Menari is the latest horse to secure a spot in the $13 million Everest with slot holder Max Whitby confirming he will run for him and partner Neil Werrett. Whitby supported Vega Magic in the inaugural running last year but has taken a gamble with Menari who has not raced… Read More »
Magic Millions-winning filly Sunlight has made a one-act affair of her first public appearance since the Sydney autumn carnival. Unsighted since running third to Esitjaab in an all-fillies finish to the Golden Slipper, Sunlight was unextended to win a barrier trial at Morphettville on Thursday. Trainer Tony McEvoy sent Sunlight… Read More »
Vega Magic will tune up for the Bletchingly Stakes in a Flemington jump-out and trainer David Hayes believes the sprinter is ready to press his claims for one of the remaining slots in The Everest. The dual Group One-winning sprinter is scheduled for an 800m jump-out on Friday. “I’m sure… Read More »
Australia’s two highest profile horses Winx and Chautauqua are set to face off next week in what is set to be a star studded trial at Rosehill on Monday. Australia’s champion mare Winx will return from an unbeaten Autumn campaign whilst Chautauqua will be looking to pass the first of… Read More »
As anticipation grows in the lead-up to Winx’s appearance in a barrier trial, her trainer Chris Waller is keen to get a guide on the prospects of new stable acquisition Single Gaze. Before Winx runs in a 900m trial at Rosehill on Monday, Single Gaze runs over 800m at Warwick… Read More »
Jameka has taken another step on her way to a return to the racetrack with a gallop between races at Sandown. The 2016 Caulfield Cup winner was to have galloped at Sandown on Wednesday morning with one of Henry Dwyer’s team to help determine the track rating, but that was… Read More »
All racing participants will benefit from a $24 million increase in NSW prize money to be distributed among metropolitan, provincial and country areas. Racing NSW chairman Russell Balding announced the raft of increases on Wednesday which will come into effect from September 1. The majority of the prize money will… Read More »
New Zealand Group One winner Melody Belle has impressed Te Akau’s head trainer Jamie Richards with a trial win at Te Rapa. The filly won the 2017 Sires’ Produce Stakes at Awapuni and also the Group Two BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes in Brisbane. Richards, admits her three-year-old season was disappointing… Read More »
Coonawarra will chase a hat-trick of city wins when he steps up in grade again on his home track at Randwick. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained four-year-old has registered wins at Canterbury over 1580m and Rosehill over 1500m in benchmark 75 and benchmark 79 level at his past two… Read More »
At the height of his powers and with a full book of mares to cover this spring, Hinchinbrook has died tragically today as the result of a broken hind leg. Foaled and raised at Yarraman Park, Hinchinbrook was turning 11 this year and was at the peak of his career… Read More »
Brisbane’s premier trainer Tony Gollan and champion jockey Jeff Lloyd will combine in the final stakes race of the Queensland season with Sheiswhatsheis in the Listed Tattersall’s Mile at Doomben. Gollan has had another good year with 130 winners and 86 in the metropolitan area to date. He needs only… Read More »
Winx’s spring preparation is the same as it’s been for the past couple of years, with one exception. Her long-time next door neighbour, Group One winner Foxplay, has left the Chris Waller stable after being sold to racing and breeding concern Yulong Investments. Finding a new best friend for the… Read More »
Champion sprinter Chautauqua has come through his jump-out at Flemington in great order as he prepares to head back to Sydney for another all-important trial. Chautauqua needs to pass two consecutive barrier tests to be reinstated to race and got the first one out of the way when he successfully… Read More »
In-form mare Princess Posh could be given a last chance for the season to win black-type in the Listed Tatt’s Mile at Doomben. Princess Posh made it two wins from her past three starts when she won at Doomben over 1350m two weeks ago. The mare has had one start… Read More »
The physical progression Group One-winning colt Grunt has made since the autumn has trainer Mick Price optimistic about the rising four-year-old’s spring prospects. Price has trained four Group One winners this season including Grunt in the Australian Guineas at Flemington in March. He prepared Mighty Boss to win the Caulfield… Read More »
US Navy Flag has won the July Cup at Newmarket to confirm a trip to Australia to contest the $13 million Everest. Coolmore says the sprinter will take its slot in the 1200m-race at Randwick on October 13. Having failed to establish himself as a miler this season following defeats… Read More »
Hugh Bowman has struck a double blow on his return to Saturday racing in Sydney after a winter break interspersed with rides in Japan. Bowman celebrated his 38th birthday at Rosehill with wins on the Matt Dunn-trained two-year-old The Fire Trap and Hong Kong-bound Jolly Honour for his main supporter,… Read More »
Trainer Darren Weir and jockey Brad Rawiller both sensed that Voodoo Lad was on his game before the Group Three Sir John Monash Stakes. And the multiple stakes -inning sprinter confirmed those suspicions with a sparkling performance to come from last to win the 1100m weight-for-age race at Caulfield. “I… Read More »
A couple of weeks after John Thompson thought Dreamforce had won his first stakes race, the five-year-old has delivered at Rosehill. The trainer’s reaction on Saturday was one of relief as Dreamforce held on in the Listed Winter Stakes (1400m) to beat the fast-finishing Invinzabeel by a long neck. In… Read More »
Up-and-coming stayer Mount Kilcoy has relished a step up to 2000m for the first time to score a convincing win at Caulfield. Apprentice Ben Allen had the Darren Weir-trained colt back in the field early in Saturday’s Ladbrokes Cash In Handicap for three-year-olds before being able to track favourite Masculino… Read More »
