Ron Quinton is confident Daysee Doom can step up to 1600 metres and loom as the major threat to stablemate Dixie Blossoms defending the Angst Stakes at Randwick. The trainer’s duo gave Quinton a quinella in the Group Two Golden Pendant at Rosehill on September 23, with Daysee Doom victorious… Read More »
Jockey Stephen Baster has received the phone call he was waiting for to confirm he will ride Jon Snow in the Caulfield Cup. Baster has ridden the Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained four-year-old in his three Melbourne starts this campaign, guiding him to victory in the JRA Cup at Moonee… Read More »
Champion mare Winx will have up to 10 rivals when she contests the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes at Flemington this Saturday. Among the nominations for Saturday’s
New Zealand mare Bonneval has joined Humidor at the head of Caulfield Cup betting following her win in the Underwood Stakes at Caulfield. Sunday’s victory gave trainer Murray Baker, who now trains in partnership with Andrew Forsman, his fourth victory in the Group One race over 1800m. Ridden by Hugh… Read More »
Trainer Mathew Ellerton and his training partner Simon Zahra have some thinking to do after Booker took out the Thousand Guineas Prelude at Caulfield. The dilemma is whether to press on to the 1600 metres of the Thousand Guineas at Caulfield on October 14 following Sunday’s victory over 1400m or… Read More »
Anthony Freedman has trained a Group One quinella in the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes at Caulfield with Santa Ana Lane beating Mr Sneaky. Ridden by Dean Yendall, Santa Ana Lane was an outsider in Sunday’s 14-horse field but produced a powerful finishing burst to overtake his stablemate. Freedman said he… Read More »
Wheal Leisure has added to a successful past week for trainer Archie Alexander with victory in the $250,000 Inglis Cup at Caulfield. The mare upset $1.55 favourite Hardham to win Sunday’s 2000m-race by 1-3/4 lengths, bringing up the fourth winner from seven runners in the past five days for the… Read More »
In AFL terms, Sundays meeting at Caulfield is the ‘Premiership Quarter’, with the contenders being sorted out from the pretenders for Sir Rupert Clarke Day. The weather is overcast, the track is good (3) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit.
Irish gelding Foundry and New Zealand jockey Michael Dee have shared a Group One-breakthrough at Randwick as the Victoria-based duo teamed up to claim the Metropolitan. Trainer Richard Hickmott was not in Sydney to witness the stayer’s first win since his Australian debut in 2014, leaving Dee to justifiably take… Read More »
If there has been a more popular Group One winner at Randwick than Happy Clapper in recent times, no one can remember it. The seven-year-old came to the fore in Saturday’s Epsom Handicap (1600m) to claim a deserved first win at the highest level for his trainer Pat Webster who… Read More »
Three months into his tenure as Godolphin’s head trainer in Australia, James Cummings has celebrated a milestone Group One victory with Alizee in the Flight Stakes at Randwick. A sister to Group One winner Astern, Alizee lived up to her $2.90 favouritism to take out Saturday’s Flight Stakes (1600m) on… Read More »
Classic Uniform’s stamina has come to the fore at Randwick as the dependable gelding scored the first win of this preparation in the Group Two Hill Stakes. Although trainer Gary Moore’s race plan for the 1800m test didn’t pan out an intended, the five-year-old still managed to better second placings… Read More »
Chris Waller has added a new training achievement to his impressive record, with Performer securing his first Listed Breeders’ Plate with a record-setting debut at Randwick. Waller has rarely succeeded with a two-year-old before Christmas but the Exceed And Excel colt lived up to his name to start recouping his… Read More »
Much has changed for James Cummings since he became a fourth-generation Victoria Derby-winning trainer a year ago, and he has his eyes on the prize again. Now the head Australian trainer for the global Godolphin operation, Cummings unveiled plans for Ataraxia after the colt’s win in Saturday’s Listed Dulcify Quality… Read More »
The best day of racing for Sydney this Spring comes around this Saturday where it is Epsom Handicap Day, nine races, eight blacktype, three at Group l level. The weather is fine, the track is good (3) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit.
Bring on The Everest. That was the declaration from excited trainer Gary Portelli after Golden Slipper winner She Will Reign made a triumphant return to racing to beat older horses in a thrilling Group One Moir Stakes at Moonee Valley on Friday night. The three-year-old got well back in the… Read More »
After three unplaced runs to start her spring campaign, Group One winner I Am A Star has bounced back to win the Stocks Stakes at Moonee Valley. Mornington trainer Shane Nichols opted not to take the mare to Sydney for Saturday’s Group One Epsom Handicap, preferring to keep her closer… Read More »
Australian Derby winner Jon Snow has shown he is on track for the Caulfield Cup with victory in the Group Three JRA Cup at Moonee Valley. The New Zealand stayer was having his third start of the spring in Melbourne in Friday night’s race, stepping up from 1600m to 2040m… Read More »
Queensland filly Houtzen has bounced back to winning ways at Moonee Valley but trainer Toby Edmonds is yet to confirm whether she will take her place in The Everest. Houtzen has long been slated to run in the $10 million The Everest at Randwick for slot holder Aquis Farm. But… Read More »
AFL GF Preview: We have a little different preview to most for this weekends GF, these are the players to watch from each team and their CURRENT (well most of them are still racing) equine counterparts. Have Your Say: Do you agree with our comparisons? Do you have any other… Read More »
