Anthony and Sam Freedman are no strangers to winning Victoria’s premier two-year-old race. The father-and-son training team took out the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield with Artorius in 2021 and then again, the following year with Daumier. This year they are hoping to get High Alert into the 1200m contest on February 21 and… Read More »
Ciaron Maher’s decision to deviate from the usual autumn carnival playbook with Tempted has gifted Chad Schofield a golden opportunity aboard the star filly. With champion hoop James Mcdonald committed to Coolmore-owned colt Wodeton in Saturday’s Eskimo Prince Stakes (1200m) at Randwick, Schofield has picked up the plum ride on the Everest runner-up…. Read More »
Fresh from a Canonbury Stakes victory that rocketed Hidrix to Golden Slipper favouritism, Chris Waller will put another trio of two-year-olds to the test at Randwick. Fireball and Defensemen will step out in the $2 million Inglis Millennium (1100m), a race the champion trainer is yet to win, while Campione D’Italia will make his debut… Read More »
Connections of beautifully bred filly Scintillation are in two-minds about whether to run her from a wide draw in the Lonhro Plate or wait for a softer midweek assignment. By super sire I Am Invincible out of multiple stakes winner Minhaaj, the youngster has twice trialled nicely in preparation for… Read More »
Saturday sees some high-class racing at Caulfield with the running of multiple stakes races and a heap of top line horses including Tom Kitten who headlines the Kevin Heffernan Stakes. In this article we highlight a few horses on the program who we feel are over the odds in early… Read More »
Kaye Jay has come a long way since his first competitive effort under the care of Clayton Douglas. Now Douglas is contemplating setting Kaye Jay for the Group 1 South Australian Derby (2500m) at Morphettville in May after the gelding’s maiden win at Sandown. Having his second race start, Kaye Jay ($5) scored a… Read More »
The Anthony and Sam Freedman stable is looking for a smoother autumn campaign with Tom Kitten than the one that confronted them in the spring. Throughout the spring, Tom Kitten was playing catch-up after being a scratching at the barriers in the Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield last August. That was Tom Kitten’s first… Read More »
The Lindsay Park stable is confident the Blue Diamond Stakes aspirations of two-year-old Eurocanto are back on track. The Ben, Will and J D Hayes-trained two-year-old was sent back to the trials after being withdrawn from the Blue Diamond Preview (1000m) at Caulfield on January 24. Eurocanto played up in the gates that… Read More »
Where’s The Circus goes in search of another big Inglis payday in this Saturday’s Inglis Millennium and the bargain buy’s connections aren’t the only ones with fingers crossed for another win. Less than 24 hours after the $2 million race restricted to Inglis graduates is run at Randwick, the Paul Murray-trained… Read More »
Multiple Group 1 winner Think About It has died after suffering complications following colic surgery. Proven Thoroughbreds confirmed the Australian-bred gelding was euthanised after his condition deteriorated at Randwick Equine Centre. The seven-year-old was one of the standout sprinters of his generation, rising rapidly through the ranks during a remarkable… Read More »
An eight racecard is to be run at Sandown on the Hillside circuit on Wednesday. The track is rated a Good 4 and the rail is out 6 metres the entire course. Expecting the track to be play fair and tempo/talent to be the determining factor as to how races… Read More »
Trainer Clayton Douglas has Group 1 autumn aspirations with Top Reward who will kick off his campaign in a Stakes race at Caulfield. The Group 2 Autumn Stakes (1400m) on Saturday will see the return of the son of Shamus Award who raced twice during the spring before being sent for a… Read More »
Multiple Group 1 winner Jimmysstar will have a light autumn in preparation for a spring campaign aimed at The Everest. The Ciaron Maher-trained galloper will kick off in Melbourne with the Group 1 William Reid Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield before venturing north where he will contest the Group 1 TJ Smith (1200m)… Read More »
John O’Shea admits Napoleonic will have his work cut out for him when he lines up in the Group 3 Eskimo Prince Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill on Saturday. The son of late sire Wootton Basset announced himself as one of the better colts of his generation with a 4-ÂŒ length romp in… Read More »
Racing was conducted at Caulfield on Saturday on a Good 4 surface and while a number of races were run at controlled tempos early, the meeting still produced several performances that stood well clear of standard Saturday fare. Importantly, this looks a card that will continue to throw up winners… Read More »
Guest House, along with stablemate Big Sky, is playing a key role in comparisons with other precocious Mick Price-trained colts, but it is a youngster Price did not even prepare that he continues to be reminded of. Price said the son of Home Affairs shares similarities with 2005 Golden Slipper… Read More »
Chris Waller will soon unleash a string of proven Group 1 stars expected to be major players this Autumn Carnival, but another he still harbours elite-level aspirations with will get a head-start on them this weekend. One-time boom colt Wodeton resumes in Saturday’s $250,000 Group 3 Eskimo Prince Stakes (1200m) at Randwick…. Read More »
Racing on Saturday heads to Caulfield with the running of Caulfield Charity Family Day, which sees the start of the Festival Of Racing period. This will be the first time this meeting has been run without a Group 1 race given the move of the C.F Orr Stakes to the… Read More »
Third and fourth generation trainers Marc and Mitchell Conners celebrated their first stakes win as a partnership as stable star Willaidow carved out his own slice of history by capturing back-to-back renewals of the JRA Plate at Rosehill. Marc is the son of four-time Golden Slipper winning trainer Clarry, whose… Read More »
She had to do it at both ends of the race, but Chilly Girl proved up to the task, leading throughout for a game victory in the Widden Stakes at Rosehill in faster time than the colts and geldings’ division. Trained by Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou, the daughter of… Read More »
