Consistent stayer Pounding might have more seconds than a clock, but few horses deserve a win more. In that vein, trainers Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman have elected to give him another opportunity to get a victory on the board by backing him up into Saturday’s Listed Caloundra Cup (2400m)… Read More »
Kris Lees will implement a similar formula to the one he used for Bestower’s most recent win when the mare tackles the Caloundra Cup on a seven-day back-up. The five-year-old’s last victory came at Warwick Farm in December when she stepped out over 2400 metres off a 10-day turnaround. At… Read More »
Belinda Blanch can’t work out why Lingani is such an effective wet-tracker, but she’s beyond wasting too much time thinking about it. Now she just embraces it and gets excited when the star of the Morphettville stable she operates with husband Peter gets the chance to race on one. That… Read More »
Whinchat’s return to form last start has trainer David Pfieffer optimistic the free-rolling frontrunner is on the verge of an overdue stakes race breakthrough. After doing himself no favours when becoming involved in a speed duel with Phearson first-up in the Luskin Star Stakes (1300m), Whinchat worked to cross from… Read More »
Toowoomba based trainer Rex Lipp was less than pleased with the ride aboard his stable star Cifrado last start in the Eye Liner Stakes at Ipswich, prompting a jockey change for this Saturday’s Listed Glasshouse Handicap at Sunshine Coast. Lipp voiced his frustration with Boris Thornton’s ride at Ipswich when held up… Read More »
Neither of Alex Rae’s Creswick Sprint Series heat winners will be at Flemington for this Saturday’s final, but the young Cranbourne trainer is still a chance of lifting the trophy. Progressive gelding Blankfield will represent the stable in the $175,000 Listed 1200-metre event for three-year-olds. I’m Foxing, who brilliantly won… Read More »
Seafall wasn’t Lindsay Park’s top Winter Championship seed coming into the campaign, but the in-form mare carries the Hayes family’s hopes of a drought-breaking win in the Finals Day feature. The five-year-old daughter of The Autumn Sun will be the lone representative for Ben, Will and JD Hayes in the… Read More »
Joe Pride has been the Winter Stakes‘ dominant trainer in recent years and he will have three shots at another win this year. The Warwick Farm horseman will be represented by Cool Jakey, Accredited and Poison Chalice in the $200,000 Listed event, which will be run at Rosehill this Saturday…. Read More »
Asterix ($4.20), a seven-year-old, Chris Waller-trained son of Tavistock, proved to be too strong for Pounding ($3.70) in the Group 3 Tattersall’s Cup at Eagle Farm, edging away from his only rival late in the running after these two runners had joined issue inside the final 100m. While there might… Read More »
Irish jockey Adam Farragher has celebrated a career milestone, winning his first stakes race aboard the Ciaron Maher-trained Glory Daze in the Listed W J McKell Cup at Rosehill. Farragher had ridden seven black-type placegetters, including one at Group 2 level in the UK, but was thrilled to get a… Read More »
Alexander Rae is enjoying a fantastic run of form of late which continued on Saturday at Caulfield as I’m Foxing showed her rivals a clean set of heels in the MRC Membership Made Of Moments Handicap (1000m). Despite having won her past three starts, the filly by I Am Immortal… Read More »
Relief was Tom Charlton’s first emotion after King Pedro atoned for a series of luckless defeats with a dominant performance in the Stayers Cup at Rosehill. Since winning at Gosford in November, the lightly raced gelding had finished runner-up in four of his subsequent five starts and Charlton admitted he… Read More »
Greg Eurell may have a smart two-year-old in his hands in the form of Lucky Brook, who won the Sportsbet Race Previews Handicap (1000m) to open the card at Caulfield on Saturday. By Lucky Vega, the debutant had won four jump outs and converted that winning attitude to race day,… Read More »
Anything Mountjoy achieves for the remainder of the campaign can be considered a bonus, but the Ballarat filly gets her shot at a lucrative Stakes victory this Saturday in Adelaide. The Henry Dwyer-trained two-yerar-old will contest the $120,000 David Peacock Oaklands Plate (1400m) on the Morphettville Parks track. Mountjoy was… Read More »
The recent spate of wet weather in Brisbane prompted Peter Snowden to rejig Tuileries’ build-up to the Tattersall’s Tiara, but he remained confident it wouldn’t impact her winning chances. The four-year-old was scheduled to tackle the Dane Ripper Stakes (1400m) two weeks ago but was scratched due to the heavy… Read More »
A minor placing in midweek grade might not seem like an ideal form reference for the Stayers Cup, but Adrian Bott is banking on natural improvement and fitness helping Centenario make the transition. The former New Zealander finished third over 2400m on the Kensington track last start and with the… Read More »
The Tattersall’s Cup has been the winter target for Future History all campaign, and if the gelding can win it, a start in the Melbourne Cup will become a realistic goal. The eight-year-old, who contested Australia’s most famous race in 2023, has been competing in great heart this season, stringing together… Read More »
A below par result last start might look like the effects of a busy preparation, but Peter Snowden is adamant Touristic remains bright and well, and he expects the horse to prove it at Rosehill. Having kicked off his campaign in the Festival Stakes (1500m) in November, Touristic will line… Read More »
Consistency has been a key focus for Dylan Gibbons this season, and it will continue to be his mantra into the next. But winning Group 1 races is what every jockey dreams of and if he can add the final major of the 2025-26 racing term aboard Infancy in the Tattersall’s… Read More »
A black-type race at the back end of the spring carnival is on the table for Pin Up Sheila after the youngster made it two wins from as many starts at Warwick Farm. By versatile sire Pinatubo, the filly followed a determined on-speed victory at Canterbury last month with another… Read More »
