As Sound strives to win a third consecutive Zipping Classic, trainer Mike Moroney has labelled stablemate Chapada as possibly the most frustratingĀ horse he has trained. Moroney is convinced if the Chapada he sees in trackwork at Flemington turns up in Saturday’s Group 2 Zipping Classic (2400m) at Caulfield, he will… Read More »
It was all thumbs up for Brisbane trainer Rob Heathcote as he got the barrier draw he wanted for Rothfire in Saturday’s G1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) at Ascot. Rothfire drew a perfect three in Tuesday night’s barrier draw and Heathcote believes it will give champion jockey Damien Oliver with plenty… Read More »
Consistent gelding DragonstoneĀ will back-up in the Listed Starlight Stakes at Rosehill as trainer Mark NewnhamĀ looks to replicate a proven formula. The four-year-old flashed home from near-last for an eye-catching third to AthelricĀ in The Warra (1000m) at Kembla Grange last weekend and Newnham confirmed he was on target to go around… Read More »
Few horses improve as eight-year-olds, but an extended spell has Cisco BayĀ racing in some of the best form of his career, laying the platform for the gelding to chase his first black-type win. Cisco Bay will line up in the Group 3 Festival Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill on Saturday following… Read More »
Pride has last-start winner Coal CrusherĀ nominated for the $200,000 Group 3 feature, and believes the conditions at Rosehill will help his Turffontein gelding handle the step-up to 1500m.Ā The five-year-old has built up a very consistent record of seven wins and six seconds from just 17 outings, and almost $350,000 in… Read More »
Local trainer Symon WildeĀ could have as many as three starters in Australia’s longest flat race, the Jericho Cup at Warrnambool. First run in 2018, Wilde won the 4600m contest that carries $300,000 in prize money with Count ZeroĀ in 2020 who is set to line up again on Sunday along with… Read More »
After winning million dollar The Hunter last weekend, VilanaĀ has impressed Godolphin’s traveling assistant Nacim Delmi on how the four-year-old has settled in since making the trip to Perth and a is highly likely to be a starter in the $1.5 million Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) on Saturday. “I’m very… Read More »
It took RiodiniĀ more than two years to break his duck in Australia but now that he has, trainers Gai WaterhouseĀ and Adrian BottĀ are hoping he can keep his momentum rolling into the summer. The former Kiwi, who arrived in Sydney in the spring of 2020, posted a third-up victory in Saturday’s… Read More »
Talented four-year-old Trix Of The Trade has handed 84 year-old trainer Colin Webster his first Group 1 when taking out Saturday’s Group 1 Railway Stakes at Ascot. An emotional win for all involved, Trix Of The Trade continued the great record of four-year-olds in the feature, much to his trainer’s… Read More »
The last time RiodiniĀ won a race, the COVID-19 pandemic was yet to sweep the world, but the former New Zealander has finally got an Australian success on the board, taking out the $1 million The Gong at Kembla Grange. The six-year-old had not saluted since December, 2019 when he claimed… Read More »
Backed into favouritism late, the punters were keen on Bankers Choice who looked well placed after running sixth, beaten 3.4 lengths by Zaaki in the Group 1 Champions Stakes (2000m) at Flemington last start. A Group 3 winner in New Zealand, Bankers Choice had run eight times in Australia and… Read More »
Apprentice Zac Lloyd has celebrated one of the most significant wins of his fledgling career with victory aboard Athelric in the $300,000 The Warra at Kembla Grange. One of the feature races on Saturday’s stand-alone Kembla program, The Warra attracted a handy field but it was the Godolphin four-year-old who… Read More »
A colt by Zoustar, he’d shown ability at the jump outs but didn’t show a lot of gate speed which was on show at Ballarat in the Magic Millions 2yo Classic, getting back to last in the field but unleashing a powerful last 600m to win softly on the line… Read More »
Racing can be a fickle game. The connections ofĀ Ain’TnodeeldunĀ looked to have a horse of the future after the then three-year-old completed a winning hat-trick with victory at Flemington during Melbourne Cup week. Move forward two years, andĀ Ain’tnodeeldunĀ will be lining up for just his sixth start since that November 2020 outing… Read More »
Fresh from taking out the first edition of the $2 million The Big Dance, Kris LeesĀ has set his sights on another recently-inaugurated race with Rustic Steel. The five-year-old will go around one of the leading fancies in this Saturday’s fourth edition of the $1 million The Gong (1600m) at Kembla… Read More »
There was no shortage of connections who winced after drawing double-digit gates in Saturday’s Group 1 Railway Stakes (1600m) at Ascot, but Dan Morton wasn’t one of them. The man who trains favouriteĀ Alaskan GodĀ was content to see him allocated barrier 14, which will become 12 if the two emergencies drawn… Read More »
Five years on from Great Shot’s win in the Furphy-Railway Stakes (1600m), trainer Rhys Radford is hoping to cause a similar upset in this year’s edition of the famous Ascot mile. Rhys RadfordĀ has pinned his hopes on Comfort MeĀ delivering him a second win in the Group 1 event, after the… Read More »
Good old Peter Moody ā¦ a salt of the earth, tell it like it is character if ever there was one ā¦ but, then again, there still remains a line you cross at your peril as Moody found to his cost when his comments regarding the performance in the saddle… Read More »
When his top-line galloper Think It OverĀ tore a tendon earlier in the year, you would’ve been forgiven to believe that trainer Kerry ParkerĀ would be having a quieter time at this stage of the racing calendar. But his Dundeel mare Hope In Your HeartĀ has taken over the reins and continues to… Read More »
He drew the car park in the Golden Eagle at Rosehill two weeks ago and never saw the fence, but Godolphin galloper VilanaĀ ($4.80F) has bounced back to win the $1 million The Hunter at Newcastle. Given a peach of a steer by Nash Rawiller, the four-year-old entire proved too strong… Read More »
