Blake Shinn says you need a champion to win the Cox Plate and is hoping Antino is that horse. The Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley on Saturday has long been regarded as Australia’s weight-for-age championship and Shinn believes he is on the right horse to give him his first win in… Read More »
Joe Pride is much happier with Attica’s condition than he is with the barrier he drew in this Saturday’s $2 million Spring Champion Stakes at Randwick. The colt was allocated gate 13 when starting positions were determined but will come into 12 if the emergency Pinot Nero fails to gain a… Read More »
Caulfield Cup winning father-and-son training duo Tony and Calvin McEvoy have their eyes on a few more Group 1 prizes before the end of the spring carnival. Half Yours provided the McEvoy’s with their maiden Caulfield Cup victory and is heading to the Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on November 4…. Read More »
The Cox Plate field is down to eight following the scratching of Globe on veterinary advice. The Mick Price and Michael Kent-trained galloper had been under a fitness cloud of running in the Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley on Saturday following a Sleip Test on Monday. A Sleip Test uses… Read More »
Lindermann would not be out of place in Saturday’s $6 million Group 1 Cox Plate, but Chris Waller has no regrets about keeping Lindermann in Sydney this campaign. The six-year-old will be out to continue his spring resurgence when he chases a second-straight win in the $750,000 Group 3 Craven Plate (1800m)… Read More »
Trainer Michael Freedman is convinced San Giovanni will relish the rise in distance when he steps out in a Group 1 contest at Randwick. The Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) on Saturday will be San Giovanni’s fourth start of his campaign, and potentially last, with an autumn campaign in mind. A late comer… Read More »
Ciaron Maher concedes Light Infantry Man needs to lift to win the Cox Plate. However, the last time the gelding raced in Victoria, Light Infantry Man collected the Group 1 Australian Cup in a tough run 2000m at Flemington in March. That is what Maher is hoping for again on Saturday when… Read More »
Trainer Ciaron Maher has the Geelong Cup in his sights with Gilded Water but has a back-up option at Moonee Valley should something go awry. Damaging winds are forecast for Geelong on Wednesday with anywhere between 4mm and 15mm of rain. The Moonee Valley Gold Cup (2500m) on Friday night is the… Read More »
Michael Freedman will chase further Spring riches with classy mare Manaal as he prepares the Group 1 winner for the Group 2 The Invitation (1400m) at Rosehill on Saturday. A winner of the Group 1 ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) as a two-year-old, Manaal has collected nearly $2 million in prize money… Read More »
The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained Globe is under a Cox Plate cloud with ‘irritation’ to a fetlock joint. Connections of Globe paid a $200,000 late entry fee after the gelding’s latest win in the Might And Power (2000m) at Caulfield to get the seven-year-old into the Cox Plate (2040m)… Read More »
It was an uneventful morning for the Chris Waller trio of Cox Plate contestants as they had their final workouts ahead of the weight-for-age championship at Moonee Valley. A year ago, Cox Plate champion Via Sistina dumped her rider James McDonald and galloped a couple of extra laps of The Valley before… Read More »
Champion racehorse and stallion So You Think has passed away, just days before the running of the race that made him a legend — the Cox Plate. Coolmore confirmed on Monday afternoon that the 19-year-old dual Cox Plate winner and prolific sire of more than 60 stakes winners had succumbed… Read More »
Mick Price, Michael Kent Jnr and the Roll The Dice Racing team are daring to dream with Globe, who will this Saturday look to cap an ascension into Australian racing’s elite. Just four weeks after being beaten in an 1800m handicap on AFL Grand Final Day, the Kiwi-bred gelding will look… Read More »
Shangri La Boy had not even been to the races five weeks ago, but Adrian Bott is confident the well-related colt can end the week a Group 1 winner. The three-year-old son of Pierro will have his fourth career start in the $2 million Spring Champion Stakes at Randwick. The 2000-metre event… Read More »
Half Yours has been rehandicapped for the Melbourne Cup following his Caulfield Cup victory, with the emerging stayer to now carry 53kg in next month’s 3200-metre feature. Racing Victoria’s head of handicapping David Hegan on Monday morning announced that the Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained gelding was in receipt of a 2kg… Read More »
Sir Delius has been listed among nominations for Saturday’s Craven Plate (2000m) at Randwick, despite Racing Victoria’s controversial decision to withdraw him from the Melbourne Cup and Cox Plate. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained import was ruled out of both races last week after mandatory CT scans revealed a… Read More »
The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable will gather some more information on the condition of Sir Delius before deciding on whether to press on with his preparation. Sir Delius was ruled out of the remainder of the Melbourne Spring Carnival by Racing Victoria stewards after the entire underwent scans… Read More »
Joe Pride has pulled off a training masterstroke, his decision to add blinkers to Ceolwulf helping the gelding rediscover his best form and land back-to-back wins in the $5 million King Charles III Stakes at Randwick. Ceolwulf hadn’t quite reached the heights expected since claiming the Group 1 Epsom Handicap–King… Read More »
When Half Yours commenced his spring campaign, the father-and-son training team of Tony and Calvin McEvoy had aspirations of a Group 1 race in Sydney. But one fateful weekend where Half Yours was an emergency for a race in Sydney along with one in Melbourne swung the pendulum in a… Read More »
He came and he conquered. Ka Ying Rising, the Hong Kong superstar and world’s highest rated racehorse, underlined his champion status with an Everest victory for the ages on Saturday. After a build-up that included a controversial barrier trial defeat and injury rumours, the David Hayes-trained sprinter did his talking… Read More »
