Under the urgings of jockey Damien Oliver, progressive mare My Pendant has got the job done as a short-priced favourite at Flemington. But only just. The Danny O’Brien-trained My Pendant was the $1.80 favourite in Saturday’s VRC Member Peter Cosgriff Handicap (1400m) and needed all of the Flemington straight to… Read More »
A change of plans to swap straight-track races at Flemington has led to Tasmanian galloper The Inevitable recording a first-up win. Trainer Scott Brunton was aiming at Saturday’s Aurie’s Star Handicap (1200m), but a gallop at Cranbourne last week forced the trainer to rethink plans. Instead the VRC Member Brenda… Read More »
Short-priced favourite Alizee has duly won the Group Two Missile Stakes but not quite as easily as might have been expected. Sent out at $1.30 in Saturday’s five-horse field, Alizee strode to the lead rounding the turn and looked to be cruising to a comprehensive victory in the 1200m-race. Invincible… Read More »
Trainer Tony McEvoy doubts Vinland will be a major spring player despite recording a convincing victory at Flemington. McEvoy said the heavy track conditions in Saturday’s VRC Member Emma Duffy Handicap had suited Vinland, but the first sign of a firm track will see the gelding head to the paddock…. Read More »
Crowd favourite Jungle Edge has been banned from racing for three months after bleeding from both nostrils at Flemington today. The Mick Bell trained Jungle Edge has been handed a three month ban from racing after vets reported the horse bled from both nostrils following his run at Flemington. Jungle… Read More »
Caloundra trainer David Vandyke had a warning for his spring carnival rivals after his unbeaten gelding Alligator Blood scored a runaway win at Doomben. Alligator Blood ($4.20) made it three wins from three starts when he raced away to beat Scathing ($4) by three lengths in the AQWA Construction Handicap… Read More »
Spring plans are still to be decided for promising three-year-old Heirborn who has remained unbeaten from two starts with a hard-fought victory at Flemington. The Anthony Freedman-trained gelding raced to a convincing win in a 1300m maiden on debut at Bendigo late last month before getting home by a head… Read More »
Well-bred but slow maturing three-year-old Subedar has translated his winning provincial form to Rosehill with a strong victory over 1400 metres. Subedar is by four-time Group One winner Sepoy out of Virage de Fortune who fetched a then-record $3.4 million in 2007 for a horse sold at public auction in… Read More »
Rockhampton galloper The Tax Accountant achieved a series of firsts with his exciting win in the Country Highway Plate at Doomben. The Tax Accountant ($2.70) charged home off a fast early pace to catch the leader Bobby Axelrod ($12) at the 150m mark and go on to record a 2-1/4… Read More »
Apprentice Teo Nugent is quickly rising through the ranks and has recorded a milestone victory aboard Jinda at Flemington. The win on the Chris and Pat Hyland-trained stayer in Saturday’s VRC Member Paul Barnard Handicap was the apprentice’s 20th metropolitan, reducing Nugent’s city claim to 2kg. Backed from $31 to… Read More »
Mackay trainer John Manzelmann’s decision to put some stayers on the float to Brisbane to accompany his runner in a Highway race paid off when one of them caused a huge upset at Doomben. Calypso Bay ($81) stormed home late to beat Harper’s Choice ($10) by a neck with a… 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, Rosehill and Doomben. Have Your Say 🗣: Which BIG BETS will be winning? Leave a comment below.
Nine races will be run and won at Flemington this Saturday, where the feature race is the Aurie’s Star Handicap (1200m). The weather forecast is for showers, the track is soft (7) and the rail is out ten metres for the entire circuit.
The smell of Spring is in the air at Rosehill this Saturday where it is Missile Stakes Day, headlined by the 1200m feature, which includes top class mare Alizee. The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit.
Group One handicaps figure in trainer Danny O’Brien’s spring plans for Iconoclasm who will press his claims for those lofty targets in Melbourne’s first stakes race of the season at Flemington. Iconoclasm races for the first time in two months in Saturday’s Group Three Aurie’s Star Handicap (1200m). The horse… Read More »
A lack of options in Sydney and the forecast of rain in Melbourne has prompted Warwick Farm trainer Jason Coyle to test You Make Me Smile in the Group Three Aurie’s Star Handicap at Flemington. The winner of six of his 17 starts, You Make Me Smile will be tried… Read More »
The stakes will be high for untapped talent Vegadaze when he is pitted against Group One winners Alizee and Le Romain on his seasonal return. In a strategic move by trainer Anthony Cummings, Vegadaze, will take his place in the first Group race of the Sydney season – the Missile… Read More »
Star mare Alizee won’t rise any higher in the Godolphin pecking order, if she isn’t number one seed, for The TAB Everest if she outclasses her four rivals at Rosehill on Saturday. From an Everest perspective, the multiple Group 1 winning mare must justify the short odds in the Group… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winner Rekindling has been retired to stand at stud. Rekindling who won the Melbourne Cup in 2017 will stand at stud in Europe next year. The Melbourne Cup winner had a long lay off following his win in the Cup returning in the Australian Cup earlier this year… Read More »
Trainer Kris Lees will be two-handed as he chases a third win in the Group Two Missile Stakes with stable stalwart Le Romain and 2017 winner Invincible Gem. The two are primed to take on Godolphin mare Alizee in Saturday’s 1200m-weight-for-age Missile Stakes, the first Group race in Sydney for… Read More »
