The first thing Danny Williams checked when he saw it had started raining in Melbourne was the forecast for the rest of the week and the second was Shelby Sixtysix’s VOBIS Gold eligibility. Once he learned the star of his Goulburn stable was, he threw in an entry for the $250,000… Read More »
Crosswinds will be looking to make it three wins from three starts as he chases a big payday at Caulfield this Saturday with victory in the $1 million VOBIS Showdown. Run over 1200m for two-year-olds, the Showdown field will be headlined by the exciting Anthony & Sam Freedman trained colt… Read More »
Mick Price will approach Ayrton’s impending Brisbane Winter Carnival will more enthusiasm than he might have heading into Saturday’s Caulfield card after the gelding was able to surprise him in the Victoria Handicap. Ayrton was having his first start since the serious spider bite ailment that prematurely ended his spring campaign… Read More »
Tofane narrowly missed out of a fairytale farewell in Sydney, but Mike Moroney was able to console himself with victory in the $200,000 Group 3 Easter Cup (2000m) at Caulfield. Just 20 minutes after Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale-bound Tofane was run down by Cascadian in the Group 1 All Aged… Read More »
For the second time is as many weeks, Nash Rawiller has pulled off an audacious winning ride, this time aboard Godolphin warhorse Kementari. Where Rawiller hooked Think It Over towards the outside fence to win the Queen Elizabeth Stakes seven days ago, he scraped paint along the inside rail to squeeze… Read More »
Espiona hasn’t reached the heights expected of her this autumn, but trainer Chris Waller is adamant she is a Group 1 horse in the making. The $2.25 favourite rounded out her campaign with a consolation win in Saturday’s James H B Carr Stakes (1400m) at Randwick, thumping her rivals by 4-1/2 lengths… Read More »
Trainer Anthony Cummings and jockeyTommy Berry have combined to mastermind a Champagne Stakes upset with She’s Extreme, the filly denying Fireburn a clean-sweep of the two-year-old triple crown. Fireburn had had the measure of She’s Extreme the three times they had met over shorter distances but Cummings said he never lost faith… Read More »
Former New Zealander Verona has all but forced her way onto Ciaron Maher’s Brisbane winter carnival team with a dashing victory in the Frank Packer Plate at Randwick. Having finished fifth in midweek grade at her Australian debut over a mile last month, the filly appreciated a distance rise to… Read More »
On the cusp of capturing a slice of triple crown history, Gary Portelli admits he came into the autumn thinking he might have the horse to clean-sweep the two-year-old features. He was a little bit right and a little bit wrong. Portelli’s juvenile triple crown aspirations were for Breeders’ Plate winner… Read More »
In what has been a stop-start autumn for Mo’Unga, the All Aged Stakes is shaping as a perfect campaign reboot, provided the Randwick track continues to dry out. The four-year-old missed a scheduled start in the George Ryder Stakes due to an elevated temperature and Saturday’s feature will be his… Read More »
Trainer Gerald Ryan is relying on Williamsburg being the fresh horse on the scene as he attempts to thwart the triple crown hopes of star youngster Fireburn. Having claimed the Golden Slipper and Sires’ Produce Stakes in emphatic fashion, Fireburn needs to add Saturday’s Group 1 Champagne Stakes (1600m) to become the… Read More »
In many ways, it doesn’t really matter how Ayrton goes in Saturday’s Victoria Handicap, merely getting back to the races is a triumph. The gelding’s racing was in doubt after he was hospitalised following a spider bite in the heart of last year’s Spring Carnival. But after an extensive rehabilitation… Read More »
It has been more than two decades in the making, but Hugh Bowman is set to fulfil a long-held ambition of riding at the Warrnambool May Racing Carnival. The Hall of Fame rider will be one of the star attractions at this year’s three-day carnival, which starts in exactly four weeks,… Read More »
Zayydani will be the highest rated horse in the group three Easter Cup at Caulfield on Saturday as the Ben & JD Hayes mare targets group one riches in the Queensland Winter. The five-year-old mare is coming off her best ever preparation last Spring, having run 4th, beaten a length… Read More »
His first Group 1 winner came more than three decades ago, but Damien Oliver has shown no signs of stopping by posting his 127th Group 1 victory at Royal Randwick last Saturday. His win on the Matthew Smith-trained Nimalee in the Queen Of The Turf Stakes overtakes champion hoop George Moore for… Read More »
Damien Oliver has celebrated an historic win on Nimalee in the Queen Of The Turf Stakes, the victory taking him to 127 Group 1 victories to overtake legendary jockey George Moore. The decorated rider didn’t register the feat when he steered the Matthew Smith-trained mare to her 2-1/4 length victory… Read More »
Australia’s leading bookmaker the TAB gives an overview of today’s betting markets from the feature races and race meetings from around the country. See which races punters cleaned up on and lost on. FUTURES  TAB EVEREST Mazu $18-$11 (after winning Arrowfield Sprint @ Randwick)  QUEEN ELIZABETH 2023 (opening market) Zaaki… Read More »
The Victorians have continued their raid on Sydney’s autumn carnival coffers with the Danny O’Brien-trained El Patroness triumphing in the Group 1 ATC Australian Oaks at Randwick. The southern raiders have been dynamic during this year’s Championships with Hitotsu claiming the Derby last week and Mr Brightside the Doncaster Mile. El Patroness, a $26… Read More »
Cannonball has fulfilled an early important target by taking out a stakes race at Caulfield. The two-year-old son of Capitalist got some important black type for a potential future as a stallion when taking out the Listed Redoute’s Choice Stakes (1100m) on Saturday. Despite being a little wayward under Brett… Read More »
The parallels between dual Everest winner Redzel and rising star Mazu are not lost on trainers Peter and Paul Snowden and the three-year-old could yet end up in the $15 million sprint this year. Mazu announced his coming of age with an outstanding victory in Saturday’s Arrowfield 3YO Sprint (1200m) at Randwick, leaving… Read More »
