Popular mare Fangirl has provided a spot of brightness in a difficult week for connections, capturing the $1 million 7 Stakes at Randwick just days after the death of stablemate and dual Derby winner Riff Rocket. The latter died on Tuesday due to complications following surgery for colic and his owners,… Read More »
Chris Waller is not one of those trainers who is afraid to take the next step with his horses and Autumn Glow could be the latest to rise to the top after she made it three wins from three outings. The filly’s victory in the Group 2 Tea Rose Stakes (1400m) at… Read More »
Mchale isn’t the biggest name in Chris Waller’s stable, but he has earned himself a Group One opportunity with a narrow victory in the Bill Ritchie Handicap at Randwick. The winner of the Group 3 race gains a ballot exemption from the Epsom Handicap (1600m), and Waller sees no reason not… Read More »
It was anything but straight-forward, but Another Wil tightened his grip on next month’s Toorak Handicap with an eventful win in Saturday’s Testa Rossa Stakes at Caulfield. Those who took the $1.55 about the untapped miler held their breath when he was the victim of interference from Run Harry Run around… Read More »
Tulloch Lodge import Eliyass has maintained his perfect Australian record with an outstanding win in the Kingston Town Stakes to cement favouritism for the Group 1 Metropolitan in a fortnight. The gelding, who has never finished further back than second in 11 starts and has now won all three appearances in… Read More »
Well supported in betting and with the confidence of the Hayes training trio for their galloper to perform well, Here To Shock has earned a ballot exemption at Newcastle for the Epsom Handicap and qualification for the $3 million The Big Dance at Randwick on Melbourne Cup Day. Starting as the… Read More »
Connections of Detonator Jack are playing the long game this spring as they gear the horse’s preparation towards the $3 million Big Dance at Randwick on Melbourne Cup day. The gelding passed the first qualification clause with his runner-up finish in the Hawkesbury Cup in May and will take the next… Read More »
Autumn Glow will face her toughest test to date against a handful of more seasoned fillies in the Tea Rose Stakes, and connections admit she will have to be every bit as good as she has promised if she is to remain unbeaten. The three-year-old has looked a star in the… Read More »
Jamie Kah’s Spring Carnival has been thrown into disarray after the top jockey was on Thursday found guilty of a charge of failing to give one of her mounts every possible opportunity to obtain the best finishing position. The Victorian Racing Tribunal suspended Kah for three weeks, stemming from charges… Read More »
Bella Nipotina has this week been confirmed as Ciaron Maher’s first Everest runner, but his stocks in the $20 million showstopper could quickly bolster if I Am Me can salute in The Shorts. The two mares have clashed three times and I Am Me has beaten home Bella Nipotina in each, most… Read More »
The barrier draw has gone a long way to evening out the chances of Chris Waller’s trio of runners in the $1 million 7 Stakes at Randwick, but it has done little to loosen his stranglehold on the race. Waller will saddle up $2.25 favourite Fangirl, along with second elect… Read More »
Tony Mcevoy hopes to learn on Saturday whether the spring plans he has in store for Group 1 winner Coco Sun are too ambitious. This year’s South Australian Derby winner will take the next step in her spring campaign in the $750,000 Underwood Stakes at Caulfield. The Group 1 event will be… Read More »
Potential Caulfield Cup topweight Fawkner Park will commence his campaign aimed at the Group 1 handicap in a weight-for-age contest on Saturday. The Annabel Neasham and Rob Archibald-trained galloper runs in the Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) at Caulfield where he will be joined by stablemate Bois D’Argent. Only two horses… Read More »
A slick race day exhibition gallop by Our Kobison has jockey Dylan Gibbons excited about his prospects as he prepares to take on some big-name sprinters in the Group Two The Shorts at Randwick. Gibbons partnered the Angela Davies-trained gelding in a solo workout between races at Rosehill last Saturday and said… Read More »
Bella Nipotina, trained by Ciaron Maher, has been secured as TAB’s horse for the $20 million Everest at Royal Randwick on October 19. This marks Maher’s first runner in the prestigious race. Bella Nipotina, one of the top sprinters in Australia, ended last season with a Group 1 win in… Read More »
Racing Victoria handicapper David Hegan said he would like to have waited an extra week before releasing the weights for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups. Hegan said ideally the final handicaps for the Cups would be released after Saturday’s racing in Melbourne and Sydney to ascertain how potential contenders are… Read More »
Chris Waller on Tuesday paid tribute to his dual Derby winner Riff Rocket, who has died. The four-year-old son of American Pharoah succumbed to complications from emergency colic surgery that was conducted early last week. A shattered Waller fondly remembered the gelding, who was bred and raced by Debbie Kepitis and… Read More »
A start in a Group 1 race at Caulfield could determine whether Godolphin galloper Pericles stays in Melbourne or heads back to Sydney for the remainder of the spring. A last start winner of the So You Think Stakes at Moonee Valley on September 7, Pericles will be one of the… Read More »
Winner of the Group 1 Champagne Stakes (1600m) and Group 1 JJ Atkins (1600m) as a two-year-old, Broadsiding will attempt to become the first horse to win the Group 1 Golden Rose (1400m) first-up having hit the line well for second in an 1000m open trial at Hawkesbury on Tuesday…. Read More »
Fresh from recording his first Australian win, Buckaroo is in line to be given the chance to chase a maiden Group 1 victory in this Saturday’s $750,000 Underwood Stakes at Caulfield. The 1800-metre weight-for-age event will be run three weeks after Buckaroo took out the Group 2 Chelmsford Stakes (1600m) at… Read More »
