Champion sprinter Chautauqua will have to run twice to get a barrier certificate before he races again after refusing for a third time to compete in a Sydney barrier trial. Chautauqua, who stayed in the gates in two trials at Randwick last week, lined up for a heat at Rosehill… Read More »
Rising star Niccanova remains in the nominations for the Doncaster Mile but will need to produce an exceptional run on Saturday to remain on course for the Group One race. Niccanova will make his much-anticipated return after a nine-month break in the Hamilton Hotel Handicap at Doomben. He will be… Read More »
A former Victorian trainer and Olympic wrestler will spend six months behind bars after starving twelve horses to death on his farm. Bruce Akers who represented Australia at the 1972 and 1976 Olympic Games as well as training horses out of Geelong will spend the next six months in jail… Read More »
Missrock has tuned up for the Newmarket Handicap with a hard-held narrow victory in a Cranbourne barrier trial. The Robbie Laing-trained mare was under a stranglehold throughout Monday’s 800m-trial, gaining a last stride victory under Ben Thompson. Missrock ran 46.34 seconds for the trial, the fourth fastest of the 11… Read More »
The first Australian woman to ride in the Melbourne Cup has announced her retirement. Clare Lindop who rode Dolphin Jo in the 2007 Cup, will continue riding through Adelaide’s May carnival. The announcement came on the eve of next Monday’s Adelaide Cup which Lindop won 12 years ago on Exalted… Read More »
Grahame Begg has given Blue Diamond Stakes winner Written By the green light to chase Golden Slipper glory. Begg wanted to make sure the colt had come through his dominant Group One Blue Diamond win well before confirming on Monday the unbeaten two-year-old would head to Sydney to run in… Read More »
Star Queensland filly Houtzen is expected to have improved considerably from a barrier trial as she prepares to resume at Randwick. Houtzen will be having her first start since being unplaced in the Coolmore Stud Stakes on November 4 at Flemington. She is one of 17 entries for Saturday’s Listed… Read More »
Lindsay Park could have as many as six starters in one of Australia’s toughest sprint races, the Newmarket Handicap over the straight 1200 metres at Flemington. Confirmed runners are last year’s winner Redkirk Warrior, Catchy, Thronum, So Si Bon and Fastnet Tempest while the weather will determine whether Derryn starts…. Read More »
An improved showing from Legend Of Condor with a change of tactics in the Skyline Stakes has him primed for a quick back-up to cement a Golden Slipper berth. The colt has won a tick over $100,000 and should make the field but trainer Gerald Ryan wants to ensure he… Read More »
Seabrook may have missed out on the chance to win the Blue Diamond Stakes but connections now have their sights on a bigger prize in Sydney. The Mick Price-trained filly confirmed her credentials for the $3.5 million Golden Slipper on March 24 with her win in Saturday’s Group Two Sweet… Read More »
Mick Price has trained his third Group One Australian Guineas winner as Grunt overpowered Victoria’s best three-year-olds in the $1 million race at Flemington. Grunt joined previous Price winners Light Fantastic (2008) and Heart Of Dreams (2009) after jumping from the widest barrier on Saturday under Damien Oliver. Price now… Read More »
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.
