Right from the time young Cranbourne trainer Alex Rae started working with Shock ‘Em Ova he thought he had something above average. However, immaturity delayed the start to the racing career of the son of Melbourne Cup winner Shocking who will be having just his second start when he runs in… Read More »
Theresa Bateup and her hardy mare Monegal are in for a busy week but if history can repeat, it will all be worthwhile. Monegal will step out in the Listed Winter Challenge (1500m) at Rosehill on Saturday before backing up five days later in the Coffs Harbour Cup (1600m) where she will… Read More »
Young stallion Hellbent has had a month to remember with eight winners since the start of July and John O’Shea is optimistic Hell I Am can add to the sire’s haul at Rosehill. Significantly, all eight scored on rain-affected tracks and with Rosehill in the heavy range for Saturday, Hell I Am… Read More »
Lindsay Park is hoping the Mark Zahra and So Si Bon combination will prove a winning one at The Valley. So Si Bon runs in the Travis Harrison Cup (1600m) on Saturday with Zahra having the ride on the gelding for the first time in three runs. The ride on So Si Bon… Read More »
Immaturity cost Written Swoosh being an autumn player with her trainer Phillip Stokes hoping the filly may prove up to spring company. Phillip Stokes erred on the side of caution after a promising debut by Written Swoosh with a view to the filly being a spring contender. After finishing second… Read More »
Producing Keysborough on the second-last day of his juvenile season was not how Hawkes Racing initially planned to launch the career of Black Caviar’s grandson. Had all gone smoothly at Ballarat earlier this year, the colt out of Black Caviar’s first foal Oscietra would already have at least one run… Read More »
Two weeks after he was thrashed more than five lengths in a two-horse race, veteran gelding Naval Warfare has reversed the result on his last-start conqueror in an upset victory. Having been winless for 3-1/2 years, the rising nine-year-old started the rank outsider of Wednesday’s Furphy Handicap (2200m) at Warwick… Read More »
Glorious Goodwood 2022 continues on Wednesday night, headlined by the Group l Sussex Stakes (1609m). swiftbet 💰 👉 Download the hottest new betting app
Having done most of his racing in Melbourne, co-trainer Wayne Hawkes said a trip to Sydney earlier in the year had been the making of Sessions Road. A winner of four of his 10 starts prior to starting in the Ladbrokes Live Betting Handicap (1000m) at Sandown on Wednesday, Sessions… Read More »
Having progressed from a maiden win at Ballarat to midweek success at Sandown, the next win the connection of Michelotti hope to knock over will be a Saturday win in town. Michelotti broke his maiden status for Robbie Griffiths and Mathew de Kock with a victory at Ballarat on July… Read More »
Take two of the Winter Challenge might look less appealing than the original, but that won’t stop trainer Joe Pride from giving Snippy Fox an opportunity to snare some valuable black type. The Listed race was part of the washed-out program at Randwick last Saturday and rather than lose the… Read More »
It has been over 12 months since Mimi’s Award last tasted success but the Lindsay Park stable expect the mare to have the right conditions at The Valley. Mimi’s Award lost a race on protest at Flemington two starts ago after being first past the post, while a sit and sprint… Read More »
Trainer John O’Shea would love to see more options for horses on The Everest trail. With confirmation this week that Lost And Running will again represent the TAB’s slot in this year’s The Everest, trainer John O’Shea has begun to plot his course towards the spring showpiece. And it has prompted the… Read More »
TAB has selected exciting sprinter Lost And Running to represent its slot in the $15 million TAB Everest (1200m) at Randwick on October 15. It’s the second year in a row that the John O’Shea-trained galloper will represent TAB after the gelding turned in an eye catching fourth when he… Read More »
Outstanding five-year-old gelding Superstorm, a Group 1 winner of the Cantala Stakes (1600m) at Flemington last October, has been ruled out of the Melbourne spring carnival. Perth owner-breeder Bob Peters, who confirmed the news on Tabradio, said it was a disappointing outcome as Superstorm was displaying encouraging signs before his setback…. Read More »
Lost And Running has been announced as the TAB’s representative in The Everest. Another piece in The Everest jigsaw puzzle has been completed with TAB securing Lost And Running as its representative in this year’s $15 million race at Randwick. The five-year-old son of Per Incanto trained by John O’Shea at… Read More »
Glorious Goodwood for 2022 kicks off on Tuesday night, headlined by the Group l Goodwood Cup (3200m), where all eyes will be on grand campaigner Stradviarius. swiftbet 💰 👉 Download the hottest new betting app
Racing Victoria has announced a raft of $1 million bonuses to further enhance the Victorian Spring Racing Carnival. Tuesday’s announcement came on top of more than $26 million in prize money increases earlier in May that cover metropolitan and country races along with spring feature races. Five races across the… Read More »
Trainer John Moloney would like to add some more ‘Black Type’ to the CV of Scorched Earth before the end of her three-year-old campaign. Scorched Earth officially turns four on Monday and Moloney has his sights on the Listed Lightning Stakes (1050m) at Morphettville on Saturday, a race restricted to two… Read More »
Rebel Dane walked through the front gate at Widden Stud ‘just five-minutes ago,’ and already he’s the Australian Champion Sire of 2YOs for this 2021-2022 season. With his juvenile filly Fireburn winning the $5m Longines Golden Slipper Stakes and $1m Inglis Sires’ Produce Stakes as his only season winner, he’s… Read More »
