Streets Of Avalon is set to resume at Caulfield after a bout of travel sickness forced him to miss a start in the inaugural running of The Archer at Rockhampton. The Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on Saturday will kick start Streets Of Avalon’s latest campaign which may see head to the other side… Read More »
Mornington trainer Rob Blacker may have his first runners in feature Group 1 races during the Melbourne Spring Carnival. In a training career dating back to 1997, Mornington trainer Rob Blacker has only had one starter contest a Group 1 race. That was emerging stayer Tigertiger in the Sydney Cup (3200m) at… Read More »
Scallopini will be part of the new blood in Caulfield’s second $200,000 Group 3 sprint of July with the Queensland gelding set to contest Saturday’s Bletchingly Stakes. Co-trainer Steven O’Dea confirmed on Monday that the seven-year-old would fly south on Tuesday night with a view to contesting the 1200-metre event with Hall… Read More »
It is not often that a horse rising five years of age and having only his first run will attract as much attention as Argyle Lane did at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday. But then again, not every horse is a half-brother to Incentivise, trainer Steve Tregea’s former star performer,… Read More »
The introduction of the new The Big Dance and The Five Diamonds races to be held in November this year has piqued the interest of champion trainer Chris Waller. His New Zealand import Lord Ardmore ($2.45F) got the job done at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday and Waller could target either race… Read More »
Grahame Begg’s stable star is back in work and will be solely focused on going one better in the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) after running a gallant second to Incentivise last year. With no Incentivise to worry about this Spring, Begg is looking forward to the Spring after opting to… Read More »
Nicolini Vito is putting together a handy record for trainers Ben & Jd Hayes , recording his fourth win for the stable after being transferred from the Tom Dabernig yard in late 2020. Sent around at $12 over a distance (1200m) punters thought may be shorter than his best, Nicolini Vito drove… Read More »
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 »
