It was a black and white result in The Agency Spring Preview as Frosty Rocks outclassed his opponents, but winning trainer Bjorn Baker was left seeing grey. Baker saddled up two runners, Frosty Rocks and Fun Fact who are both almost white in colour, and admitted he confused the two in the run…. Read More »
Racing NSW chief steward Marc Van Gestel had to double check the stop clock after King Of Sparta ran dazzling time to set a 1200 metre track record at Kembla Grange. On a course that was playing lightning quick, the three-year-old flew over the turf in 1m 07.89s, breaking the mark… Read More »
Streets Of Avalon will attempt to add to his enviable weight-for-age record at Caulfield when he runs in the P B Lawrence Stakes. But the Group 2 1400m contest, while a nice race to win, is a stepping stone to a bigger assignment two weeks later. Nichols would like to add the Memsie Stakes… Read More »
Having proven his worth as a two-year-old, General Beau will now try to show his class as a three-year-old when he steps out at Caulfield. General Beau stepped out in the first two-year-old race last season and contested Melbourne’s feature two-year-old, the Blue Diamond, and on Saturday runs in the first… Read More »
Best Of Days is one of the mainstays of the Australian Godolphin operation and he is about to embark on another spring campaign. The recently turned eight-year-old is gearing up for his fourth Spring Carnival down under after first appearing on the scene in 2018. His latest campaign kicks off on… Read More »
It has been baby steps on the country circuit for trainer Cliff Brown since his return from Singapore. But on Saturday at Caulfield, Brown will unveil the best horse in his stable when The Inferno runs in the Listed Regal Roller Stakes (1200m). How the form from Singapore translates to Australia is… Read More »
Trainer Phillip Stokes is hoping Sansom can raise the bar higher when he runs in the P B Lawrence Stakes at Caulfield. Sansom returned from a break to claim the Listed Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on July 24 and rises to 1400m at Group 2 level on Saturday. Stokes is confident Sansom is… Read More »
Get ready for trainers and connections with contenders but no confirmed place yet in the 2021 The Everest to start lobbying hard and fast on behalf of their runners as they attempt to secure a place in the rich race line-up. Troy Corstens is one of those already beating The… Read More »
The Astrologist has continued his affinity with the Flemington straight track by taking out the Aurie’s Star Handicap. Saturday’s Group 3 sprint was The Astrologist’s third win in as many starts on the Flemington straight and was punctuated with a narrow third in the Listed Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on July 24…. 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 UPDATE GOLDEN ROSE Paulele $26-$17 (after winning the Rosebud @ Randwick) RANDWICK RACE TWO Harpo Marx wasn’t as… Read More »
James Mcdonald has cheekily quipped, ‘Anamoe who?’ after the Group One winner’s stablemate Paulele returned with a rousing performance in the Rosebud at Randwick. Anamoe is predicted to be one of the major players in the three-year-old features this spring but his James Cummings-trained stablemate Paulele has set the bar high, making light… Read More »
Maturity and a gelding operation have been keys to Groundswell finally living up to the promise he showed as a spring three-year-old. Gelded after his three-year-old season, Groundswell has won five of his subsequent 10 starts, adding Saturday’s VRC Season Premiere Stakes (1410m) to his record. Setting a fast tempo… Read More »
Former steward turned trainer Michael Costa has celebrated the most significant win of his career with Phobetor claiming some high-profile scalps to win the Group 2 Missile Stakes at Randwick. Costa worked as a Racing NSW steward before taking out his trainers’ license and setting up a stable at Warwick Farm, making… Read More »
Top jockey Glen Boss has booted home a winner at his final Sydney meeting before he heads to Melbourne for the spring. Glen Boss is closer to the end of his career than the beginning and the three-time Melbourne Cup-winning jockey admits he is approaching every major racing carnival as if… Read More »
German import Schabau has registered his first win in two-and-a-half years with an all-the-way win at Flemington. Under Brett Prebble, Schabau scored his first win since taking out the Listed Royal Higgins Quality (2600m) at Flemington in March 2019 when successful in Saturday’s 2021 County Achiever John Ledger (2530m). The win in 2019 was Schabau’s third… Read More »
It’s been three days since Rothfire’s scintillating trail on Tuesday morning and trainer Robert Heathcote could not be more thrilled with the progress of the star performer following his long road to recovery after the career threatening injury he suffered back in the Golden Rose on September 26 last year…. Read More »
The fact that nobody is immune to the adverse effects surrounding mental health issues has been well documented in recent times with several high profile and successful … certainly performance-wise … elite athletes also shining the light on the on this dark but intangible presence which can take over people’s… Read More »
Tommy Berry is expecting Remarque to put his hand up as a genuine Golden Rose contender when the colt kicks off his three-year-old season in The Rosebud. Berry won his second Golden Rose last year aboard Hawkes Racing’s Ole Kirk and the high-achieving trainers have another potential Group One candidate this year in… Read More »
Hard work has paid off for trainer Billy Healey with Alligator Blood today becoming a formal addition to his racing stable. Healey has had Alligator Blood in his care prior to the geldings proposed move to the Gai Waterhouse / Adrian Bott stable following his rehabilitation and steady comeback to… Read More »
She was the first filly across the line in the Golden Slipper and Four Moves Ahead will be given every chance to prove she is the best of her age and gender during the Sydney spring. Trainer John Sargent has designs on tackling the four-race Princess series with the Group… Read More »
