For the second time in as many starts, underrated sprinter Deploy has a run a track record but connections are not fielding any calls to put him in The Everest. The Gerald Ryan-trained Deploy ran 1:08.06 in the Show County Quality to set the standard for 1200m at Randwick on… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse is eyeing her first Golden Rose win after Gold Standard put himself in the frame with a dominant win in the Group Two Stan Fox at Rosehill. Waterhouse and her training partner Adrian Bott have lost another Golden Rose contender, Siege Of Quebec, for the spring but Gold… Read More »
Irish import Ebediyin has appreciated the forgiving Moonee Valley surface to break through for his maiden Australian victory. Ebediyin came to Australia having competed in some Ireland’s best races and was expected to be hard to beat at his Australian debut in July. The race didn’t go to plan with… Read More »
Jockey Jake Noonan has made the most of his opportunity to stick with the Mick Price-trained colt Masculino, guiding the three-year-old to a fighting win at Moonee Valley. Noonan decided to kick up from barrier one to lead on Masculino in Saturday’s Sweeney We Know West Handicap (1509m) and it… Read More »
Trainer Desleigh Forster received a special thrill when Someday defied age and the threat of retirement to win at Doomben. Nine-year-old Someday ($13) stormed home to beat Dreams Aplenty ($3) by three quarters of a length with 1-3/4 lengths to Mystic Opal ($3.40) in the St Vincent’s Care Services Handicap…. Read More »
A horse his jockey describes as ditzy has set himself up for a big pay day by winning the Highway Handicap at Rosehill. Saturday’s win was Suncraze’s second consecutive win in races for country-trained horses and puts him in the running for the $200,000 Anniversary Highway at Randwick on October… Read More »
Former Perth mare Samovare was on her best behaviour at Moonee Valley in breaking through for her first win for Lindsay Park. Having her third start for the stable, Samovare came around the field in Saturday’s Ladbrokes Odds Boost Handicap to score under Damien Oliver. Sent off the $3.60 favourite,… Read More »
We take a look at the big bets the online bookmakers have taken on the weekends horse racing around the country with most of the big money being placed at Moonee Valley and Rosehill. Have Your Say: Which BIG BETS will be winning? Leave a comment below.
A bumper program has been assembled for Dato Tan Chin Nam Day at the Valley this Saturday with the winner of the Group ll mile feature getting a free ticket into the Cox Plate. The weather is overcast, the track is good (4) and the rail is out two metres… Read More »
Rosehill will host a fab nine race card this Saturday with some of the best business stepping out in some high quality events, namely the Run To The Rose (1200m) and the Theo Marks Stakes (1300m). The weather is fine, the track is good (3) and the rail is in… Read More »
Co-trainer Simon Zahra is convinced Heatherly will strip a fitter mare in the McEwen Stakes as she continues on a path to the Group One Moir Stakes. Heatherly was chased down by another quality mare, Missrock, in the Listed Carlyon Stakes at Moonee Valley first-up two weeks ago and that… Read More »
Caulfield Guineas favourite Royal Symphony will make another race day appearance for an exhibition gallop as he builds towards his spring return. The unbeaten Tony McEvoy-trained colt will have a work-out at Moonee Valley on Saturday between the second and third races on the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes program,… Read More »
Godolphin colt Kementari has been challenged to prove the worth of a burgeoning reputation in a dress rehearsal race for the Golden Rose. The Lonhro three-year-old heads to Saturday’s Run To The Rose among the favoured runners though trainer James Cummings says Kementari must make a statement. “He’s going into… Read More »
Chris Waller is considering options for Foxplay, including the possibility of missing a Theo Marks Stakes clash with stablemate Egg Start. Sydney’s premier trainer has Foxplay in Saturday’s Group Three race at Rosehill but admits her second-up run could be delayed until Randwick next weekend. He said Foxplay’s effort in… Read More »
Shoals has risen to every challenge so far and the unbeaten filly begins her push towards the Group One Thousand Guineas in a stakes race at Moonee Valley. The Anthony Freedman-trained Shoals has her first start as a three-year-old in Saturday’s Listed Atlantic Jewel Stakes (1200m) for fillies when she… Read More »
After an encouraging season return, He’s Our Rokkii is an early favourite to land his first victory since last year’s spring carnival when he runs in the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes. Saturday’s Group Two weight-for-age race at Moonee Valley has a field of 11, with last year’s Group One… Read More »
Long-term friends and rival jockeys Brenton Avdulla and Tommy Berry won’t just be comparing Australian and Hong Kong racing in the lead-up to the inaugural $10 million Everest. Sydney-based Avdulla keeps in regular contact with Berry, who started riding in Asia last weekend, and talking shop has taken on an… Read More »
A foot abscess has been blamed for Diamond Tathagata’s dismal return to racing but trainer Mark Newnham is still taking no chances ahead of the Run To The Rose. The Mark Newnham-trained colt was unable to replicate encouraging barrier trial form in the Rosebud Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill last month,… Read More »
Co-trainer Adrian Bott admits Siege of Quebec faces another significant test at Rosehill in the lead-up to the focal point of his preparation. The colt makes another step up on Saturday when he takes on several of his highly rated potential Golden Rose rivals in the Group Two Run To… Read More »
The second wave of a leading New Zealand stable is ready to begin the road to the Cups. The Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained mares Bonneval and Lizzie L’Amour run in Saturday’s Group Two Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes at Moonee Valley on a path leading towards the Caulfield Cup… Read More »
