A wide barrier was no deterrent for Invincible Star who has outsped her rivals at Caulfield. Jumping from the second widest gate in the 16-orse field in Saturday’s Group Three Thoroughbred Club Stakes (1200m), Invincible Star showed blistering early speed to cross the field and lead. Given time for a… Read More »
Qafila has continued a strong start to this season’s juvenile racing for the Lindsay Park stable with her victory in the Listed Debutant Stakes at Caulfield. The filly’s narrow but impressive win in Saturday’s 1000m race came a week after stablemate Nomothaj took out Melbourne’s first race of the season… Read More »
The $10m Everest Field and Barriers have been released with twelve horses set to line-up in the race as well as four emergencies. The race will be run at Randwick Racecourse on 14th of October 2017. Time: 4:15PM Distance: 1200m Class: Special Conditions Comment: Twelve horses will contest the inaugural running of… Read More »
Super Saturday is the ideal description for Caulfield this Saturday with ten races, all blacktype, including four at Group l level, highlighted by the stallion making Caulfield Guineas (1600m). The weather is fine, the track is good (3) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit.
The richest horse race on turf in the world, the $10 Million TAB Everest (1200m), is finally here, and the showpiece event of Sydney racing for the Spring highlights a superb ten race card. The weather is overcast, the track is good (4) and the rail is out six metres… Read More »
Trainer Chris Waller says the only thing Egg Tart suffered with her recent eye injury was the chance to win prize money. The problem cost the dual Oaks winner a start in the $1 million Epsom Handicap at Randwick but she is in Melbourne and ready for a shot at… Read More »
Toby Edmonds wasn’t convinced Houtzen deserved a place in the $10 Everest despite the filly winning her lead-up race at Moonee Valley. A comforting debrief from veteran jockey Jeff Lloyd changed his thinking. Edmonds thought Houtzen’s victory in the Group Three Scarborough Stakes (1200m) on September 29 was not good… Read More »
The way former Australian Racehorse of the Year Lankan Rupee lets down at the business end of the Schillaci Stakes is likely to determine whether his race career continues. The Mick Price-trained gelding resumes from a let-up in Saturday’s Group Two Schillaci (1100m) on his home track at Caulfield for… Read More »
Damien Oliver’s willingness to make weight to ride Egg Tart in the Toorak Handicap offers the Chris Waller stable cause for optimism following the filly’s Sydney spring disappointment. The veteran jockey was happy to ride lighter than usual at 53.5kg in one of three Group One miles on Saturday’s card… Read More »
Three-time TJ Smith Stakes winner Chautauqua may be growing older and greyer but he still has the will to win, trainer Michael Hawkes says. The seven-year-old, who completed his final serious gallop around Rosehill on Tuesday morning, is one of 12 contenders in the $10 million Everest (1200m) at Randwick… Read More »
Racing Victoria’s international scout Leigh Jordon sees the injection of funds into Caulfield Guineas day as the catalyst for a large contingent of overseas-trained runners at the meeting. There are two complexes housing international runners for this year’s spring carnival at Werribee racecourse. The Newminster complex houses the largest group… Read More »
Relaxed walks through the bush at Moruya on the NSW south coast are hopefully reinvigorating Fell Swoop ahead of his multi-million dollar assignment at Randwick. There is serious work to be done as well at Matthew Dale’s second training base, but a change of scene after a harsh Canberra winter… Read More »
We take a look at some of the biggest plunges ever seen on the race track in Australia and around the world. Of course, all of these legendary stories are just that, nobody can ever be sure how much money was actually netted, except for those pulling the strings. Have… Read More »
Royal Symphony retains Caulfield Guineas favouritism after the barrier draw and his jockey Dwayne Dunn maintains faith the colt will bounce back from his first defeat. Dunn’s wife Amanda is a part-owner of Royal Symphony and on Tuesday drew barrier nine for the colt in the capacity field of 16… Read More »
The horse is ready and the weather looks promising, now Gerald Ryan’s only concern before the world’s richest turf race is that he doesn’t screw it all up. Ryan has prepared Deploy for the $10 million Everest sprint at Randwick on Saturday, eyeing the $5.8 million prize for first place… Read More »
While there are concerns Winx may have frightened off some of her Cox Plate rivals with her devastating display in the Turnbull Stakes, Happy Clapper’s name will be there when third declarations are taken. Trainer Pat Webster said the Cox Plate 2017 was still on the table for the Epsom… Read More »
Vega Magic is making a smooth transition to Sydney with an impressive gallop at Randwick indicating the sprinter is right on track for the $10 million Everest. Ben Hayes, the junior partner in the Victorian-based Lindsay Park training team, issued a positive report after Vega Magic worked with stablemate, fellow… Read More »
English appears ready to prove she is a horse for all seasons when the mare steps out in the inaugural $10 million Everest. Co-trainer Adrian Bott oversaw her final serious hit-out at Canterbury on Monday morning ahead of Saturday’s showpiece at Randwick and was confident the five-year-old could finally transfer… Read More »
Amelie’s Star has not been given a weight penalty in Caulfield and Melbourne Cups for her victory in the Group Three Bart Cummings at Flemington. The Darren Weir-trained mare earned a ballot exemption into the Melbourne Cup on November 7 with her two-length victory in Saturday’s 2500m race and remains… Read More »
A day after claiming her 14th Group One win and taking her unbeaten sequence to 21, Winx has been officially crowned Australia’s champion racehorse for the second straight year. The award is for her achievements of last season which included her second Cox Plate with the mare’s next start to… Read More »
