Nominations for the three main feature races of the Melbourne Spring Carnival have been announced. The nominations for the Melbourne Cup number one hundred and seventy-four with last year’s winner Twilight Payment named to defend his crown. Similarly, last year’s Cox Plate and Caulfield Cup winners, Sir Dragonet and Verry… Read More »
The nominations for the 2021 Cox Plate have today been released with 153 horses entered for the MVRC’s feature event. The entries for the $5 million Cox Plate (2020m) saw a total of 153 horses nominated with 4 internationals entered, which way down on last year’s figure of 182 horses… Read More »
The nominations for the 2021 Caulfield Cup have today been released with 170 horses entered for the MRC’s feature event. The entries for the $5 million Caulfield Cup (2400m) saw a total of 170 horses nominated with 9 internationals entered, which was slightly down on last year’s figure of 177… Read More »
The nominations for the 2021 Melbourne Cup have today been released with 174 horses entered for the race that stops a nation. The entries for the $8 million Melbourne Cup (3200m) saw a total of 174 horses nominated including 15 internationals, which is equal to the number of horses nominated… Read More »
Racing NSW’s decision to take Warwick Farm, Rosehill and Canterbury out of play as racing venues until at least the end of August, because those tracks are situated in local government lockdown zones, means that the Group 2 Missile Stakes, which usually has its home at Rosehill, will now be… Read More »
Brett Dodson-trained Parksville is set to resume in the Vinery Stud Handicap (1100m) at Kensington on Wednesday, with the hope of attracting a Kosciuszko ticket holder. The lightly raced son of Vancouver is only in his second racing preparation but showed plenty of ability stringing together a hat-trick of wins… Read More »
Ballistic Boy is another Queensland horse being aimed at an interstate carnival tilt after making a pleasing return at the Doomben trials on Tuesday. The five-year-old has not raced since he was given a torrid run in January’s Magic Millions Subzero. That completed a frustrating end to a campaign that had… Read More »
Rob Heathcote has put Everest slot holders on notice that his star sprinter Rothfire is back and ready to prove he is a worthwhile entry in the world’s richest turf race this year. After sustaining injuries in last year’s Golden Rose, Rothfire made his first official public appearance in a… Read More »
Having secured their first metropolitan success at the season opening meeting at Sandown, Ben and Jd Hayes hope to claim their first stakes win at Flemington. Lightly-raced, but stacked with ability, Mr Brightside scored his second career win on Sunday while at Flemington on Saturday Aysar steps out in the Group 3 Aurie’s Star… Read More »
Jessie Philpot and Nicole Bruggerman have captured the biggest win of their respective careers with Highly Decorated winning the Darwin Cup (2050m). The five-year-old carried only 56kg in an all-the-way victory in the $200,000 feature. It was the son of Epaulette’s seventh win in-a-row, with Philpot being aboard for all… Read More »
While Chris Waller continues to set new records in Australia, across the ditch the Matamata based Jamie Richards similarly rules supreme in the training ranks. His statistics are quite stunning. For the 2020.21 season in New Zealand, Richards saddled 160 winners. Of the 21 Group 1 races in New Zealand,… Read More »
The ‘brilliant and beautiful’ North Pacific joins Newgate Farm, now standing alongside Champion Juvenile sires Extreme Choice, Capitalist, Flying Artie and Winning Rupert. ‘He oozes class, executes brilliantly and puts them away with ease,’ stated champion jockey James McDonald, in scoring an extended five length victory in the Up and… Read More »
Star Queensland sprinter Rothfire has returned from a lengthy spell following injury to record an eye catching trial win at Doomben on Tuesday morning. Rothfire hasn’t been seen on the race track after finishing fourth in the G1 Golden Rose last year where he jumped as the short priced $1.55… Read More »
It was a long eleven race meeting, but the last race climax was well worth the wait for trainer Nicole Bruggemann and jockey Jessie Philpot who claimed the 2021 Great Northern Darwin Cup with the five-year-old Epaulette gelding Highly Decorated. The win came in Bruggemann’s first attempt at the Darwin… Read More »
Missayter has already had her fair share of injuries, but she will finally face the starter for the first time under race conditions on Wednesday. It has been a long journey already for three-year-old Missayter, but Jacqueline Greentree will finally see her debut at Randwick-Kensington on Wednesday. Missayter is the first foal… Read More »
Newmarket trainer Ismail Mohammed is making big plans for Away He Goes for the second half of the year after the five-year-old gelding scored a gallant second place behind Trueshan and Holly Doyle in the Group 1 Goodwood Cup over 3200m last week. The race was run in very heavy… Read More »
Alligator Blood, who had a jump-out in-between races at the Sunshine Coast yesterday, could not have produced a better performance in that particular context as he continues on the comeback trail to race fitness. Jockey Jimmy Orman had the Group 1 winner travelling well within himself throughout, yet he still… Read More »
The I Am Invincible gelding Belmont Day turned the Montgomerie Lightning Plate into a procession in the fourth race at Fanny Bay racetrack in Darwin, talking the honours without ever seriously being challenged. It was a simple countdown to victory. Seven horses accepted for the race. Three were scratched initially… Read More »
Nick Ryan is looking forward to the first feature race of the season when he runs Regardsmaree up the straight at Flemington. An addition to training ranks at Flemington in April, Ryan ended the season with a winner at The Valley on Saturday with Mahamedeis then followed up with the first city flat race of… Read More »
OTI Racing had tweeted the disappointing news that their well performed mare True Self … ‘is now unlikely to make her way out to Melbourne this Spring Carnival due to a suspensory issue.’ As part of her international schedule the Willie Mullins trained daughter of Oscar has made her presence… Read More »
