A flying second place by Mo’unga, who snared stable companion Zaaki in the finals strides to gain a runner-up finish in the Group 1 Underwood stakes behind Alligator Blood on Saturday, rated as a tremendous run, but the post-race fallout was not as satisfying for Mo’unga’s jockey Hugh Bowman. The… Read More »
Jacquinot has rocketed into contention for a slot in the $15 million Everest after unleashing a withering finish to upstage Sydney’s best three-year-olds in the Group 1 Golden Rose. In doing so, he became the first Victorian-trained horse since Toorak Toff in 2010 to win the coveted race and while the… Read More »
Tijuana has claimed a second stakes victory by riding the speed to claim the Stutt Stakes at Moonee Valley. The win on Friday night in the Group 2 race for three-year-olds over 1600m confirmed Tijuana’s spring credentials and set him up for a start in the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) on October… Read More »
Tijuana heads the Ladbrokes market for the Stutt Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley on Friday night in what is a lead up for the Caulfield Guineas. The Team Hayes trained three year old has been good in two runs back from a spell and looks suited up to the mile…. Read More »
Already a listed placegetter in New Zealand, the Andrew Forsman trained three-year-old Mr Maestro proved a class above his local rivals, ploughing through the heavy conditions to win by 1-Âľ lengths. Jockey Damian Lane, who combined with Forsman and former co-trainer Murray Baker to win the 2017 ATC Derby aboard Jon Snow,… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable hope stablemates Lethal Thoughts and Sir Bailey can establish their Group 1 credentials at Caulfield. The three-year-olds are set to line up in the Group 3 Caulfield Guineas Prelude (1400m) on Saturday with a view to contesting the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) on October 8. Lethal… Read More »
Lightly raced three-year-old Amenable has an important date on Saturday that could set up his career as a racehorse and his future as a stallion. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr -trained colt contests the Group 3 Caulfield Guineas Prelude (1400m) which the trainers hope will earn Amenable a start in the Group 1 Caulfield… Read More »
Aft Cabin will have every opportunity to prove his Caulfield Guineas worth when he rounds out preparations for the $2 million Group 1 this Saturday at Caulfield. The return to 1400 metres and another look at the Guineas venue in the $300,000 Group 3 Caulfield Guineas Prelude have trainer James Cummings… Read More »
The Exford Plate may not hold the Group status of some other races on Saturday’s program at Flemington, but it is a race that could shape the programs of several three-year-olds. One of those is the impressive Berkeley Square who returns to the same course and trip he was successful over on August 6…. Read More »
Lindsay Park trainers Ben and JD Hayes are yet to commit to a start in a spring feature for Mr Brightside after first declarations closed for Melbourne’s three biggest races of the carnival. Mr Brightside, winner of the Group 2 Feehan Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley last Saturday, remains in both the Group 1 Caulfield Cup… Read More »
Peter Moody is excited by the prospects of Millane but is wary of running the three-year-old on significantly wet ground. Millane is due to make his third racetrack appearance in the Inglis Ready2Race Sale October 11 Plate (1200m) at Moonee Valley on Saturday, but Moody may hold him back a week if the track does not… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained Sir Bailey is about to embark on his three-year-old campaign that may lead to a bigger prize during the spring. The son of multiple Group 1 winning mare Jameka resumes in the Inglis Ready2Race Sale October 11 Plate (1200m) at Moonee Valley on Saturday, his first start since April…. Read More »
Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr have a vast number of three-year-olds in their stable and they collected an early ‘black type’ victory for that age group with the success of Jacquinot at Caulfield. It was an imposing win by the colt who took out the Group 3 H D F McNeil Stakes (1200m)… Read More »
The Melbourne Spring Carnival may officially kick-off at Caulfield but in terms of Grand Finals, they are still months away. And for the early season three-year-olds who displayed above average ability in their juvenile season, the Caulfield meeting will give their trainers a sense of where they sit in the pecking order…. Read More »
Exciting three-year-old Zamborghini is ready to make his racecourse return that his trainer hopes will lead to a Caulfield Guineas start. Unbeaten in two starts, Zamborghini takes on some of the best three-year-olds in Victoria in the Group 3 McNeil Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on Saturday. A debut winner at Ballarat in February, Zamborghini came out the… Read More »
Trainer Mike Moroney may not have been at Sandown, but he would have liked what he saw from debutant Japanese Emperor. Moroney has returned to New Zealand for the funeral of his father Denny who died on Saturday aged 93 and did not witness live the win of Japanese Emperor in the Ladbroke It! Plate (1200m) on… Read More »
Jockey Ethan Brown cannot wait for Fast Witness to get onto a firm surface despite a heavy track win at stakes level at Moonee Valley. Having his third race start, Fast Witness took out the Listed McKenzie Stakes (1200m) on Saturday which followed a Cranbourne maiden win on August 4. Fast Witness… Read More »
Race experience has proven vital for blue-blooded colt Northern Beaches, who is being set for loftier targets after squeezing through a sliver of an inside run to break his maiden at Canterbury. Having placed in three of his four starts as a juvenile, the three-year-old resumed in Wednesday’s Ranvet Handicap… Read More »
Giga Kick has provided former picnic turned jumps jockey Clayton Douglas with his first Group race win as trainer taking out the Vain Stakes at Caulfield. Victory in the Group 3 1100m dash for three-year-olds has kept Giga Kick unbeaten record intact after he scored on debut at Sale in February before a… Read More »
‘Proper horse’. They were the two words Jamie Kah whispered to James Cummings’ Melbourne representative Sean Keogh after the impressive win of Aft Cabin at Sandown on Wednesday. Aft Cabin demoralised his opposition in taking out the Tile Importer Plate (1400m) with a brilliant turn of foot, suggesting better wins… Read More »
