Expensive filly Zac Attack will resume with only one trial under her belt after missing a second hit-out this week. Zac Attack has drawn barrier one in the TAB Three-Year-Old Fillies Handicap (1000m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The Toby and Trent Edmonds training partnership has taken its time with… Read More »
Super Seth is high in Caulfield Guineas calculations and the colt gets the chance to show why when he resumes in the McNeil Stakes. Saturday’s Group Three 1200m McNeil Stakes for three-year-olds at Caulfield has a field of nine, with the promising Anthony Freedman-trained stablemates Super Seth and King Of… Read More »
Group One races in Sydney and Melbourne figure in Mick Price’s spring hopes for lightly raced colt Shotmaker who makes his season return in the McNeil Stakes at Caulfield. Shotmaker was runner-up on debut in the Blue Diamond colts and geldings Prelude in February before finishing 11th in the Group… Read More »
Caloundra trainer Stuart Kendrick has put plans for his Group One prospect Eric The Eel on the back burner as he plans wins for two stablemates. Kendrick had varied luck with the barrier draw at Eagle Farm with Misery getting the tricky gate nine in an open handicap but another… Read More »
Big race hopes for Hawker Hurricane fell flat earlier this year but his trainer Mike Moroney is hopeful of better results this spring with the three-year-old who has been gelded. Hawker Hurricane races for the first time since being gelded when he resumes in Saturday’s Listed McKenzie Stakes (1200m) at… Read More »
With an arsenal of potential big race contenders, Lindsay Park has been forced to spread their three-year-olds to get their campaigns underway. Independent Road and Exeter will begin their preparations in the Listed McKenzie Stakes at The Valley on Saturday with both entered for big races in the spring. Both… Read More »
Mystic Journey kicked off her Spring in style, Godolphin flexed their muscles and a high class three year old stamped his Caulfield Guineas credentials in Adelaide . All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: Mystic Journey Wins PB Lawrence… Read More »
Caloundra trainer David Vandyke had a warning for his spring carnival rivals after his unbeaten gelding Alligator Blood scored a runaway win at Doomben. Alligator Blood ($4.20) made it three wins from three starts when he raced away to beat Scathing ($4) by three lengths in the AQWA Construction Handicap… Read More »
Spring plans are still to be decided for promising three-year-old Heirborn who has remained unbeaten from two starts with a hard-fought victory at Flemington. The Anthony Freedman-trained gelding raced to a convincing win in a 1300m maiden on debut at Bendigo late last month before getting home by a head… Read More »
Castelvecchio and Prince Fawaz, already Group 1 winners over 1600 metres, are the $11 equal favourites at TAB for the Caulfield Guineas to be run on October 12. The Richard Litt-trained Castelvecchio was victorious in the Champagne Stakes at Royal Randwick last April while Prince Fawaz won the J.J. Atkins… Read More »
Trainer Colin Little has found it difficult sourcing a suitable race for the lightly raced Vegas Knight. Convinced Vegas Knight wants 1600m, Little had to resort racing the recently turned three-year-old against older horses when breaking his maiden status at Pakenham last month. Little has since pored over the race… Read More »
The new Toby and Trent Edmonds training partnership got its first metropolitan-standard win when promising Battle Strike overcame difficulties to win at Ipswich. Battle Strike was backed into $2.35 favourite after three good trials and overcame the outside barrier to win. Gold Coast based Toby Edmonds started his partnership with… Read More »
Four Group One-winning juveniles from last season feature among the 324 nominations for the $2 million Caulfield Guineas for three-year-olds. Along with Champagne Stakes winner Castelvecchio and J J Atkins Stakes winner Prince Fawaz, who are both colts, Group One-winning fillies Kiamichi and Lyre are nominated. Lyre and Kiamichi, are… Read More »
Despite the lofty Gr 1 wins by several of the Godolphin babies over the past 6 months, all of whom are now 3YOs, those in the know at the Blue Army campsite reckon a non Gr 1 winner in TASSORT is the best of them. Sadly, however, we wont get… Read More »
The countdown to Caulfield Guineas Day is on, with nominations closing today for Caulfield’s two 1600m classics. A total of 324 three-year-olds have been nominated for the $2 million Caulfield Guineas (1600m), a huge increase on the 2018’s 267. The Schweppes Thousand Guineas (1600m) has also received a sharp rise… Read More »
Lindsay Park has spring aspirations with Peidra after the gelding scored a decisive victory at Sandown to remain unbeaten after two starts. After winning at Sale last month, Peidra added Sunday’s Ladbrokes Odds Boost Handicap (1200m) to his record. Co-trainer Ben Hayes said the stable would now set the three-year-old… Read More »
Boom Godolphin colt Chenier will miss the Spring Racing Carnival due to injury. Chenier burst onto the scene as a late two-year-old with an emphatic 5L win at Sandown on debut. The regally bred son of Medaglia D’Oro then jumped as the long odds on favourite on a rain affected… Read More »
Valuable colt Time To Reign has blitzed a star studded field in a barrier trial at Warwick Farm. The rising three-year-old’s performance to win by more than six lengths on Friday was not a surprise to his trainer Gary Portelli who has the colt primed for his early season return… Read More »
Blue Diamond Stakes placegetter Free Of Debt will miss the major spring races after suffering a ligament injury in the build-up to his race return. The Chris Bieg-trained colt won his first two starts impressively at Morphettville and Flemington before finishing a game third in the Group One Blue Diamond… Read More »
Caulfield Guineas winner Mighty Boss has sadly died from colic. The former Mick Price trained galloper took out the Group One Caulfield Guineas as a three year old at big odds but was unable to win another race with his last being in the CS Hayes Stakes at Morphettville in… Read More »
