While most of the attention at Ascot on Sunday will be on the Perth Cup, the Furphy-Summer Scorcher (1000m) is set to be the most exciting event on the card. The Listed feature has assembled a super field, headlined by speedy mares Wilchino and How’s The Serenity. The Simon Miller-trained How’s… Read More »
Nearly a decade since he commenced his apprenticeship, Jordan Turner will team up with Dom To Shoot in the $500,000 G2 event on Sunday. “I was in Melbourne for two years and had a couple of injuries around this time of the year,” Turner told The Races WA. “All up I probably haven’t… Read More »
Lindsay Park trainers Ben and J D Hayes had high hopes for European import Pas Malotru before his Australian debut at Flemington. But those hopes of a spring campaign were shattered when Pas Malotru suffered a bleeding attack in that 1100m race in August. After incurring an automatic three-month ban from racing, Pas Malotru is ready… Read More »
While only four runners will face the starter in a Two-Year-Old Handicap over 1200m in the second race at Eagle Farm tomorrow … it remains a contest rich in interest with three of the four runners involved yet to have their colours lowered in race action. The importance of the… Read More »
Trainer Peter Moody is weighing-up whether he will have one or two runners in the VOBIS Gold Carat at Moonee Valley. Saturday’s race over 1200m for three-year-olds that is for VOBIS Gold qualified horses only, carries $175,000 in prize money with a further $30,000 in bonuses. Moody has She Dances and Cotel engaged in the race with… Read More »
He hasn’t won for over a year but don’t think for one minute that the Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou-trained galloper Steely is out of form. He has placed in three of his past four outings, with two of those efforts coming behind promising import Nugget. That horse has posted three… Read More »
Blushing Tycoon has been a cause of frustration for his trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young. Showing promise from his two-year-old year, Blushing Tycoon has registered only one win from 19 starts but the Busuttin-Young team hope that will be rectified on Saturday when Blushing Tycoon runs in the Ladbrokes Same Race… Read More »
Patrick Moloney will take the reins on Alaskan God in the G2 Perth Cup (2400m) on January 1 after trainer Dan Morton made the shock decision to replace, Chris Parnham. Parnham, Perth’s champion jockey for the past two seasons, has ridden Alaskan God in nine of his 10 races and… Read More »
Co-trainer Toby Edmonds believes a form advantage can see Alpine Edge return to the winners’ list in the inaugural King Of The Mountain at Toowoomba while earlier in the day Storm The Fortress can rise up the rankings at Doomben towards Magic Millions Day. Edmonds is often understated about his… Read More »
The Robert and Luke Price-trained Our Bellagio Miss is looking to go back-to-back at Royal Randwick this Saturday. She was backed in from $101 to $61 when saluting at Randwick a fortnight ago and the Robert and Luke Price -prepared Our Bellagio Miss will be looking to repeat the dose when she… Read More »
Sydney based trainer Matthew Smith wishes there was more true staying tests for True Marvel. Matthew Smith has sent True Marvel on another trip to Melbourne to contest the Listed Bagot Handicap (2800m) at Flemington on New Year’s Day. Unfortunately for Smith he struggles to find races that are long enough for True Marvel… Read More »
Purchased with the hope of winning his local Cranbourne Cup, Gavin Bedggood has lowered his sights with former Godolphin galloperZiegfeld. The former James Cummings -trained gelding joined Bedggood after finishing fourth in the Listed Victoria Cup (2000m) at Caulfield in February but has yet to feature in the money in five starts. Bedggood is hoping that will change on Saturday when… Read More »
The need to change calendars is as good a time as any to pull out the crystal ball and Brad Bishop has taken on the job of trying to find five horses who are not yet Group 1 winners but boast a ratings profile that suggests they have a strong… Read More »
It’s been a driving ambition, prior to branching out solo and before forming a successful co-training partnership with his brother, Dan. The seeds of Ben Pearce ‘s Perth Cup vision was first sown when he worked with Geoff Durrant, father of Adam, a multiple Perth trainer’s champion. Geoff Durrant had Give… Read More »
The King Of The Mountain, $750,000 race which will be contested for the first time at Toowoomba on December 31, has a huge local interest with no less than nine of the twelve big race runners being supplied by Toowoomba based stables, all of whom will be looking to keep… Read More »
There’s nothing like it when a plan comes together. That’s what eventuated for owner and Honeycomb Stud Director Adrian Whittingham and Victorian trainer Michael Kent when Deny Knowledge ($6) led all the way to take out the Group 3 Belle Of The Turf Stakes at Gosford on Wednesday. The Irish import ran… Read More »
Spending time with family and tucking into some Christmas turkey has been beneficial for Craig Newitt with six winners in the space of three days. A double at Geelong on Monday was followed by a treble at Stony Creek on Tuesday before he kept the ball rolling with another winner at Mornington on… Read More »
Trainer Greg Eurell and the large ownership group of Proprietary did not know what to expect when they took the three-year-old to Mornington for his debut race. But Eurell and connections need not have worried as the gelding registered an easy win in the Mornington Car & Tyre Services Plate (1200m) on Wednesday. A pick-up ride for Ethan Brown, Proprietary ($8)… Read More »
Leading owner Bob Peters will be out to end an unusually quiet Ascot racing carnival on a high note in this week’s TABtouch-Perth Cup (2400m). Bob Peters, along with wife Sandra, have won the New Year’s Day feature on 10 previous occasions, including the most recent edition with Midnight Blue…. Read More »
A start in a stakes race at Flemington is on the cards for Crestani when the gelding heads to Moonee Valley for his return run following a short break. The Group 3 Standish Handicap (1200m) at Flemington on January 14 is in the planning for the Pat Carey -trained galloper if he runs well on Saturday. Crestani is… Read More »
