One of the most iconic handicap races in Australia the ‘Caulfield Cup’ is set to become a WFA race with the change to take affect as early as this year. “We’d have to get our skates on but it could be as early as this year but more likely 2018… Read More »
The Newmarket Handicap might be a change in plans for Extreme Choice but trainer Mick Price insists the colt is at the top of his game to chase a third Group One win. Extreme Choice was going to bypass the Group One sprint and run in the William Reid Stakes… Read More »
Global Glamour will be out to keep her perfect record in Group One races intact when she chases her third elite-level win for the season in the Coolmore Classic at Rosehill. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained filly landed the Flight Stakes-Thousand Guineas double last spring in her only starts… Read More »
Not since champion Makybe Diva more than a decade ago has a mare won the Australian Cup but trainer Ciaron Maher wouldn’t swap Jameka for any other horse in this year’s race. The Caulfield Cup winner is one of two mares in Saturday’s weight-for-age Group One 2000m-feature at Flemington, along… Read More »
All is in readiness for an international mission for Awesome Rock but the horse has an important assignment on his home track first. Awesome Rock runs in Saturday’s Group One Australian Cup at Flemington – the same race he was first past the post in a year ago only to… Read More »
Omei Sword will have to overcome the outside barrier in a field of 19 for the Group One Coolmore Classic but remains the favourite. The Chris Waller-trained filly is at $3.50 with Sportsbet.com.au for Saturday’s 1500m feature at Rosehill for fillies and mares with second favourite Dixie Blossoms ($7) drawing… Read More »
The Group One Newmarket Handicap at Flemington has attracted 13 runners with favourite Spieth and three-year-old Extreme Choice drawn on opposite sides of the field. Spieth, runner-up in his past two Group One starts at Flemington, has the inside barrier in Saturday’s time-honoured handicap down the 1200m-straight course while Extreme… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winning jockey Michelle Payne has been fined $1,500 by Racing Victoria stewards after pleading guilty to a tweet made about Flemington’s track manager Mick Goodie. Michelle Payne took to twitter on Monday to for Goodie’s position to be review claiming that he did not prepare a fair surface… Read More »
New Zealand filly La Bella Diosa makes her Australian Group One debut earlier than anticipated with her Surround Stakes win convincing trainers Matt and Mandy Brown to tackle the 2017 Coolmore Classic. Mandy Brown cited La Bella Diosa’s 1-1/2 length victory at her first run on a heavy track in… Read More »
Trainer Mick Price and jockey Joao Moreira still have a genuine chance in the Newmarket Handicap despite Flying Artie being ruled out of the Group One sprint. Stablemate Extreme Choice will now run with Flying Artie out of calculations for Saturday’s 1200m-straight race at Flemington after being scoped following trackwork… Read More »
An unorthodox lead-in to the Australian Cup is no concern for connections of Ecuador who will be chasing his first Group One win in the weight-for-age race. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained seven-year-old has had four 1400m starts so far this campaign and now steps to 2000m in Saturday’s… Read More »
Three-year-old Flying Artie will not run in the Newmarket Handicap with mucus detected in a scope. His Mick Price-trained stablemate Extreme Choice will now take his place in Saturday’s field for the 1200m-sprint at Flemington. Hong Kong’s champion jockey Joao Moreira, who was booked for Flying Artie, will now ride… Read More »
Godolphin has recruited William Buick to ride in Sydney with James Doyle expected to be sidelined with injury until the end of the month. Buick, the global racing operation’s No.1 rider in the United Kingdom, has been riding at the Dubai carnival but will come to Australia this week. Doyle,… Read More »
Bookmakers are echoing trainer Chris Waller’s opinion of Omei Sword with the filly the favourite in opening markets for the Coolmore Classic at Rosehill. Omei Sword was posted at $3 with Williamhill.com.au on Monday after 25 entries were taken for Saturday’s Group One race for fillies and mares over 1500… Read More »
Numbers have fallen for Lindsay Park in the Australian Cup at Flemington with the stable left with one runner. Boom Time will be its representative in Saturday’s 2000m weight-for-age Cup as he looks to give the stable its second win in the race in the past three years. Spillway and… Read More »
Craig Newitt will be reunited with The Quarterback when they chase back-to-back Newmarket Handicaps but trainer Robbie Griffiths admits the sprinter has a task ahead to defy history. The Quarterback heads to Saturday’s Newmarket Handicap first-up after he missed his lead-up run in the Lightning Stakes because of a scary… Read More »
Gold Coast trainer Toby Edmonds is determined to keep the lid on the hype surrounding star filly Houtzen’s quest for the 2017 Golden Slipper. Houtzen firmed to outright second favourite at $4.40 with Sportsbet.com.au for the $3.5 million Slipper at Rosehill on March 18 after lumping 63kg to win an… Read More »
Lindsay Park will try to defy Newmarket Handicap history when Redkirk Warrior runs first-up in the Group One sprint at Flemington. Redkirk Warrior will be joined by stablemate, Oakleigh Plate winner Sheidel, in the 1200m-race on Saturday. A Group One placegetter in Hong Kong, Redkirk Warrior has had two starts… Read More »
A rousing track gallop by classy mare Sold For Song has convinced her trainer to take her to Sydney for the Group One Coolmore Classic at Rosehill. Sold For Song is back in Toowoomba after finishing fifth behind In Her Time in the Group Two Millie Fox Stakes (1300m) at… Read More »
Trainer Lee Freedman has called on Singapore-based Glen Boss to ride Tom Melbourne in the Group One Australian Cup. Tom Melbourne will be one of two runners in Saturday’s 2000m weight-for-age feature at Flemington for the Lee and Anthony Freedman stable along with well-performed import Exospheric to be ridden by… Read More »
