Champion mare Winx has tragically lost her first foal, a filly by super sire I Am Invincible. Trainer Chris Waller issued a statement on Tuesday on behalf of Winx’s ownership group, who have been devastated by the news. “It is with great sadness that the Kepitis, Tighe and Treweeke families… Read More »
The 2020 Caulfield Cup will be run this weekend and the field is taking shape with a majority of spots already cemented. The Caulfield Cup field is taking shape with only one spot left to be decided on Wednesday in the Coongy Cup which will shape the race quite a… Read More »
The field for the 2020 Everest had all but been finalised before a late decision by connections of Farnan to withdraw the horse meant a slot has opened. The last slot in The Everest was thought to have been decided this morning when Chris Waller announced he had sold his… Read More »
A decision to concentrate on the feature mile races has paid dividends for connections of Mr Quickie, who has taken out the prestigious Group One Toorak Handicap. Although Mr Quickie won the 2019 Queensland Derby, his owners decided that, rather than concentrate on the Caulfield Cup which he ran in… Read More »
He is known as the ‘wizard from the west’ and Willie Pike showed why he has that moniker with a magical day at Caulfield which culminated in a Caulfield Guineas win on Ole Kirk. After the victory, Ole Kirk’s co-trainer Wayne Hawkes proclaimed that the colt was the best three-year-old… Read More »
Montefilia has landed her second Group One win in eight days and given jockey Jason Collett his first major in Sydney with a classy performance in the Spring Champion Stakes. Backing up from her Flight Stakes win at Randwick last Saturday, the David Payne-trained filly upstaged the colts and geldings… Read More »
Michael Walker made the most of his one ride at Caulfield when he took out the Group One Thousand Guineas on Odeum. Walker said he couldn’t remember being as confident of a win going into a major race. “She’s a high class filly. She should be undefeated and she’s still… Read More »
Top Perth jockey Willie Pike has stolen the show early in the Caulfield meeting with a winning treble, highlighted by a shock victory aboard Arcadia Queen, who claimed the scalp of boom galloper Russian Camelot. Pike stalked Russian Camelot throughout and came from off his back to run him down… Read More »
The door has been left ajar for Wild Ruler to take the final spot in The Everest after he outclassed his Roman Consul Stakes opponents at Randwick. Chris Waller Racing remains the only slot holder yet to lock in a runner for next weekend’s $15 million The Everest. Wild Ruler… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable unveiled another potential two-year-old star when filly Fake Love easily won the Debutant Stakes at Caulfield. Last week in Sydney, they produced another brilliant filly in Enthaar who won the Gimcrack Stakes. Maher compared Fake Love to this year’s Magic Millions winner Away… Read More »
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Nature Strip’s bid for the $15 million The Everest remains on track after he passed an important veterinary examination. The Chris Waller-trained sprinter was given an endoscopic test after trackwork on Thursday under the watchful eye of Racing NSW’s chief veterinary officer Dr Toby Koenig. “Dr Koenig has reported that… Read More »
Joseph O’Brien’s travelling stable foreman Mark Power believes Buckhurst will be ready for the Caulfield Cup after settling in well at Werribee. Power said the quartet of horses they brought from Ireland, which also included last year’s Melbourne Cup runners Master Of Reality and Twilight Payment as well as Pondus,… Read More »
Giant beater Libertini has gained a slot in next weekends $15m Everest at Randwick. The Anthony Cummings trained Libertini upset Everest favourites Nature Strip and Classique Legend in the G2 Premiere Stakes at Randwick on the weekend catapulting her into the box seat to gain one of the remaining two… Read More »
Champion jockey Damien Oliver had his first look at boom Sydney three-year-old colt Mo’unga at Caulfield and he liked what he saw. Oliver partnered the unbeaten galloper in a trackwork hitout on Tuesday, ahead of riding him in the 2020 Caulfield Guineas where he has drawn barrier 11. Mo’unga is… Read More »
Connections of unbeaten gelding Love Tap have turned down a multi million dollar offer from overseas interests as the horse preapares for this weekends Group One Spring Champion Stakes. Love Tap who was syndicated by Dynamic Syndications has had interest from overseas buyers after continuing his unbeaten form with an… Read More »
Having wrapped up his carnival in Sydney with a Group One Flight Stakes victory on Montefilia, Hugh Bowman is confident he can make an immediate impact in Melbourne. The top jockey was quick to snap up the 2020 Caulfield Guineas ride on regular mount King’s Legacy after Racing Victoria recently… Read More »
The Silver Eagle at Randwick is shaping as a pivotal race in determining spring carnival plans for Alligator Blood. While Queensland racing fans have pinned their hopes on Alligator Blood making a clean sweep of his interstate targets, trainer David Vandyke is not buying into the hype. Alligator Blood competed… Read More »
Trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young have pulled off an interstate coup, plundering one of Sydney’s most prestigious staying races with Mirage Dancer. The training partners decided to send last year’s Caulfield Cup placegetter north, thinking Saturday’s Metropolitan Handicap (2400m) would be a softer target than the Turnbull Stakes (2000m)… Read More »
The Turnbull Stakes again proved to be a triumph for master trainer Chris Waller who produced the trifecta with Verry Elleegant defeating Toffee Tongue and Finche. Waller continued his domination of the Group One race as this was the fifth time in six years he had claimed it and his… Read More »
