Group One winners Trapeze Artist, Hartnell, Le Roman and Alizee are all expected to line up in the Expressway Stakes at Rosehill with the four among six entries taken for the Group Two sprint. Nominations have been left open with Dothraki and Lanciato the other two among the nominations taken… Read More »
Group One-winning colt Written By and boom sprinter Nature Strip are among the expected entries for the Listed W J Adams Stakes at Caulfield. Both the Grahame Begg-trained Written By and Darren Weir-trained Nature Strip are scheduled to resume in Saturday’s 1000m-race on their way to Group One sprints later… Read More »
Trapeze Artist is ready for game day with trainer Gerald Ryan declaring him exactly where he wants him ahead of his defence of the Expressway Stakes. Last season’s champion colt courtesy of his three Group One wins, two at weight-for-age, Trapeze Artist will be having his first start since his… Read More »
Champion trainer Darren Weir has confirmed Whispering Brook will get her chance at a Group One win in the C F Orr Stakes, with the in-form mare to join a number of her stablemates in the weight-for-age race at Caulfield. Whispering Brook, who started her career in Western Australia with… Read More »
Trainer Mat Ellerton has praised the initiative shown by jockey Damian Lane, who helped eight-year-old gelding Rock ‘n’ Gold to a frontrunning stakes race victory at Caulfield. Lane opted to press forward not long after the start of Saturday’s Listed John Dillon Stakes (1400m) aboard Rock ‘n’ Gold, who assumed… Read More »
One of the longest and most notorious droughts in Australian racing has been broken in spectacular fashion, with Tom Melbourne claiming his first win in almost three years. Saturday’s Randwick crowd was not as big as the ones that greet his stablemate Winx but those who were on hand did… Read More »
Darryl Hansen has trained the winners of a Magic Millions 2YO Classic and several Group races but he admits the shock win of Balboa Rocks gave him one of his greatest moments. Balboa Rocks ($91) was the extreme outsider in the last feature race of the Queensland summer carnival in… Read More »
Brilliant filly Catch Me has moved to equal favourite for next month’s $1.5 million Blue Diamond Stakes after returning to racing in style with victory in one of the traditional lead-up races at Caulfield. The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained Catch Me was an emphatic winner of the Gimcrack Stakes in… Read More »
Sylvia’s Mother has continued her climb through the grades with her latest win at Randwick but her co-trainer Michael Hawkes will not yet be drawn into stakes racing plans. The filly ran third on debut in August and has won her next four starts including Saturday’s open handicap for three-year-olds… Read More »
The Anthony Freedman-trained I Am Immortal has announced himself as a Blue Diamond Stakes contender with an impressive all-the-way win on debut at Caulfield. I Am Immortal ($3.70) had impressed winning in a recent Pakenham barrier trial and the colt showed his speed and talent to win Saturday’s Listed Blue… Read More »
Odds-on favourite Crack The Code has been made to work hard for back-to-back victories at Caulfield. After an impressive first-up win at The Valley on December 29, the Mick Price-trained three-year-old was sent out the $1.80 favourite in Saturday’s Cape Grim Beef Plate (1100m) for fillies. Damien Oliver was forced… Read More »
After being sidelined for five months recovering from a serious neck injury, Blake Shinn has made a triumphant and emotional return to race riding at Randwick. Shinn jumped aboard the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained two-year-old debutant Dawn Passage in Saturday’s opening event over 1000m and both horse and rider… Read More »
We take a look at the big bets the online bookmakers have taken on the weekends horse racing around the country with most of the big money being placed at Caulfield, Randwick, Moonee Valley and the Sunshine Coast. Have Your Say 🗣: Which BIG BETS will be winning? Leave a comment below.
A strong nine race card has been assembled for Caulfield this Saturday where it is John Dillon Stakes Day. The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is out three metres for the entire circuit.
Nine races will be run and won at Randwick this Satuday where it is Carrington Stakes Day. The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit.
In-form mare Whispering Brook has continued her unbeaten preparation, defeating a quality field in the Group Two Australia Stakes at The Valley. The Darren Weir-trained mare went into Friday night’s weight-for-age sprint off the back of two wins at Flemington this preparation, including the Group Three Standish Handicap at her… Read More »
While a host of Blue Diamond hopefuls are set to step out in the respective Previews at Caulfield, trainer Jason Warren is biding his time with the current favourite for next month’s $1.5 million feature. Saturday’s Caulfield program features the Group Three Blue Diamond Preview for two-year-old fillies and the… Read More »
It took a while for talented gelding Manolo Blahniq to land his first Australian stakes win but trainer Tony Noonan is confident the sprinter-miler can now go on with the job. Noonan is hoping the recent Chester Manifold Stakes winner gets enough votes to earn a spot in the $5… Read More »
Night racing returns at Moonee Valley this Friday evening where it is Australia Stakes Night. The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is out three metres for the entire circuit.
Given the form of Bring Me Roses at Flemington, trainer Tony McEvoy believes the mare would not be out of place in the All-Star Mile. Whether Bring Me Roses earns a crack at the $5 million All Star Mile on March 16, for which 10 of the 14 spots are… Read More »
