Godolphin’s Kidmenever will have his second Australian start when he runs in the Group Three Eclipse Stakes at Sandown. Kidmenever was one of four Charlie Appleby-trained horses to come from England to Melbourne for the spring carnival. Only Folkswood and Qewy, who was retired after racing at Flemington on Saturday,… Read More »
The future of injured New Zealand gelding Gingernuts will become clearer after he undergoes a CT scan. The four-year- old fractured a near front pastern as he was cantering to the start of Saturday’s Emirates Stakes at Flemington. Michael Dee jumped off quickly and veterinary staff were on the scene… Read More »
A three-time winner on Australian soil, European stayer Qewy has been retired. Godolphin trainer Charlie Appleby made the call after the eight-year-old finished sixth behind Vengeur Masque in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2600m) at Flemington on Saturday. Qewy won the Geelong and Sandown Cups in 2016 and finished fourth in… Read More »
Redzel has re-affirmed his standing as the pin-up sprinter of Australian racing with victory in the $1 million Darley Classic at Flemington. The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained gelding beat Australia’s sharpest horses in The Everest last month and backed it up on another big stage on Saturday. Redzel led on… Read More »
Darren Weir admits he was concerned Australian racing might never bring out the obvious potential in Tosen Stardom. But the Japanese import showed his true colours with a explosive late surge to claim victory in the Group One Emirates Stakes (2000m) at Flemington on Saturday. “I was worried we wouldn’t… Read More »
Gary Sheppard is involved in the flooring industry so he is accustomed with the concept of staying on the level. Yet as a horse owner he admitted he would have his work cut out keeping fellow connections of Bon Amis grounded after the gelding won his first start at Rosehill…. Read More »
Trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott have continued their excellent Melbourne Cup carnival collecting more success on the final day. Lining up for her seventh race start, Savapinski led throughout to claim Saturdays Group Two Matriarch Stakes. The victory provided the Waterhouse and Bott stable their fifth win for the… Read More »
Imported stayer Vengeur Masque has gained some consolation from missing out on a Melbourne Cup start with a tough victory in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Flemington. Vengeur Masque ($6.50) led and rallied strongly in the straight in Saturday’s 2600m Group Three race to win by three-quarters of a length… Read More »
Godolphin has unveiled a pair of promising two-year-olds at Rosehill with Dynamited winning and Rheingau also providing positive signs for the future. Dynamited ($4.20) overcame pre-race jitters in the #theraces Handicap (1100m) to follow early leader Secret Lady and pounce at the 100m. The colt, who wasn’t comfortable in the… Read More »
Fastnet Tempest has given British trainer William Haggas his first Australian win but the gelding is set to remain in Victoria. The gelding won Saturday’s Melbourne’s Own 3AW Trophy (1600m) at Flemington with Kerrin McEvoy aboard and will join David Hayes’ Lindsay Park team after this campaign. Fastnet Tempest races… Read More »
Unforgotten is making sure she has a name not to forget after keeping an unbeaten spring record in winning at Rosehill. The Chris Waller-trained filly, sent out a $1.50 favourite, scored a 2-1/2 length win in the Schweppes Handicap (1500m) to make it three wins from as many starts since… Read More »
The rich Victorian country cups circuit is on the agenda for Oncidium Ruler after he outstayed his rivals on the final day of the Melbourne Cup carnival at Flemington. Racing second-up from a spell, Oncidium Ruler appreciated the rise in distance to 2000m in winning Saturday’s Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation… Read More »
A strong finish from Run Naan has given trainer Tony McEvoy a second-straight win in the Group Three Maribyrnong Plate for two-year-olds at Flemington. Run Naan overhauled Godolphin colt Encryption in Saturday’s 1000m straight race to also give his jockey Andrew Mallyon a second Maribyrnong Plate, only his victories have… Read More »
Cup Week wraps up at Flemington this Saturday with a cracking nine race card, headlined by the best sprinters in the world going at it in the Darley Classic (1200m). The weather is fine, the track is good (3) and the rail is out three metres for the entire circuit.
Three years after finishing one-two in the Darley Classic, Terravista and Chautauqua are back for their latest crack at the million dollar sprint at Flemington. Chautauqua has won six Group One races, including three-straight TJ Smith Stakes at Randwick, and amassed more than $8.7 million prize money but a Group… Read More »
New Zealand star Gingernuts will make a belated Melbourne spring carnival appearance in the Emirates Stakes and his trainer is confident the multiple Group One winner can have an impact. This year’s New Zealand Derby and Rosehill Guineas winner was scheduled to come to Melbourne for last month’s Caulfield Cup… Read More »
Flemington straight racing is a different beast and with that in mind co-trainer Peter Snowden says experience is a huge factor for Redzel in the Group One Darley Classic. Redzel won a Group Three race over 1000m straight race at last year’s Flemington carnival, a race Snowden, who trains in… Read More »
After a few near-misses, Newcastle mare In Her Time and her trainer Ben Smith have their latest chance to snare a first Group One win in a star-studded Darley Classic at Flemington. In Her Time has placed in three Group One sprints during 2017 including a close second in the… Read More »
An excited Gai Waterhouse has celebrated victory in one of the few big races to have eluded her with Pinot dominating the finish of the VRC Oaks. The fillies Classic is a staying test over 2500 metres at Flemington and the occasion has proven too much for the odds-on favourite… Read More »
Gary Moore is confident he has an autumn Derby contender in All Too Huiying but the trainer could also look to strike again with the colt this spring after a stakes win at Flemington. All Too Huiying ($31) rallied in the straight under jockey Michael Walker to hold his rivals… Read More »
