Kim Waugh believes True Crime has the makings of a handy horse and she hasn’t ruled out giving him an opportunity in an early season three-year-old feature. The juvenile ploughed through the rain and mud to capture the Elite Sand & Soil Handicap (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday before stewards called off… Read More »
Blaze A Trail has landed a third win from five starts since joining the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable has collected the Mildura Cup with Blaze A Trail registering a soft win. While Blaze A Trail may not reach to the same… Read More »
Aysar has been a cause of frustration for those in charge at Lindsay Park after showing considerable promise as a three-year-old. Now in the care of Ben and Jd Hayes, Aysar heads to the Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on Saturday, bidding to win his first race in almost two years…. Read More »
Winter racing in Sydney is renowned for throwing up a decent horse or two, and Jojo Was A Man might just fit that bill. The gelding has been a revelation this campaign, showing courage and class to overcome wide runs in two of his three wins and again doing it… Read More »
John Sadler is not only chasing dual feature success at Caulfield this Saturday, he is hoping to do it with members of the same family. Sartorial Splendor will contest the day’s feature, the $200,000 Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m), while Manhattan Thunder steps out in the $175,000 VOBIS Gold Ingot (1400m). They are… Read More »
After much deliberation, the Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young stable elected to stay in three-year-old company with Pascero at Caulfield. Also entered in the weight-for-age Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) on Saturday, the stable elected to run the colt in the Senet Gambling Law Experts Handicap over the same journey instead. After studying the field for… Read More »
John Thompson’s team for Randwick has almost doubled following the abandonment of Thursday’s Kembla Grange meeting. Two-year-old Hell’s Itch and stayer Deniliquin were both scheduled to run at the provincial track, although Thompson also accepted with them at Randwick on Saturday as a safeguard. With Kembla a wash-out, Thompson’s decision has proven… Read More »
Headline colt Anamoe is set to make his first public appearance since the autumn when he steps out at a rejigged barrier trial session at Warwick Farm. The Cox Plate runner-up is among a trio of Group 1 winners nominated for Friday’s heats, along with his Godolphin stablemate Cascadian and… Read More »
Some contenders for the Melbourne Spring Carnival are set to be put through their paces in a series of jump-outs at Werribee. The Flemington jump-outs will be held at Werribee on Friday morning with Group 1 performers Johnny Get Angry, Mr Brightside, Tofane, Callsign Mav among potential spring contenders on display. The… Read More »
Stakes winner Enchanted Heart can end her Randwick hoodoo in the July Sprint, and potentially book herself a berth in the first Group race of the new season. The mare is yet to run a place in seven starts at Sydney’s premier track, her best result a fourth to Surreal… Read More »
Felicia and her trainer Dean Binaisse may not be household names, but the pair could be spring players if the result falls their way in the Bletchingly Stakes at Caulfield. Binaisse has set Felicia for Saturday’s Group 3 sprint over 1200m, a course and distance Felicia has proven successful at previously. Felicia will be… Read More »
Originally scheduled to make his Australian debut in the Cox Plate, the mid-winter appearance of high-class French import Gold Trip might be a lower-key affair, but it will be no less anticipated. An Australian Bloodstock syndication and multiple Group 1 placegetter in Europe, Gold Trip was sensationally scratched on Cox… Read More »
Greg Eurell is hoping a drop in weight and a better barrier draw will see Taut You Could show his credentials in a second-up run at Caulfield. A debut winner at Cranbourne last November, Taut You Could runs in the MRC Membership Renewal Handicap (1200m) on Saturday following a pleasing first-up… Read More »
Mark Newnham is doing all he can to take bad luck out of the equation for well-related colt Mindspace ahead of the two-year-old’s Randwick debut. A full brother to Group 1 winner Nakeeta Jane, Mindspace has shown glimpses of ability but his coltish manners and lack of focus are already… Read More »
Dan O’Sullivan might have wondered where his next good horse was going to come from after Affair To Remember’s injury-enforced retirement and it would be appropriate if it is Berkeley Square. The son of Territories, who runs in Saturday’s VOBIS Gold Ingot (1400m) at Caulfield, is from the same family… Read More »
Pearling Path gets the chance to prove his excellent effort at Royal Ascot was no fluke in the Japan Racing Association Tyros Stakes at Leopardstown. The Holy Roman Emperor colt did fledgling trainer John O’Donoghue proud at last month’s showpiece meeting in Berkshire â belying odds of 80-1 to finish… Read More »
Two-time Group 1 winner Sierra Sue joined the list of mares to sell for seven figures in Australia this season when she changed hands for $1.55 million on Wednesday. The former Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young-trained mare, who won the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes and Futurity Stakes at Group 1 level carrying… Read More »
As a nine-year-old his best days are probably behind him, but Lyall is hopeful of sneaking a few more wins out of the Viscount gelding. Lyall’s want could come as soon as Saturday with Great Again to make his stable debut in the $125,000 Listed Bolton Sprint (1200m). Great Again… Read More »
John O’Shea has a theory that classy horses make an immediate racetrack impression and Snitzel youngster Zoukerino has done exactly that with a stylish debut win on Randwick’s Kensington track. A $500,000 yearling buy, the colt had impressed O’Shea in his trials and trackwork but the trainer was unsure how he… Read More »
A mare of great talent, Exotic Deel has accrued over $106,000 in prize money in a career that has produced four victories from 24 starts. While this is a respectable record, Olive hopes keeping the daughter of Dundeel (NZ) fresh between runs will unlock the potential that she has shown… Read More »
