Time away from the usual stable environment is expected to help Deakin return to the winners’ list in the Group 2 Moonee Valley Gold Cup this Saturday. With the Cox Plate meeting being held at Flemington and the Moonee Valley Cup also run for the first time away from its… Read More »
The two horses to represent the Chris Waller stable in the Cox Plate have pleased their trainer with final workouts at Flemington. Aeliana, with James McDonald aboard, and Birdman, ridden by Ben Melham, who will ride the pair in the Cox Plate (2040m) on Saturday, each worked solo on the… Read More »
Racing Victoria stewards have concluded their inquiry into the fall in the Caulfield Cup clearing all questioned jockeys. Mark Zahra and Jye McNeil fell from Half Yours and Ohope Wins respectively in Saturday’s Caulfield Cup and were transported to the Alfred Hospital for assessment and observation. Zahra was discharged that night… Read More »
The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable will look to get a second Melbourne Cup runner if The Euphrates can win the Geelong Cup. Success in the Group 3 Geelong Cup (2400m) on Wednesday provides the victor a ballot exemption into the Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on November 3…. Read More »
Since Chris & Corey Munce took over the training duties of five-year-old mare Gerringong she’s hardly put a foot wrong, with further Sydney riches in sight this Saturday. The daughter of Blue Point resumed with a gritty win in the Group 3 The Nivision over 1200m and will look to add a… Read More »
Like many in racing, Trent Edmonds is going to miss the ‘old’ Moonee Valley, but he’s not upset at the timing of its reconfiguration. The Moonee Valley Racing Club will this Saturday host its first Cox Plate meeting away from ‘The Valley’ and Edmonds will be at Flemington with the… Read More »
Trent Busuttin knows, if chasing a Group 1 win was the priority with Blind Raise, the smart thing to do would be send him to Sydney for this Saturday’s Spring Champion Stakes. But he also knows the opportunity he has been presented with this year does not come around that… Read More »
The 10th running of The Everest produced the same top two finishers from the race 12 months ago but it was Tempted’s turn to win the world’s richest turf race before a record crowd of 52,110. For Tempted’s trainer Ciaron Maher it was his second win in The Everest after… Read More »
Autumn Glow had cruised to the lead in the Group 1 $5 million King Charles III Stakes (1600m) at the top of the straight when Ceolwulf began to move into the race. Chris Waller turned to Beadman and said: “Are we in trouble? Straight away, Darren said, ‘No!’” Beadman was right as Autumn… Read More »
It might have been a support race on the Everest undercard, but for trainer Michael Freedman and jockey Tommy Berry, Apocalyptic’s return to the winner’s circle was cause for celebration. A Group 1 winner of the Flight Stakes last year, Apocalyptic had been below par in the autumn and her first two… Read More »
Kelly Schweida has revealed he turned down the offer of an Everest slot for Grafterburners to concentrate on its $2 million consolation, a call that has proven a masterstroke with the entire claiming a thrilling Sydney Stakes victory at Randwick. The Queensland trainer felt his charge would be competing for… Read More »
She drew barrier 12, was never closer than five deep without cover, was pushed even wider on the turn but somehow found a way to run down Band Of Brothers in an exciting finish. For trainers Paul Messara and Leah Gavranich, this was their second successive The Kosciuszko after winning… Read More »
Jockey Blake Shinn has landed his first Group 1 victory after a serious leg injury when Saintly Dancer led throughout to claim the Thousand Guineas at Caulfield. Shinn suffered a fractured leg in a fall on Melbourne Cup last year and returned to race riding at the start of the… Read More »
A lot of water has gone under the bridge in the past 12 months for War Machine. On the corresponding weekend last year, the Ben, Will and Jd Hayes-trained War Machine was in Sydney competing in The Everest. While it did not turn out how the Lindsay Park trainers had… Read More »
UK trainer Harry Charlton wasted little time in inspecting his Caulfield Cup charge Wine Dark Sea going straight to Werribee after his arrival in Australia. Wine Dark Sea will be Charlton’s first runner in Australia although he has leaned on his brother Tom, who co-trains with John O’Shea in Sydney,… Read More »
After stringing together three straight wins during a late autumn campaign, Charlotte Littlefield said she was feeling the pressure as Concord Connie stepped out for her first run of the spring at Mornington. Concord Connie was sent off the $1.30 favourite and was just touched out on September 26 over… Read More »
Trainer Gavin Bedggood will break new ground at Caulfield with his first runner in a ‘major’. Whilst he has had Group 1 runners – and winners – previously, Kingswood running in the Caulfield Cup (2400m) on Saturday will be his first. The majors are considered the Caulfield Cup, the Melbourne… Read More »
Tommy Berry is the first to admit Apocalyptic hasn’t delivered on her early promise, but he isn’t losing faith in the Group 1 winner just yet. Almost unbeatable as a spring three-year-old, she won the Furious, Tea Rose and Flight Stakes last year before narrowly going down to Ole Dancer… Read More »
Chad Schofield might credit luck and timing for giving him his first opportunities aboard star gallopers Tempted and Ceolwulf, but it’s his skill and execution that have kept him there. Schofield has developed an incredible association with both horses that will continue into the biggest day of the Sydney spring… Read More »
Cranbourne trainer Lloyd Kennewell claims the Group 1 sprint for three-year-olds at Flemington during Melbourne Cup week is shaping as the race of the spring. Kennewell has two quality colts heading towards the Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) on October 31 – Organised Crime and Mbube. The former will have his… Read More »
