Shin soreness has ended the spring campaign of boom New Zealand colt Cauthen who was regarded as a leading chance in the Caulfield Guineas. Cauthen came home near the rear of the field in last Saturday’s Listed Henry Bucks Stakes and was found to be suffering from the thumps, a… Read More »
The Group Two Danehill Stakes on Saturday has emerged as a possibility for boom New Zealand colt Cauthen. Cauthen, second favourite for the Caulfield Guineas, is nominated for the Danehill (1200m) and the Listed Henry Bucks Stakes (1400m) at Flemington and trainer Andrew Campbell said a decision would be made… Read More »
Steven Arnold will get a better guide on the spring prospects Caulfield Guineas-bound Prince Harada on Saturday but the jockey is already a fan of the colt. Arnold has ridden Prince Harada in two impressive off-season wins and will be aboard again when the Tony Vasil-trained colt makes his Group… Read More »
Caulfield Guineas hopeful Longma continues his preparations for a shot at the big time this spring in a jump-out at Sandown on Tuesday. Trainer Mick Price is taking the impressive off-season debut winner to Sandown for a hit-out ahead of the colt’s introduction to city, and stakes, racing at Flemington… Read More »
Unbeaten colt Prince Harada has been joined at the top of Caulfield Guineas betting but gets the chance to re-assert his favouritism when he returns in the McNeil Stakes on Saturday. The Tony Vasil-trained colt was outright Guineas favourite on the strength of his two off-season wins but the impressive… Read More »
A half-brother to former star filly Alinghi has made a winning debut at Geelong on Friday. Oceanus, a three-year-old son of More Than Ready out of Alinghi’s dam Oceanfast, stepped out for his debut in a 1000m maiden on the Synthetic track and sprinted through along the rail in the… Read More »
Two of Mick Kent’s main spring carnival hopefuls step out at Moonee Valley on Saturday but the trainer is keeping his first-up expectations in check. Pyrrolic resumes in the Listed McKenzie Stakes (1200m) while Listed winner The Huntress makes her return in the Mitchelton Wines Plate (1200m). The duo are… Read More »
Connections of outstanding international stayer Red Cadeaux are contemplating a third Australian campaign that will focus solely on the Caulfield Cup. Red Cadeaux is among the 173 entries announced on Tuesday for the 2400m handicap and could follow the lead of the French galloper Dunaden who won the Caulfield showpiece… Read More »
Race 2 – BECK Caulfield Guineas (1600 METRES) Of $1,000,000.1st $600,000, 2nd $180,000, 3rd $90,000, 4th $45,000, 5th $25,000, 6th $20,000, 7th $20,000, 8th $20,000 GROUP 1 Set Weights, Three-Years-Old, Apprentices cannot claim. This race carries a SUPER VOBIS Nominators Bonus of $10,000 for qualified horses.Field Limit: 16 + 4… Read More »
The Caulfield Guineas is a possible target for Galeforce Ten but trainer Gerald Ryan is not getting carried away with the colt’s seven length barrier trial win at Rosehill on Monday. A full brother to dual Group One winner Melito, Galeforce Ten’s 55.7s for the 900 metres was the quickest… Read More »
A late-season rush of winners from the Mick Price stable has revealed a couple of bright spring classic prospects. A double at Cranbourne on Thursday made it seven winners from his past 20 starters for Price who is having his best season with 133 winners across four states. Having set… Read More »
The temptation confronting trainer Tony Vasil after the last-start win of Under The Louvre at Caulfield was to give him a rest and make way for the horse he regards as one of the best he’s had. “I was thinking of taking Under The Louvre on the truck last week… Read More »
Trainer Leon Corstens is banking on the addition of blinkers to spark Awesome Bro into form in the Listed Creswick Stakes at Flemington on Saturday. Awesome Bro has been racing in winkers but they come off and the blinkers go on as he looks to recapture his spring form when… Read More »
John O’Shea is no fan of the revamped Sydney spring carnival. He has a better suggestion: move the $1 million Golden Rose from Rosehill to Randwick and run it two weeks later. That way it will be an ideal lead-up to the Caulfield Guineas. Already the richest race of the… Read More »
The man responsible for framing the weights for next month’s Stradbroke Handicap said it was almost impossible to give Epaulette less than 56kg in the Group One sprint. “It could be argued that he should have been given a fraction more and I really don’t think we could have given… Read More »
Tony Vasil is looking to give Caulfield Guineas hopeful Prince Harada one more off-season start before turning his attention to the spring carnival. The trainer likened Prince Harada’s talent to that of the colt’s sire Haradasun at the same stage after the two-year-old raced to a 2-1/4-length maiden win at… Read More »
Star colt Pierro will stand his first season at Coolmore Stud for a service fee of $77,000. Coolmore secured Pierro in a deal announced last Friday, just days after he was retired following his second in the Doncaster Mile. Trained by Gai Waterhouse, the son of Lonhro won 11 of… Read More »
The major three-year-old races during the spring carnival are on the table for Long John after the unbeaten gelding ended his juvenile season with a stakes success at Flemington. Lining up for his third start, the Peter Snowden-trained Long John was sent out the $1.70 favourite in Thursday’s Listed Anzac… Read More »
Two weeks after finishing second to Black Caviar in her racetrack swan song, Epaulette will have to face off with another member of the champion’s family in Saturday’s All Aged Stakes at Randwick. Epaulette made late ground to finish three lengths astern of the great mare in the TJ Smith… Read More »
Star colt Pierro has been retired with stud negotiations to begin in earnest over the next few weeks. His retirement following his second to Sacred Falls in Saturday’s Doncaster Mile comes just days after that of champion Black Caviar with whom Pierro’s name has been mentioned as a possible mate… Read More »
