A bumper nine race card has been assembled for Caulfield this Saturday where it is Bel Esprit Stakes Day. The weather is overcast, the track is good (3) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit.
The Sydney Autumn Carnival winds down this Saturday at Randwick where it is All Aged Stakes Day. The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is out six metres from the 600m-Winning Post; Out four metres for the remainder.
Champion mare Winx could start her spring campaign with a new Group One renamed to recognise her greatness. The Australian Turf Club has announced the Warwick Stakes will now be known as the Winx Stakes (1400m). The world’s best horse on turf has won the past two editions of the… Read More »
Jockey Ryan Maloney has been suspended for four months after pleading guilty to providing a positive urine sample to a banned stimulant. Maloney hasn’t ridden since self-reporting and standing down after being randomly selected to provide a urine sample at Caulfield on March 31. At an inquiry on race day,… Read More »
Fell Swoop is headed for uncharted territory as Matt Dale makes another attempt to coax the dual TJ Smith Stakes placegetter from a form slump. A permanent move to the Canberra trainer’s satellite stable at Moruya over autumn is yet to pay dividends for the six-year-old who has not won… Read More »
Trainer Henry Dwyer has gathered some new intelligence about Theanswermyfriend from the last time he ran at Caulfield. The gelding was having his second start for Dwyer after being transferred from Robert Smerdon when a fading 14th in the Group Three Victoria Handicap (1400m) at Caulfield on March 31. Theanswermyfriend… Read More »
Ryan Maloney will front Racing Victoria stewards after a urine sample provided by the jockey was found to contain a banned substance. Stewards received a report from Racing Analytical Services Limited confirming the sample provided by Maloney at Caulfield on March 31 contained a banned substance in accordance with Australian… Read More »
Outstanding first-season sire Spirit of Boom will stand for a Queensland record service fee of $55,000 at Eureka Stud. Spirit of Boom is Australia’s leading first-season sire by winners with 11 individual winners of 16 races from 35 horses to race. He has had four stakes race winners – Ef… Read More »
Champion mare Winx could line-up in this years $13 Everest as an alternative to her chasing a fourth Cox Plate. Owners of the mare have invested in a slot with Chris Waller which would enable Winx the ability to take her spot in The Everest Field if they feel it… Read More »
Ben Smith is envisaging another Group One success with El Dorado Dreaming as the anguish of In Her Time’s TJ Smith Stakes run subsides. Smith said the two-year-old filly pulled up well after her giant-killing run in the ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes at Randwick on April 7, when the $81… Read More »
Any stud plans for Trapeze Artist are on hold with the colt to line up in the All Aged Stakes before being set for the $13 million Everest. Owner Bert Vieira has been in talks with breeders but has told trainer Gerald Ryan the focus will be to get Trapeze… Read More »
Leading Queensland sprinter Most Important has trialled brilliantly as he prepares to prove he is up to Group One company. Most Important has been one of Queensland’s most consistent horses having won nine races and $847,000 prize money. The five-year-old hasn’t started since winning the Listed Sunshine Coast Cup (1400m)… Read More »
Silent Sedition has pulled up lame from her unplaced run in the Coolmore Legacy at Randwick and Melbourne trainer Andrew Noblet will turn his Group One attention to her stablemate Super Cash. The equal favourite in Saturday’s Coolmore Legacy (1600m), Group One winner Silent Sedition was found to be 2/5… Read More »
For the first time in about two years, Chris Waller has had to study the form trying to decipher why some experts thought Winx was vulnerable in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes. He need not have worried with the mare again showing why she is rated the world’s best with her… Read More »
Winx’s veteran stablemate Who Shot Thebarman has won the Sydney Cup at his fifth attempt. The nine-year-old, who fell in last year’s edition, fought the race out with New Zealand stayer Zacada and won by the barest possible margin. The victory gave trainer Chris Waller Group One wins in successive… Read More »
New Zealand-bred gelding Won Won Too has outplugged his stablemate Rezealient to claim the Galilee Series Final at Caulfield. The 2400m Listed race on Saturday was a battle of wills up the straight as the Lindsay Park duo toughed it out with early leader Han Xin on the downgraded soft… Read More »
Group One-winning filly Catchy has struck for the first time this autumn, powering home under champion jockey Joao Moreira to win the Arrowfield Sprint at Randwick. Catchy was a force during her juvenile season, winning her first four starts including the Group One Blue Diamond in Melbourne. She added a… Read More »
Kris Lees believes Serene Miss is destined for black-type after she protected her impressive strike rate with victory in the $500,000 Provincial Championships final at Randwick. One of seven runners for the Newcastle trainer in the field of 15, Serene Miss upstaged stablemate and favourite Just Dreaming to make the… Read More »
Unforgotten’s uneasy start to the autumn is now a distant memory. Diagnosed with cardiac arrhythmia after running last in the Group One Surround Stakes last month, Chris Waller never lost faith in the three-year-old filly. Sydney’s premier trainer was also unfazed when Hiyaam beat her in the Group One Vinery… Read More »
One-time Blue Diamond favourite Pure Elation is making up for lost time at the end of her juvenile season with her trainers believing she can develop into the best filly they have had in the stable. Peter and Paul Snowden were disappointed when the filly failed to live up to… Read More »
