Local trainer Pat Carey has finally got the Hareeba Stakes monkey off his back with Recon staging a blinding finishing burst to score at Mornington. The Listed Hareeba Stakes (1200m) had been a thorn in Carey’s side who had been trying to win the race for a number of years,… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher-trained Kings Valley has earned a ballot exemption into the Caulfield Cup after a fighting win at Mornington. Success in the Listed Mornington Cup on Saturday provides the winner with a ‘Golden Ticket’ into the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) in October. Saturday’s victory was Maher’s second in… Read More »
The remarkable Mazu is a rising eight-year-old but has retained his speed and enthusiasm for racing, leading throughout to complete his hat-trick of wins in the Group 3 $250,000 Hall Mark Stakes (1200m) on Saturday. The Joe Pride-trained Mazu’s previous wins in the Hall Mark were on heavy tracks where… Read More »
Hall of Fame trainer Chris Waller completed an unprecedented Sydney Saturday Group 1 clean sweep when Fireball defeated stablemate Campione D’Italia in the $1 million Champagne Stakes (1600m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. This was the eighth successive (and final) Saturday of Group 1 racing in Sydney for the autumn… Read More »
Matias put himself into the Queensland Derby conversation after his strong win in the Group 3 $250,000 Frank Packer Plate (2000m). This win came just 35 minutes after stablemate Snitzel Dancer won the Group 3 Carr Stakes. Ryan trained Snitzel to win an Oakleigh Plate before the sprinter went to… Read More »
Snitzel Dancer justified the faith trainers Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou have in the filly when she broke through at stakes level to win the Group 3 $250,000 James HB Carr Stakes (1400m). Ryan admitted he was mystified when Snitzel Dancer in successive Warwick Farm starts to start her campaign…. Read More »
The Ciaron Maher stable has been looking for the right opportunity to try Kings Valley over a trip again. And that opportunity comes up in the Listed Mornington Cup (2400m) on Saturday. Kings Valley was first emergency when the fields came out on Wednesday but has snuck his way into the… Read More »
For a boutique stable, David Payne has an uncanny knack of finding Group 1 performers, and he is hoping two-year-old Persian Wonder can become his latest. The youngster tackles Saturday’s Champagne Stakes (1600m) at Randwick, bidding to break his maiden at the highest level after a series of encouraging performances,… Read More »
An outside gate has put Chris Waller in two minds about whether Jokers Grin will kick off his campaign in the Hall Mark Stakes at Randwick, or if he’ll revert to Plan A and head straight to Queensland. The former Perth sprinter hasn’t raced since finishing fifth in the Group… Read More »
Smooth Chino goes into the $5 million Quokka at Ascot on Saturday as a six-time winner from seven career starts. The Indianna Weinert trained gelding has drawn barrier number eleven for the big race. âI think Iâm ok with it,â said trainer Indianna Weinert when reflecting on the pros and… Read More »
When Miss Chanel kicked off her career in January, Adrian Bott never expected her to still be up and running on the final day of the Sydney autumn carnival. Fully prepared to send her to the spelling paddock after every run, Bott says the filly has given connections little choice… Read More »
A second shot at a ‘win and you’re in’ race is what the connections of Basilinna are chasing at Mornington. Last year Basilinna won a ballot exemption into the Melbourne Cup, courtesy of her win in the Andrew Ramsden (2800m) at Flemington in May. Trainers Emma-Lee and David Browne have not ruled… Read More »
Gerald Ryan will use the Frank Packer Plate at Randwick to test the stamina reserves of Matias, but he has good reason to believe the three-year-old will run at least a middle-distance journey. The winner of the Grand Prix Stakes (1800m) at Eagle Farm in December, Matias will extend beyond… Read More »
A poor barrier draw may delay the planned kick-off to the campaign of Desert Lightning at Mornington. Desert Lightning has drawn the widest barrier in the 17-horse Listed Hareeba Stakes (1200m) on Saturday in which he has 60kg and will be ridden by Luke Nolen. The field limit is 15 on Saturday with a further… Read More »
The lure of another Group One prize on local turf has tempted connections of Campione D’italia to press on to the final leg of the juvenile triple crown and chase a second major in the Champagne Stakes at Randwick. The colt will be striving to follow the path blazed by… Read More »
Members of the Overpass ownership group which is managed by Scott Darby Syndications voted on Wednesday in favour of making the trip to England. Overpass, winner of more than $12 million prizemoney, is likely to be aimed at the Group 1 King Charles III (formerly King’s Stand) Stakes on June 16, day… Read More »
Ambassadorial has been a revelation since joining the Tony and Calvin McEvoy team. After starting his career with the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable, Ambassadorial also had a stint with Alex Rae at Cranbourne before transferring stables again. Ambassadorial had three wins from 12 starts with Waterhouse and Bott before going winless in eight… Read More »
Magic Time might be trained in Victoria, but she has claims to becoming an adopted Sydneysider given her frequent visits to the harbour city. From 26 starts, she has raced in Sydney 14 times for four wins and five placings, compared to 10 appearances in Victoria and two in Brisbane…. Read More »
Winning first up didn’t surprise trainer Peter Snowden whatsoever, but the manner in which unbeaten filly Plaintiff did so might’ve raised an eyebrow or two. An exceptionally bred three-year-old by Zoustar out of Group One winner Prompt Response, Plaintiff will seek to add a fifth straight win when she lines up in… Read More »
He had a false start a couple of Saturdays ago, but Barrengarry will get his shot at a Group race at the Sydney Autumn Carnival this Saturday. The three-year-old will get the chance to continue his progression in the $250,000 Frank Packer Plate (2000m) at Randwick. The Group 3 event… Read More »
