New Zealand gelding Sacred Elixir has made an immediate impact in Melbourne, winning the Caulfield Guineas Prelude and his trainer is adamant he will only get better. Last season’s Group One JJ Atkins Stakes winner in Brisbane, Sacred Elixir ($9) resumed in Saturday’s Group Three Caulfield Guineas Prelude and chased… Read More »
Astern might be missing from the Caulfield Guineas but Godolphin has a worthy replacement in Impending who has staked his claim with victory in the Stan Fox Stakes at Rosehill. He firmed from $7 to $4.60 favouritism for the Caulfield Guineas in two weeks when he came home over the… Read More »
Following the running of today’s Stan Fox Stakes at Rosehill we have a new favourite for the 2016 Caulfield Guineas. Impressive Stan Fox Stakes winner Impending has shortened from $7 into the $4.60 favourite for the Caulfield Guineas with previous Guineas favourite Divine Prophet drifting from $5.00 out to $5.50… Read More »
Caulfield Guineas 2016 favourite Divine Prophet will not make the trip to Melbourne. Divine Prophet had accepted to run in the Caulfield Guineas Prelude on Saturday but Team Hawkes have opted to keep her in Sydney to run in the Stan Fox Stakes. Caulfield Guineas favourite Divine Prophet won't run… Read More »
Divine Prophet is the new Caulfield Guineas favourite in the absence of Golden Rose winner Astern. Astern”s Guineas bid has been thwarted by an elevated temperature, forcing him to miss Saturday’s Prelude at Caulfield. The Hawkes Racing-trained Divine Prophet, fourth in the Golden Rose, is now the $5 Caulfield Guineas… Read More »
Astern is still expected to play a part in the spring carnival despite an elevated temperature derailing the former favourite’s Caulfield Guineas bid. The Golden Rose winner was treated on Sunday for the elevated temperature, ruling him out of the Guineas Prelude ahead of next month’s main event. Godolphin said… Read More »
Godolphin colt Astern will not run in the Caulfield Guineas for which he has been favourite since his Golden Rose win. Astern was not paid up for at the latest declaration stage of the Caulfield Guineas, with 48 three-year-olds remaining in contention when second acceptances were taken on Tuesday. An… Read More »
The second acceptances for the 2016 Caulfield Guineas were released today with 48 horses still in contention for the feature three-year-old race at Caulfield on Saturday, 8 October. The most notable absentee was nominal race favourite ‘Astern’ not being amongst those 48 horses. Astern was the $3.20 favourite after his Golden… Read More »
The 2016 Caulfield Guineas market was taken down last night and this morning due to the news breaking that favourite Astern will no head to Melbourne this week to run in the Prelude due to an elevated temperature. Astern has since drifted from $3.20 out to $4.40 following the news…. Read More »
Betting has been suspended on the Caulfield Guineas with the news favourite Astern will miss a vital lead-up because of an elevated temperature. The TAB suspended its market after the Godolphin-owned colt was ruled out of Saturday’s Caulfield Guineas Prelude. A dominant winner of the Group One Golden Rose, Astern… Read More »
Caulfield Guineas favourite Astern will miss his scheduled lead-up to the Group One race because of an elevated temperature. Trainer John O’Shea said the Golden Rose winner was treated for the temperature on Sunday and would not travel to Melbourne for Saturday’s Caulfield Guineas Prelude. “The horse was found to… Read More »
Form lines will converge in the Caulfield Guineas Prelude with the field set to include Group One winners Astern and Sacred Elixir who will both be making their Melbourne debuts. Godolphin colt Astern was dominant in the Group One Golden Rose last Saturday week in Sydney and is the $3.20… Read More »
Sheikh Mohammed’s investment in Australian racing has reaped yet another big prize with Godolphin colt Astern’s win in the Golden Rose. Godolphin won the $1 million race a year ago with Exosphere but both trainer John O’Shea and jockey James McDonald believe Astern has the scope to go on to… Read More »
Detective couldn’t break through as a two-year-old but the colt has struck winning form early in his three-year-old season, highlighted by a Listed victory at Flemington. The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained colt finished second in four of his five starts as a two-year-old including the Breeders’ Plate in Sydney and… Read More »
Greg Eurell expects to get an idea about the 2016 Caulfield Guineas prospects of Urban Ruler after the gelding makes his stakes racing debut at Flemington. Urban Ruler has won two of his three starts and the three-year-old steps up to 1400m for the first time in Saturday’s Listed Starlight… Read More »
Wazzenme will chase feature race success in his home town after trainer Stuart Webb decided against a Golden Rose mission in Sydney. Caulfield-based Webb admitted Saturday’s Golden Rose at Rosehill had been a consideration but he felt a couple of the Sydney horses looked too strong. And Webb also said… Read More »
Revolving Door will wear blinkers as tries to press his claims for the Caulfield Guineas when he runs in a Listed race at Flemington. Trainer Clinton McDonald believes the time is right to try the blinkers in Saturday’s Starlight Express Room Stakes (1400m). McDonald says he has always thought Revolving… Read More »
The runners in the Ming Dynasty Quality are almost all in the same boat as they test whether they can navigate a watery Randwick track. Persistent rain has soaked the track ahead of Saturday’s Group Three race for three-year-olds, with more than 35mm falling since Thursday evening. Of the seven… Read More »
A potential star Godolphin 3YO will miss the rest of the Spring after a disappoining first up run in the Run To The Rose. Telperion who won the Lonhro Plate before finishing 4th in the Golden Slipper and 2nd in the Inglis Sires will be spelled to be targeted at… Read More »
Evacuation has stamped himself as a major contender for the Group One Caulfield Guineas with a dominant first-up win at Rosehill. Sent out the $1.90 favourite, Evacuation hit the line strongly as he scored a 2-3/4 length victory from Savvan ($6) with Pipeline ($13) third in a three-year-old benchmark race… Read More »
