Group One winner Streets Of Avalon has taken out the Australia Stakes at The Valley on Friday night. The Shane Nichols trained Streets Of Avalon was able to get the better of his two main rivals Viridine and Tavisan in the feature at Moonee Valley on Friday night. Streets Of… Read More »
Voting for the $5 million All-Star Mile officially opened to the general public on Friday. Of the 81 nominated horses, the 10 most popular will earn a spot in the March 13 race, alongside five wildcard runners. The entries include 23 Group One winners headed by Verry Elleegant, Sir Dragonet,… Read More »
Tony Gollan believes in-form sprinter Garibaldi is poised to finally end a track hoodoo at Doomben. Garibaldi has been unsuccessful in six previous attempts at Doomben but Gollan believes that form anomaly will be rectified after Saturday’s Sky Racing Plate (1200m). “He’s in great shape and I think he can… Read More »
After a Magic Millions carnival he would rather forget, John Sargent is hoping for better luck at Randwick when juvenile filly Perfect Darling lines up for her first start. Sargent had high hopes for Ballarat Clockwise Classic winner Readily Availabull in last weekend’s $2 million Magic Millions Classic but the… Read More »
Promising three-year-old Glenfiddich is out of the autumn carnival after suffering a career-threatening leg injury. Trainer Peter Moody confirmed the news on twitter this week and said connections would weigh up whether to retire the valuable son of Fastnet Rock, or press ahead with a rehabilitation program. “Disappointed to announce… Read More »
Following the results of his MRI, jockey Ryan Maloney, who is not riding this week following his fall from Isotope in the Magic Millions Three-Year-Old Guineas last Saturday, has been cleared to ride from next week subject to passing a concussion test. “I got the clearance this morning … so… Read More »
It has been a long and delayed wait for Heart Of Puissance to return to the racetrack but David Eustace is looking forward to the promising stallion getting his career back on track. The four-year-old will resume in the benchmark 70 race at Sandown Hillside over 1500 metres on Saturday…. Read More »
Talented colt Osamu has already won over his new trainer and he might just become the stable favourite if he can land a victory on the track. Osamu was Group Two placed in the Skyline Stakes as a juvenile and rounded out his three-year-old spring campaign with another stakes placing… Read More »
Trainer John Moloney will take four horses to Sandown without having to worry about how three of them handle the track as they have already tasted success there. The Moloney trio to have scored at the course are last-start Sandown Lakeside victor Imperial Lad, dual Hillside winner Sunday Pray and… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winning jockey Corey Brown is waiting on a court hearing before he can hopefully be cleared to have spinal surgery. Corey Brown fractured his spine in a fall during the 2019 Queensland Derby which has turned into a nightmare ordeal which could continue due to issues with Workcover…. Read More »
Top Singapore-based horseman Cliff Brown has joined the exodus of trainers and jockeys returning to Australia from the Asian racing centre. Following in the footsteps of Lee Freedman, who recently confirmed he was relocating to the Gold Coast, Brown has this week announced he will return to Australia. In the… Read More »
Mizzy took out the other Group and Listed heat in good style, defeating Prague who made late ground to edge out Dreamforce for second. New trainer Annabel Neasham will meet with owners Aquis to formulate a plan for Prague, who could return in the Eskimo Prince Stakes (1200m) at Randwick… Read More »
An extended summer carnival campaign for Ligulate hinges on his performance at Doomben on Saturday. Trainer Cody Morgan is toying with the idea of Ligulate backing up in the Sunshine Coast Cup (1400m) seven days later if the gelding returns to winning form at Doomben. “He’d be backing up and… Read More »
A victory at Randwick on Saturday would give Strange Charm a hat-trick of wins but it would not rate as her biggest claim to fame. Last autumn, Strange Charm broke her maiden on the Kensington track, scoring a comfortable win over Toffee Tongue and Entente. Both placegetters emerged from that… Read More »
James Cummings was more than happy to change his plans for sprinter Viridine when he saw the strength of the Australia Stakes field. Initially, the Godolphin trainer had entered only Isaurian and opted not to put Viridine in Friday night’s event. But when the Moonee Valley Racing Club only received… Read More »
The lure of next month’s $2 million Inglis Millennium has convinced trainer Annabel Neasham to roll the dice and run juvenile Ashema at Randwick despite an outside draw. The filly will jump from barrier 13 in Saturday’s The Paul Hoffman Handicap (1000m) and while it isn’t ideal, Neasham believes it… Read More »
The Group One Galaxy will be the autumn goal for talented sprinter Splintex, who was among the standouts when a host of stars stepped out at the Randwick barrier trials. The Mark Newnham-trained entire comfortably took out the opening 900m heat, defeating Group One Empire Rose Stakes winner Shout The… Read More »
Inaugural All Star Mile winner Mystic Journey has been beaten as the short priced $1.09 favourite in the Ladbrokes Stakes at Launceston. Mystic Journey was beginning her campaign at Launceston over 1200m on Wednesday night as she aims towards this years edition of the $5m All Star Mile but it… Read More »
Glen Boss will base himself in Victoria for the start of their carnival to ensure he can ride Cox Plate winner Sir Dragonet and star sprinter Bivouac when they kick off their autumn campaigns. The top jockey said he made the decision to head south to safeguard against any interstate… Read More »
Mark Newnham will saddle up Scarzel, who makes his debut in the Paul Hoffman Handicap (1000m). A $220,000 yearling purchase for syndicators Darby Racing, Scarzel is by Snitzel out of 2016 Sweet Embrace Stakes winner Scarlet Rain and will sport blinkers on Saturday. “He will run well but this time… Read More »
