As a member of the Lindsay Park training operation, Tom Dabernig is usually reserved when it comes to discussing stable stars. So when Dabernig, who trains in partnership with David and Ben Hayes, says Vega Magic is the best horse he’s been associated with at Lindsay Park, it pays to… Read More »
Trainer Natalie Young is happy to ride on Richmond star Dustin Martin’s coat-tails as Main Stage heads for his “grand final” in the $1.5 million Group One Victoria Derby. The three-year-old gelding has been displaced as Derby favourite by Cliff’s Edge after the Darren Weir-trained colt’s win in Saturday’s Group… Read More »
Boom Time, the least-fancied of three runners for Lindsay Park, has produced a boilover to win the $3 million Caulfield Cup. Giving jockey Cory Parish his first Group One win, Boom Time took an inside run to beat Single Gaze and the Irish-trained, Australian-owned Johannes Vermeer. Boom Time, who started… Read More »
A fighting win by Global Glamour in her return from a spell has capped a big day at Caulfield for the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable. The team had three horses competing at Saturday’s Caulfield Cup meeting and they all won. Global Glamour won the Group One Thousand Guineas… Read More »
Just over an hour after cheering home Boom Time to win the Caulfield Cup, the Lindsay Park team were back in the winner’s circle with sprinting mare Fuhryk. Boom Time scored an upset in Saturday’s $3 million Caulfield Cup before Fuhryk bounced back to winning ways in the Listed Alinghi… Read More »
A mare trainer Henry Dwyer thought would struggle to win a race has continued her rapid rise to prominence with a dominant victory in a feature sprint on Caulfield Cup day. Four-year-old Snitty Kitty made the step up to Group racing with ease as she broke the race record for… Read More »
Ulmann will spearhead a team of Darren Weir-trained horses to Perth following his victory in a stakes race at Caulfield. Weir has Group One entries for the Perth carnival in the Winterbottom Stakes, the Railway Stakes and the Kingston Town Stakes and plans to take a team of up to… Read More »
Kiwia is on target for his main spring aim after racing to his first stakes victory at Caulfield. Continuing a successful day for the Darren Weir stable, Kiwia came from the tail of a small field in Saturday’s Group Three Coongy Cup (2000m) to win by three-quarters of a length… Read More »
Joe Pride admits he’s trained better horses, though Destiny’s Kiss is still a priceless member of his stable. The nine-year-old gelding finished a 10-race campaign on a high at Randwick, wearing down his rivals in the Listed City Tattersalls Club Cup (2400m). It his second black-type win of this preparation… Read More »
Cliffs Edge could provide Darren Weir with his first Victoria Derby runner after his all-the-way win in a lead-up race at Caulfield. The three-year-old led home a field of Derby aspirants in Saturday’s Group Three Caulfield Classic at his first try at 2000m. Following his win on Saturday Cliff’s Edge… Read More »
Kaonic brought back memories of Kermadec at Randwick, as the colt locked onto the same spring path as the Group One winner. Racing in the same colours as Kermadec for owner Neville Morgan, Kaonic’s second win in three starts rubber stamped Chris Waller’s plans to send the three-year-old to Melbourne…. Read More »
Trainer Darren Weir is hoping Snitzepeg can emulate the deeds of another of his former top three-year-olds after winning a stakes race at Caulfield. Snitzepeg took out Saturday’s Listed Gothic Stakes (1400m), a race the Weir-trained Mahuta won in 2015. The Gothic Stakes started a five-race winning streak for Mahuta…. Read More »
Our Crown Mistress has continued a rise through the grades and is now likely to be tested at stakes level for the first time after winning at Caulfield. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained filly made it three wins from four starts in her city debut in Saturday’s Resimax Group… Read More »
Caulfield Cup Day is one of the better days on the Australian racing calendar and it comes around this Saturday as we gear up towards the first of the majors. The weather is overcast, the track is good (3) and the rail is out six metres for the entire circuit.
View the field and barriers for the 2017 Caulfield Cup . The Caulfield Cup will be run on Saturday 21st October at Caulfield racecourse. Time: 4:30PM Distance: 2400m Class: Group 1 Comment: Only 17 acceptances in the Caulfield Cup Field which has a Max Field size of 18 + 4… Read More »
He was the eye catcher of the day at Caulfield on Saturday and punters are confident that we will see a former Irish galloper win the Caulfield Cup (2400m). The Aidan O’Brien trained Johannes Vermeer could not have been more impressive in the Caulfield Stakes (2000m) last Saturday when rattling… Read More »
Connections of Irish horse Johannes Vermeer have made their intentions known with the favourite for the $3 million Caulfield Cup. Prominent Australian owner Lloyd Williams is a shareholder in the Aidan O’Brien-trained Johannes Vermeer who stormed into Caulfield Cup favouritism after his fast-finishing second in last Saturday’s Caulfield Stakes (2000m)…. Read More »
Imported French stayer Alward might race in Group company during his first Australian campaign after all, providing he wins at Randwick. Sydney’s premier trainer Chris Waller has played down Alward’s prospects since he won a Benchmark 82 Handicap (2000m) at Rosehill in August and was installed, temporarily, as favourite for… Read More »
Her main diet consists of oats and chaff, but for superstar mare Winx, the world is her oyster. Winx is currently $1.20 favourite with sportsbet to win her third consecutive Cox Plate on Saturday week but where to after that? Trainer Chris Waller this week nominated Winx for next month’s Japan Cup. The online… Read More »
David Hayes says the cheapest investment in racing is to engage an in-form jockey. Lindsay Park’s senior trainer followed his own advice at Caulfield on Wednesday, combining with Kerrin McEvoy for a double, including the day’s feature, the Group Three Blue Sapphire Stakes with Formality. McEvoy touched out the Lindsay… Read More »
