Narrowly denied last start at Caulfield by the fast-finishing D’aguilar, Hezashocka made amends with a gritty win after settling well back in the field, out lasting second favourite Mankayan over the concluding stages to take out the VRC Members Handicap at $4. The Mick Price & Michael Kent Jr trained gelding was… Read More »
The James Cummings-prepared Alcyone ($4.60F) has put the writing on the wall for a promising preparation with a dominant display at Rosehill Gardens. The four-year-old was too strong for Fiordland ($8) over the final stages, saluting by two and a quarter lengths, with Great Britain import Lovely Esteem ($15) and short neck back… Read More »
Exciting two-year-old Giga Kick made it two from two in the first at Flemington and will look to target early 3YO group racing next. Clayton Douglas’ gelding set tongues wagging with a dominant debut win at Sale in February, running good time from the front and posting a 44.5 Racing… Read More »
Trainer Bjorn Baker was unsure how Arapaho would perform on a drying Grafton track, but the horse showed another string to his bow with a dominant victory in the $200,000 Grafton Cup. A scintillating winner on a heavy surface at Rosehill in May, Arapaho’s best form had been in extreme conditions, including… Read More »
One of the most improved horses in training, Ranges has continued Team Snowden’s affinity with the Ramornie Handicap to give the stable it’s fifth win in the feature Grafton sprint. Taking eight starts to break his maiden, the five-year-old only won his first Saturday metropolitan grade race in November before raising… Read More »
Having passed a significant distance test in the Caloundra Cup, Arapaho will head to the second day of the popular Grafton carnival in search of a breakthrough stakes success. The five-year-old lines up in the Listed Grafton Cup (2350m) on Thursday after beating all but Le Don De Vie at his first… Read More »
The Robbie Griffiths and Mathew de Kock stable have Victoria Derby aspirations with Transzam and a part of that process involves a start at Flemington. The Byerley Handicap (1800m) on Saturday is the race that Griffiths and de Kock have earmarked for the son of Pierro ahead of a spring campaign. Griffiths… Read More »
A yearling out of a mare well-known to Australian racing has been a star performer on Monday’s first day of the JRHA’s Select Sale in Japan. The colt by Maurice from four-time Group 1 winner Mosheen was easily the standout performer in the first half of Day 1’s trade, getting… Read More »
Incentivise’s level of involvement in this year’s Spring Carnival could become clearer from this week with Peter Moody set to increase his workload. Last year’s Caulfield Cup winner will be given a gallop at Pakenham as his slow build-up from the injury sustained in last year’s Melbourne Cup continues. Moody has… Read More »
Edison hadn’t won a race since December 2020 when racing for Bjorn Baker but Nick Ryan, as he’s done plenty of times before, has succeeded with a tried horse and coaxed another win out of the five-year-old. Ridden aggressively by Brett Prebble to lead, Edison kept running and went on to score… Read More »
When Taksu arrived on Joe Pride’s doorstep, he was struggling to win at midweek level in Victoria and the trainer never imagined the horse might develop into a dual stakes performer. But the tough gelding has done just that, surviving a protest from runner-up Jojo Was A Man to add… Read More »
Travis Doudle’s stable stalwart Not Usual Glorious notched up his second Victorian win from as many starts in a tough performance at Caulfield Not Usual Glorious came to Caulfield in fine form, having run in the top two at his last four starts, including a last start win in the… Read More »
It might be winter racing but Waihaha Falls won in the manner of a horse destined for bigger things, trouncing his rivals at Randwick on Saturday to remain unbeaten this preparation. After resuming with a victory at the same venue last month, the even money favourite made a one-act affair of… Read More »
Inundation had been touted as one of the up-and-coming sprinters of the Winter, winning three races in a row, including a dominant three-length win last start but was nowhere to be seen today as Kooled ran out a strong winner. Ridden by Alana Kelly, Kooled tracked the speed set by… Read More »
Emerging Queensland trainer Kacy Fogden has plundered another Sydney two-year-old race with a filly she hopes to return with in the autumn. Fogden, who won the Canonbury Stakes and Silver Slipper earlier this year with subsequent Golden Slipper runner-up Best Of Bordeaux, was back in the winner’s circle at Randwick… Read More »
Peter Moody is aiming to cash in with Oxley Road at his favourite track in winter before hopefully targeting some even bigger races later in the year. Saturday’s $200,000 Group 3 Sir John Monash Stakes (1100m) will be the first outing in a two-step program that will determine what the remainder of the… Read More »
The racing career of Think It Over is under a cloud after the popular gelding suffered a tendon injury that has ruled him out of the spring carnival. While the full extent of the issue is not yet known, trainer Kerry Parker said they would be taking no risks with the welfare… Read More »
The July Cup has sometimes been an afterthought for Australian sprinters directed towards Royal Ascot, but it is not the case with Artorius. The 1200-metre Group 1 at Newmarket has been on the agenda since the colt left Australia and it might not even be the final start of his… Read More »
Tuvalu did not let his army of supporters down despite having the widest draw in the VRC-CRV Winter Championship Series Final at Flemington. The Lindsey Smith-trained galloper was sent out a heavily supported $2.20 favourite to take out Saturday’s Listed race over 1600m. Jumping smartly from the widest barrier in… Read More »
Matt Cumani trained import Monbaher has won the Banjo Paterson Series Final on protest over Mimi’s Award Monbaher is having his first Australian preparation but has notched up his second win from four starts this preparation in dramatic fashion, successful on protest after initially crossing the line in second to Mimi’s… Read More »
