Vega Magic will put his credentials on the line for a start in The Everest when he makes his return at Caulfield. The gelding is one of 13 entries in Saturday’s Group Three Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) with nominations extended until Tuesday. Of the 13, Darren Weir has five nominations including… Read More »
Connections of Chautauqua have not given up hope on the Champion sprinter after he failed to leave the gates once again in a trial at Rosehill this morning. Chautauqua failed to leave the gates on four occasions earlier in the year before successfully completing one jump-out at Flemington on July… Read More »
Champion Winx has shown all the right signs she is on target for another spring campaign in a soft barrier trial at Rosehill. While most eyes were on the great mare on Monday, those looking for Chautauqua were disappointed with the world’s former best sprinter again refusing to jump with… Read More »
Senior part-owner Rupert Legh has not given up hope Chautauqua can run in the world’s richest turf race, The Everest. But Chautauqua has a few obstacles to clear after he again failed to jump in a Rosehill barrier trial under Tommy Berry on Monday. Racing NSW chief steward Mark Van… Read More »
Premier trainer Darren Weir is expected to have at least four runners in Melbourne’s final stakes race of the season, the Group Three Bletchingly Stakes, while connections of Nature Strip have options in two states. Nature Strip could head to Adelaide for Saturday’s Listed Lightning Stakes (1050m) but Weir said… Read More »
A fresh and well Redzel is only a couple of weeks away from a barrier trial as trainers Peter and Paul Snowden plan a familiar path to The Everest with the star sprinter. Redzel won the inaugural Everest at Randwick last October and again has this year’s $13 million sprint… Read More »
Brave Song has made a winning return at Flemington but trainer Peter Snowden is adamant the gelding is even better than he has shown in the late-season race for three-year-olds. The stakes-placed Brave Song was resuming from a spell and having his first start in Melbourne in Saturday’s TAB/ATA Trainers’… Read More »
A last-minute decision to enter Fit For Purpose has given trainer Liam Birchley back-to-back wins in the Listed Tattersall’s Mile (1600m) at Doomben. Former Victorian jockey Dale Smith got a boost to his new career in Queensland when Fit For Purpose ($12) finished along the rails to win the last… Read More »
Tactical Advantage has repaid his new owners with an immediate dividend and given Brenton Avdulla a fitting send-off overseas as Sydney’s premier jockey. Having his first start for Newcastle trainer Kris Lees and syndicator Australian Bloodstock, Tactical Advantage dominated the finish of Saturday’s July Sprint (1100m) at Randwick. Sent out… Read More »
Apprentice Corey Bayliss has been suspended for six weeks after he admitted he failed to give short-priced favourite Tumbler every chance to win the Open Handicap at Doomben. Tumbler ($2) ran second to Amanaat on Saturday after being held up for a run in the straight of the 1200m race…. Read More »
Visao has earned a shot at the Victoria Derby with a dominant display in a two-year-old race at Flemington. The colt’s win in Saturday’s Byerley Handicap (1800m) gained the Ciaron Maher-trained galloper a ballot exemption in the Group One Victoria Derby at Flemington in November. After an earlier win with… Read More »
Chris Waller has achieved almost everything there is in Sydney racing but training a winner for another Group One trainer is something new. New Zealand Hall Of Fame trainer Graeme Rogerson, who was domiciled in Sydney for 20 years before moving back home, sent Our Malambo to Waller hoping for… Read More »
Godolphin colt Plague Stone has lived up to his early promise with a winning return at Randwick. Plague Stone’s best performance before Saturday has been his second to subsequent Blue Diamond Stakes winner Written By in the Group Three Prelude in February. Sent out the $2.10 favourite in the Rosebud… Read More »
Trainer David Vandyke is plotting a revenge attack on the Group One VRC Oaks in the spring after filly Miss Quaintly scored at Doomben on Saturday. Miss Quaintly ($2.50) charged home in the final 150m to beat Pumps ($20) by a long neck with 1 1/4 lengths to Red Stina… Read More »
Melbourne racing this Saturday heads to Flemington for a nine race program. The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is out three metres for the entire circuit.
A nine race card has been assembled for Randwick on Saturday. The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit.
Two South Australian trainers have been disqualified after being found guilty of attempted race day treatment of two horses and conduct intended to corrupt the outcome of a race. Morphettville training partners Niki O’Shea and Ashton Downing have been disqualified for five years and two years respectively at the conclusion… Read More »
Trainer Shea Eden has been hit with six charges by Racing Victoria stewards including one for stomach tubing a horse on the day it was due to race. The compliance assurance team inspected facilities where the Eden-trained horses were housed for the Swan Hill three-day carnival in June and on… Read More »
American sprinter Bound For Nowhere will set for the Breeders’ Cup after failing to secure a spot in the $13 million Everest in Sydney. Trainer Wesley Ward had hoped Bound For Nowhere, third in the Group One Diamond Jubilee at Royal Ascot, would get a place in the sprint at… 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 Flemington, Randwick, Doomben, Morphettville and Belmont. Have Your Say 🗣: Which BIG BETS will be winning? Leave a comment below.
