Proscenium Arch and Bonheur will attempt to give Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young a second win in the Thousand Guineas Prelude at Caulfield. Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young know what it takes to win the Thousand Guineas Prelude with a filly at double figure odds. Acting scored as a $21 chance in the… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable hope stablemates Lethal Thoughts and Sir Bailey can establish their Group 1 credentials at Caulfield. The three-year-olds are set to line up in the Group 3 Caulfield Guineas Prelude (1400m) on Saturday with a view to contesting the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) on October 8. Lethal… Read More »
Dual Group 1 winner Snapdancer has become the sixth horse confirmed for a start in the $15 million The Everest after being locked in by slot holders Inglis. The last-start Memsie Stakes winner will be the first Everest runner for leading trainers Ciaron Maher & David Eustace and Maher is thrilled to… Read More »
The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young stable are treating the Naturalism Stakes as a miniâGrand Final for promising galloper Uncle Bryn. The Group 3 race over 2000m at Caulfield on Saturday provides the winner a ballot exemption into the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) on October 15. Busuttin and Young breathed a sigh of relief when… Read More »
James McDonald is treating Zaaki as a target for Godolphin star Anamoe and a chance for everyone to work out where the two headline acts stand as Everest Carnival begins at Royal Randwick on Saturday. But he also knows he’ll have a target on his back when he reunites with… Read More »
Up-and-coming import Old Flame will be on trial for a Group 1 start when he heads to Newcastle for the Cameron Handicap. In his second Australian preparation, the entire resumed with a gutsy win at Rosehill last month when he wore down Purple Sector in the final bounds. Co-trainer Peter Snowden expects… Read More »
A long and cold winter has taken its toll on talented galloper Argentia who is finally ready to make her racetrack return at Caulfield. The Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained mare contests the Group 3 How Now Stakes (1200m) on Saturday, her first outing since May. Argentia had been pencilled in to start her… Read More »
The mind games have begun as the big guns of the sprinting ranks prepare to clash. Eduardo’s trainer Joe Pride generally enjoys lighting the fuse ahead of any showdown between his top speedster and arch-rival Nature Strip, but this time around, Chris Waller has beaten him to the punch. Two of the… Read More »
James McDonald has made an early commitment to a ride in this yearâs Melbourne Cup. He will partner the Marcel Weiss trained international raider Loft in the big show on November 1. Loft is co-owned by Ozzie Kheir, meaning that the victorious Melbourne Cup winning owner/jockey partnership from last yearâs… Read More »
Only a significantly wet track may thwart the third attempt of I Am Superman contesting the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes at Caulfield. The Peter and Paul Snowden stable has been trying for three years to get I Am Superman into the 1400m Group 1 handicap. In the past two years things have conspired… Read More »
Again, itâs the royal blue of Godolphin that opens the Sydney Everest Carnival, and its Anamoe whoâs the $2.10 Ladbrokes favourite for the Fijutsu General George Main Stakes. Already launching the Sydney Spring with a âworkableâ 1½ length victory in the Winx Stakes, Anamoe was first up from a 19… Read More »
Racing Victoria has approached the Federal Government with a raft of proposals designed to provide a solution to the chronic ⌠some would say critical ⌠staff shortage facing the racing industry. It is not just in Victoria of course. On-going advertisements looking for people to fill a variety of… Read More »
The richest thoroughbred race ever held in Western Australia will run during an action-packed weekend this autumn. The launch of slot racing in WA features The Quokka at Ascot Racecourse, offering total prize money of $4 million. The race is a key part of The Western Trilogy series, which brings… Read More »
Leading Western Australian owner Bob Peters was left counting the costs of the meeting at Flemington last Saturday. Disappointing efforts by the Peters owned trio of Regal Power, Stageman and Western Empire ⌠by their standards ⌠promoted Peters to pull the plug on their Spring Carnival campaigns with the… Read More »
Baaeed, the best British racehorse since Frankel, will race for the last time in the QIPCO Champion Stakes at Ascot on October 15. This will be welcome news for his opponents everywhere as the son of Sea The Stars has literally proved to be unbeatable in all of his ten… Read More »
Dundeel four-year-old Willinga Rufio has stamped his class at Warwick Farm with a scintillating frontrunning display to open his spring campaign. Controlling the Acrobat@Coolmore Handicap (1600m) throughout, Willinga Rufio ($1.95 fav) took his record to three wins from four starts, rated expertly by Tyler Schiller to cruise to a 2-3/4 length win… Read More »
Billed as a ‘mini Everest’, The Shorts is set to live up to the hype with the five sprinters confirmed for slots in the $15 million showpiece on a collision course at Randwick. Reigning Everest champion Nature Strip steps out for the first time since winning the King’s Stand Stakes at… Read More »
The Golden Eagle is quickly cementing its place on Sydney’s spring carnival program with the Australian Turf Club receiving a record 199 nominations for the $10 million race. Entries were up a staggering 63 per cent on the 122 taken last year and there was no compromise on quality with… Read More »
Lightly raced three-year-old Amenable has an important date on Saturday that could set up his career as a racehorse and his future as a stallion. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr -trained colt contests the Group 3 Caulfield Guineas Prelude (1400m) which the trainers hope will earn Amenable a start in the Group 1 Caulfield… Read More »
Trainer Bernie Miller says the early signs are positive for Cup Night, as he prepares to launch his spring campaign in Saturday week’s Black Heart Bart Stakes (1200m). The gelding produced another strong showing in winning a star-studded 1000m trial at Belmont yesterday, following another good trial on August 29…. Read More »
