New Zealand colt Summer Passage has pleased his trainers in a barrier trial at Te Teko ahead of his Melbourne spring campaign. Trained by Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott, Summer Passage won the Group One Sistema Stakes at Ellerslie in March and finished second to Invader in the ATC Sires’… Read More »
Three time Group 1 winner Le Romain has opened favourite for Saturday’s Missile Stakes. The Kris Lees trained five-year-old heads betting on $2.30 with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au. The Randwick Group 2 attracted 14 nominations, but Le Romain is the best credentialed of the group. Group 1 winning mare Tycoon Tara, which was second in… Read More »
Jockey Steven King has confirmed his retirement from race riding after a stellar career highlighted by the Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cups double on Let’s Elope. King has not ridden competitively since December but still rides quality horseflesh for five-time Melbourne Cup-winning owner Lloyd Williams each morning at Macedon Lodge…. Read More »
Group One winners Invader, Tycoon Tara and English will be among the horses taking advantage of the Canterbury course proper for gallops. The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained Tycoon Tara and Invader will be joined by stablemate That’s A Good Idea on Tuesday morning while English is one of nine horses… Read More »
Dwayne Dunn will be back aboard in-form Ability in the rescheduled Bletchingly Stakes. Dunn filled in for a suspended Craig Williams on the Robert Smerdon-trained Ability last start, winning the Listed All Victorian Sprint Series Final at Flemington. Williams was to ride Ability in Saturday’s Group Three Bletchingly (1200m) but… Read More »
Star galloper Hartnell is pleasing his new trainer ahead of his return to racing in Melbourne and will ramp up his preparations in a jump-out at Flemington. Hartnell has won twice at Group One level in Australia but has also had to play second fiddle to champion Winx in other… Read More »
Epsom Handicap winner Hauraki will not defend the race and instead be rested until the autumn. Hauraki has been a mainstay of Godolphin’s Australian team for three seasons, racking up five Group One placings before his Epsom win last year. “Hauraki has been an outstanding performer for Team Godolphin over… Read More »
Corey Brown says he has never felt a horse accelerate like Philosophy did to take out the final race of the Sydney season. The Melbourne Cup and two-time Sydney Cup winner says he got the Godolphin-owned second favourite to the front too soon on Saturday but she “just exploded” 500m… Read More »
A delighted Craig Williams is ready to relax after wrapping up a sixth Melbourne jockeys’ premiership at Caulfield. A win on Shamport in one of the four races on Saturday’s program, which was shortened due to strong winds, gave Williams a 77-73 victory over apprentice Beau Mertens. “It’s been a… Read More »
To say Shiraz has been in the wars lately is an understatement but with the care and attention of Kim Waugh, the gelding has delivered in the final stakes race of the Sydney season. A $7.50 chance in Saturday’s Listed Winter Challenge at Rosehill, Shiraz rose to the occasion at… Read More »
Vaucluse Bay has spearheaded Chris Waller’s half-dozen chances in the Schweppes Handicap and recorded back-to-back wins at Rosehill for the first time. “He’s come of age this preparation. Today was by far his most impressive win,” Waller said after the three-year-old cleared out to win the 2000m test by four… Read More »
Craig Williams has bounced back from a forgettable race early on the card at Caulfield to post a winner in the next event on promising colt Shamport. Things did not go to plan for Williams aboard second favourite Charlevoix in Saturday’s VOBIS Gold Stayers (2400m), with the champion jockey ending… Read More »
A last-to-first finishing burst by Saint Valorem has provided Cameron Templeton with his first winner at Caulfield. Saint Valorem came widest in the straight in Saturday’s Jason Hart Handicap (1100m) to give Templeton his first Saturday metropolitan success after previous midweek city victories at Sandown and Mornington. Ridden by Brian… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse is eyeing a Magic Millions win with Arbeitsam but will not pigeonhole the versatile gelding after his win at Rosehill. The $3.70 favourite raced away from the field from the outset on Saturday and held off a late challenge from The Pharoah ($7.50) to win by a length… Read More »
A rails-hugging ride from Ryan Maloney has helped stakes-winning mare Every Faith to a narrow victory at Caulfield as her racing career draws to a close. Every Faith ($6.50) settled back in the field in the Janet Brady Handicap (1200m) on Saturday before Maloney drove her through in the straight… Read More »
D’Argento opened at $2.90 on Wednesday before a flurry of money throughout the week including multiple big bets saw the colts odds continue to turn in with bookmakers across the country and the son of So You Think did not let punters down landing one of if not the biggest… Read More »
A strong card of racing has been assembled for Rosehill this Saturday where it is Winter Challenge Day. The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit.
A strong card of racing has been set down for Caulfield this Saturday, with the feature clearly being the Bletchingly Stakes (1200m). The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit.
The Robert Smerdon-trained Ability has started to fulfil his potential and puts his unbeaten run this preparation on the line when he faces his biggest test in the Group Three Bletchingly Stakes. Craig Williams, who takes a three-win lead in the Melbourne jockeys’ premiership into the season’s final city meeting… Read More »
Godolphin’s G1 Epsom Handicap winner Hauraki will be rested during the coming Australian Spring with a view to returning for an Autumn campaign in 2018. One of the most consistent and courageous members of the Australian team, Hauraki had been placed five times at G1 level before his Epsom breakthrough…. Read More »
