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 GOLDEN SLIPPER She’s Extreme $18-$13 (after winning Magic Night Stakes @ Rosehill) Rise Of The Masses $51-$26 (after… Read More »
Edward Cummings had a plan when he started the autumn campaign of Duais to bring the mare to Melbourne for the Australian Cup. It was a race his grandfather, Hall Of Fame trainer Bart Cummings, won on 13 occasions and the younger Cummings wanted to get his name on the honour roll. “He set the… Read More »
Flemington has continued to be a graveyard for punters in feature races with New Zealand sprinter Roch ‘N’ Horse the latest to score a knockout blow. Roch ‘N’ Horse became the latest triple figure winner when she took out the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday after Lunar… Read More »
Team Hawkes have again demonstrated their knack for successfully switching horses between states with Mr Mozart relishing a change of scenery in Sydney to capture the Group 2 Phar Lap Stakes. The three-year-old had failed to beat a rival home at his past two starts on good tracks in Melbourne but enjoyed… Read More »
A fatal fall that claimed the life of his most promising horse Hot ‘N’ Hazy almost prompted trainer Danny Williams to walk away from racing. The support of the industry got him through and in the past few weeks, the pendulum of luck has finally swung the other way for the… Read More »
Barb Raider is likely to now head for Group 1 glory in Sydney after a fighting on-pace win at Flemington to remain unbeaten in her autumn campaign. The Jerome Hunter-trained filly took out the Group 2 Kewney Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday to follow her victory at Group 3 level in The… Read More »
Connections of Let’Srollthedice have a lot to look forward to after the Danny O’Brien-trained colt made the leap from maiden company to win at stakes level at Flemington. A debut winner at Bendigo on heavy ground on March 1, Let’srollthedice took out the Group 2 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) on Saturday. Ridden by… Read More »
Anthony Cummings is adamant She’s Extreme has the right constitution to relish a seven-day back-up into the $5 million Golden Slipper after booking her spot in the field with victory in the Magic Night Stakes. By Extreme Choice, the sire of last year’s Slipper winner Stay Inside, She’s Extreme ($3.50… Read More »
Trainer Tom Dabernig says there is plenty of time to get ambitious with in form mare Flying Mascot who scored an impressive win at Flemington. The Warrnambool-trained mare landed her third win at Group 3 level when she took out the Matron Stakes (1600m) on Saturday to go with her victory second-up… Read More »
Chris Waller has scratched Espiona and Hinged from the Phar Lap Stakes with the pair set to take on the older mares in the Group 1 Coolmore Classic. However, he remains in a strong position to claim his sixth successive win in the three-year-old feature on Saturday with Fangirl to line up alongside stablemates… Read More »
Sydney’s wet weather has all but foiled Anthony Cummings’ bid to get Libertini ready for a first-up assault on the Group 1 The Galaxy. Cummings had slated Saturday week’s Rosehill sprint for the mare’s autumn return but said the loss of some barrier trial sessions due to the rain and… Read More »
After nearly three years together, Michael and Richard Freedman have announced an end to their training partnership. Brothers Michael and Richard Freedman are set to go their separate ways having announced the end of their training partnership. The pair joined forces in 2019 and will end their partnership on April… Read More »
Last years Golden Slipper winner Stay Inside has been retired after a relatively disappointing spring campaign. Newgate Farm’s Henry Field confirmed that the Richard and Michael Freedman-trained colt had run his last race after the boom colt failed to fire in the Spring running fifth in the Domenico Stakes and… Read More »
Hitotsu headlines a trio of three-year-olds who have been granted wildcard entry into this year’s $5 million All-Star Mile. Racing Victoria on Monday night announced that co-trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace had accepted the invitation to utilise one of the three wildcards with the colt who won Saturday’s Group 1 Australian… Read More »
Converge has a start in the All-Star Mile if connections want it with Racing Victoria announcing on Sunday that the dual Group 1 winner was its preferred replacement runner for the injured Elephant. Co-trainers Emma-Lee and David Browne revealed on Sunday that Elephant was suffering from a bone chip injury and would… Read More »
Three decades after landing her first win as a trainer, Gai Waterhouse has celebrated another breakthrough victory, this time in the Randwick Guineas. Converge has given the trailblazing Waterhouse her first success in the three-year-old feature since it changed from the Canterbury to Randwick Guineas in 2006 and he has done… Read More »
Ciaron Maher and David Eustace have continued to turn training convention on its head with Hitotsu claiming the Australian Guineas first-up. During the spring Maher and Eustace had no hestitation jumping Hitotsu from the 1600m of the Caulfield Guineas to claim the Group 1 Victoria Derby over 2500m. Many thought that unconventional while no horse had returned… Read More »
A decision to change course and run Forbidden Love on a seven-day back-up in the Canterbury Stakes has yielded the ultimate reward for her connections and added an ironic twist to a career-milestone for jockey Hugh Bowman. Bowman landed a century of elite race wins when he captured The Metropolitan on… Read More »
Former Perth-trained mare Inspirational Girl has earned a start in the All-Star Mile with her last stride victory at Flemington. Having her third start in 15 months, Inspirational Girl claimed the Group 2 Blamey Stakes (1600m) on Saturday to give the Danny O’Brien-trained mare a start in the $5 million All-Star… Read More »
A bush sprinter has almost caused one of the biggest boilovers on a Sydney racetrack, splitting benchmark sprinters and archrivals Eduardo and Nature Strip in a four-horse Challenge Stakes that had it all. Shelby Sixtysix had won Highway Handicaps at his past two starts and was expected to be outclassed when he took… Read More »
