Emerging gelding Ceolwulf has turned trainer Joe Pride’s afternoon on its head with a barnstorming victory in one of Randwick’s most famous mile races. Pride was downtrodden after deciding to have Everest champion Think About It ridden quietly in the Premiere Stakes (1200m), only for his stablemates Coal Crusher to lope in front… Read More »
After a below par effort at her Flemington debut, Via Sistina has bounced back to winning form and in the process provide the Chris Waller stable with a Group 1 quinella. Via Sistina was sent out the $2.60 favourite at her Melbourne debut but was comfortably held behind Mr Brightside and Pride Of… Read More »
A thrilling two-horse war in the Metropolitan spilled over into a stewards’ room battle as jockey Reece Jones had to fight a second time to land his maiden Group 1 win aboard the Chris Waller-trained Land Legend. Land Legend prevailed by a short half-head over Zac Lloyd’s mount Zardozi after the pair… Read More »
Chris Waller lost his top seed for the Flight Stakes on race eve, but it hasn’t stopped him from claiming the Group 1 fillies’ feature with another richly talented three-year-old in Lady Shenandoah. Odds-on favourite Autumn Glow was found to be lame on Friday, ruling her out of the race and the… Read More »
Cranbourne trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr produced almost the perfect result when their colts ran the quinella in a Stakes race at Flemington. Only a half-head separated First Settler and Reserve Bank at the end of the Group 2 Danehill Stakes (1100m) on Saturday with the pair expected to clash again… Read More »
Tulloch Lodge has produced the Breeders’ Plate trifecta for the second year in succession with King Kirk, the first runner for freshman sire Ole Kirk, putting his hat in the ring for a Magic Millions campaign with a come-from-behind win. A $300,000 buy, King Kirk ($8) got back from a… Read More »
The decision by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott to send Tremonti to Melbourne produced an immediate result with the colt scoring at Flemington. Waterhouse and Bott have a strong team of two-year-olds and filled the placings in the Group 3 Breeders’ Plate (1000m) at Randwick on Saturday and collected the… Read More »
Ciaron Maher and his team were left scratching their heads after the first-up performance of Circle Of Fire at Flemington. The Sydney Cup winner finished last, more than 20 lengths astern of Mr Brightside and Pride Of Jenni in the Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) on September 14. Circle Of Fire gets the chance… Read More »
Four years after scoring an upset win in one of world racing’s most prestigious events, Serpentine will spearhead a two-pronged Metropolitan assault for Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott. The winner of the 2020 Epsom Derby in England at double-figure odds, Serpentine arrived in Australia two years ago, going on to establish… Read More »
Chad Schofield will be bidding for his share of the family bragging rights when he attempts to join his father Glyn on the Epsom Handicap honour roll. Schofield has picked up the mount on $6 equal favourite Ceolwulf and regards the Joe Pride-trained gelding as his best chance yet to emulate the… Read More »
Glamour filly Autumn Glow is injured and will miss Saturday’s Group 1 Flight Stakes at Randwick. Trainer Chris Waller broke the news on Friday morning, revealing that the undefeated daughter of The Autumn Sun was suffering from a leg injury that requires surgery. “Unfortunately, Autumn Glow was found to be slightly lame… Read More »
Joe Pride has come out swinging at the Australian Turf Club’s decision to lease its Everest slot to Giga Kick’s owner Jonathan Munz just two days before that horse’s clash with his top sprinter Think About It in the Premiere Stakes at Randwick. The ATC confirmed on Thursday that it… Read More »
Giga Kick will target a second Everest win, aiming to join Redzel as the only dual winners of the $20 million race. The Australian Turf Club has leased its Everest slot to owner Jonathan Munz for the October 19 event at Royal Randwick. Trained by Clayton Douglas, Giga Kick, the… Read More »
John Messara knew the budget had been blown when he bought the highest-priced lot of last year’s Inglis Easter Yearling Sale. The Arrowfield Stud boss went to $1.8 million for the daughter of Arrowfield stallion The Autumn Sun and Via Africa, who we now know as Autumn Glow. It is… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse shares the Epsom Handicap training record of seven wins with her legendary father Tommy Smith, but her training partner Adrian Bott is yet to taste victory in the feature Randwick mile. The pair will have two runners in Saturday’s renewal, favourite Royal Patronage and the rejuvenated Major Beel, with… Read More »
Autumn Glow is a long odds-on favourite to continue her winning march in the Flight Stakes, and a rival trainer admits it might take the Chris Waller filly having an off day to bring about her first defeat. John O’Shea and Tom Charlton will be represented in the Group 1 by Snow In… Read More »
The countdown is on towards the feature Cups and the Turnbull Stakes Day meeting at Flemington is moving day in many eyes. The Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) on Saturday is a race, in particular, that shines the light on the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) on October 19 with… Read More »
The $20 million The Everest might have changed the shape of the Sydney spring carnival, but for premier trainer Chris Waller, the traditional Epsom Handicap day meeting remains pivotal. Waller is preparing to saddle up 16 runners across the three majors at Randwick on Saturday with up to four fillies… Read More »
There is a sense of déjà vu about the belated decision to head to the Group 1 Epsom Handicap at Randwick with Arctic Glamour, two years after her trainers made a similarly late call to run Ellsberg. Co-conditioner Gerald Ryan revealed the Epsom had only firmed on their radar over the… Read More »
Golden Slipper-winning filly Lady Of Camelot has become the latest horse confirmed for a start in the $20 million The Everest. The three-year-old’s owner, Sir Owen Glenn, reached an agreement with James Harron Bloodstock to lease its slot for 2024, paving the way for Lady Of Camelot to take her place… Read More »
