Bjorn Baker will let the dust settle before deciding his next move with She’s Ideel after the promising stayer extended her winning streak to three at Randwick. Stepping up to 2400 metres for the first time in Saturday’s Catanach’s Handicap, She’s Ideel loomed up strongly at the top of the… Read More »
Co-trainer Peter Snowden will not be rushing Mount Tabora back to Sydney to run on wet ground despite his all-the-way victory at Flemington. Snowden says the US-bred import will relish a wet track after his victory in The Glorious Goodwood Handicap on Saturday. Run in drizzle, Mount Tabora under Kerrin… Read More »
Group l racing returns to Flemington this Saturday, with the Black Caviar Lightning (1000m) attracting a high class field. The weather forecast is for showers, the track is good (4) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit. Black Caviar Lightning 🏆: View the Field for… Read More »
We take a look at the big bets the online bookmakers have taken on Saturday’s horse racing around the country with most of the big money being placed at Flemington, Randwick and Eagle Farm. Have Your Say 🗣: Which BIG BETS will be winning? Leave a comment below.
A bumper ten race card has been assembled for Randwick this Saturday, headlined by the Group ll Apollo Stakes (1400m). The weather is fine, the track is soft (7) and the rail is out six metres for the entire circuit. Apollo Stakes 🏆: View the Field for the Apollo Stakes
Trainer Clayton Chipperfield cannot fault star New Zealand three-year-old Catalyst ahead of the Group One winner’s introduction to Australian racing in the C S Hayes Stakes at Flemington. But Chipperfield hopes the outside draw in the seven-horse field does not play against Catalyst because he does not want to have… Read More »
Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Darren Weir and others accused of torturing horses and corrupt betting have won a bid to move their case to regional Victoria. Weir, together with his ex-foreman Jarrod McLean, and stablehand William Hernan, appeared in Melbourne Magistrates Court on Friday. A fourth alleged conspirator, stablehand Tyson Kermond,… Read More »
Luke Nolen has cherished memories of his association with Black Caviar and the jockey marvels at the condition of the retired champion almost seven years after her last race. Nolen has been reunited with the great mare in the past two days, with the now 13-year-old Black Caviar in Melbourne… Read More »
Royal Ascot recruiter Nick Smith has already seen what Nature Strip can do and is looking forward to the star sprinter’s return in the Group One Lightning Stakes at Flemington. Saturday’s weight-for-age Lightning Stakes (1000m) will be the Chris Waller-trained Nature Strip’s first race since he dominated the VRC Sprint… Read More »
Peter Moody says he has learned a lot during his absence from training and will be taking a different approach in his comeback. The former leading Victorian trainer has reapplied for his licence and also made an application for a stable complex at Pakenham. Moody says he does not want… Read More »
Favourite Alizee is in doubt for the Group Two Apollo Stakes at Randwick with Godolphin reconsidering whether to run her on a heavy track. Alizee has performed on slow ground but she was well beaten at her only try in more testing going as a two-year-old. With Randwick rated in… Read More »
Despite one of the potential headline acts taking a different path, the Group Three C S Hayes Stakes at Flemington still has plenty of star power from across Australasia and looms as an exciting entree to the Australian Guineas. Caulfield Guineas winner Super Seth was not an acceptor on Wednesday… Read More »
Victorian jockey Billy Egan has guided the Patrick Payne-trained Rubisaki to an impressive win in the $1 million Inglis Sprint-3YOs at Warwick Farm but he won’t be hanging around to celebrate. Just hours after riding at Sydney’s Wednesday meeting, the state-hopping hoop will be on a flight back to Melbourne… Read More »
The race morning scratching of odds-on favourite Cellsabeel has paved the way for in-form jockey Tom Marquand to land his biggest payday, winning the $2 million Inglis Millennium aboard Prime Star. The 1100-metre feature was added to the Wednesday program after its scheduled Saturday timeslot was washed out. The date… Read More »
Pat Webster has been without electricity for four days but he is convinced stable star Happy Clapper has lost none of his power ahead of an Apollo Stakes return at Randwick. Webster has been relying on generators since the electricity supply to his farm on the NSW central coast was… Read More »
Short-priced favourite Nature Strip is set to face six rivals in the $750,000 Black Caviar Lightning Stakes at Flemington where he chases his fourth Group One win. The Chris Waller-trained Nature Strip resumes in Saturday’s 1000m weight-for-age sprint for his first start since his dominant victory in the Group One… Read More »
Racing industry participants in Victoria are calling for an earlier finish to night meetings with jockeys citing fatigue from too much racing. The racing calendar has expanded in the state in recent years to include twilight meetings during summer along with two night meetings a week. Jockeys say they are… Read More »
Perennial fan favourite Happy Clapper heads the entries for the Apollo Stakes, the race that traditionally sets the tone for the Sydney autumn carnival. Three of the past four Apollo Stakes have been won by Winx while other high-profile winners this century include Sunline (2000, 2001), Lonhro (2003), GRand Armee… Read More »
Lightly raced Free Of Debt is out of the running for the All-Star Mile and will be kept to short-course racing for the rest of his three-year-old year with the Group One Oakleigh Plate his next start. Connections of the Adelaide-trained colt had been chasing a start in the All-Star… Read More »
Caulfield Guineas winner Super Seth could bypass the C S Hayes Stakes and a rematch with Alligator Blood to instead chase a Group One win in the Futurity Stakes. The Anthony Freedman-trained colt made a stylish return to win the Group Three Manfred Stakes (1200m) and will be nominated for… Read More »
