Tim Clark has declared the best is still ahead for the late-blooming Dajraan, who gave an insight into his talent with a commanding win in the Group 3 Festival Stakes at Rosehill. A superbly bred son of the great Frankel out of 2014 Golden Slipper winner Mossfun, Dajraan ($11) turned… Read More »
Just one filly had won the Group 2 Sandown Guineas (1600m) in the past sixteen years and See You In Heaven has emulated the performance of Pretty Brazen in 2019, taking out the 2022 edition run at Caulfield in fine style. A messy race in the big field, Craig Williams settled the… Read More »
Staying well away from the rail and not having to make her run in between other horses has been key to Me Me Lagarde taking out the Listed Tattersall’s Classic (1200m), and has the mare on a firm path to Magic Millions Day in January. A fourth win adding to… Read More »
Chris Waller thought his chances of winning the ATC Cup were dashed when his top seed was scratched on the way to the barriers before barn mate Bonny Ezra surprised the stable and punters, coming with a late surge to score. Waller regarded New Mandate as his leading hope but the… Read More »
It’s been a long time between drinks for Vow And Declare but they’ve tasted sweet, having won the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) in 2019 and now winning the Group 2 Zipping Classic (2400m) over three years later. The seven-year-old had shown glimpses of being back near his best this… Read More »
Once a promising two-year-old, Jigsaw lost his way a bit a bit towards the end of his three-year-old campaign but has come back in career best form, winning his first race at stakes level. The writing was on the wall first up at Cranbourne as he showed plenty of gate speed… Read More »
Sunday is âvacantâ for Germany to claim a second Japan Cup, with unbeaten 3yo Tunnes being able to claim a US$3m Bonus having also taken-out the Grosser Preis von Bayern. In coming off a 10 length victory in the Allianz Securities sponsored Preis von Bayern of 1m4f on a heavy… Read More »
Twelve races will be run and won at Singapore on Saturday, with good depth across the program. Race One: 5 Tom Cat Race Two: 5 Hole In One Race Three: 8 Surrey Hills Race Four: 8 Lim’s Fuji Race Five: 1 Knight Love Race Six: 5 Harry Dream Race Seven:… Read More »
Having secured a spring goal with Toregene, Matthew Williams is hoping to add a stakes race to the mare’s record. Lining up for her sixth race start on Saturday, Toregene contests the Group 3 Summoned Stakes (1600m) at Caulfield. After winning at the Swan Hill Carnival in June, Williams picked out the Melbourne… Read More »
Trainer Neville Parnham is confident Vampi At Play has what it takes to win tomorrow’s TABtouch-Sir Ernest Lee Steere Classic (1400m) at Ascot. The Playing God filly was beaten more than three lengths by Admiration Express in the WA Champion Fillies Stakes (1600m) last start but gets a chance to… Read More »
Streets Of Avalon will be racing for a trip to Perth when he runs in a stakes race at Caulfield. The Shane Nichols-trained galloper in entered for the Gold Rush (1400m) at Ascot on December 10, but first he needs to get through the Group 3 Kevin Heffernan Stakes (1400m) on Saturday. “He’s got… Read More »
Keats will be looking to register a fourth win since joining the Gavin Bedggood stable when he contests the Eclipse Stakes at Caulfield. Cranbourne trainer Gavin Bedggood says the Eclipse Stakes at Caulfield is a fork in the road race for Keats. The former Mike Moroney -trained galloper will be having… Read More »
Ciaron Maher and David Eustace are yet to officially win the Sandown Guineas but hope that will change with two runners in the Group 2 event at Caulfield on Saturday. Villermont, who took out the race in 2017, was originally prepared by Maher until he was suspended over the ownership bona fides of Azkadellia. The then three-year-old was transferred into… Read More »
Kiss Sum has been haunted by his benchmark rating this spring but a victory in the Group 3 Festival Stakes will go a long way towards relieving the pain of his connections. A winner of the Gunsynd Classic during the Brisbane winter carnival, Kiss Sum returned with a Golden Eagle goal,… Read More »
The Winterbottom Stakes barrier draw was something Mitchell Pateman had no control over, but he hopes it plays an ethereal part in This’Ll Testya’s quest for victory in Saturday’s feature race at Ascot. And not just because he thinks a middle alley will assist the seven-year-old mare’s chances. The daughter of… Read More »
Bitofmerit is back at the races on Saturday and although Michael Campbell is confident the four-year-old can give it a shake first-up, the Bunbury trainer is taking a cautious approach. Michael Campbell’s wariness is based on Bitofmerit’s fitness levels following four months out after a double setback in the winter… Read More »
Success in a rich restricted two-year-old race at Caulfield has seen the Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained Kings Consort pay a hefty price. But with the Group 2 Sandown Guineas (1600m) at Caulfield on Saturday run under set-weights, the time may be right for Kings Consort to shine. Kings Consort has only one win… Read More »
Imported galloper Without A Fight has been ruled out of the Group 2 Zipping Classic at Caulfield after Racing Victoria vets ruled him unsuitable to race. As part of RV’s strict veterinary protocols for horses coming to Australia for the Melbourne Spring Carnival, those gallopers must undergo a CT scan of their distal… Read More »
Champion jockey Joao Moreira will make his swansong from Hong Kong racing at next month’s International meeting after handing in his local licence. The decorated hoop and four-time Hong Kong premiership winner has been one of the brightest stars of the Hong Kong riding scene for almost a decade, but hasn’t ridden… Read More »
Trainer Mark Newnham will be as interested as anybody to see how former Hong Kong gelding Sunshine Rising handles his first Australian test at Rosehill. On the one hand, the horse boasts world-class form lines, having claimed the scalp of champion Beauty Generation to win the 2019 Sha Tin Trophy before… Read More »
