Mizzy and Sisstar are equal favourites with Tab.com.au in their all in market for the Group 1 TAB Classic (1200m) this Saturday at Morphettville. Mizzy comes here with relatively fresh legs after finishing down the track in the George Ryder behind Think It Over. 1200m against her own sex looks… Read More »
The Richard and Michael Freedman-trained Love Tap is set for his first public appearance at Rosehill on Tuesday. The son of Tapit was last seen running fourth in the Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) in October last year. Love Tap is set to reunite with Nash Rawiller, who rode… Read More »
Snitzel’s smart sprinting son Splintex added a second Group win to his resumé with a slick performance in the $160,000 ATC Hall Mark S. 1200m G3. It was a nicely timed victory, just before Anzac Day, for his owner-breeders, former soldier Geoff Grimish & his wife Mary, well-known in the… Read More »
Ciaron Maher and David Eustace have won another feature three-year-old staying race with Through Irish Eyes taking out the Listed VRC St Leger at Flemington. Through Irish Eyes has relished the open spaces of Flemington with a strong staying performance to claim the Listed VRC St Leger (2800m) at Flemington…. Read More »
A late burst of speed has carried Three Kings to victory in the Listed Anzac Day Stakes at Flemington. The Tony And Calvin Mcevoy stable is hopeful Three Kings can be the latest winner of the Listed Anzac Day Stakes at Flemington to put their hand up as a future… Read More »
A one-time favourite for the Melbourne Cup has broken through for his maiden win in Australia. Trainer Phillip Stokes will work backwards from the Melbourne Cup to plan his assault on this year’s race with Amade, winner of the William Newton VC Handicap at Flemington. Amade was having his second… Read More »
Fresh from a winning treble at Randwick, John O’Shea will raise the bar for two of his team in the coming weeks. The sleeping giant among Sydney’s training ranks since ending his tenure with Godolphin, John O’Shea is again a force to be reckoned with after closing out the autumn carnival with… Read More »
On the back of a successful autumn in Sydney, Chris Waller will chase more feature race success in Adelaide and Brisbane. The curtain has closed on the Sydney autumn carnival but for leading trainer Chris Waller, that just means his team will turn its attention interstate. Sydney’s dominant conditioner for… Read More »
The Mark Newnham trained Lord Olympus ($8) was yet another visitor on the day to make a winning debut in Queensland. The three-year-old proved too strong for his rivals in the Listed Mick Dittman Plate, beating Zingalong ($19) by 0.25 length. Lord Olympus certainly had the credentials coming into the… Read More »
Tycoon Evie ($2.10), who was bidding for four wins in a row, dominated the market in the Listed Princess Stakes over 1630m at Doomben but, in the end, she had to settle for second best behind the Chris Waller trained Easifar ($11) who took the favourite’s measure close to the… Read More »
The Annabel Neasham trained import Olmedo ($6 Sportsbet) scored his first win in Australia when he took out the Listed Tails Stakes over 1630m at Doomben. The six-year-old set the target in the home straight and although Reloaded ($9) threatened to go past Olemo in the final stages with a… Read More »
Ten races will be run and won at Sha Tin on Sunday, where it is a bumper Group l day, with most eyes on Golden Sixty in the Champions Mile (1600m). Race One: 10 Mission Smart Race Two: 5 Packing Award Race Three: 1 Fantastic Way Race Four: 11 New… Read More »
Godolphin, James Cummings and Cloudy have landed another stakes race win, taking out the Breeders’ Stakes at Morphettville. Godolphin filly Cloudy has won a second stakes race during the Adelaide carnival claiming the Group 3 Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville. The James Cummings-trained daughter of Frosted had two weeks earlier… Read More »
Kolding might often sit in the shadows of his high-profile stablemates but he has rounded out Chris Waller’s stellar autumn carnival with an All Aged Stakes (1400m) triumph. His victory gave the premier trainer a G1 win for the fifth week in succession, also delivering Waller’s 125th in an already… Read More »
An eleventh-hour decision to pull Captivant out of the spelling paddock has proved to be a masterstroke after the colt delivered a first G1 win for his sire Capitalist in the Champagne Stakes. While the 1600m feature was initially on Capitvant’s schedule, trainers Peter And Paul Snowden decided to freshen… Read More »
Tasmanian trainer Bill Ryan can start planning a Victorian Spring Carnival assault after Still A Star landed a stakes race win at Caulfield. Star Tasmanian mare Still A Star will head for a winter break with Group 1 spring aspirations having secured an important victory on the mainland. The Listed… Read More »
Smart sprinter Splintex has earned a winter carnival berth after he returned to the winner’s list at Randwick. Splintex has posted a fitting win for owner and war veteran Geoff Grimish on the eve of Anzac Day, taking out the Hall Mark Stakes at Randwick. Grimish served in the Vietnam… Read More »
Gimmie Par has broken through for her maiden victory against four opponents at Caulfield. The younger half-sister of multiple Group 1 winner Ole Kirk has broken her maiden status with a tough win in the Wilde Racing Handicap at Caulfield. Gimmie Par, by Not A Single Doubt, was having her… Read More »
Hugh Bowman has shown no ill effects from a heavy fall in the first race to win the Frank Packer Plate on outsider Senor Toba. The Queensland Derby is firmly on the radar for unheralded three-year-old Senor Toba after his victory in Saturday’s Frank Packer Plate at Randwick. Hugh Bowman… Read More »
Tough as nails gelding Paths Of Glory has scored an overdue win, fighting tenaciously to stave off favourite Zaaki and claim the J R A Cup at Randwick. From an inside draw, Rachel King gave the six-year-old a perfect run behind the speed and presented him at the right time… Read More »
