The Caulfield Cup Carnival continues on Wednesday where it is Blue Sapphire Day. The weather forecast is for showers, the track is good (4) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit.
Champion Winx has pleased Chris Waller in a gallop at Moonee Valley ahead of the Cox Plate with the trainer confirming emerging star The Autumn Sun will not run in the weight-for-age championship. Waller issued statements on both horses on Tuesday morning saying three-time Cox Plate winner Winx was following… Read More »
Imported stayer Count Octave will not run in the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups after being found to have a leg issue. The five-year-old has joined the Chris Waller stable from English trainer Andrew Balding after Aquis Farm bought into the ownership with Sheikh Fahad’s Qatar Racing. “Following the detection of… Read More »
Team Williams have decided they would not run Herbert Power Stakes winner Yucatan on the quick back-up in the Caulfield Cup 2018. Connections announced this morning the emphatic Caulfield winner would line-up in the race but have reversed their decision saying he may now head to the 2018 Cox Plate… Read More »
Caulfield Guineas winner The Autumn Sun will not tackle stablemate Winx in the 2018 Cox Plate with connections citing his immaturity as a factor. While John Messara, whose Arrowfield Stud owns 50 per cent of the colt, says he doesn’t want to be the one to shoot Bambi if The… Read More »
Kementari has tuned up for a return to sprint racing with an impressive barrier trial at Randwick ahead of the Group One Manikato Stakes (1200m). Redzel, winner of Saturday’s $13 million Everest, is also entered for the Manikato on October 26 but could be saved for the Darley Classic on… Read More »
Ace High’s trainer is confident the Victoria Derby winner has never been better ahead of the first of his major spring targets in the $5 million Caulfield Cup. Four-year-old Ace High arrived in Melbourne from Sydney last Thursday to prepare for Saturday’s Group One Caulfield Cup (2400m). He will have… Read More »
Trapeze Artist has been inoculated in preparation for racing overseas, either in Hong Kong or England, or hopefully both. The four-year-old finished a gallant second to Redzel in the $13 million Everest at Randwick on a heavy track which is not his preferred surface. His owner Bert Vieira and trainer… Read More »
Group One winner Written By will be out to stamp his Coolmore Stud Stakes credentials when he has his final lead-up in the Blue Sapphire Stakes at Caulfield. The Group Three $350,000 Blue Sapphire Stakes for three-year-olds is the feature on the middle day of the three-meeting Caulfield Cup carnival… Read More »
Despite an emphatic win in the Caulfield Guineas arguably Australia’s second best horse The Autumn Sun will not take on Winx in the Cox Plate. The Autumn Sun blew his rivals away in yesterday’s Caulfield Guineas but the ease of the win could not persuade connections to take on Winx… Read More »
The Aidan O’Brien-trained Yucatan has stormed into prominence for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups with an arrogant win in the Herbert Power Stakes at Caulfield. Yucatan made a one-act affair of Saturday’s 2400m Group Three race which carried with it a ballot exemption to the winner into next weekend’s Caulfield… Read More »
James McDonald says The Autumn Sun will only get better after the valuable colt disposed left a Caulfield Guineas field in his wake. The Chris Waller-trained colt raced away to a four-and-a-half length win in Saturday’s Group One race that carried a $2 million purse. Sent out the $1.75 favourite… Read More »
Benbatl is set for a clash with champion Winx in the Cox Plate after making an immediate impact in Australia with a Group One win in the Caulfield Stakes. In a driving finish to Saturday’s 2000m weight-for-age race between two international visitors from the global Godolphin operation, the Saeed Bin… Read More »
Trainer Greg Hickman has been left to ponder what might have been after Pierata was forced to settle for an Everest consolation prize at Randwick. In a prelude to the world’s richest race on turf, the four-year-old ($4.40 eq fav) scored by 2- 3/4 lengths in Saturday’s Group Three Sydney… Read More »
After a week of controversy, drama and a lot of rain, Redzel has reaffirmed his status as Australia’s best sprinter by defending his title in the $13 million Everest at Randwick. Trained by Peter and Paul Snowden for a large Triple Crown syndicate which celebrated what they thought was their… Read More »
Northern Rivers trainer John Shelton has won many big races in his local area and beyond but none bigger than the $1.3 million Kosciuszko at Randwick. Punters disregarded Belflyer’s second in the Ramornie Handicap at Grafton in June and sent the sprinter out at $71 on Saturday. But Adam Hyeronimus… Read More »
Outside barriers are invariably a source of frustration horse racing but not for champion trainer Darren Weir. After winning the Group One Thousand Guineas with Amphitrite from the widest draw, Weir followed suit with Land Of Plenty in the Group One Toorak Handicap. Weir has made an art-form of winning… Read More »
New inductee to the Sport Australia Hall of Fame Gai Waterhouse has further reason to celebrate with the winning return of Stampede in the Randwick Mile. The six-year-old found himself at home on Saturday’s heavy track, leading all the way to win his first start since March, beating Testashadow by… Read More »
Trainer Joe Pride is planning more interstate travel with Ball Of Muscle after taking out the Group Two Schillaci Stakes at Caulfield. The Sydney visitor may return for a race at Flemington during Melbourne Cup week although Pride is favouring a trip to Perth for the Winterbottom Stakes. Tracking a… Read More »
Amphitrite has capped a meteoric rise with a last-to-first victory in the Group One Thousand Guineas. The Darren Weir-trained filly’s unbeaten spring began just over a month ago with victory in the Sale maiden in country Victoria and she has continued to rise to every challenge in her three starts… Read More »
