A yearling out of a mare well-known to Australian racing has been a star performer on Monday’s first day of the JRHA’s Select Sale in Japan. The colt by Maurice from four-time Group 1 winner Mosheen was easily the standout performer in the first half of Day 1’s trade, getting… Read More »
Artorius earned himself a shot at another European Group 1 with his July Cup third placing with the colt to contest a Group 1 in France next month. The Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained stable confirmed via twitter on Monday morning that Artorius would contest the Group 1 Prix Maurice De Gheest… Read More »
Caulfield Cup winner Incentivise has been ruled out of the Spring Racing Carnival. Trainer Peter Moody has this morning announced that stable star Incentivise has been ruled out of the Spring and will immediately head to the paddock. Incentivise was the 2022 Melbourne Cup favourite prior to the news being… Read More »
Incentivise’s level of involvement in this year’s Spring Carnival could become clearer from this week with Peter Moody set to increase his workload. Last year’s Caulfield Cup winner will be given a gallop at Pakenham as his slow build-up from the injury sustained in last year’s Melbourne Cup continues. Moody has… Read More »
The first two runs of Best Of Bordeaux’s spring campaign have been locked in but beyond that, trainer Kacy Fogden is keeping an open mind. The Golden Slipper runner-up proved one of the best of his generation as a two-year-old, winning the Canonbury Stakes and Silver Slipper before beating all but… Read More »
Ten races will be run and won at Sha Tin on Sunday, with good depth across the program. Race One: 2 Happy Won Race Two: 11 Moeraki Race Three: 5 Country Treasure Race Four: 12 Grand Power Race Five: 1 California Vanes Race Six: 1 Let’s Do It Race Seven:… Read More »
Taksu continued his winning ways, a boom horse and his balloon were popped at Caulfield while at Doomben, a couple of maligned gallopers from Toowoomba got Stakes wins. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: Taksu Wins Winter Stakes… Read More »
Edison hadn’t won a race since December 2020 when racing for Bjorn Baker but Nick Ryan, as he’s done plenty of times before, has succeeded with a tried horse and coaxed another win out of the five-year-old. Ridden aggressively by Brett Prebble to lead, Edison kept running and went on to score… Read More »
Phillip Stokes has only had four-year-old mare Mileva in his care for a year but she’s proven herself as a handy sprinter and went to the next level on Saturday, winning the Group 3 Sir John Monash Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield. Already a three-time listed winner, once with previous trainer Oopy… Read More »
When Taksu arrived on Joe Pride’s doorstep, he was struggling to win at midweek level in Victoria and the trainer never imagined the horse might develop into a dual stakes performer. But the tough gelding has done just that, surviving a protest from runner-up Jojo Was A Man to add… Read More »
Travis Doudle’s stable stalwart Not Usual Glorious notched up his second Victorian win from as many starts in a tough performance at Caulfield Not Usual Glorious came to Caulfield in fine form, having run in the top two at his last four starts, including a last start win in the… Read More »
It might be winter racing but Waihaha Falls won in the manner of a horse destined for bigger things, trouncing his rivals at Randwick on Saturday to remain unbeaten this preparation. After resuming with a victory at the same venue last month, the even money favourite made a one-act affair of… Read More »
Inundation had been touted as one of the up-and-coming sprinters of the Winter, winning three races in a row, including a dominant three-length win last start but was nowhere to be seen today as Kooled ran out a strong winner. Ridden by Alana Kelly, Kooled tracked the speed set by… Read More »
Sam Clipperton has put the icing on the cake to a remarkable season, surpassing his previous best tally of Sydney metropolitan winners with an early double at Randwick. Clipperton guided two-year-old Midnight In Tokyo to victory in the opening event to equal his previous mark of 43, which he achieved in 2015-16,… Read More »
Emerging Queensland trainer Kacy Fogden has plundered another Sydney two-year-old race with a filly she hopes to return with in the autumn. Fogden, who won the Canonbury Stakes and Silver Slipper earlier this year with subsequent Golden Slipper runner-up Best Of Bordeaux, was back in the winner’s circle at Randwick… Read More »
Twelve races will be run and won at Singapore on Saturday, headlined by the Group ll Singapore Classic (1400m). Race One: 1 Fast And Fearless Race Two: 1 Trident Race Three: 6 Sun Elizabeth Race Four: 1 Lim’s Puncack Jaya Race Five: 1 Axel Race Six: 2 Atlantean Race Seven:… Read More »
The name was chosen from thousands of suggestions by readers of The West Australian and Racing and Wagering Western Australia Chief Executive Officer Ian Edwards said it perfectly connected the glitter and excitement of racing with the origins of the state. “I’m thrilled with the people’s choice. The Gold Rush links racing… Read More »
Robbie Griffiths has sent out thousands of runners as a horse trainer, but none have carried a jockey sporting the distinctive yellow and blue colours of Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum. That will change at Caulfield on Saturday when Ameerati makes her debut for the Cranbourne horseman and his training… Read More »
Apprentice Jockey Jaden Lloyd, will not be back when his current suspension, handed to him last Saturday on Caloundra Cup Day, ends on July 20. Lloyd, who landed his fiftieth metropolitan winner for the season at the same meeting, will be taking an extended break from race riding. The decision… Read More »
Peter Moody is aiming to cash in with Oxley Road at his favourite track in winter before hopefully targeting some even bigger races later in the year. Saturday’s $200,000 Group 3 Sir John Monash Stakes (1100m) will be the first outing in a two-step program that will determine what the remainder of the… Read More »
