Lindsay Park co-trainer Tom Dabernig is looking forward to the return of Vega Magic after his autumn carnival was cut short by injury. Vega Magic had one start in the autumn, finishing second last in the TJ Smith Stakes at Randwick won by Santa Ana Lane. “The one thing I’m… Read More »
A pleasing gallop between races at Ballarat has multiple Group One winner Gailo Chop one step closer to a return to racing after a lengthy injury lay-off. Gailo Chop is on the comeback trail from a tendon injury, having not raced since finishing second to champion Winx in the Group… Read More »
After delaying Cox Plate favourite Mystic Journey’s return to racing, trainer Adam Trinder will trial the Group One winner again at Devonport before her rescheduled first-up assignment in the P B Lawrence Stakes. Trinder had pencilled in last Saturday’s Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield for the Australian Guineas and All-Star… Read More »
One of the worlds most sought after stallions Deep Impact has sadly passed away after suffering a cervical fracture. Deep Impact won twelve of his thirteen career starts before standing at Shadai Stallion Station in Japan has sadly died aged 17 following a cervical fracture. The Champion sire has been… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winner Subzero has made considerable improvement and is off the danger list at the Bendigo Equine Hospital. His owner and constant companion Graham Salisbury, who rode Subzero as his clerk of the course mount for many years at Flemington, said the gelding, who turns 31 on Thursday, made… Read More »
Speedy filly Jedastar will be out to make an immediate impact as a three-year-old on the opening weekend of the new season at The Valley. Trainer Lloyd Kennewell is set to run Jedastar first-up in Saturday’s 1000m-handicap for three-year-old fillies while stablemate Asateer is poised to make his first city… Read More »
Subzero has “made some improvement as he continues treatment for serious illness but his long-time carer Graham Salisbury says the popular horse is still not out of the woods. The 1992 Melbourne Cup winner who turns 31 on Thursday, remains at the Bendigo Equine Hospital where he has been since… Read More »
Oaks winning filly Princess Jenni has thrived during her winter spell in the sun in Queensland and has began shedding the kilograms in the prelude to her spring campaign. Trainer David Brideoake said the Group One-winning filly returned to his stable at Mornington last week in magnificent order. Princess Jenni… Read More »
Sydney Cup placegetter Sir Charles Road is in Sydney to be prepared for a spring campaign aimed at the Melbourne Cup. Trained by Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott, the New Zealand stayer will bypass the Hastings spring carnival to concentrate on Australia starting with a 1400m-race at Randwick on August… Read More »
Tasmanian galloper Tshahitsi has provided emerging apprentice Teo Nugent with a late-season double at Caulfield with an all-the-way victory. After winning aboard Tavirun in the Mypunter.com Handicap, Nugent added Saturday’s Catanach’s Jewellers Handicap to his record. Not planning on leading throughout, Nugent rated Tshahitsi ($4.40) to perfection running out a… Read More »
Trainer Lindsey Smith admits he got a bit emotional watching his stable star Scales Of Justice return to racing in emphatic fashion in the Group Three Bletchingly Stakes at Caulfield. Having his first start since November, the 2016 Group One Railway Stakes winner Scales Of Justice strode clear over the… Read More »
Godolphin’s James Cummings has trained more stakes winners than Chris Waller this season but Sydney’s premier trainer has come out on top in the final black-type race for the year. The Waller-trained Seaway has given the stable its fifth win from seven runnings of the Listed Winter Challenge (1500m) at… Read More »
Benitoite has continued her rise through the grades defying an inside draw to win at Caulfield. The three-year-old extended her tally to four wins from six starts taking out Saturday’s Jenna Ross VOBIS Gold Reef. Commencing her career with a Moe win in April, Benitoite is now a dual city… Read More »
Manaya remains for sale despite an impressive win in the Workforce Success Handicap at Eagle Farm. Manaya appreciated a drop back from stakes races to score a half-length win over Morendi ($41) with three-quarters of a length to After All That ($3.90). The mare is a half-sister to Group One… Read More »
The impressive winter form of three-year-old Tavirun has continued at Caulfield, with the gelding taking a distance rise in his stride to claim his third-straight win at the track. After victories over 2000m at his previous two starts, Tavirun stepped up to 2400m for the first time in Saturday’s Mypunter.com… Read More »
Foxy Housewife may have staved off a career in the broodmare barn with her win at Rosehill for new trainer Joe Pride. Owned by BK Thoroughbreds, Foxy Housewife remained in Sydney after her recent unplaced effort in the Winter Stakes for Sunshine Coast trainer David Vandyke. An $8.50 chance in… Read More »
Sopressa has signed off from her racing career in the best possible way with an emphatic win at Caulfield. A Group One winner of the Australasian Oaks in Adelaide, Sopressa landed her fourth career victory in Saturday’s Danny Barrett VOBIS Gold Stayers. Part-owner Danny Molloy said the daughter of So… Read More »
Sydney’s premier trainer Chris Waller has taken out the final Saturday two-year-old race of the season at Rosehill with a filly who appears certain to go on with her career at three after a couple of hiccups. Waller is noted for not pushing young horses early in the season and… Read More »
Trainer Mathew Ellerton says Parmie is still a raw talent but the filly is starting to put it together on the racetrack, having capped her juvenile season with a second-straight city win. After breaking her maiden at her fourth start at Sandown recently, Parmie stepped out in Saturday’s Steph Hunter… Read More »
The decision to miss two easier races with Boom Boom Epic paid off when she won her first open company race at Eagle Farm. The Chris Anderson-Robert Heathcote training partnership had entered Boom Boon Epic for a restricted class race and the TAB Handicap (1800m) at Eagle Farm as well… Read More »
