Did Godolphin’s exciting colt INGRATIATING (Frosted-Obsequious) run himself in Gr 1 Blue Diamond contention? Many think so after his 2nd Flemington stakes win. On debut he easily won the Maribyrnong Trial and today he was simply too nippy late in the Talindert Stakes over 1100m worth $141,000. With Damien Oliver… Read More »
The Group One Black Caviar Lightning will be run in front of empty grandstands following the implementation of Melbourne’s latest lockdown restrictions. Only essential staff and industry participants will be allowed at Flemington on Saturday, just days after the Victoria Racing Club announced it was hoping to welcome up to… Read More »
The magic hands of star jockey Jamie Kah could prove the difference for Nature Strip in the Black Caviar Lightning, according to trainer Chris Waller. For Waller the equation is straightforward: If Kah can get the enigmatic superstar sprinter to settle, he can win. “If it all works out he… Read More »
James Cummings is hoping Bivouac can add his name to the long line of champions who have won the Black Caviar Lightning and complete the unofficial triple crown of Flemington sprint events. In the past year, Bivouac has won the Newmarket Handicap and VRC Sprint Classic and the Black Caviar… Read More »
Leading Golden Slipper fancies Shaquero and Remarque have turned in stylish barrier trials at Rosehill as they continue their push towards the $3.5 million showpiece. The pair clashed in a 900 metre heat with Shaquero showing tremendous gate speed to lead early before James McDonald handed up the frontrunning role…. Read More »
This weekends feature race at Randwick the G2 Apollo Stakes has attracted a star studded field. The Group Two event over 1400m at Randwick will see the return of some of Sydney’s best gallopers including Caulfield Cup winner Verry Ellegant who has been well backed in early betting with Sportsbet…. Read More »
Chris Waller will begin the roll out of his carnival big guns this weekend with Caulfield Cup winner Verry Elleegant leading the charge in Sydney. The earner of over $7 million in stakes, Verry Elleegant will launch her campaign in the Group Two Apollo Stakes (1400m), alongside stablemates Funstar, Kolding… Read More »
All Star Mile winner Mystic Journey has once again been beaten in Hobart as the heavily backed short priced favourite. Mystic Journey was beaten as the $1.13 favourite in the Ladbrokes Stakes when resuming at Launceston on 20th January by Blaze Forth but despite beating him home in todays Listed… 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 BLUE DIAMOND Arcaded $26-$11 (after winning Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude @ Caulfield) Enthaar $2.10-$2.20f Anamoe $13-$11 General Beau… Read More »
Bought for just $22,000, Rocketing By has upstaged two-time Group One winner Ole Kirk and top filly Dame Giselle to snare the rich Inglis Sprint at Randwick. Starting at $26, the three-year-old won the race on his merits, bursting through the pack to down Prime Star ($16) by a half-length… Read More »
Zac Spain’s infatuation with tough galloper Streets Of Avalon has gone to another level as the tough on-pacer provided the 24-year-old with his first Group One win when successful in the Orr Stakes. Spain described his association with Streets Of Avalon as a career changer. He said he could barely… Read More »
Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou saddled up two runners in the Eskimo Prince Stakes and they ran the quinella, just not in the order the stable expected. The training partners saw Saturday’s Group Three sprint as an ideal grand final for race-fit three-year-old The Face, while it appealed as a… Read More »
The money came for the boom 3YO Crosshaven and for the Gr 1 Cox Plate winner, but they were both man-handled by the battling, scrapping STREETS OF AVALON (Magnus-Kamuniak) in the Gr 1 CF Orr Stakes at Caulfield. The 1400m race worth $500,000 didn’t ever look like going to the… Read More »
Newgate Farm’s Henry Field has won his share of big races but he has never felt the nerves like he did leading into the $2 million Inglis Millennium. Earlier this week, Newgate announced they had bought into Profiteer, who started a short-priced favourite in the Millenium, and the pressure was… Read More »
David Pfeiffer didn’t think he’d get a run when he entered ROCKETING BY (So You Think-Across The Moon) for the $1million Inglis Sprint over 1200m earlier this week. After all, two runs back he won his maiden. “This is big. We targeted this race and just had too have a… Read More »
Poland confirmed his trainer Mike Moroney’s lofty opinion of him and he’s now Australian Guineas bound after his tough first-up win in the Autumn Stakes. Moroney said he had always held Poland in high-regard and he blamed himself for the colt’s only poor run which was in the Caulfield Guineas…. Read More »
The Jamie Richards trained Probabeel, yet again, underlined her class in no uncertain terms when she carried 60kg to victory, from the worst of the draw, in the Group 3 Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes over 1200m at Caulfield. The early part of the race saw jockey Damian Lane looking back for… Read More »
Best Of Days and Damien Oliver worked together and executed a perfect game-plan which helped carry them to victory in the Group 3 Carlyon Cup at Caulfield. Step 1 was Oliver’s urging of Best Of Days out from his wide draw to look for the leading line. The was no… Read More »
In the Group 3 Kevin Hayes Stakes at Caulfield, La Mexicana gave Jamie Kah her second photo finish success of the afternoon when she skipped through along the inside rail early in the straight before becoming involved in a spirited two horse battle over the Malicorne over the closing strides,… Read More »
General Beau took another persuasive step to convincing his owner David Moodie to pay a late entry fee for the Blue Diamond Stakes with a narrow win in the Prelude. Co-trainer Mat Ellerton said they would discuss whether the $55,000 late entry fee, which needs to be paid by Monday,… Read More »
