Tye Angland’s prediction after Single Bullet blew his chance to qualify for the Magic Millions is a step closer to reaching fruition. After misbehaving in the stalls and starting sluggishly at Wyong in December, Angland urged trainer Gary Portelli to look on the bright side after Single Bullet finished second…. Read More »
Classy filly I Am A Star has added another feature win at Flemington but was forced to work overtime to deny West Australian visitor Ellicazoom. The Group One Myer Classic winner from last spring, I Am A Star was clearly the highest-rated filly in Saturday’s Group Two Kewney Stakes and… Read More »
Artistry’s delayed autumn campaign has begun in fine style with the mare beating her stablemate Dothraki in a photo-finish to the Group Three Maurice McCarten Stakes at Rosehill. Trainers Peter and Paul Snowden held her back from a scheduled start a couple of weeks ago because of the extremely heavy… Read More »
We take a look at the big bets the online bookmakers have taken on the weekends horse racing around the country with most of the big money being placed at Flemington and Rosehill. Have Your Say: Which BIG BETS will be winning? Leave a comment below.
Super Saturday arrives at Flemington on Saturday with a nine race card highlighted by a couple of cracking majors, the Newmarket Handicap (1200m) and Australian Cup (2000m). The weather is overcast, the track is good (3) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit. [crownbetoffer]… Read More »
Randwick takes a break for the time being and all eyes are on Rosehill for their Golden Slipper Carnival, kicking off this Saturday with Coolmore Classic Day, with the 1500m Group l for the females attracting the best mares in the business, outside Winx of course. The weather is fine,… Read More »
Sydney Cup favourite Antonio Giuseppe continues his build-up for that Group One challenge at Randwick as the heavily-backed runner in the Group Three Sky High Stakes at Rosehill. The Chris Waller-trained gelding is the early favourite ($6) to notch his first Group One win in the $2 million Sydney Cup… Read More »
David Brideoake wants to wind back the clock after racking up the mileage. A year after he brought Griante up from his Mornington stable to Sydney to snare the Group One Galaxy, the Victorian trainer is hoping Thames Court follows a similar pathway at Rosehill on Saturday. The four-year-old mare… Read More »
With a Winx-free weekend of racing in Sydney, top jockey Hugh Bowman is in Melbourne with a genuine chance to plunder a big Group One double. While the world’s best horse on turf, Winx, isn’t slated for her next start until Saturday week in Sydney, Bowman has the ride on… Read More »
Australian champion Winx and American star Arrogate sit on top of the world with ratings of 127 in the first rankings for the year. Arrogate, who runs in the World Cup in Dubai at the end of the month, has had one start in 2017 for victory in The Pegasus…. Read More »
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 »
