Three G1s on the one day highlight a superb program of action at Caulfield with the Guineas a huge prize at $3m. The G1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) shapes as a bit of a match race with the Sydney and Melbourne form colliding. Militarize ($2.80) and Steparty ($3.50) clash in a tasty affair… Read More »
View the nominations for the 2023 Caulfield Guineas. The Caulfield Guineas be run on Saturday, 14 October 2023 at Caulfield racecourse. Market 💰: View the Odds for the Caulfield Guineas Nominations: Horse Trainer 1 AUTUMN ANGEL Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman 2 CAFE MILLENIUM John O’Shea 3 CAP FERRAT… Read More »
The field for this years stallion making race the Caulfield Guineas looks to be close to being finalised with possibly only a couple of changes barring any late entrants due to the number of likely entrants being below the capacity field size. Militarize is the early market short priced favourite… Read More »
Militarize will be out to add to his Group 1 record in the Caulfield Guineas. Chris Waller is renowned for not pushing his young horse too early in their careers, so it is rare to find a two-year-old Group 1 winner among his ever-expanding haul. The races Waller has previously targeted for his emerging two-year-old talent is the, now named, J J Atkins,… Read More »
Ballarat trainers Tony and Calvin McEvoy will press on with plans to run Veight in the Caulfield Guineas. The Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) on October 14 has been the target for Veight since the colt entered the Ballarat stables of the father-and-son training team this campaign. Veight was explosive winning first-up in the McNeil… Read More »
Trainer Paul Preusker has ended speculation as to who will ride unbeaten colt Steparty in the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas. Dean Yendall was the incumbent until he was injured at the Colac jump-outs earlier this month, sidelined with a broken collarbone and replaced by John Allen. Steparty won with Allen aboard on debut at Ballarat in May… Read More »
They don’t call Joao Moreira ‘The Magic Man’ for nothing. The internationally decorated jockey was at his brilliant best in Saturday’s Golden Rose (1400m), extricating Militarize from a sticky position halfway up the straight and sooling him home to post a last-stride win. Moreira has now ridden Militarize three times for as… Read More »
Steparty will be defending an unbeaten record in next month’s Caulfield Guineas after the colt scored a tenacious win in the main Victorian lead-up to next month’s $3 million Group 1. The Paul Preusker-trained three-year-old added a fifth picket to the fence he has been building since winning a Ballarat maiden… Read More »
In a bid to get Little Brose to concentrate, the Lindsay Park stable has called for a set of blinkers ahead of the colt’s outing at Caulfield. Little Brose steps up to the 1400m for the first time in blinkers when he runs in the Group 3 Caulfield Guineas Prelude on Saturday. And… Read More »
Ken and Kasey Keys have called on a jockey change for Scheelite but resisted a change of gear for their Caulfield Guineas hope. Mark Zahra takes over aboard Scheelite in the Group 3 Caulfield Guineas Prelude (1400m) on Saturday, replacing Daniel Stackhouse who had ridden the colt in his previous three starts. Ken Keys said there was ‘no blue’ with… Read More »
Trainer Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr will await the final fields of Flemington before deciding on where to start Snow Patrol. The three-year-old is an acceptor for the Group 3 Caulfield Guineas Prelude (1400m) on Saturday but also holds a nomination for the Three-Year-Old Benchmark 64 (1400m) at Flemington on Sunday. Snow Patrol… Read More »
Trainer Michael Freedman will look to send Ducasse to Melbourne for a lead-up to the Caulfield Guineas. But a start in the Group 3 Caulfield Guineas Prelude (1400m) on Saturday will be dependent on Ducasse drawing a decent barrier. The Prelude is the traditional lead-up to the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) on October… Read More »
Country-trained three-year-old Steparty has moved to equal favouritism for the Caulfield Guineas after his brilliant first-up win at Moonee Valley. Unbeaten in his four career starts, Steparty was having his first start at Stakes level when taking out the Listed McKenzie Stakes (1200m) on Saturday. A debut winner at Ballarat in May, Steparty added successive Flemington… Read More »
Dual Group 1 winner Militarize is set to make his seasonal return in The Run To The Rose with trainer Chris Waller increasingly lukewarm on pitting him against the older horses in the Theo Marks Stakes. The colt is an acceptor for both races and while he was originally an emergency for… Read More »
Trainers Tony and Calvin McEvoy never doubted the credentials of promising three-year-old Veight who returned with an impressive Stakes victory at Caulfield. Having his first start since finishing out of the money on a wet track in Sydney during the autumn, Veight returned to claim the Group 3 McNeil Stakes (1200m) on Saturday. The victory showed the McEvoy… Read More »
The Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained Veight will commence his spring campaign at Caulfield that the trainers hope will lead to a Caulfield Guineas victory. The three-year-old runs in the Group 3 McNeil Stakes (1200m) on Saturday, with the aim of being third up into the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) on October 14. Veight showed… Read More »
Trainer Ken Keys has nominated his promising three-year-old colt, Scheelite, for the Cox Plate. While Scheelite’s main target is the Caulfield Guineas, Keys believes the Cox Plate should also be on the agenda. “With the Cox Plate he’s already in but you don’t have a choice with a horse like… Read More »
Cranbourne trainers Ken and Kasey Keys have a healthy opinion of unbeaten colt Scheelite who will put his reputation on the line first-up at Caulfield. Against six opponents, Scheelite runs in the Vain Stakes (1100m) on Saturday where he will be pitted against Blue Diamond Stakes winner Little Brose and Golden Slipper runner-up Cylinder. Scheelite started his… Read More »
Akicita will be given the chance to prove himself worthy of a shot at the Caulfield Guineas after kicking off his career with a brilliant win at Pakenham on Tuesday. The Robbie Griffiths and Mathew De Kock-trained colt put away a good field, which included Stakes-placed filly Sensical, in the 1100-metre three-year-old… Read More »
If things had gone to plan for Wolfy on debut at Caulfield, the colt would be enjoying a short break ahead of preparing for a big spring target. Instead, the Nick Ryan-trained three-year-old will be at Sandown on Wednesday looking for his maiden win in the Ladbroke It! Plate (1300m). Ryan has Group… Read More »
