Star South Australian galloper Behemoth is set to defend his Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes crown at Caulfield. The D J Jolly-trained galloper won the race last year carrying 60kg under Craig Williams having won the Group 1 Memsie Stakes in the lead up. Behemoth was successful in the Memsie on Saturday, defeating fellow South Australian Beau Rossa,… Read More »
Michael Grantham is set to resist the lure of next month’s TABtouch-Hannan’s Handicap (1400m) with the talented Kaptain Kaos, following his win at Belmont on Saturday. The four-year-old made it five wins from six starts under the care of Grantham in Saturday’s IRISNDT Handicap (1200m), narrowly defeating Crystal Spirit and… Read More »
The $1.3 million The Kosciuszko is Michelle Ritchie’s target for five-year-old Blue Missile, but the gelding almost never made it to the track. It’s been a long road for the Michelle Ritchie-trained Blue Missile, but the five-year-old is looking to prove his Kosciuszko credentials in the TAB Handicap (1100m) on… Read More »
Exciting three-year-old Sky Command will drop back from stakes company to take her place in the TAB Handicap (1000m) at Randwick-Kensington on Wednesday. The daughter of Deep Field got the attention of racing fans when a dominant all-the-way winner at Warwick Farm on debut. The Gary Portelli-trained filly won her first… Read More »
Trainer Grahame Begg hopes he made the right call in electing to bypass a race at Caulfield for a weight-for-age contest at The Valley. Begg had initially planned the Listed Heatherlie Stakes (1700m) at Caulfield last Saturday for Nonconformist but has instead opted for the Group 2 Feehan Stakes at The Valley on Saturday…. Read More »
In-form jockey Brett Prebble had his first ride on highly fancied Cups contender Incentivise in a trial at Pakenham on Monday. Yet to race for new trainer Peter Moody, Incentivise was given an easy time in the 1190m opening heat of Monday’s trials. Incentive, a winner of six of his nine starts in Queensland for part-owner Steve Tregea, is set to… Read More »
Champion Sire Snitzel made his presence felt in no uncertain terms on Saturday when his 3YO sons Bruckner and In The Congo produced a quickfire Group race double at Caulfield and Kembla Grange, which hosted the Sydney metro meeting transferred from Rosehill. Both colts have benefited from educational juvenile seasons… Read More »
It’s Virginia’s love affair with turf racing that sees the 18th Virginia Derby Day being staged at Colonial Downs on Tuesday 31 August, again on its magnificent Secretariat Turf Course. As a comfortable winner on turf in the Bald Eagle Derby at Pimlicio, the Jamie Ness trained Indian Lake who… Read More »
The removal of two fences in the straight could not stop Inayforhay running out a comfortable winner in the final jumps race of the 2021 season, the Grand National Steeplechase at Ballarat. The scheduled finishing time of 4.25pm was delayed as another ambulance was required after Chris McCarthy was transported to hospital following a… Read More »
They may not have had a runner in the day’s feature, but the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable was able to steal the show on Grand National Steeplechase Day at Ballarat. The stable prepared the first five winners on Sunday’s six race program, the final jumps meeting of the 2021 season and watched on as… Read More »
They didn’t get the desired result with Golden Slipper winner Stay Inside first-up, but Michael and Richard Freedman have plenty to look forward to this spring. Stay Inside kicked off his three-year-old season with a fifth in Saturday’s San Domenico Stakes at Kembla Grange with jockey Tommy Berry offering the… Read More »
Racing Victoria Stewards on Saturday interviewed licensed jockey Mark Zahra after having received information that he may have also been in attendance at the Airbnb in Mornington on Wednesday, 25 August 2021 which resulted in four other licensed jockeys pleading guilty to a breach of the Rules. Mark Zahra pleaded… Read More »
The Melbourne Spring Carnival was turned on its head via an “Air BnB Party”, a big boy got another big win and the racing industry lost a gem. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: Melbourne Spring In Disarray… Read More »
Eleven races have been set down for Singapore on Sunday 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 Singapore. Race One: 6 Gamely Race Two: 4 Blitz Power Race Three:… Read More »
Behemoth has become the first horse since Sunline to record back-to-back victories in the Group 1 Memsie Stakes at Caulfield. The South Australian galloper scored under Craig Williams in last year’s 1400m contest at weight-for-age while Brett Prebble picked up the mount this year. Prebble got the nod when Jamie Kah was suspended by Racing… Read More »
The dreams of Gavin Bedggood have been realised with the win of No Effort at Caulfield. Bedggood had picked out Saturday’s Listed Heatherlie Stakes (1700m) as the race most suitable to give No Effort all-important ‘black type’ status. Taking up her customary front runners’ role, No Effort ran her rivals into the ground, although Bedggood noted that a number of Saturday’s opposition… Read More »
She wasn’t the stable’s number one elect, but Startantes announced herself a feature race prospect in her own right after winning the $125,000 3YO Plate (1200m) at Doomben on Saturday. Trainer Robert Heathcote had designs on taking his Group 2 winner Prince Of Boom south after this race, but will… Read More »
As she did in the autumn, star New Zealand mare Probabeel has made a winning return on Australian shores at Caulfield. Probabeel won the Group 3 Bellmaine Stakes when first-up at Caulfield in the autumn and was back in action on Saturday to claim the Group 3 W W Cockram Stakes (1200m). The Jamie Richards-trained daughter of Savabeel may not… Read More »
Bjorn Baker is the first to admit he didn’t think much of Harpo Marx when the former European first arrived at his stable, but he has been quick to change his opinion. The gelding took his record to three wins from six starts this campaign and passed his first stakes-grade test with… Read More »
In The Congo fits the mould of a typical Tulloch Lodge galloper – he makes his own luck on-speed, he’s tough and he’s hard to get past. The three-year-old was all that and more at Kembla Grange on Saturday, leading throughout and pulling out all stops in the straight to… Read More »
