Champion sprinter Nature Strip dominates the Ladbrokes.com.au market for one of the key races at Flemington on Saturday, the Champions Sprint (1200m). The gelding was beaten as an odds on favourite in The Everest last time but had excuses. He loves the straight course, he won the race last year… Read More »
With the Cox Plate mission aboard Anamoe accomplished, James McDonald’s attention now shifts to the stage he last year dominated like no one else in Melbourne Cup Carnival history. The champion jockey looks poised to challenge last year’s Cup Week heroics when he won 10 races across the four days,… Read More »
Sydney’s loss will be Melbourne’s gain with trainer Chris Waller confirming Nature Strip will have his next start in the Darley Champions Sprint on the final day of the Melbourne Cup carnival at Flemington. Connections had also been weighing up whether to keep Nature Strip in Sydney for his namesake race, the… Read More »
When planning the spring campaign of Roch ‘N’ Horse, trainer Mike Moroney thought the Manikato Stakes might be a winnable Group 1 weight-for-age race race. The New Zealand mare, winner of the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap at Flemington in the autumn, is set to run in Friday night’s Manikato Stakes at Moonee Valley. Moroney reasoned with a number of sprinters… Read More »
Eleven Eleven showed his Manikato Stakes preparations were on track with a trial win at Randwick on Monday morning, but a solid hitout was only part of the plan for Greg Hickman. The Warwick Farm trainer was equally as keen to see how he reacted in the barriers at what his… Read More »
Fit horses that competed during the Brisbane Winter Carnival have continued their run in Melbourne with a double at Flemington. Leading trainer Robert Heathcote and Tony Gollan along with Steven O’Dea and Matthew Hoysted have produced a steady stream of winners from limited numbers during late winter and into the spring carnival. O’Dea and Hoysted got the ball rolling… Read More »
Trainer Clinton Mcdonald has praised Racing NSW for their announcement last week of a $6 million bonus enticing the state’s sprinters to remain at home. McDonald is eyeing off a lucrative campaign with his sprinter Star Patrol who is set to resume at Caulfield at the end of the month…. Read More »
Artorius’s European campaign ended with another frustrating outing but it did little to diminish Anthony Freedman’s belief that the four-year-old has another big win in him. As such, plans will soon be in place to work out which spring feature is the most suitable option for last year’s Blue Diamond… Read More »
Racing Victoria has announced a raft of $1 million bonuses to further enhance the Victorian Spring Racing Carnival. Tuesday’s announcement came on top of more than $26 million in prize money increases earlier in May that cover metropolitan and country races along with spring feature races. Five races across the… Read More »
The Melbourne Cup Carnival, the showpiece of the Victoria Racing Club, has been given a boost, both financially and with programming changes. While no additional prize money has been thrown at the Melbourne Cup, the fourth and final day has been given support and will now be known as Champions… Read More »
