As one potential autumn hope of the Peter Moody stable is off to the paddock, the campaigns of others are beginning to ramp up. After a four-run campaign that began in October and netted three wins, including one at Flemington, Invincible Caviar has been turned out for a break. The Moody stable had considered a start for… Read More »
The second running of the 2023 Group 2 Perth Cup saw the David Harrison-trained Buster Bash win by more than four lengths in an open race, but earlier in the card leading Perth jockey Chris Parnham earned the ire of stewards resulting in a ten-day suspension. Starting favourite at $5, Buster Bash… Read More »
One of the leading fancies for next month’s Blue Diamond Stakes will take the biggest step of her campaign at Cranbourne on Monday morning. Charm Stone is one of a number of big names from the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr stable who will trial over 800 metres. It will be… Read More »
Multiple Group 3 placings, including when last seen at Caulfield, meant the Joe Pride trained Mariamia had to concede weight to most of the field in Kia Ora Captivant at benchmark 88 level at Rosehill, something she was able to overcome. Sent around as an $8.50 chance in the 1100m contest,… Read More »
The Magic Millions race day on the Gold Coast was stopped after jockeys conducted a secret ballot to decide if the conditions were safe enough to continue. Fourteen millimetres of rain had fallen on Saturday resulting in the track becoming unsuitable after two races were run on the ten-race card…. Read More »
Blake Shinn has secured his first win for the year when he guided NSW visitor Spirit Ridge to victory at Flemington. The Annabel Neasham-trained former UK galloper took out the Vale Sir Patrick Hogan KNZM CBE (2000m) on Saturday under a well-judged Shinn ride. Shinn spent the Christmas-New Year period on the sidelines… Read More »
The Griffiths & De Kock trained sprinter Halvorsen is aiming to become the first horse ever to win the Group 3 Standish Handicap (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday. Halvorsen is the definition of a Flemington specialist, with five of his nine career wins coming at the track, and remarkably, since his… Read More »
While Gai Waterhouse has won four Magic Millions 2yo Classic’s, the most of any trainer, she and co-trainer Adrian Bott, who have been in partnership since 2016, are yet to taste success in the race. This year however, they bring three genuine chances, all with differing form lines, although Bott… Read More »
A son of Golden Slipper winner Mossfun wears the yellow jersey as the highest-priced lot after Day 1 of this year’s Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale. The colt by I Am Invincible sold for $400,000 more than any other yearling on the first of five days of selling when… Read More »
Jye McNeil will make a welcome return to the Australian racing scene at Sandown on Wednesday. McNeil, who won the 2020 Melbourne Cup aboard Twilight Payment, last rode locally on October 29 at Flemington before moving to Hong Kong to take up a six-week riding contract which ran from November… Read More »
A quarter of the sixteen strong field of runners for the $2 million Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic will go into the big race defending their unbeaten records. Sovereign Fund won the Magic Millions Wyong Two-Year-Old Classic on debut on December 14 and the Peter and Paul Snowden trained son of… Read More »
Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr will produce the first of their big names for 2023 at Cranbourne on Monday morning when Jacquinot has his first jump out for the campaign. The Rubick colt will take part in an 800-metre hitout for three-year-olds as he gears up for what could be… Read More »
The Ryan-Alexiou stable had long targeted the $250,000 feature on the Gold Coast with Deficit which had a further $200,000 bonus attached to it for eligible horses such as their son of Snitzel. Settled midfield from an inside barrier, while there were some nervous moments in the straight, it became a… Read More »
Damien Oliver wasted no time making his way back into the winner’s stall at his first meeting of 2023, partnering a winning double at Sandown on Saturday. The Hall of Fame jockey guided Worsfold to victory for Nick Ryan early in the card before getting the Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young -trained Riverplate to bounce… Read More »
Passeggiata was stepped up in grade at Rosehill on Saturday after a clinical debut victory at Gosford on December 22 where she led throughout for a 3.5 length success. Her natural speed was again on display at Rosehill as she bounced to the lead and carved out some slick early sectionals…. Read More »
Frumos has recorded a slender victory over stablemate Saigon with winning margin so narrow trainer Chris Waller had thought the pair shared the spoils. A stride for stride battle between Frumos and Saigon over the concluding stages saw the pair hit the line in unison before a lengthy deliberation ensued in the… Read More »
Inundation’s development will take another step this Saturday at Sandown when the promising sprinter contests the $130,000 Peter Couzens Handicap. The son of Headwater underlined his standing as a horse of immense potential with a first-up track-record win at The Valley, which took his record to four wins from six starts,… Read More »
She hadn’t quite got her voice back after all of the excitement of Saturday evening, but Maddysen Sears was more than happy to provide the behind-the-scenes story of the win of Yellow Brick, the horse she co-trains with her father Tony, in the $750,000 King Of The Mountain at Toowoomba… Read More »
Danny Beasley’s Australian return will occur at a track he knows well with the successful jockey booked for five rides at Thursday’s Wagga meeting. Beasley grew up in the area, where he now resides with his wife and three young childen, and Thursday’s outing will be the resumption of a… Read More »
Uncommon James’s campaign is just a week away from lifting a notch with the exciting Queensland gelding to return to the trials next Tuesday. The four-year-old son of Cable Bay is being prepared for Melbourne’s feature handicap sprints and co-trainer Matthew Hoysted said he would head south after next week’s workout…. Read More »
