In Secret is the new Golden Rose favourite after capping a heady 40 minutes for Godolphin with her explosive win in the Run To The Rose. The filly’s victory came just a race after stablemate Golden Mile staked his claims for the Group 1 race with a similarly dominant performance in the… Read More »
Deputising for James Cummings, assistant trainer Darren Beadman said Golden Mile, who is out of dual stakes winner Calaverite, had all the hallmarks of a classy galloper and he was confident the colt would be competitive in a Golden Rose. “They don’t win much better than that,” Beadman said. “He is… Read More »
Mark Zahra had to call on the toughness of the Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr-trained I’m Thunderstruck to claim the Makybe Diva Stakes at Flemington. The Group 1 race over 1600m did not go to plan for Zahra who was forced to race two back on the fence from an inside draw in… Read More »
We take a look at the big bets the online bookmakers have taken on Saturday’s horse racing around the country with most of the big money being placed at Flemington, Rosehill, Doomben and Morphettville. swiftbet 💰 👉 Download the hottest new betting app
Verry Elleegant’s career has been put on notice as she heads for a Group race assignment at Longchamp on Sunday. Owner Brae Sokolski, talking to the Herald Sun, summed up the feeling in the camp as the countdown closes in on the champion mare’s second sortie onto the European battlefield…. Read More »
With stable star Rothfire in Melbourne and Tattersall’s Tiara winner Startantes in Sydney, Queensland trainer Rob Heathcote is preparing to rack up his frequent flyer points this spring. A week after being trackside to watch Rothfire win the McEwen Stakes at Moonee Valley first-up, Heathcote will make a hit-and-run visit… Read More »
Since beginning her campaign with a buckjumping display, Shades Of Rose has strung together a hat-trick of impressive wins to earn herself a promotion to black-type company. And while excited to see how she measures up, trainer Bjorn Baker admits there will be nowhere to hide when the mare takes on the… Read More »
Group One winner Begood Toya Mother has sadly passed away on Wednesday morning after suffering a heart attack. “Unfortunately, he had a heart attack this morning at home at the stables, thankfully the vet was here, and he passed away peacefully,” Bowman said. “We let the owners know and the… Read More »
Lindsay Park trainers Ben and JD Hayes are yet to commit to a start in a spring feature for Mr Brightside after first declarations closed for Melbourne’s three biggest races of the carnival. Mr Brightside, winner of the Group 2 Feehan Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley last Saturday, remains in both the Group 1 Caulfield Cup… Read More »
The sixth foal of champion racehorse Black Caviar has finished out of the money as an odds-on favourite on debut in a maiden at Moe. I Am Caviar, trained by Peter Moody and ridden by Luke Nolen, who shared in the story of Black Caviar, finished fifth as the $1.28… Read More »
Victory in the Group 1 Kings Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot in June capped a 2021/2022 season where Nature Strip took his tally of wins at the highest level to eight, and for those performances was crowned the Australian Racehorse of the Year for the second time. Capturing The Everest… Read More »
The Melbourne Cup is the mission for Knights Order after he capped a memorable afternoon for Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott with a commanding first-up victory in the Chelmsford Stakes. Having his first start since claiming the Sydney Cup in the autumn, the gelding gave the Tulloch Lodge trainers a… Read More »
Having had her resolve tested by the ever-worsening conditions at Randwick, Annabel Neasham admitted to a feeling of relief as Zaaki landed back-to-back wins in the Tramway Stakes. With a number of horses late withdrawals from the meeting as track conditions deteriorated, Neasham was left questioning whether she had made… Read More »
Queensland trainer Robert Heathcote has fond memories of Moonee Valley through the exploits of multiple Group 1 winner Buffering. A five-time winner at The Valley, Buffering also won the Group 3 McEwen Stakes (1000m) in 2011 which 11 years later the trainer was able to claim with Rothfire on Saturday. In a one-two finish… Read More »
Lindsay Park trainers Ben and J D Hayes have some thinking to do after Mr Brightside took out the Feehan Stakes at Moonee Valley. Saturday’s victory in the Group 2 weight-for-age race over 1600m provides Mr Brightside with a ballot exemption into the Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m) at The Valley on October 22…. Read More »
Bookmakers might have been happy to take on Eduardo, but his Concorde Stakes rivals proved no match for the evergreen sprinter as he sailed to a facile first-up win. A surprising betting ring drifter as strong support came for eventual fourth placegetter Andermatt ($2.80), Eduardo eventually started a $2.70 top… Read More »
Dry tracks will be the main criteria for Masked Crusader this spring as Hawkes Racing bid to get the gifted sprinter back into the winner’s circle. The six-year-old, who makes his seasonal return in the Group 3 Concorde Stakes (1000m) at Randwick on Saturday, hasn’t tasted victory since last year’s Premiere… Read More »
Four international horses and one returning Australian sprinter have been confirmed on the first shipment of horses for the Melbourne Spring Carnival. Racing Victoria has given El Bodegon, My Oberon, Night Endeavor and Rodrigo Diaz the green light to enter quarantine in the UK. They will need to pass a third physical examination by an RV appointed… Read More »
Classique Legend has passed his first serious test back from a suspensory injury and while his fitness requires some work, trainer Les Bridge says the 2020 Everest winner is on track to resume in The Shorts. The seven-year-old finished third behind the speedy Overpass and champion sprinter Nature Strip in… Read More »
Trainer Todd Austin and jockey Ric McMahon have been suspended with immediate effect by Queensland Racing Integrity Commission stewards following the launch of an investigation into a device carried by McMahon on an Austin trained horse in trackwork in the lead-up to the two-day Birdsville Racing Carnival which will take… Read More »
