The Anthony and Sam Freedman stable will consider scratching Argentia if the forecast rain hits The Valley. The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting between 20-35mm of rain on Friday and a further 3-10mm on Saturday. Argentia and stablemate Zouzarella are set to clash in the Listed Atlantic Jewel Stakes (1200m) on Saturday after both fillies posted wins at their… Read More »
An injury to regular rider Brenton Avdulla has prompted a jockey change for Randwick Guineas winner Lion’s Roar and it has been made with a longer-term view. The four-year-old resumes in the Tramway Stakes (1400m) at Randwick on Saturday when he will be partnered by Kerrin Mcevoy for the first time. McEvoy is… Read More »
Tim Clark has enjoyed an outstanding start to the new season with a brace of feature race wins and he is hoping Swift Witness can continue his spring form surge. The Ms Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained filly was responsible for delivering Clark’s first black-type success of the season in the Silver Shadow… Read More »
Any small ailment when chasing an elusive Group 1 victory is usually best dealt with by caution. That is precisely what Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young did with Sierra Sue who was highly fancied for last week’s opening Melbourne Group 1 of the 2021-22 season, the Memsie Stakes (1400m) at… Read More »
In ânot being screwed down yetâ itâs the Golden Slipper hero Stay Inside whoâs $15 with Sportsbet for the TAB $15m The Everest, in being the NSW Champion 2 Year-Old of 2020-2021. In also winning the Todman Stakes and Pierro Plate from five starts last season, Stay Inside opened his… Read More »
Eleven races have been set down for Cambridge on Thursday in what looks a good quality meeting. We take a look at each of the eleven races and give our tips and best bets for the meeting at Cambridge. Race One: 8 Pretty Good Race Two: 1 Our Wonderland Race… Read More »
Rod Northam is hoping his Kosciuszko chance Spiranac can put her name up in lights with a win in the Vale Nini Vascotto (handicap over 1100m). The five-year-old was the winner of the Hunter and North West area qualifier for the Country Championships last campaign and wasn’t disgraced in the Group Three… Read More »
Damien Oliver believes Sandown debut winner Draft Day has a bright future but is worried the spring may come up too soon. The Leon and Troy Corstens-trained son of Tivaci was successful in the Ladbroke It! Plate (1200m) on Wednesday after over-coming a wide draw. A little slow into stride, Oliver pushed Draft Day… Read More »
$1.9 million yearling Profondo has made a winning start to his career at Randwick-Kensington on Wednesday. Expensive colt Profondo has defied a betting drift to make a winning start to his career, taking out the 1st Crop Magna Grecia Foals Handicap (1400m). Profondo was the sale topping lot at the… Read More »
Stakes-placed last campaign, Flexible resuming on Wednesday to claim the IVE Print Handicap (1600m) under the guidance of Damien Oliver, providing the 11-time Scobie Breasley Medalist the second leg of a Sandown double. Specked in betting, Flexible ($9) scored by a head from the $3.30 favourite Ayahuasca with Kiss And Cry ($16) a nose away third. Flexible ran third on soft… Read More »
The Underwood Stakes is set to get greater exposure being transferred to AFL Grand Final Day. With Perth to host the AFL Grand Final with a later starting time in Melbourne, Racing Victoria has switched dates for the Underwood Stakes meeting. The meeting was scheduled to run on September 26 to avoid… Read More »
Simon Miller is prepared to forgive Son Of God’s last defeat and expects a positive rebound in the $100,000 Jolly Beggar Stakes (1000m) at Belmont Park on Saturday. Miller had high expectations for Son Of A God’s first up run in the Belmont Newmarket, but after pulling hard and racing… Read More »
South Australian trainer Michael Hickmott is using the Melbourne debut of Taunting to determine the spring path for the three-year-old. Taunting, the winner of two of his three starts, runs in the Inglis 2022 Yearling Sales Series Plate (1200m) at The Valley on Saturday in which he will be ridden by… Read More »
Irish import Dawn Patrol commences his spring campaign that owners Lloyd and Nick Williams hope will ultimately provide them another Melbourne Cup win. Dawn Patrol runs for the first time on Australian soil in the Group 2 Feehan Stakes (1600m) at The Valley on Saturday having arrived in the country five weeks ago. A… Read More »
The thinning of the ranks of riders available in Melbourne has prompted jockey Blaike McDougall to move south from New South Wales to Victoria with a plan to try and seek out some Spring Carnival success. There is a very stringent Covid-19 protocol path that McDougall will have to follow… Read More »
A little over a year ago, on September 12, 2020, Rothfire won the Group 2 Run To The Rose at Rosehill. All was well in the Rothfire camp with both anticipation and exciting building as Rothfire lined up a shot at the $14 million The Everest. Just one more run… Read More »
Eleven races have been set down for Ashburton on Wednesday in what looks a good quality meeting. We take a look at each of the eleven races and give our tips and best bets for the meeting at Ashburton. Race One: No Tip Race Two: 2 Cause Celebre Race Three:… Read More »
The jockey merry go around at the Spring Carnival show in Melbourne is moving fast enough to make anybodyâs head spin. Jockeys locked in, then locked out (Glen Boss). Jockeys booked then suspended, replaced and then the replacement suspended (Jamie Kah and Mark Zahra). It brings a whole new aspect… Read More »
Trainer Stephanie Bakranich believes Nerodio is ready to take the next step in his career and has mapped out an Ascot feature campaign for the gelding. The Playing God six-year-old has won nine races from 22 starts and reached a career peak when he won the Listed Beaufine Stakes (1000m)… Read More »
Star jockey Damian Lane has given a glowing endorsement of Railway Stakes (1600m) winner Inspirational Girl, following her first start in Victoria on Saturday. The WA mare finished fifth behind Behemoth in the Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) on Saturday afternoon finished off the race strongly. It was Lane’s first… Read More »
