Racing on Saturday heads to Flemington with the running of Black Caviar Lightning Day, which sees the first Group 1 of the new year. The race is the Horse Racing equivalent of the 100m Sprint in Athletics, reserved for the top line speedsters and this year has attracted a top… Read More »
Bella Nipotina won almost $19 million and an Everest during her illustrious career but connections of glamour three-year-old Tempted are daring to believe she might be their best filly yet. “She is pretty special,” trainer Ciaron Maher’s assistant, Johann Gerard-Dubord said. “I would quote Craig Williams when he jumped off her after… Read More »
James McDonald has been sidelined for the Silver Slipper meeting after being suspended and fined for excessive use of the whip aboard Fireball in the Inglis Millennium. The champion hoop was found to have used the whip nine times prior to the 100m, four times more than is permitted under… Read More »
Champion trainer Chris Waller continues to strengthen his Golden Slipper arsenal, producing unbeaten youngster Fireball for a classy first-up win in the $2 million Inglis Millennium at Randwick. Spelled after scoring on debut at Rosehill in November, the James Harron-owned colt and $4.60 favourite powered down the outside to deny Ghana’s Akan ($17)… Read More »
After a spring of chasing their tail with Tom Kitten, the autumn campaign of the Group 1 winner has commenced in far better fashion at Caulfield. Tom Kitten returned from a spell to claim the Group 3 Kevin Heffernan Stakes (1400m) on Saturday after the gelding gave his father-and-son training partners Anthony… Read More »
The Lindsay Park stable of Ben, Will and J D Hayes has broken through for a timely win with the victory of Oak Hill at Caulfield. The sprinter’s success in the Group 2 Rubiton Stakes (1100m) on Saturday was the stable’s first in the metropolitan area since Vivacissimo and Crocodile gave it a double at Sandown on January… Read More »
Victoria Derby winning colt Observer has returned off a break to score a first-up win at Caulfield. First-up since his win in the Victoria Derby last November, Observer was given the perfect ride by jockey Ethan Brown in taking out the Group 2 Autumn Stakes (1400m) on Saturday. Sent out the $4… Read More »
A little over a year after he announced a short-lived retirement, Opie Bosson ultimately landed Group 1 win number one hundred when he partnered the Ken and Bev Kelso-trained Legarto to victory in the Gr.1 Herbie Dyke Stakes at Te Rapa. “There have been many highlights and to get the… Read More »
Adrian Bott has labelled Agrarian Girl’s tenacity as her key asset and says she deserves a chance to race her way into the Golden Slipper after making a winning debut in the Lonhro Plate at Randwick. Starting a $31 outsider despite claiming the scalp of last weekend’s Canonbury Stakes winner Hidrix in… Read More »
Closer To Free has emerged as a Blue Diamond contender following his debut win at Caulfield on Saturday. A stylish Caulfield Heath trial winner last month for Adrian Corboy, Closer To Free was purchased on the strength of that trial by Danny O’Brien and stepped out for the first time in the Blue Diamond Prelude (1100m) for colts and geldings on Saturday…. Read More »
Randwick hosts a ten-race program for Inglis Millennium Day with the rail in the true position and the track rated a Soft 5. It’s a good card of racing with star filly Tempted returning in the Eskimo Prince Stakes at 1200m against Napoleonic and Wodeton. The Millennium is the other… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher stable has resorted to what has worked previously in their bid to get Strawberry Rock back into winning form in Hobart. Strawberry Rock is aiming for back-to-back victories in Sunday’s Group 3 Hobart Cup (2400m) having taken the race from former stablemate Promises Kept last year. Ciaron Maher Racing’s National Assistant Trainer… Read More »
The first of Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman’s talented bunch of three-year-old fillies is set to have her first run of her autumn campaign at Caulfield. Alpha Sofie will be racing for the first time since September when she runs in the Group 3 Peter Le Grand Stakes (1100m) on Saturday. A former Queensland-based filly,… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher stable has something to prove as they look to turn Observer into a Group 1 winning colt at 1600m. The Godolphin-owned three-year-old took out the Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) in the spring, and now both trainer and owner would like to add a mile Group 1 to the colt’s CV. Maher successfully brought Hitotsu back from… Read More »
Chad Schofield has good reason to believe a wide barrier isn’t a death knell to the chances of the John Thompson-trained Screen Idol in the $2 million Inglis Millennium at Randwick. The top Sydney jockey has captured the race twice before, most recently aboard Learning To Fly who like Screen Idol… Read More »
Adrian Bott is under no illusions about the task facing Watson in the Eskimo Prince Stakes, banking on the emerging three-year-old capitalising on his fitness edge. Watson is undefeated in two starts this preparation, launching his campaign with a comprehensive win at Kembla Grange before a similarly impressive romp at Canterbury…. Read More »
The Ciaron Maher stable knows what it takes to win a Derby with a promising three-year-old stayer and they hope Dad And Dave fits the bill. Dad And Dave will chase a second win in the Tasmanian Derby for the Maher stable when he runs in the Listed race over 2200m at Hobart on Friday… Read More »
Trainer Dominic Sutton will keep an open mind on the program of Feroce until he assesses the gelding’s first-up run at Caulfield. Last year’s Group 1 Australian Guineas winner is down to resume in the Group 3 Kevin Heffernan Stakes (1400m) on Saturday. The gelding’s performance in his return run will determine the path Feroce… Read More »
Adrian Bott will happily take a Listed win at Randwick to kick-start the stable’s partnership with leviathan owner John Stewart, but he hopes Lady Moscato can deliver her connections even bigger prizes down the track. The two-year-old daughter of Home Affairs out of multiple Group 1 placegetter Champagne Cuddles fetched $1,050,000 at… Read More »
Caulfield Guineas placegetter Planet Red will have his return run in a Stakes race at Caulfield. The Group 2 Autumn Stakes (1400m) on Saturday will be Planet Red’s sole outing in the lead-up to the Group 1 Australian Guineas (1600m) at Flemington on February 28. The Mick Price and Michael Kent… Read More »
