Peter Moody is hoping for the prediction of no more rain and a Caulfield track improving into the soft range will enable Lightsaber to kick off his campaign. Lightsaber is down to run in the Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) on Saturday, but Moody is fearful of heavy ground for the four-year-old. After more than 35mm for the week and 7mm… Read More »
Trainer Kris Lees and owners Australian Bloodstock have called time on the career of outstanding galloper Mugatoo. Australian Bloodstock director Jamie Lovett confirmed the eight-year-old’s retirement on Thursday and said the writing was on the wall after he failed to fire in his comeback from a tendon injury earlier this month…. Read More »
Unbeaten in four starts, Passive Aggressive faces another challenge when she tackles older mares for the first time at Caulfield. It will be Passive Aggressive’s first start at Caulfield when she lines-up in the Group 3 Cockram Stakes (1200m) on Saturday. Passive Aggressive has been successful at Werribee, Pakenham and twice down the… Read More »
Track conditions are likely to play an important role for the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained runners in Melbourne’s first Group 1 race of the season. Price and Kent will saddle I’m Thunderstruck and Illation in the Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday, the official opening of the Melbourne Spring Carnival. The… Read More »
Expect the annual âfor and againstâ arguments to start revving up once again as the list of international runners to contest feature races during the Melbourne Spring Carnival begins to take shape. Paul Bloodworth, Racing Victoriaâs General Manager of International and Racing operations has suggested to Racing.com that the Melbourne… Read More »
Duais has satisfied both Edward Cummings and stewards that she is over the issue that forced her out of Saturday’s Winx Stakes and is poised to resume in this weekend’s $1 million Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield. The five-year-old took part in a 1000-metre trial at Hawkesbury, in which she was given… Read More »
Verry Elleegant may have finished last in a field of eight in her French debut at Deauville, but part-owner Brae Sokolski isn’t prepared to “throw the baby out with the bath water” and instead giving the 11-time Group 1 winner another run in September. The Group 1 Prix Jean Romanet… Read More »
Alligator Blood is now free to compete in Melbourne over spring after Racing Victoria stewards on Monday approved a transfer of ownership with industry giant Gerry Harvey now the major owner. RV earlier this month followed the lead of Racing New South Wales stewards when it banned the Gai Waterhouse and… Read More »
Annabel Neasham has had a few second thoughts about her decision not to aim Zaaki at the Winx Stakes first-up, but she is equally satisfied it was for the right reasons. Neasham has opted to tread a patient path with Zaaki this spring and follow a similar template to last year when… Read More »
Bella Nipotina completed a stakes race double for the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable at Moonee Valley while also completing a race-to-race quartet for her trainers. After Fast Witness won the Listed McKenzie Stakes (1200m) by a narrow margin, Bella Nipotina had to show her class to claim the Listed Carlyon Stakes (1000m) on Saturday. Those two… Read More »
Untapped filly Zougotcha has put herself in the frame for some serious spring races with a strong win over luckless favourite In Secret in the Silver Shadow Stakes at Randwick. Trainer Chris Waller says the three-year-old is in a similar mould to her sire Zoustar, who he also trained and who was competitive… Read More »
An emotional James Cummings has declared Anamoe the horse to beat in whatever races he contests this spring after his grand return in a cracking renewal of the Group 1 Winx Stakes. In winning the opening major of the spring, the Godolphin glamour became the first Australian entire since Show… Read More »
Jockey Ethan Brown cannot wait for Fast Witness to get onto a firm surface despite a heavy track win at stakes level at Moonee Valley. Having his third race start, Fast Witness took out the Listed McKenzie Stakes (1200m) on Saturday which followed a Cranbourne maiden win on August 4. Fast Witness… Read More »
Rachel King and Bjorn Baker have combined to win the Group 3 Premier’s Cup for the second year in succession, this time with rejuvenated gelding Arapaho. Despite launching his current campaign in April, Arapaho is still finding some suitable marks, claiming the Grafton Cup two starts ago then bouncing back from a… Read More »
Jockey Hugh Bowman has given Lost And Running a big tick after riding the sprinter into second place in a barrier trial at Randwick. The hit-out over 850m on Friday was Lost And Running’s first serious hit-out of the campaign that is aimed at The Everest (1200m) at Randwick on October 15. Lost And… Read More »
A patient approach and the decision to forgo winter carnival targets in Brisbane is set to pay dividends for Godolphin and their exciting filly In Secret. A rare yearling purchase for the global operation, which mostly relies on breeding from its own high-quality stock, In Secret has opened favourite against… Read More »
Champion jockey Hugh Bowman is excited to see what level Fangirl can get to this campaign, adamant the best is yet to come. The Chris Waller-trained mare kicks off her four-year-old season in Saturday’s Group 1 Winx Stakes (1400m) at Randwick on what promises to be one of the better surfaces in… Read More »
Esta La Roca is the quintessential short-course specialist who will be looking to add to her record first-up at The Valley. The Lloyd Kennewell-trained mare will be lining-up up for her 19th race start on Saturday when she contests the Listed Carlyon Stakes (1000m). Esta La Roca has raced over the 955m… Read More »
Mo’Unga will bid to join an illustrious group of horses to have claimed back-to-back wins in the Winx Stakes when he resumes in a star-studded renewal of the Group 1 opener. A final field of 11 was declared on Wednesday highlighted by seven Group 1 winners, including two of last season’s… Read More »
The team associated with Winx has used the week leading up to the race named in her honour to provide an update on her condition as she nears the final stages of her pregnancy. Just days out from the running of the $750,000 Group 1 Winx Stakes (1400m) at Randwick,… Read More »
