Metro racing in Queensland this Saturday heads to the Sunshine Coast where it is Sunshine Coast Cup Day. The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit.
Lightly raced entire Thronum has snared a valuable Group Two win in the Australia Stakes at Moonee Valley and will now be given his chance to chase a Group One success. Thronum was having his first start since November in Friday night’s 1200m weight-for-age feature at Moonee Valley and controlled… Read More »
Unbeaten records go on the line in the males division of the Blue Diamond Previews at Caulfield. Long Leaf and Run Naan are unbeaten from two starts while the Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra-trained Ollivander finished strongly on debut at Caulfield last month to make a winning start to his… Read More »
Dual Group One winner She Will Reign has suffered a slight setback but her trainer Gary Portelli is confident is it not serious. The Golden Slipper winner had been scheduled to have a race day gallop on Saturday at Rosehill but that has been cancelled because of swelling in a… Read More »
Australia Day racing in Sydney heads to Warwick Farm for an eight race card, headlined by the Australia Day Cup (2400m). The weather is overcast, the track is good (4) and the rail is out five metres from the 1000m-Winning Post; Out three metres for the remainder.
Night racing returns to Moonee Valley on Friday for Australia Day, where the feature race is the Group ll Australia Stakes (1200m). The weather is overcast, the track is good (4) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit.
One of the key contenders of the upcoming Autumn Carnival has been ruled out after suffering a lesion to off fore suspensory. Highly rated Tony McEvoy-trained colt Royal Symphony has been ruled out of the autumn carnival because of injury. A Racing Victoria stewards release on Thursday said the stable… Read More »
2015 Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne is on the verge of giving up race day riding. The outspoken Payne has created a plenty of controversy since becoming the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup, but after a series of life-threatening injuries, Payne could be calling it quits. Have… Read More »
In one of the most contentious decisions in modern horse racing history, the title of LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse went to American champion Arrogate for the second year running. Australian mare Winx finished second in the rankings in front of Cracksman and Gun Runner, but many fans and critics were… Read More »
What can only be described as a dismal turnout for the $200,000 Australia Stakes, Friday night could be saved by Brave Smash. The former Japanese thoroughbred adds some excitement to the field of six, which consists of only three runners not trained by Darren Weir. Despite the small field, punters… Read More »
Premier Victorian trainer Darren Weir will have three of the six runners in the Group Two Australia Stakes at Moonee Valley headed by Japanese import Brave Smash. Friday night’s weight-for-age 1200m sprint is the feature event on the program with Brave Smash set for his first race since his third… Read More »
With speculation that trainer Chris Waller may very well travel half-way around the world with wonder mare Winx, it is now a real possibility that she can emulate the feat of Black Caviar, and look to win at Royal Ascot. Online bookmaker Sportsbet.com.au has pencilled her in on futures markets… Read More »
A midweek summer meeting at Terang in country Victoria has had added star power with multiple Group One winner Black Heart Bart making an appearance for a race day gallop. The Darren Weir-trained gelding galloped solo between races on Tuesday with his regular jockey Brad Rawiller aboard in preparation for… Read More »
Lanciato has been a constant in Mark Newnham’s short training career and the five-year-old will be given his chance in Listed company in the Carrington Stakes. The gelding was Newnham’s first runner when he took out his licence 18 months ago after many years at Tulloch Lodge as Gai Waterhouse’s… Read More »
Exciting sprinter Nature Strip is set to take on his biggest challenge yet with the three-year-old set to meet dual Group One winner She Will Reign in the Inglis Sprint at Warwick Farm next month. Nature Strip is coming off a hard-fought victory in the $250,000 Inglis Dash at Flemington on… Read More »
Trainer Gary Portelli will give dual Group One winner She Will Reign a race day gallop rather than a second barrier trial ahead of her return in the $250,000 Inglis Sprint. Last year’s Golden Slipper and Moir Stakes winner trialled well under her own steam at Warwick Farm last Monday… Read More »
Japanese import Brave Smash headlines the Group Two Australia Stakes nominations which have been extended. The Darren Weir-trained entire Brave Smash’s first Australian racing preparation culminated in his third to Redzel and Vega Magic in the $10 million The Everest (1200m) at Randwick in October at his most recent start…. Read More »
Almost lost in the publicity surrounding the return of Winx in a barrier trial at Rosehill has been the effort of Trapeze Artist, winner of the 900m-heat in which the champion finished midfield. The Gerald Ryan-trained Trapeze Artist, an upset winner of the Golden Rose in September, was in control… Read More »
Secret Lady has come out of her Magic Millions Classic run so well Sydney trainer Gary Portelli has now turned his attention to a stakes race in Melbourne. Portelli has nominated Secret Lady for Saturday’s Group Three Blue Diamond Preview for two-year-old fillies at Caulfield over 1000m and was buoyed… Read More »
The Oakleigh Plate is in trainer Henry Dwyer’s sights with sprinting mare Snitty Kitty who will continue preparations towards her Group One target in a jump-out at Caulfield. Snitty Kitty will run over 800m on Tuesday as a stepping stone to her planned return in the Listed W.J Adams Stakes… Read More »
