What is best for the horse is theory behind Veecee coming back in distance ahead of his tilt at the Blue Diamond Stakes. An exciting prospect who scored an impressive debut win at Flemington on January 14, Veecee lines up for his second race appearance on Saturday. Veecee heads to the Group 3 Chairman’s Stakes (1000m) at… Read More »
He made the transition from Group One winning miler to top-line sprinter last preparation and the Joe Pride-trained Private Eye will be sticking to the shorter journeys this autumn. After winning both the Queensland Guineas and Epsom Handicap over 1600m in previous campaigns, the son of Al Maher won the Group Two… Read More »
Beaten only once in his six career starts, Queensland sprinter Uncommon James is back in Melbourne for the Festival Of Racing. Uncommon James will run first-up in the Group 2 Rubiton Stakes (1100m) at Sandown on Saturday with a view to running in the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate (1100m) at Sandown two weeks later. The… Read More »
Group 1 racing is back for the first time in 2023 at Sandown this Saturday, with the running of the C.F. Orr Stakes (1400m) and WA is set to have a strong presence. Owner and breeders Bob and Sandra Peters will be hoping for improvement from Western Empire in the… Read More »
Australian Bloodstock is not leaving any stone unturned in their quest to get Nugget into this year’s All-Star Mile. The syndicators are encouraging the gelding’s fans to vote him into the 1600-metre weight-for-age event at Moonee Valley on March 18, but will also give him the chance to earn his spot… Read More »
Giga Kick finished second to Coolangatta in a Cranbourne trial on Monday morning, but the gelding’s trainer Clayton Douglas is thrilled with his condition as he edges towards a racing return. The Everest champion was two lengths behind the Moir Stakes winner in a star-studded trial that saw Golden Eagle… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winner Gold Trip will ramp up preparations for his autumn with a barrier trial this week as connections weigh up the best route to take through the carnival. Trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace have already given the six-year-old a quiet jump-out at Cranbourne and Australian Bloodstock’s Jamie Lovett says… Read More »
Sydney trainer Michael Freedman is considering a Melbourne autumn sprinting campaign with Queen Of The Ball. Melbourne’s Festival Of Racing commences at Sandown on Saturday with the running of the Group 1 C F Orr Stakes (1400m) and it is a support race on that program, the Group 2 Rubiton Stakes (1100m), that is being considered by Freedman to kick… Read More »
Right You Are may have booked a trip to Tasmania for their upcoming Cup races with an explosive win at Sandown to complete a winning hat-trick. In a career plagued by a suspensory injury at the end of his four-year-old year, Right You Are is racing in career best form since joining the… Read More »
If Aft Cabin’s Eskimo Prince Stakes performance was a tantalising entrĂ©e to Godolphin’s autumn, the main course could be a veritable feast. The three-year-old completely dominated his rivals in his Randwick return, his first start since a bleeding attack that forced the one-time Caulfield Guineas favourite to have his spring… Read More »
The clock told the story as exciting sprinter Remarque overcame a ten-kilo weight differential to stamp his class at Randwick, and open the door to a Group 1 opportunity interstate. Making light of his 62kg topweight, Remarque covered the 1000m in a class record 56.48 seconds, the final 600m in a… Read More »
Warrnambool trainer Matthew Williams did not consider Wrote To Arataki a stakes winning mare, or one that would be capable of winning when leading. That was six months ago, but now she is both after leading throughout to claim the Group 3 Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes (1300m) at Sandown on Saturday. Given an easy time in front under Jamie Kah,… Read More »
Jockey Ben Melham likes the program set for Godolphin colt Zulfiqar in his search for victory in the Blue Diamond Stakes. Melham partnered with the James Cummings-trained two-year-old to claim the Group 3 Chairman’s Stakes (1000m) at Sandown on Saturday. The Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) will be run on February 25 and Melham… Read More »
Michael Freedman’s day almost got off to the worst possible start when his two Lonhro Plate runners played up in the barriers, but while one was a late scratching, the other posted a smart debut win. Mexico was withdrawn after he reared in the gates and when stablemate Madeira Sunrise became… Read More »
Promising juvenile Steel City is Melbourne-bound with co-trainer David Eustace revealing the stable is keen to target the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes. The filly has had the misfortune of bumping into a pair of above-average two-year-olds in Sydney, finishing runner-up to subsequent Canonbury Stakes winner Red Resistance on debut and filling… Read More »
Co-trainer Adrian bott has confirmed that the Waterhouse-Bott stable has been officially notified by Racing NSW stewards that the ban imposed on Alligator Blood racing in New South Wales has been lifted. This comes on the back of Alligator Blood’s tremendous run of performances in 2022, which included three Group… Read More »
He’s back! Top British jockey Tom Marquand will ride in Australia for the next ten weeks, kicking off at Randwick on Saturday. It is a safe bet that Marquand will once again make his presence felt during his time here as he has done many times before … having already… Read More »
Joe Pride doesn’t like to deviate from a plan but his belated decision to start Mariamia in the Expressway Stakes has paid handsome dividends with the mare landing her maiden black-type win in emphatic fashion. When just four original nominations were received for Saturday’s Group 2 sprint, Pride threw in a late entry… Read More »
Annabel Neasham has labelled Learning To Fly a “special” filly after she lived up to her barrier trial hype with a classy victory in the Listed Widden Stakes at Rosehill. In doing so, the two-year-old became the first Australian winner for her sire Justify and his first stakes winner. Learning… Read More »
Red Resistance has stamped himself as a genuine Golden Slipper contender while King’s Gambit and Shinzo lost no admirers in a competitive Canonbury Stakes that was low on numbers but high in quality. Red Resistance ($6) kept his undefeated record intact, controlling the five-horse race from the front under Brett… Read More »
