Neither the race day lead-up nor the race itself went quite to plan for Godolphin colt Anamoe, but he showed his quality to deliver a fighting win in the Hobartville Stakes at Rosehill. Jockey Hugh Bowman was a race day scratching due to illness, forcing trainer James Cummings to bring… Read More »
Warrnambool trained Corner Pocket has stretched his winning sequence to eight with a first-up win in the Listed Elms Handicap at Flemington. Having his first start since August, Corner Pocket defied a betting drift in the 1400m contest to register his eighth win from 10 starts, along with two minor placings…. Read More »
Mightybeel has put his Parramatta Cup rivals to the sword in an arrogant display that has stamped him as a stayer to watch this autumn. The four-year-old was a significant market firmer during the week before eventually starting a $3.40 favourite and he gave his supporters no cause for concern,… Read More »
Find out what the jockeys made of their mounts after the Group 2 $400,000 Hobartville Stakes (1400m) at Rosehill Gardens. Tommy Berry (Anamoe): “We thought if he could jump well enough we’d be able to follow Ranch Hand across. I thought I might be behind Ranch Hand not outside of… Read More »
Chris Waller says there may need to be a rematch between Home Affairs and Nature Strip after the stablemates ran the quinella in the Group 1 Lightning Stakes at Flemington. Home Affairs ($7.50) under James Mcdonald held-off the $2.20 favourite Nature Strip (Jamie Kah) by a short-half-head at the end… Read More »
Find out what the jockeys made of their mounts after the Group 2 $250,000 Silver Slipper (1100m) at Rosehill Gardens. Sam Clipperton (Best Of Bordeaux): “It was a race with many variables before. Luckily Kacy (Fogden) and her team a very easy to ride for and said leave it to… Read More »
Enver Jusufovic has registered his biggest victory as a trainer when Pinstriped took out the C S Hayes Stakes at Flemington. Jusufovic trains a team at Cranbourne and Saturday’s Group 3 win over 1400m with Pinstriped was the most important of his career. Pinstriped, who is now unbeaten in three starts, will… Read More »
She might be keeping a lid on her excitement, but trainer Kacy Fogden has an undeniable Golden Slipper prospect in unbeaten colt Best Of Bordeaux. In a show of sustained speed, the youngster proved his Canonbury Stakes victory was no fluke, doing it at both ends for Sam Clipperton to… Read More »
Mornington trainer Jerome Hunter had his decision vindicated to bypass a Group 1 race during the spring when Barb Raider returned to score first-up at Flemington. Hunter did want Barb Raider remembered as horse that had run in the VRC Oaks (2500m) and then failed to come back as an… Read More »
Apprentice Tommy Sherry has celebrated his most significant win with a deft ride aboard Expat in the Millie Fox Stakes for his boss Mark Newnham. The mare had to do some work early to get to the front but she relaxed beautifully once there and was able to lift when… Read More »
I’Mlovin’Ya could back-up into Melbourne’s premier two-year-old race after her stylish breakthrough victory at Flemington. Trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr will assess the filly before the acceptance deadline on Tuesday for the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield. After a debut midfield finish at Caulfield on January… Read More »
Bjorn Baker is weighing up his next move with promising sprinter Rule Of Law who has notched his fifth win in succession with a dominant display at Rosehill. The four-year-old, a $450,000 yearling purchase, was sold for just $30,000 by his original owners after he was gelded and lost form. He subsequently… Read More »
What brave races both PARSIFAL (Darci Brahma – Della Lobra) and HE’S A BALTER (Spirit Of Boom – Moxie Doll) just ran at Meydan. After both settling last and 2nd early they picked off runners one by one with Parsifal running an unlucky 3rd and He’s A Balter finishing hard… Read More »
First it was Probabeel who came out of the All Star Mile field after he suffered a career ending injury, and now Behemoth has been withdrawn from the race. A Racing Victoria announcement confirmed the bad news from the David Jolly stable. The announcement reads: ‘The David Jolly stable has… Read More »
Getting a slot in the $5 million All-Star Mile was high on the agenda for the connections of Mr Brightside and the team at Lindsay Park. With that achieved, Mr Brightside was number five of the 10 horses announced on Wednesday as highest vote scorer, Lindsay Park now sets about trying to… Read More »
There was something wrong somewhere. The nominations for the Ipswich meeting this Sunday included a QTIS Two-Year-Old Handicap over 1350m worth $26 000 with QTIS bonus’s also available to eligible horses. At the close of nominations there was only one entry … Tantalum from trainer Ian Livingstone. Nominations were then… Read More »
After only just failing to get up in his debut run in Dubai the Will Clarken trained He’s A Balter will be looking to go one better in the Group 2 Blue Point Sprint over 1000m at Meydan this weekend. And Clarken will also have a more than useful back-up… Read More »
In targeting the Bahrain Turf Series Charlie Appleby of Godolphin stated ‘the benefit of the Bahrain Turf Series brings a different dimension of race programs that’s on our doorstep.’ ‘We campaign heavily in Dubai over the winter, and from a European point Bahrain is a great option to have,’ with… Read More »
Victoria Derby runner-up Alegron is back in Melbourne to kick-off his autumn campaign at Flemington. Godolphin trainer James Cummings decided to swing the gelding south to run in the Group 3 C S Hayes Stakes (1400m) on Saturday instead of starting him off in the Group 2 Hobartville Stakes (1400m) at Rosehill… Read More »
The Kangaroo Island Racing Club meeting at Kingscote was cut short yesterday after a race-fall in the very first race in which involved the Nicola Irwin trained Comeon Scruff and jockey Claudia Lions. The official stewards report for race one notes that Comeon Scruff ‘underwent a pre-race veterinary examination as… Read More »
