Pakenham will host their biggest day this Saturday where it is Pakenham Cup Day. The weather forecast is for showers, the track is good (4) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit.
Nine races will be run and won at Rosehill this Saturday. The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is out six metres for the entire circuit.
The Masters at Ascot wraps up this Saturday by the race of the Carnival, the Group l Kingston Town Classic (1800m). The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is out six metres for the entire circuit.
Victoria Racing Club chairman Amanda Elliott has gone on the attack over the announcement of a new race to be held in Sydney on one of Australia’s biggest race days. Racing NSW announced on Wednesday the $7.5 million Golden Eagle would be held on Victoria Derby day next spring. The… Read More »
Boom 3YO filly Smart Melody has sadly died after battling a colic related illness. Smart Melody won her first five career starts including the Group Two Thousand Guineas Prelude before jumping as the short priced favourite in the Thousand Guineas where she finished seventh behind Amphitrite. Trained by Kris Lees, Smart… Read More »
Archie Alexander is putting Lord Fandango’s last-start failure down to an unsuitable track condition and the trainer is looking to get the stayer on to firmer footing in the Listed Pakenham Cup. Lord Fandango faded to finish last in the $350,000 Ballarat Cup (2200m) on his home track last Saturday… Read More »
Godolphin trainer James Cummings has the inaugural $5 million All-Star Mile at Flemington on his radar for dual Group One winner Alizee. Alizee has not raced since winning the Group One Queen Of The Turf Stakes at Randwick in April. The mare missed the spring while she served a three-month… Read More »
Racing NSW and the Australian Turf Club today announced the launch of a unique, new race – The Golden Eagle – to be run at Rosehill Gardens that will spearhead an expansion of the Spring Carnival in Sydney. The Golden Eagle, carrying prizemoney of $7.5 million, will be run over… Read More »
Sydney is expected to get at least one more multi-million dollar race as Racing NSW continues to build on the success of The Everest and to bolster the spring carnival. The governing body will announce plans on Wednesday for a new race or races to reportedly be held on Cox… Read More »
New Zealand trainer Craig Phelan has come to Victoria with a plan he hopes culminates in Pakenham Cup success. Our Big Mike lines up in Saturday’s race having his first try at 2500m with Noel Callow replacing Michael Dee in the saddle. The gelding worked his way up the ladder… Read More »
Sydney trainer Chris Waller has made a lightning trip to Hong Kong to check on Comin’ Through ahead of the Group One winner’s bid to topple local star Beauty Generation in the International Mile. Runner-up in the Doncaster Mile before his success in the Doomben Cup (2000m), Comin’ Through is… Read More »
Since he won a Group Three race as a two-year-old, Single Bullet’s career has been a case of near misses and a couple of disappointments. But his return to the winners’ circle at Randwick in October has renewed trainer Gary Portelli’s faith in the sprinter heading to Saturday’s 1100m-Benchmark 88… Read More »
Four of the first five horses home in the recent Ballarat Cup are among the nominations for another of Victoria’s country features at Pakenham. Saturday’s $300,000 Listed Pakenham Cup (2500m) has attracted 22 entries headlined by Ballarat Cup winner Kiwia and Geelong Cup winner Runaway. Zipping Classic runner-up Dal Harraild… Read More »
Australian champion Winx has been named the most popular horse by online voters from more than 60 countries. The Secretariat Vox Populi Award recognises the horse whose popularity and racing excellence best resonates with the general public. The award was created by Penny Chenery, owner of the incomparable Secretariat, to… Read More »
Jason Warren has more Magic Millions races in his sights with one of his stable stars Bel Sonic. Four-year-old Bel Sonic resumed from a spell with a last-to-first victory in the $100,000 Magic Millions 3&4YO Classic (1100m) at Ballarat eight days ago and Warren has two other Magic Millions races… Read More »
Top mare Houtzen is likely to have only one run before trying to add to her Magic Millions carnival record. Houtzen won the 2017 Magic Millions 2YO Classic in brilliant fashion before going on to race against some of the best sprinters in Australia. She has won six races and… Read More »
An unusually emotional Damien Oliver has celebrated a Group One success on Voodoo Lad in the Winterbottom Stakes at Ascot. Although he has been based in Melbourne for decades, Oliver remains Perth’s favourite son and returns to the summer carnival when he can. Voodoo Lad is from the Victorian stable… Read More »
Vastly improved gelding I’m A Rippa surprised even his trainer Tony Gollan with the time he ran in winning the Group Three George Moore Stakes at Doomben. I’m A Rippa ($5.50) gave Gollan his fourth winner for the day, a feat he has now achieved three times in the past… Read More »
Seven-time Melbourne jockeys’ premiership winner Craig Williams is back on top of this season’s standings after a winning treble at Moonee Valley. Williams took his season tally in Melbourne to 22 wins, two in front of John Allen, after victories on promising three-year-olds Behemoth and My Pendant and imported stayer… Read More »
The first day of summer has heralded a return to form at Rosehill by Invincible Star after a frustrating spring. The mare won two stakes races as a three-year-old and her performance to run a close second to Merchant Navy in the 2017 Coolmore Stud Stakes raised expectations. She missed… Read More »
