Godolphin is eyeing another cup trophy with Spectroscope in Saturday’s Hawkesbury Gold Cup. The royal blue of Godolphin was carried to victory in last week’s Sydney Cup with Polarisation. Online bookie sportsbet.com.au has Spectroscope as the $5.50 favourite for Saturday’s Group 3. The four-year-old heads Fabrizio ($7.00) in a wide betting… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott have been fined $5000 after being found guilty of conduct prejudicial to the image or interests of racing. The training partnership was charged by Racing NSW stewards earlier this month after substituting three horses listed for a televised track gallop during the Breakfast With the… Read More »
Trainer James Cummings will weigh up the best option for Good Standing’s return with Hawkesbury and Eagle Farm the choices. The colt is the 59kg topweight for Saturday’s Group Three Hawkesbury Guineas (1400m) while he would carry 56.5kg in the Group Two Victory Stakes (1200m) against older horses in Brisbane…. Read More »
It’s not often the Lindsay Park stable gets frightened off by the presence of a single horse in a particular race. But with the John McArdle-trained Doubt I’m Dreaming running in the Listed Thoroughbred Club Cup at Caulfield on Saturday, senior trainer David Hayes has rethought his plans with Will’s… Read More »
Trainer John Moloney had some added pressure as he left his Caulfield stables for Flemington where he had Dornier engaged in the VRC St Leger. Before he made the journey across town for one of Victoria’s oldest races onTuesday, Moloney’s brother Gerard told him it time he stepped up and… Read More »
A stakes win at Flemington has completed a winning hat-trick for Merchant Navy with the promise of more success to follow. Tuesday’s Listed Anzac Day Stakes over 1400m could prove a spring three-year-old guide with Long John (2013), Merion (2014), My Poppette (2015) and Throssell (2016) among previous winners. Ridden… Read More »
Sadaqa is quickly becoming the pin-up horse for apprentice Chris Caserta. The Mick Cerchi-trained gelding gave the apprentice his first metropolitan winner at Caulfield on April 15 and 10 days later the seven-year-old has given Caserta his first Flemington winner. Just as he did at Caulfield, Sadaqa led throughout in… Read More »
Rising six-year-old Zebulon will be having just his ninth career start when he lines up in a stakes race at Caulfield. Saturday’s Listed Anniversary Vase (1440m) will be the Peter Morgan-trained gelding’s first start in 12 months with two tendon injuries restricting Zebulon to only two starts in the past… Read More »
Flemington will host their traditional Anzac Day meeting on Tuesday where the feature race is the VRC St Leger (2800m). The weather forecast is for showers, the track is soft (7) and the rail is out nine metres for the entire circuit. [crownbetoffer] Race One (13:00) : Long… Read More »
Anzac Day racing in Sydney heads to Randwick on Tuesday for an eight race program with some good depth early on in the program. The weather is fine, the track is soft (7) and the rail is out ten metres for the entire circuit. [crownbetoffer] Race One (12:40)… Read More »
Jamie Mott has not hidden his opinion of impressive debut winner Doubt I’m Dreaming who he believes can reach the top level. Mott was aboard the John McArdle-trained Doubt I’m Dreaming when he sprinted to a convincing Listed race win on debut at Moonee Valley last month. The 29-year-old Mott… Read More »
Leading winter carnival hope Hopfgarten is likely to resume in the Group Two Victory Stakes at Eagle Farm as his first step to the Stradbroke Handicap. Hopfgarten is one of 13 entries for Saturday’s Victory Stakes which include last year’s winner Fell Swoop and three Group One winners, Music Magnate,… Read More »
The Sydney autumn carnival may have ended a week later than planned, but the final meeting brought a fitting result. After the first running of the Sydney Cup was declared a no-race on April 8, the 3200m-staying feature was re-run on Saturday with Polarisation a popular and deserved winner. The… Read More »
Leotie will be on trial for bigger interstate races when she runs for the first time in six weeks at Caulfield. The Henry Dwyer-trained three-year-old will run in a 1200m race against her own age on Saturday with a view to races in NSW and Queensland. Leotie has won three… Read More »
Brisbane jockey Robbie Fradd will make a timely comeback from injury at Eagle Farm as the winter carnival gathers momentum. Fradd, who hasn’t ridden since March 1 when a horse he was riding broke down and fell at Doomben, will make his return on Saturday. He was able to walk… Read More »
Apprentice Kate Brooks is to be transferred to Royal Adelaide Hospital after suffering a head injury in a race at Alice Springs. The National Jockeys Trust said Brooks was responsive after Saturday’s fall following which she was placed in an induced coma. The NJT said her condition was listed as… Read More »
Trainer Matt Cumani has two horses he knows will have no problems running out the VRC St Leger journey but has some lingering doubts whether they are mature enough at this stage of their careers. Cumani will saddle Golden Authority and Marketplacer in the Listed race over 2800m at Flemington… Read More »
Just in case anyone missed it the first time, English visitor Polarisation has won the re-run of the Sydney Cup at Randwick to the relief of his jockey and the jubilation of his stable. Charlie Appleby’s assistant trainer James Ferguson admitted it was not an easy decision to delay the… Read More »
Meticulous planning has given trainer Udyta Clarke her biggest pay day when Rich Charm won the VOBIS Gold Sprint at Caulfield. Rich Charm made it three wins on end when successful in the $250,000 race on Saturday although his trainer was convinced something was wrong on Thursday evening. “It was… Read More »
A stakes race win to Malibu Style at Caulfield has not only given jockey Steven Parnham his first Melbourne winner but also formed part of a unique feat for the prominent West Australian racing family. Only minutes after Steven guided the horse trained by his father Neville to victory in… Read More »
