All Time Legend has proven he can run a mile but trainer Les Bridge is in two minds about whether that is the horse’s pet journey. The Hall of Fame trainer will nominate the gelding for the Epsom Handicap (1600m) this spring but before he commits to that path, he… Read More »
Mount Fuji, who was originally sold for $2.8 million at the 2019 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale, has found a new home after being offered for sale at the Inglis’ 2021 August (Early) Online Sale, which ended yesterday. The four-year-old, who is winless after four starts, will head to the… Read More »
It may be six months away, however the lustre of the Neds Blue Diamond Stakes is ever shining with the training elite putting forward 1594 nominations of up-and-coming 2-year-olds. Caulfield locals are leading the charge with Ciaron Maher & David Eustace submitting 95 nominations for next yearâs edition, the most of any trainer in Australia. Mick Price… Read More »
Chris Waller-trained four-year-old Toomuchtobear has put his hand up for a spring campaign after a dominant win at Newcastle on Wednesday. Chris Waller may have unearthed another spring contender with the lightly raced Toomuchtobear winning the Sky Racing Handicap (1500m) at Newcastle on Wednesday. Toomuchtobear, with Lee Magorrian in the saddle, defies… Read More »
Tony Sergi will saddle-up his first metropolitan runner since the 2017/2018 racing season. It’s been over three years since Tony Sergi has saddled up a metropolitan runner, but Island Bay Boy will change all of that when he lines up in the Precise Fire Handicap (1200m) on Saturday. Island Bay Boy is… Read More »
Lindsay Park galloper Mr Brightside has extended his winning sequence to three with another comfortable win at Sandown. The New Zealand-bred four-year-old by Bullbars, took out the IVE>Print Handicap (1600m) on Wednesday which followed his win at the course on August 1. Now with Ben and JD Hayes, Mr Brightside had one start… Read More »
Pakenham-based trainer Andrea Leek is keeping alive the dream of Heir To The Throne following in the footsteps of his older brother Prince Of Penzance. Leek registered her first metropolitan success when Heir To The Throne took out the Ladbroke It! Handicap (2400m) at Sandown on Wednesday and disclosed post-race the stayer holds a nomination in the Melbourne Cup… Read More »
If Luke Morton needed a gentle nudge to follow a family tradition, then a stint in Broome this season has certainly not gone astray. Racing is well and truly in Morton’s bloodlines with his grandfather, Len and dad, Dan decorated West Australian trainers. Len Morton was born in Sydney and worked… Read More »
It has been baby steps on the country circuit for trainer Cliff Brown since his return from Singapore. But on Saturday at Caulfield, Brown will unveil the best horse in his stable when The Inferno runs in the Listed Regal Roller Stakes (1200m). How the form from Singapore translates to Australia is… Read More »
Superstorm will attempt to break his Melbourne maiden status when he runs first-up at Caulfield. Now in the care of Danny O’Brien after being prepared in Perth by Grant & Alana Williams, Superstorm makes his return in the Group 2 P B Lawrence Stakes (1400m) on Saturday. It will be the first… Read More »
International numbers for the Melbourne Spring Carnival have been boosted slightly with some late entries for the Group 1 races. The three metropolitan clubs in Melbourne have some late international nominations for their spring features. Nominations for the Melbourne Cup, the Caulfield Cup and the Cox Plate closed last week… Read More »
Jockey Mark Zahra hopes to back riding on Memsie Stakes Day after a tumble at Flemington left him with a hairline fracture to an elbow. Zahra was aboard Second Slip and cantering to the barriers ahead of the fifth race at Flemington last Saturday when he was thrown from the Adelaide-trained galloper. “We had… Read More »
May trained his first winner in February this year with Messina Magic breaking her maiden over 1600m at Orange. The Englishman is now set to move into multiple Group One-winning trainer Noel Mayfield-Smith’s Hawkesbury property, with Mayfield-Smith relocating to Coffs Harbour. “That (first win) was a monkey I was glad to… Read More »
Trainer Grahame Begg is taking a different spring approach to the one he adopted 12 months ago with Nonconformist. Aimed at last year’s Caulfield Cup, Nonconformist fell behind in his preparation when there was little wriggle-room following a setback. However, by starting the gelding’s preparation off in the Group 2 P B Lawrenece Stakes (1400m)… Read More »
For the third time in as many years, star South Australian galloper Dalasan is set to commence his spring campaign in the Spring Stakes at Morphettville. As a three-year-old, the Leon Macdonald and Andrew Gluyas-trained Dalasan won the Group 3 sprint over 1200m then last year he finished second to Behemoth, an… Read More »
Itâs 2021, and Widden Stud has expanded into Victoria with the King of The Castle in Russian Camelot launching Widden Victoria as Timeformâs highest rated Australian 3YO of 2020. Russian Camelot retires as a dual Group 1 winner and three-times Group 1 placed from 11 starts, with a mighty Group 1 (6:2-2-1)… Read More »
Jockey Colin Haddon is confident Desert Thorn can justify his market status and win the Tabtouch Broome Sprint (1300m) for the second time in three years on Tuesday. Desert Thorn has won four races in Broome this season including his past two and in an open event the Jim Enright-trained eight-year-old… Read More »
â Leah Kilner has not wasted any time in demonstrating that she will provide a further boost to the riding ranks in South-East Queensland. Kilner, who landed a Saturday Metropolitan double aboard Rock Amore and Emerald Kingdom for leading trainers Tony Gollan and Robert Heathcote at Eagle Farm on July 31,… Read More »
Trainer Phillip Stokes is hoping Sansom can raise the bar higher when he runs in the P B Lawrence Stakes at Caulfield. Sansom returned from a break to claim the Listed Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on July 24 and rises to 1400m at Group 2 level on Saturday. Stokes is confident Sansom is… Read More »
The Lindsay Park pair of Ben and JD Hayes will be hoping for a better outcome from Crosshaven when he resumes at Caulfield. The Hayes boys were left disappointed with Aysar’s performance in the Group 3 Aurie’s Star Handicap at Flemington last Saturday and will be represented by Crosshaven in the… Read More »
