Tommy Berry has tuned up for the postponed Golden Slipper meeting with a juvenile double on the Kensington track, although it wasn’t enough to peg back the premiership lead of archrival James Mcdonald. Berry made a clean sweep of the two-year-old races, taking out the opening event aboard Chris Waller-trained… Read More »
Champion racehorse Melody Belle will become the most decorated racemare to be offered at public auction when the 14 time Group One winner goes under the hammer at May’s Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale. The Gold Coast based auction has today been announced as the selling venue for the superstar… Read More »
He made headlines back in October 2020 when he broke the record for the Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale when he changed hands for a purchase price of 925,000 guineas (approx $1.66m AUD). We are talking about English King, a classy son of Camelot, who was always going to… Read More »
John Sadler has always had a healthy opinion of Mozzie Monster but he is wary of getting too far ahead in his planning for the filly. What Sadler wants is to collect a ‘black type’ prize for Mozzie Monster before he decides on what carnival riches he would like to… Read More »
Young trainer Annabel Neasham will have two bites at the cherry in her quest for a first Group One win. Eight months after taking out her trainers’ licence, Annabel Neasham is pinching herself at the prospect of having two Group One runners on one of the biggest race days of… Read More »
Flying Missile has catapulted herself into Karrakatta Plate calculations when scoring a runaway first win at Ascot on Wednesday. Justifying red-hot favouritism, Flying Missile easily accounted for her six rivals in the Glenroy Chaff Plate (1100m) by three lengths. Ridden by Chris Parnham, the Cable Bay filly made a brilliant… Read More »
The Dubai World Cup has given us 24 years of champion racehorse entertainment, and will Godolphin claim the 25th with the Michael Stidham trained Mystic Guide, who’s $3 fav. with Sportsbet. Market 💰: View the Odds for the Dubai World Cup Mystic Guide comes into the Dubai World Cup Carnival… Read More »
The All-Star Mile continues to grow in stature and was the highest turnover race of the seven-week Festival of Racing that concluded at Mornington last Saturday. Run for the third time and at The Valley for the first time on March 13, The All-Star Mile attracted a record $17.88 million… Read More »
It was a race to race double for the John O’Shea stable as Lost and Running maintained his perfect record with a solid win over the Kensington 1100m taking his career record to four wins from four starts. The race was run in pouring rain leading to the track conditions… Read More »
The New Zealand bred Waihaha Falls made no mistake on debut coming home a little bit more comfortably than the official 0.50 length winning margin suggests under a perfect ride from Tom Marquand. Waihaha Falls was given the run of the race, settling in third place stalking the speed until… Read More »
Tommy Berry completed an early double when he guided the I Am Invincible filly Ashema to victory in the second race on the Kensington track. This result gave Berry victories in both the two-year-old colts and geldings event (which he won on Kalino) and the two-year-old fillies contest in which… Read More »
The new-look Ranvet Stakes field holds no fears for connections of Addeybb, who remain adamant he is on track for successive victories. The delayed timeslot for the Ranvet Stakes has done little to dent the confidence of Addeybb’s travelling party, despite the rejigged version attracting a deeper field. Just five… Read More »
Doomben’s track manager Ross Smith believes the current sunny weather in Brisbane can have the track back to well within the Soft range on Saturday. Doomben has received 300mm of rain in March, including 239mm for the past week. It has not rained since Tuesday night. Doomben raced with the… Read More »
Tulloch Lodge is looking to Dawn Passage to confirm his Doncaster Mile credentials with a bold showing in the George Ryder Stakes. Dawn Passage made an underwhelming return to racing but his Tulloch Lodge trainers are confident he will rebound in the Group One George Ryder Stakes. The four-year-old finished… Read More »
A start in Australia’s longest flat race will be up for grabs in The Road To The Jericho Cup at Warrnambool. Hopefuls chasing a start in the Australia’s longest flat race, the Jericho Cup, get their chance to experience the course in a qualifying race at Warrnambool on Friday. The… Read More »
Hong Kong discard Weona Smartone may well be a better horse this time in, provided the stable is able to keep him happy. Trainer David Vandyke has been taken by Weona Smartone’s progress this preparation, as he tries to build on his record of two wins in three starts, but… Read More »
After a lacklustre spring, imported galloper Skyward has been gelded ahead of his return run against lesser grade at Bendigo. Having held spring aspirations for imported galloper Skyward, trainers Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young have gone back to the drawing board ahead of the stayer’s return in the Listed Golden… Read More »
Rich local races in Victoria are on the agenda for two-year-old Irish Mist after her impressive debut victory at Cranbourne. Thoughts of contesting the big juvenile races at carnival times did not cross the mind of Caulfield trainer Nick Ryan despite knowing he had a more than handy two-year-old on… Read More »
The Chris Waller trained Kalino scored an impressive debut win as racing returned to Sydney on a Heavy 8 Kensington track. It was more about the way that the son of Pierro stuck to his task than any margin of victory as Kalino had to chase in the home straight… Read More »
Godolphin colt Anamoe will need to produce an exceptional performance to win the Golden Slipper from the outside gate, according to trainer James Cummings. James Cummings admits the belated running of the 2021 Golden Slipper is not ideal for Todman Stakes winner Anamoe, who already faces a tough task from… Read More »
