Dixie Blossoms has stamped her class on the Group Two Guy Walter Stakes to claim her second win in the race, but not without a few anxious moments for the favourite. Sent out at $2.60, Dixie Blossoms was in an awkward position back in the field in a pocket and… Read More »
Winx has eased her way into history to become Australia’s leading Group One winner with a no-fuss seven-length victory in the Chipping Norton Stakes. Showing no signs of the erratic barrier behaviour which marked her spring campaign. Winx was all business on Saturday as she claimed Group One win No.16,… Read More »
Victorian filly Shoals has rebounded from a lacklustre return to racing to claim the Group One Surround Stakes at Randwick. Ridden by Josh Parr for Melbourne trainer Anthony Freedman, Shoals held off Torvill with Shumookh finishing third. Shoals finished down the course at Caulfield when resuming last month but she… Read More »
Bjorn Baker barely welcomed Crack Me Up to his team before heading to Melbourne, leaving Jason Collett to ensure the Doncaster Mile-bound gelding made the ideal first impression for the stable at Randwick. The in-from jockey at least had background with the four-year-old gelding, having ridden him to victory in… Read More »
Disappointment one week, cheers the next. That’s the scenario for the connections of Flippant. Sent out favourite when fifth at Caulfield last week, the mare returned to winning form on Saturday in the Group Three Frances Tressady Stakes. Providing Damian Lane with his first win for Peter and Paul Snowden,… Read More »
Santos remains Gai Waterhouse’s leading contender for a seventh Golden Slipper after his Skyline Stakes win with Melbourne trainer Mick Price introducing a filly to Sydney as he searches for his first. The Price-trained Seabrook ($7.50) upset the $4.40 favourite Fiesta in Saturday’s Sweet Embrace Stakes to stamp her claims… Read More »
The new trainer in charge of six-time Melbourne Cup winning owner Lloyd Williams has hit the ground running. Since taking over at the helm of Macedon Lodge following the resignation of Robert Hickmott last year, Liam Howley has produced three runners for Williams, registering two wins and a second. After… Read More »
Nomothaj boasts a win over Golden Slipper favourite Sunlight and the filly has added another Listed race victory at Flemington. The Lindsay Park-trained filly won the Maribyrnong Trial Stakes at Flemington on debut in October with Sunlight finishing third. Sunlight has since gone on to win her next four starts… Read More »
The Festival Of Racing in Melbourne continues this Saturday at Flemington where it is Australian Guineas Day. The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit.
An outstanding card of racing has been assembled for Randwick on Saturday where the champion mare Winx will kick off her 2018 campaign in the Chipping Norton Stakes (1600m). The weather is fine, the track is soft (5) and the rail is out three metres for the entire circuit.
Addictive Nature will stick to his own age group with trainer Bjorn Baker opting to take the colt to the Australian Guineas in Melbourne rather than pit him against Winx. The three-year-old was among nominations for the Group One Chipping Norton Stakes (1600m) at Randwick but Baker believes his best… Read More »
In the last 24 hours, Sportsbet have reported they have been flooded with bets for Winx to win the Queen Anne Stakes at England’s most prestigious meet on the calendar. Winx has been backed from $4.00 in to $2.50 to win the Queen Anne Stakes, with 98% of the money… Read More »
Far from being concerned about Winx missing her scheduled return, her trainer, jockey and punters believe she is going to the Chipping Norton Stakes better than ever. The champion was at $1.06 with the TAB on Thursday and if she was to stay at that quote, it would be the… Read More »
Australia’s biggest bookmaker the TAB has reported it has received the biggest ever bet placed on Winx this morning. The punter with the TAB has staked a massive $108,000 on Winx to win Saturday’s Group 1 Chipping Norton Stakes at $1.06. If Winx wins the Chipping Norton Stakes she will… Read More »
Golden Slipper hopeful Outback Barbie has trialled impressively at the Gold Coast but had to survive a scare when she dislodged her jockey past the post. Trainer Tony Gollan took Outback Barbie and Ef Troop to the Gold Coast on Thursday as a final hit-out before the two-year-olds head to… Read More »
Most of those involved in the Aquanita racing case have pleaded not guilty with trainer Tony Vasil wanting the charge against him dismissed. Group One-winning trainer Robert Smerdon has reserved his position in terms of a plea but most of the other seven people charged in the bi-carb case have… Read More »
Winx has continued her trouble-free build-up to her belated return to the track in the Group One Chipping Norton Stakes. The champion’s trainer and jockey say missing the Apollo Stakes on February 17 is no concern ahead of Saturday’s 1600m-race at Randwick. Hugh Bowman rode Winx in a routine gallop… Read More »
The purchase of a treadmill and enquiries on how best to use it eventually led to Canberra trainer Matthew Dale setting up a satellite base on the NSW south-coast. It’s from that base Dale’s stable star Fell Swoop has been prepared for his racing return in the Listed Bob Hoysted… Read More »
Trainer Edward O’Rourke hopes Frolic’s eye-catching finish in her racing comeback isn’t counterproductive when she takes on a quality Surround Stakes field. Last year’s Golden Slipper runner-up recovered from a sluggish start in the Group Two Light Fingers Stakes to place fourth, 1-3/4 lengths behind winner Alizee. O’Rourke, who took… Read More »
Danny O’Brien has confirmed he and fellow trainer Mark Kavanagh will seek damages from the clinic that employed the vet involved in the long-running cobalt saga. O’Brien and Kavanagh were on Tuesday fined $8000 and $4000 respectively for presenting horses to race with elevated cobalt levels in their systems after… Read More »
