Eight races have been set down for Happy Valley this Wednesday night, with strong fields assembled for the meeting. Race One: 1 V Chevaliers Race Two: 7 All Joyful Race Three: 1 Ares Race Four: 3 Super Hong Kong Race Five: 6 inno Legend Race Six: 10 All Beauty Race… Read More »
With former Toowoomba trained galloper Incentivise already gathering something of a cult following on the national racing scene after extending his winning sequence to eight straight wins, including two stunning Group 1 successes (in the Makybe Diva and the Turnbull Stakes) since relocating to Victoria, another former Toowoomba based runner… Read More »
Defending champion Twilight Payment is one of 60 horses that remains in contention for the Melbourne Cup after third declarations on Tuesday. The Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on November 2 will be run in front of a crowd this year with the Victorian State Government allowing 10,000Â patrons… Read More »
Trainer Anthony Cummings says he believes his Everest runner Libertini has shrugged off the effects of a recent foot problem and will be all ready to go in The Everest on Saturday. âShe had sore feet. It (the problem) took a couple of different shapes along the way,â said Cummings,… Read More »
The Melbourne campaign of Emma-Lee and David Browne is slowly drawing to a close, but it has not yet run out of steam. David Browne has been in Melbourne since mid-August with a team of four horses that has seen him produce 18 starters for five winners and around $400,000 in prize money. The… Read More »
Port Louis and Growl will run in the Blue Sapphire Stakes for trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable is hoping for a change of fortune in the Blue Sapphire Stakes at Caulfield. Who can forget the fabulous three-horse race that unfolded on the middle-day of the… Read More »
Adelaide-based trainer Gordon Richards is more than happy for Gytrash to jump out of gate one for this Saturday’s The Everest at Royal Randwick, with his ever-consistent galloper having a second shot at the $15 million race. Finishing third in last year’s running, Gytrash has drawn more suitably this time around, and… Read More »
Trainer Lee Creek has a light preparation in mind for the promising four-year-old who won the Group 3 Chairman’s Stakes before running fifth behind Explosive Jack in the Group 1 SA Derby at Morphettville in May. “He had a really good break and he’s come back really well,” Creek said…. Read More »
Tony Sergi couldn’t fault the preparation of his stable star, Island Bay Boy, as the Queanbeyan trainer readies himself and his four-year-old for Saturday’s $1.3m The Kosciuszko at Royal Randwick. “I’ve got him going as good as I can have him for Saturday,” Sergi said. “It’s all up to him… Read More »
The days of running a horse three days before a major Spring Carnival race are rare these days, but Edward Cummings has gone back to yesteryear with Duais. Safely in the Saturday’s Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) field, Duais does not need to win the Group 3 Coongy Cup (2000m) at Caulfield on Wednesday to cement her place…. Read More »
James Harron, who was the winning slot holder with Redzel in the inaugural running of The Everest, remained poker-faced when he drew the extreme outside barrier for the Cliff Brown trained The Inferno who is the Herron slot representative for this Saturdayâs 2021 edition of The Everest. âI think he… Read More »
The uncertainty of a confirmed booking for the favourite Zaaki has led Craig Williams to take the ride on Caulfield Guineas winner Anamoe in the Cox Plate. It is expected James Mcdonald will make an application to Victorian Health officials for an exemption to come to Melbourne and partner Zaaki in the Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m) at The Valley… Read More »
Trainer John OâShea is bullish about the chances of Lost And Running going into the $15 million The Everest at Randwick on Saturday. Lost And running, the only non-Australian bred runner in the contest, will jump from barrier two with Hugh Bowman in the saddle and OâShea is clearly enjoying… Read More »
Jerome Hunter and the connections of lightly raced Barb Raider have taken a punt in their attempt to pocket a major share of the Thousand Guineas prize money on offer. A late entry fee of $27,500 was paid up for Barb Raider to contest the Group 1 1600m race for three-year-old fillies at… Read More »
Nominations for the 2021 Tabtouch Masters at Ascot were released today (Monday) with strong representation from leading trainers across Australia. Despite Covid-19 travel restrictions, the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace team, James Cummings, Kris Lees, Tony Golan and Peter Moody have nominated runners. Maher and Eustace have nominated 18 runners for three… Read More »
The Happy Mission Syndicate will be happy indeed after Excellent Daddy, the horse they purchased from Australia, saluted at Sha Tin on Sunday. Excellent Daddy raced under the name of Charmacys for trainer Kacy Fogden in Queensland for a brief three race career in Australia before being exported to Hong… Read More »
The Godolphin Racing Empire has an embarrassment of bloodstock riches, so when they announce their selection to take up their slot in The Everest, that selection is always well worth a second glance. It has now been officially confirmed that Trekking will represent the royal blue army in the $15… Read More »
Trainer Grahame Begg has held a healthy opinion of the oddly named Butter Chicken right from the time the mare stepped onto the racetrack. The daughter of Savabeel will line up for her sixth start on Wednesday when she runs in the Group 3 Ladies Day Vase (1600m) at Caulfield. Beaten on debut before winning a… Read More »
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 »
