Champion trainer Chris Waller is setting his sights on back-to-back wins in the Queensland Derby after Caboche all but booked his ticket north with a gallant effort at Scone. The three-year-old loomed up to win Saturday’s Pages Event Hire Benchmark 78 Hcp (2200m) but was just edged out in the final bounds… Read More »
Ten races will be run and won at Sha Tin on Sunday, with solid depth across the program. Race One: 5 Telecome Missile Race Two: 5 Dragon Pride Race Three: 6 Running Glory Race Four: 8 Mission Smart Race Five: 12 Smart Folk Race Six: 4 Woodfire Bro Race Seven:… Read More »
The Price/Kent stable showcased class on multiple occasions at Morphettville, Mazu confirmed his elite status in horrendous yet familiar conditions while at Scone, it was a mixed afternoon for Godolphin. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: Price/Kent Flex… Read More »
The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained Jungle Magnate has emulated his sire by becoming a Derby winner in Australia. Tarzino took out the 2015 Victoria Derby while seven-and-a-half years later Jungle Magnate has had his moment of glory in the Group 1 South Australian Derby (2500m) at Morphettville on Saturday. Before… Read More »
The day didn’t begin how Brad Widdup had hoped but it ended on the right note when he produced talented mare Vulpine for a thrilling first-up win in the Ortensia Stakes. Usually an on-speed runner, Vulpine was slow out of the gates and settled in the second half of the field with… Read More »
Point Nepean has provided Team Williams with a Melbourne Cup starter after outstaying the opposition to claim the Andrew Ramsden Stakes at Flemington. The Andrew Ramsden provides the winner a ballot exemption into the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington in November. Lloyd Williams has won seven Melbourne Cups and… Read More »
Apprentice Tyler Schiller has celebrated the biggest win of his burgeoning career with an upset victory aboard the Bjorn Baker-trained Bring The Ransom in the Group 3 Dark Jewel Classic at Scone. The 23-year-old has had a heady couple of weeks in the saddle, capturing the Wagga Town Plate aboard Front… Read More »
Under-rated three-year-old Flying Crazy has put himself in contention for the Stradbroke Handicap after landing his third stakes win this campaign and claiming the scalp of Andermatt in the process. Touted as a possible Everest contender on the back of two impressive wins, Andermatt was sent out an odds-on favourite for the… Read More »
Four years after big brother Osborne Bulls took out the Luskin Stakes Stakes at Scone, Zapateo has captured a feature race win of her own at the corresponding meeting. The filly had put the writing on the wall with a last-start stakes placing behind stablemate Heresy, but she went one better… Read More »
Two contrasting rides by two of Victoria’s leading apprentices have landed trainer John Sadler a race-to-race double at Flemington. Coming from last on the home turn and sweeping down the outside, Matthew Cartwright guided Flash Feeling home in the second heat of Mahogany Challenge (1700m) before Alana Kelly weaved a passage on Adele… Read More »
Godolphin’s latest effort to add some external bloodlines to its thoroughbred portfolio has already reaped rewards, courtesy of In Secret’s barnstorming victory in the Listed Vinery Woodlands Stakes at Scone. A daughter of I Am Invincible out of multiple stakes winner Eloping, In Secret cost $900,000 as a yearling as… Read More »
Doull has become the latest two-year-old named after a famous former AFL footballer to score a victory on a Victorian racecourse. Bruce Doull was a premiership winning footballer with Carlton in the VFL during the 1970’s and 80’s and joins Brereton, Hafey, and Millane as winners for the Victorian Alliance while another… Read More »
Verry Elleegant’s new trainer Francis-Henri Graffard answered a phone call from one of the owners of the Melbourne Cup winner asking if he would like to take over the training of the mare. Graffard has had experience of Australian racing having travelled to Melbourne with Amercain and a couple of days later learned Verry Elleegant was heading his… Read More »
Teaming with John Size in the absence of Joao Moreira, Alexis Badel is confident Running Glory can continue an impressive debut season in the Class 2 Alnwick Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (15 May) with a fifth victory in six starts. Badel replaces championship-leading Moreira, who is serving… Read More »
Twelve races will be run and won at Singapore on Saturday, with good depth across the meeting. Race One: 3 Snip Race Two: 1 Decepion Race Three: 4 Magnificent Gold Race Four: 1 Renzo Race Five: 1 Lim’s Force Race Six: 2 Melody Fair Race Seven: 2 Summer Wind Race… Read More »
He may have produced an underwhelming first-up performance at Northam and lost his regular jockey, but Indian Pacific still has a fighting chance in tomorrow’s PKF-Roma Cup (1200m) at Belmont, according to trainer Neville Parnham. Indian Pacific finished more than four lengths behind Elite Street in the Group 3 Northam Mazda Stakes… Read More »
Rustic Steel has earned himself a start in the $2 million The Big Dance with his win in the Listed Scone Cup on Friday. To earn a spot in The Big Dance at Randwick on Melbourne Cup, horses must finish one-two in a list of 25 qualifying Cup races run throughout… Read More »
Jockey Shaun McGruddy has healthy respect for favourite Elite Street, but is excited by Red Can Man’s kind barrier draw in Saturday’s G3 PKF Roma Cup (1200m) at Belmont. Red Can Man jumps from barrier one and Shaun Mcgruddy believes that is a pivotal factor in turning the tables on Elite Street after… Read More »
Nick Ryan will kick-off the campaign of stable newcomerEdison at Flemington with the hope that it will lead to a stakes race win later in the preparation. A former member of the Bjorn Baker stable, Edison makes his debut for the Ryan stable in the opening heat of the VRC-CRV Winter Championship Series… Read More »
John Allen will be aiming to improve on his imposing record in Derby races when he partners Detonator Jack at Morphettville. Already the winner of four South Australian Derby’s, Allen will be attempting a third straight win when he partners the Ciaron Maher & David Eustace – trained three-year-old in the 2500m race… Read More »
