The McEwen Stakes at Moonee Valley will see potential Everest contenders put their credentials on the line. Saturday’s Group Two 1000m race has attracted eight nominations with Houtzen already a starter in next month’s $10 million The Everest at Randwick. Co-trainer Paul Snowden said he and his father Peter are… Read More »
The Theo Marks Stakes at Rosehill will be a defining race for the in-form Deploy. Trainer Gerald Ryan will assess how tracks in Sydney and Melbourne are playing over the next few weeks before deciding where the gelding will go. “I’m not going to run him on rock-hard tracks and… Read More »
The Australian Turf Club have announced a shortlist of 5 horses who are in contention for their slot in the $10 million The Everest. Brave Smash, Clearly Innocent, Global Glamour, Le Romain and Redzel have made the shortlist for the Australian Turf Club’s slot in The Everest. The ATC received around… Read More »
Red Excitement, the horse who gave Winx a fright in the Chelmsford Stakes, is among 89 nominations for the Group One Epsom Handicap. The Gerald Ryan-trained Red Excitement led until the final 50 metres of Saturday’s Group Two Chelmsford until the champion ran him down to win by a length…. Read More »
Blue Diamond winner Catchy has been nominated for the Atlantic Jewel Stakes at Moonee Valley but is expected to wait another week for her next start. Catchy closed strongly in her first-up run at Caulfield on August 19 and just failed to reel in Crown Witness when second in the… Read More »
Caulfield Cup contender Gingernuts has come through an encouraging first-up run in New Zealand in good order. The winner of the Rosehill Guineas in Sydney during the autumn, Gingernuts came from the back of the field to run fifth in the Group One Tarzino Trophy after copping a check at… Read More »
Punters have been quick to take the $3 on offer early for Menari to win the Run To The Rose and the colt is already in to $2.80 for the Group Two race. Trained by Gerald Ryan, Menari is the $6 equal favourite for the Group One Golden Rose alongside… Read More »
Premier Melbourne jockey Craig Williams has won a sixth Scobie Breasley medal for riding excellence. Williams made a late charge in the premiership battle with apprentice Beau Mertens and his consistency throughout the 2016/17 season won him the award named for the late champion rider. The voting for the Scobie… Read More »
Comparisons to Winx are premature but Egg Tart is ready to step out in a spring preparation that mirrors that of her illustrious stablemate two years ago. As he often does with Winx, trainer Chris Waller took Egg Tart to Randwick on Saturday for a raceday gallop, a week out… Read More »
Her trainer admits he was worried and her jockey has had a few anxious moments but Winx has remained cool under pressure to record her 19th-straight win. Josh Parr on Red Excitement ($26) took the bull by the horns and cleared out to a lead of about 10 lengths in… Read More »
Pat Webster and Josh Adams have applauded each other after Happy Clapper made a stylish return to racing in the Tramway Stakes at Randwick. While the seven-year-old gelding’s strong finish, which earned a ballot exemption for the Group One Epsom Handicap (1600m) later this month, drew plaudits, his trainer and… Read More »
Hell Or Highwater has completed a winning hat-trick but more importantly collected a stakes race victory at Caulfield. The Lindsay Park-trained five-year-old was successful at Flemington and Caulfield before Saturday’s win in the Listed Heatherlie Stakes over 1700m. Ridden by Dean Yendall, Hell Or Highwater started the $4.80 favourite in… Read More »
Former West Australian sprinter Vega Magic has taken out the first Group One race of the Australian season with an all-the-way victory in the $1 million Memsie Stakes at Caulfield. The five-year-old gelding, ridden by Craig Williams, took up the running in the 1400m weight-for-age race on Saturday and gave… Read More »
Champion trainer Darren Weir admits he didn’t think Voodoo Lad was ready to win first-up at Caulfield. Trained out of his Warrnambool base, Weir saw Voodoo Lad at Ballarat on Monday morning for a track gallop ahead of Saturday The Heath over 1100m. To Weir’s eye Voodoo Lad was big… Read More »
Formality will target the Group One Golden Rose rather than The Everest after the classy filly claimed another black-type win by a narrow margin at Randwick. A fortnight after she scored the Silver Shadow Stakes by a long head from one of Saturday’s rivals Alizee, the Lindsay Park-trained three-year-old again… Read More »
A return to a firmer surface has helped Savanna Amour bounce back from a first-up failure to record a narrow victory in the Group Three Stakes at Caulfield. The John Meagher-trained mare won the Group Two Angus Armanasco Stakes and Group Three Gold Coast Guineas during her autumn preparation. The… Read More »
Tough mare My Dimantine is in line to give her trainer Brian Smith another Newcastle Cup win after returning to the winners circle from a two years drought on Saturday. My Dimantine ($10) was having her first start since finishing second in the Queensland Cup over 3200m on July 15… Read More »
Group One-winning sprinter Redzel has staked an emphatic claim for inclusion in the country’s richest race with his triumphant return in the Concorde Stakes at Randwick. With tactics all important in the four-horse field for Saturday’s Group Three 1000m sprint, Kerrin McEvoy left nothing to chance and took Redzel ($2.25… Read More »
Merchant Navy has maintained his unbeaten record with an impressive first-up victory at Caulfield. The well-bred three-year-old will go chasing a Group One double at his next two starts after winning Saturday’s Group Three H D F McNeil Stakes over 1200m. Providing Mark Zahra with the third leg of a… Read More »
Trainer Anthony Freedman has Group One aspirations for talented gelding Mr Sneaky who has returned from a spell with a dominant win at Caulfield. Mr Sneaky ($9) made it five wins from 12 starts, and three-straight, with his 2-1/2 length victory over Theanswermyfriend ($5) first-up in Saturday’s Benchmark 78 (1200m)…. Read More »
