Seven time Group 1 winner Grand Armee has sadly passed away at the age of eighteen. Grand Armee amassed over $5.3million dollars in earnings including seven group one wins. Grand Armee was retired in August 2005 after 31 starts winning 13 times and placing a further 13 times and has… Read More »
Talented three-year-old Crack Me Up is a prime example of why so many trainers were upset about the state of the Eagle Farm track surface. Crack Me Up will be attempting to win his third stakes race when he takes on older horses in the Listed Tattersall’s Mile at Doomben… Read More »
Ben Currie has lost one of his stars in his quest to win the Queensland trainers’ title with top two-year-old Ilovevegas sold to Hong Kong. Ilovevegas would have been favourite for the G H Mumm Handicap (1600m) at Doomben on Saturday but instead is being prepared for his new venture…. Read More »
A date has been set for champion Winx to quietly commence her run into spring as trainer Chris Waller eyes a third consecutive Cox Plates. Winx, aiming to become the only horse other than Kingston Town to win the weight-for-age championship three times, will be saddled up for a barrier… Read More »
A defining moment in Australian racing is shaping after Racing NSW’s announcement of date changes to black-type races this spring. Earlier this month RNSW announced a date shift for the Hill Stakes (1800m) and the Craven Plate (2000m) which will go head-to-head with the Underwood Stakes and Caulfield Stakes in… Read More »
Lindsay Park has stepped away from its usual protocol with evergreen galloper Extra Zero ahead of a 2000m-handicap at Flemington. Instead of returning the rising 11-year-old to Euroa in country Victoria, the stable elected to leave Extra Zero at its Flemington base after his last-start second on July 8. Co-trainer… Read More »
Craig Williams has gained the light-weight ride on Golden Slipper winner She Will Reign when she returns in the Group One Moir Stakes. The Gary Portelli-trained filly will carry 50kg in the Moir with her regular rider Ben Melham unable to get down to the weight for the Moonee Valley… Read More »
Horsham trainer Paul Preusker is confident the in-form Magic Consol has the miles in his legs to contest a 2000m-handicap at Flemington. Magic Consol has had three previous attempts at Saturday’s journey, finishing in the placings at his two most recent tries. One was on soft ground in July last… Read More »
An injury to classy sprinter Bon Aurum will see the Group 1 winner miss the entire spring carnival. The Ciaron Maher trained chestnut stallion will have at least 6 months off after needing to have chips removed from his knee. Ken King, who bred Bon Aurum, told ciaronmaher.com.au that the sprinter would take… Read More »
A victory in NSW’s longest race has proven to Goulburn’s twin trainers Thunder Road has the stamina for the inaugural Jericho Cup. The five-year-old gelding’s endurance was tested even further in the 3800m Riverina Cup at Wagga Wagga with it being run on a heavy track. But the Emma and… Read More »
Racing NSW boss Peter V’Landys has defended changes to the Sydney spring carnival which may impact Melbourne saying he is doing the best for his state in an era of competition. V’landys said the introduction of corporate bookmakers had changed the wagering landscape. “We are in competition with each other,”… Read More »
Queensland stakes winner Man Of His Word could back up at Randwick a week after his close second in the Winter Stakes. Trainer Bruce Hill would like to send him out on a winning note after a mixed winter campaign and is keen to test him at 1800 metres on… Read More »
New Zealand Group One winner La Diosa will have a short spring campaign when she returns to racing after a mixed autumn. The filly gave her sire So You Think, a multiple Group One winner in both hemispheres, his first Group One win in the 1000 Guineas in November. She… Read More »
As Group One performers Menari and Trapeze Artist ramp up preparations for the spring, trainer Gerald Ryan is looking to Magic Alibi to capitalise on her late-season form at Randwick. Snitzel colts Menari and Trapeze Artist will step out in barrier trials at Rosehill on Tuesday ahead of major targets… Read More »
Mick Kent will wait until after the Bletchingly Stakes before deciding on Group One targets for Supido while the trainer has Caulfield Cup aspirations for another of his stable stars. Supido resumed from a spell with a comfortable win in Saturday’s Group Three Sir John Monash Stakes at Caulfield and… Read More »
Caravaggio is still in the frame for a trip to Australia for The Everest despite losing his unbeaten record in the July Cup. Trainer Aidan O’Brien said the colt could be seen next in the Prix Maurice de Gheest at Deauville over six and a half furlongs (1300m) on August… Read More »
The Lindsay Park team will look to split their star fillies early in their three-year-old spring campaigns with options in both Melbourne and Sydney. Group One Blue Diamond Stakes winner Catchy, Golden Slipper placegetter Tulip and Group winner Formality will ramp up their preparations for a likely August return, with… Read More »
Supdio has shown his class in his return to racing to land an important Group race win in the Sir John Monash Stakes at Caulfield. The Mick Kent-trained sprinter has been placed at Group One and Group Two level but a stakes win had eluded him until Saturday’s Group Three… Read More »
Retirement may have to wait for Slightly Sweet, which has brought back memories of her three-year-old season with victory in the Listed Winter Stakes at Rosehill. Now a five-year-old, the mare trained by Jason Coyle for the Esplin family has been slated for the broodmare barn in the spring. While… Read More »
Tough stayer Araldo Junior has overcome a horror road trip and a drying track to give trainer Michael Moroney his third win in the Listed Queensland Cup (3200m) on the Sunshine Coast. Araldo Junior ($10) gave jockey Michael Cahill his fourth stakes win and his second Cup of the winter… Read More »
