dominant trainer has won most of the major races on the calendar but having… Read More »
âIn Breaking Barriers we examine the most pressing issues of our time and take inspiration from what is being done around the world to overcome barriers to the advancement of racing.â In this the 39th Asian Racing Conference âwe look to the future of racing, identifying the major roadblocks that… Read More »
Punters like to talk about value bets … even better they like to find them. Jockey Kyle Wilson-Taylor answered that call … big time … in the last week but, unfortunately for them, most punters were caught napping as Wilson-Taylor piloted two long shots … Tick Tock Queen ($71) on… Read More »
