Trainer Nicky Henderson will do all he can to get Altior to the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham after revealing the horse has a lameness issue. Altior suffered his first career defeat over jumps at Ascot in November, but bounced back on his return to his favoured two miles… Read More »
Former Golden Slipper favourite Cellsabeel remains on the borderline to get in the field after running a close third in the Black Opal Stakes. The race was won by the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained Barbaric from stablemate Bartley with a long neck covering the first three. Cellsabeel’s jockey Tommy Berry… Read More »
The Cody Morgan-trained Ligulate has been promoted to favouritism for the $500,000 Country Championship final after his heat win at Tamworth. The TAB reacted immediately to Ligulate’s victory on Sunday, firming him from $9 to $6 for the final at Randwick on April 4. The former Godolphin sprinter is now… Read More »
Danny O’Brien is delighted with the return of Melbourne Cup winner Vow And Declare as the stayer starts a long campaign aimed at a defence of his title. Having his first start since his Cup win in November, Vow And Declare finished third behind Fifty Stars and Regal Power in… Read More »
Brisbane trainer Robert Heathcote is eyeing off a rich double at the Gold Coast with Rothfire and Guntantes. The unbeaten Rothfire will start the short-priced favourite in the $500,000 Two-Year-Old The Jewel on Saturday while Guntantes runs in the $300,000 The Jewel for three-year-olds. Guntantes trialled strongly at Eagle Farm… Read More »
Trainer Chris Waller is likely to resist the lure of the Group One Coolmore Classic with Funstar and instead opt for a rematch with star New Zealand filly Probabeel. Saturday’s Coolmore Classic (1500m) is for fillies and mares and Waller is reluctant to run Funstar out of her age group…. Read More »
Glen Boss will miss the All-Star Mile ride on Kolding but believes if the gelding brings his A-game to the $5 million race at Caulfield he will be a leading chance. After a winning double at Flemington on Saturday including the Group One Newmarket Handicap on Bivouac, Boss began a… Read More »
It has been alleged in the UK’s austere High Court, that His Royal Highness Sheikh Mohammad who owns all of the Godolphin racehorses including Saturday’s G1 winner Bivouac, is being investigated for kidnap and cruelty. His former wife, Princess Haya, is at the centre of the investigation which involves the… Read More »
Having tested Mustajeer in an exhibition gallop, top jockey Kerrin McEvoy is looking forward to warming the saddle on the imported stayer in the Sky High Stakes at Rosehill. Hugh Bowman partnered Mustajeer to his first-up win in the Parramatta Cup but will be in Melbourne on Saturday to ride… Read More »
Clerk of the course Simon Claisse is delighted with the way the ground has been received by racing professionals ahead of the Cheltenham Festival. Thanks to a mainly dry week, Claisse was able to change the going from soft to soft, good to soft in places on both old and… Read More »
In-form Sydney jockey Tim Clark will be the new rider for Brisbane sprinter Zoustyle when he resumes at Rosehill. Zoustyle will run in Saturday’s Group Three Maurice McCarten Stakes (1100m), his first start since running midfield at Caulfield in October. The gelding has won six of his Brisbane starts but… Read More »
A bumper eleven race card has been assembled for Sha Tin on Sunday, highlighted by a Class One sprint over 1200m, featuring the top class sprinters Hot King Prawn and Mr Stunning. Race One: 2 Wonder Win Race Two: 7 Strathclyde Race Three: 11 Incanto Prepared Race Four: 2 Mr… Read More »
Moana Jewel has qualified for the Provincial Championship final a week after her luckless first attempt. The mare beat one runner home in the qualifying heat at Newcastle last Saturday after a slow start and a traffic jam. Trainer Tracey Bartley decided to back her up at Hawkesbury on Saturday… Read More »
Glen Boss has completed a straight track stakes race double guiding Sangria to a narrow victory at Flemington. Sangria’s win in the Listed Incognitus Stakes (1100m) came after Bivouac had earlier on Saturday recorded an impressive victory in the Group One Newmarket Handicap (1200m). “Super Saturday is one of those… Read More »
Brett Prebble’s win in the Group Two VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes at Flemington on Lunar Fox has also come at a cost with the jockey suspended for careless riding. Prebble was one of two riders suspended out of Saturday’s 1400m race for two-year-olds, with Dwayne Dunn also hit with a… Read More »
Hugh Bowman was not sold on riding Nettoyer in the Aspiration Quality but luckily for him, his manager convinced him otherwise. The top jockey found out why at Randwick on Saturday with the Wendy Roche-trained mare producing a blistering finish from last to swamp her rivals and go back-to-back in… Read More »
Trainer Robert Heathcote continued his outstanding run of success with a double that included a genuine winter carnival horse at Eagle Farm. Heathcote had a double with Emerald Kingdom ($1.45) in the Open (1400m) and Piltvice ($3.30) who won the Benchmark 75 (1600m). The Eagle Farm-based trainer has had a… Read More »
Trainer Chris Waller is keeping a lid on autumn goals for Shared Ambition who has claimed a Listed win at Randwick. The former Irish horse has now won four races in Australia and led in a stable trifecta on Saturday when he beat Group One winner Youngstar and wet-tracker Wu… Read More »
A win to Fifty Stars in the Group One Australian Cup has added another memorable chapter into the Lindsay Park operation’s rich history in the time-honoured race at Flemington. The European-bred Fifty Stars brought up a 10th Australian Cup win for the Hayes family’s Lindsay Park training operation which was… Read More »
Group l racing was the central focus at both Flemington and Randwick, and did the Golden Slipper picture become much clearer?. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: Bostonian And Shadow Hero Continue Wonderful Records The Bostonian is near… Read More »
