It’s a stable that is usually up and about when the major silverware is being dished out and this autumn is no exception for the training partnership of Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott. Fresh off the back of Alligator Blood’s dominant Group 1 Futurity Stakes win at Sandown last weekend,… Read More »
Sterling Alexiou hopes the Bureau of Meteorology has erred on the conservative side when it comes to predicted rainfall for Sydney this week. The trainer would love for Sydney’s first Saturday meeting of autumn to be run in traditional autumn conditions with Williamsburg to tackle the $1 million Group 1 Randwick… Read More »
Alligator Blood has sewn up a start in the All-Star Mile with his first-up win in the Group 1 Futurity Stakes at Sandown. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained galloper was sitting in second place on the vote count for the $5 million All-Star Mile (1600m) at Moonee Valley on March 18… Read More »
An emotional Ben Thompson has landed his first Group 1 win with Uncommon James taking out the Oakleigh Plate at Sandown. A former Victorian, Thompson relocated to Queensland following a stint in Singapore and is married to former Victorian jockey Stephanie Thornton. Thompson credited recently returned multiple Group 1 winning jockey Danny Beasley for his mentorship during… Read More »
Anamoe has moved another step closer to earning himself a Royal Ascot appearance but not before he takes on a smattering of international raiders on home soil in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes. As the European contingent of horses arrived in Sydney on Saturday to prepare for the upcoming The Championships, Anamoe… Read More »
Sunshine In Paris’s small stature didn’t stop her from standing tall in the Group 1 Surround Stakes, but it almost prevented winning trainer Annabel Neasham from spying her in the blanket finish. In a thrilling four-way battle to the line, Sunshine In Paris ($11) dived through in the centre to deny… Read More »
Godolphin further strengthened its Golden Slipper hand with Corniche scoring an impressive Skyline Stakes win, while the Chris Waller-trained Lazzago ended the unbeaten run of Magic Millions winner Skirt The Law in the Sweet Embrace Stakes. That was the wash-up from the two juvenile races at Randwick on Saturday, three weeks out from… 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 Sandown, Randwick, Doomben, Ascot and Morphettville. swiftbet 💰 👉 Download the hottest new betting app
Almost a week on from his Black Caviar Lightning failure, Chris Waller has provided an encouraging update on Nature Strip. The Hall of Fame trainer on Friday morning reported that the eight-year-old had come through last Saturday’s sixth placing, beaten 2-1/4 lengths by Coolangatta, ‘nice and bright’ and was not displaying… Read More »
Beaten just once in six starts this season, Anamoe will start a prohibitive favourite in his quest for an eighth Group 1 win in the Chipping Norton Stakes and trainer James Cummings cannot fault him. The weight-for-age star has drawn ideally in barrier three, will again have the services of champion jockey… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winner Gold Trip is set for his first run since his victory in Australia’s great race at Flemington. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained stayer is down to run in the Group 2 Peter Young Stakes (1800m) at Sandown on Saturday. Gold Trip will be joined in Saturday’s race by Emissary who… Read More »
About the only thing Steven O’Dea and Matthew Hoysted have not done with their small team in Melbourne is win a Group 1 race. That could all change on Saturday when they saddle Uncommon James and Shooting For Gold in the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate at Sandown. Hoysted has been in Melbourne looking after the two… Read More »
Peter and Paul Snowden will attempt to add to their haul of Blue Diamond winners when they saddle Don Corleone in Melbourne’s premier juvenile race. Saturday’s 1200m Group 1 race for two-year-olds over 1200m has been shifted from Caulfield this year as an inside track is built at the track. Sepoy (2011) and Earthquake… Read More »
I’m Thunderstruck will sport a different look when he lines up in the Futurity Stakes at Sandown. Having raced most of his career with a Cross-over Nose Band, the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained gelding will race without the gear in the 1400m Group 1 contest on Saturday. I’m Thunderstruck still has a lugging… Read More »
Saturday’s Lightning Stakes (1000m) winner Coolangatta could feature in the inaugural edition of The Quokka (1200m) at Ascot in April, according to owner John O’Neill. Coolangatta upstaged champion sprinter Nature Strip in Saturday’s Group 1 feature at Flemington, her second success at the highest level over 1000m. The Ciaron Maher and David… Read More »
Blake Shinn is taking confidence from a Flemington jumpout the form from which has already been franked as he prepares to partner a crowd favourite in this Saturday’s Group 1 Futurity Stakes. The star jockey will have his first race ride on Alligator Blood in the $750,000 wight-for-age contest at Sandown. Shinn… Read More »
Chris Waller was offering no excuses following the first-up defeat of Nature Strip in the Lightning Stakes admitting the world champion sprinter was slightly off his game. Starting a $1.95 favourite, the gelding jumped smartly and made the running but he was under pressure with 200m to go, battling away to finish… Read More »
The Golden Slipper picture has had more twists and turns than an Agatha Christie novel, but trainer Tony Gollan can see no reason to doubt the credentials of his undefeated Magic Millions winner Skirt The Law. The filly will make her Sydney debut in the Group 2 Sweet Embrace Stakes (1200m)… Read More »
Just 20 minutes after the disappointment of Nature Strip’s unplaced return in Melbourne, Chris Waller had something to smile about when lightly raced colt Osipenko claimed the feature race at Rosehill. Osipenko ($8) put his hand up as an autumn force when he scooted through along the inside to win the Group… Read More »
The Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained Elliptical looks set for a good autumn campaign following an impressive first-up win at Flemington. The son of Dundeel will now chase his maiden Group 1 win when he returns to Flemington in two weeks’ time for the Australian Guineas (1600m) following Saturday’s narrow win in the Group 3 C… Read More »
