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 »
Godolphin colt Anamoe has provided Hall Of Fame jockey Damien Oliver a second Caulfield Guineas victory, 31 years after he registered his first as an apprentice. Anamoe and Oliver overcame a wide barrier to win Saturday’s Group 1 contest for three-year-olds over 1600m in comfortable fashion. Oliver’s only previous victory in the Guineas was back in 1990 aboard the Lee Freedman-trained Centro. Sent… Read More »
The right conditions and the right run have helped Aim to a narrow victory at Randwick and secured him a berth in the $7.5 million Golden Eagle later this month. The four-year-old has mixed his form throughout his career but co-trainer Paul Snowden says he needs a firm track and genuine… Read More »
Probabeel has delivered a major upset of the spring by lowering the colours of odds-on favourite Zaaki in the Group 1 Might And Power on Saturday. Zaaki was attempting his sixth win in a row and was sent out the $1.28 favourite in Saturday’s 2000m weight-for-age contest. The Annabel Neasham-trained galloper had won the Group 1 Underwood… Read More »
James Mcdonald is booked to ride Nature Strip in The Everest but he is in no doubt Paulele can give the $15 million race a shake – if Godolphin selects him for its vacant slot. McDonald partnered the colt to a dashing win in Saturday’s Roman Consul Stakes (1200m) at… Read More »
Tony and Calvin McEvoy will chase his third Manikato Stakes win in the past five years after the first-up win of Savatoxl at Caulfield. A former Northern Territory-trained galloper, Savatoxl scored in the Group 1 The Goodwood at Morphettville in May, before landing the prize in the Group 2 Schillaci Stakes (1100m) on Saturday. The Group 1 Manikato Stakes (1200m) is run at The Valley on October… Read More »
Hawkes Racing colt Hilal has found his best form to upset short-priced favourite Coastwatch in the Stan Fox Stakes at Randwick. Group 1 placed in the Sires’ Produce and Champagne Stakes as a juvenile, the three-year-old has mixed his form in three runs this campaign, placing two starts ago in… Read More »
A delay to the start of the racing career of Kiki Express has landed the filly a debut win at Caulfield. In a deceptive finish, Kiki Express landed the prize in the Listed Debutant Stakes (1000m) on Saturday and has likely earned herself a spell for the autumn. Ridden by Damian Lane, Kiki Express… Read More »
A strong eleven race program has been set down for Singapore on Saturday, with good depth across the meeting. Race One: 2 Harry Dream Race Two: 12 Greatham Girl Race Three: 3 Headhunter Race Four: 4 First Chief Race Five: 1 Ben Wade Race Six: 5 Brutus Race Seven: 5… Read More »
Shane Nichols is aware of the task facing So You Assume but as a Group 2 winner the only way is up. For that reason, Nichols is prepared to take a shot at the Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m) at Caulfield on Saturday with the $26 outsider in TAB betting. So You Assume is a last start winner of the Group… Read More »
On paper, everything points to Zaaki coming up trumps in the Group 1 Might And Power, but racing can be a great leveller. There have been shock results over the decades with one memorable one being Ajax who was beaten as a 1/40 favourite in the 1939 Rawson Stakes at Rosehill. In her unbeaten career of 25 starts, only once… Read More »
Wellington trainer Michael Mulholland plans to use Saturday’s TAB Highway Handicap at Royal Randwick as a platform to bigger and better things for both Foodie King and Athena’s Lad.Ă‚ The prolific country trainer said both gallopers were ‘out and out stayers’ and that the 1600m race at Randwick was the… Read More »
