It wasn’t until Floating Artist strolled home to claim his third win on the trot that the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable considered a Caulfield Cup start. But to make sure of getting into Saturday’s 2400m Group 1 Handicap, Floating Artist needed to win a ballot exemption. One of those was last… Read More »
Last year, the Bjorn Baker-trained Fun Fact led all the way to take out the ATC St Leger Stakes and Baker believes he is a live chance to repeat the dose at Royal Randwick this Saturday. A race that was first run in 1841 and was originally just for three-year-olds… Read More »
Hall Of Fame jockey Damien Oliver will ride the lightest he has done in years when he partners Delphi in the Caulfield Cup. Delphi has 52.5kg in Saturday’s Group 1 handicap over 2400m and Oliver has pledged to ride the imported galloper at 53kg. Oliver partnered the Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained galloper to win the… Read More »
Trainer Desleigh Forster is likely to set Apache Chase on a Golden Eagle path after the well-performed son of Better than ready made it two out of two this preparation when comfortably accounting for his market rival Emerald Kingdom in an Open 1400m contest at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Apache… Read More »
The NSW Government will allow up to 10,000 racing fans at this weekends The Everest meeting at Randwick. The NSW premier Dom Perrottet this morning has given the green light for the Australian Turf Club to host 10,000 guests at Randwick on Saturday in which the $15m The Everest headlines… Read More »
Apprentice Jaden Lloyd’s career continued on its steep upward trajectory at Eagle Farm on Saturday where the young rider scored his first Listed race win aboard the John Smerdon trained Honorable Spirit in the Queensland Cup. Apprentices were unable to claim in this Listed event, but that didn’t stop Smerdon… Read More »
Winning a Group 1 race as a Spring 3YO is hard enough. Win an Australian 2000-metre Group 1 race at only the third start of his racing career and we’re looking at a very special kind of colt. His name is Profondo (Italian for “deep”) and he was already special… Read More »
The final four European contenders for the Melbourne Spring Carnival have arrived in Melbourne. Last year’s Melbourne Cup victor Twilight Payment joined Spanish Mission, Away He Goes and Sir Lucan on the trip from Europe with all four entering two weeks quarantine at Werribee. The quartet will continue their build-up towards the Group 1… Read More »
Kerrin Mcevoy knows a thing or two about what it takes to win The Everest. The world-class hoop has an incredible strikerate in the $15 million race, winning three of its four runnings, the first two aboard Redzel and the most recent aboard Classique Legend. He will again reunite with the Les… Read More »
The Anthony and Sam Freedman stable hold a strong hand in the Thousand Guineas with two of the top three fillies in the betting. Zouzarella is the $3.50 market leader with TAB and is heading to the Group 1 Thousand Guineas over 1600m for three-year-old fillies at Caulfield on Wednesday while a… Read More »
The Victorian State Government has given the given light for a crowd of up to 10,000 people to attend the Melbourne Cup at Flemington. The Victoria Racing Club welcomed the news on Sunday which will see crowds of up to 10,000 also in attendance for the VRC Oaks meeting on November 4 and Mackinnon Stakes… Read More »
Trainer Grahame Begg hopes the rain forecast for Melbourne later in the week does not arrive. Begg will saddle Nonconformist in the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) on Saturday for which the stayer sits on the equal third line of betting with TAB. Incentivise heads the market at $1.90 ahead of Saturday’s Group 2 Herbert Power Stakes (2400m)… Read More »
Ten races will be run and won at Sha Tin this Sunday, where the depth looks quite strong across the program. Race One: 7 Garlic Hero Race Two: 3 Fighting Star Race Three: 3 The Anomaly Race Four: 1 Little Player Race Five: 13 London Luckystar Race Six: 8 Solar… Read More »
Find out what the jockeys said about their mounts after the running of the G1 Spring Champion Stakes at Randwick. Robbie Dolan (Profondo): “I don’t know what to say. First of all thanks to the owners for keeping me on the horse today because they could have put anyone on… Read More »
Find out what the jockeys said about their mounts after the running of the G1 Caulfield Guineas at Caulfield. Damian Oliver – Anamoe: “It took a top class colt to do it. He’s shown us so much since day one. He’s just a magnificent specimen of a horse. When I… Read More »
A star colt won a second Group l, a boom horse justified the lofty price tag while the Cox Plate picture was turned on its head. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: Anamoe Wins Caulfield Guineas Anamoe had… Read More »
Victory in the Herbert Power Stakes has provided imported galloper Delphi with a ballot exemption into the Caulfield Cup. The Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained galloper moved to the fourth line of betting at $9 with TAB for next week’s Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) with his victory in Saturday’s Group 2 race over 2400m. Incentivise heads… Read More »
Former Victorian Minhaaj has made an immediate impact for new trainer John O’Shea with a strong win in the Group 3 The Nivison at Randwick. A stakes-winning juvenile for Lindsay Park, Minhaaj added more valuable black-type to her pedigree with her first-up triumph in Saturday’s 1200 metre race. “She has been a… Read More »
I’m Thunderstruck has shown the determination of a more experienced horse to claim his maiden Group 1 victory. After a luckless run at his first Group 1 outing in the Sir Rupert Clarkes (1400m) last month, I’m Thunderstruck rebounded with a tough victory in the Toorak Handicap (1600m) on Saturday. Under a gutsy ride… Read More »
Irish jockey Robbie Dolan arrived in Sydney with the bag on his back and a dream. On Saturday, that dream came true when he celebrated his first Group 1 win aboard exciting colt Profondo in the Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) at Randwick. A two-time champion Sydney apprentice, the young rider has had to… Read More »
