After a Group One double at Caulfield, Lindsay Park will have multiple runners in a feature race at Flemington. The stable will saddle four starters in Saturday’s Australian Guineas as it chases its fifth win in the 1600m-race. Last week at Caulfield, Lindsay Park had six runners in the Blue… Read More »
The weather will determined which of three venues 2017 Golden Slipper second favourite Houtzen runs at this weekend. Houtzen will be having her first run since winning the Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic on January 14. She is an acceptor for the two-year-old race at Eagle Farm on Saturday and also… Read More »
Chautauqua is one of eight acceptors for the Group One Canterbury Stakes at Randwick. The champion sprinter, to be ridden by Tommy Berry, has returned to Sydney and is set to run on a heavy track over 1300m on Saturday after drawing barrier four and is the $2.70 favourite with… Read More »
In form Invincible Gem is the only filly in a field of 14 for the Group One Randwick Guineas. Chasing a fourth straight win, Invincible Gem has drawn barrier six in Saturday’s 1600m race where she will be pitted against Victoria Derby winner Prized Icon, Man From Uncle, who is… Read More »
While the prospect of a wet Randwick track has several trainers contemplating their options this weekend, Kris Lees is more than happy for Le Romain to run in the 2017 Canterbury Stakes. Chautauqua is the headline among the 11 nominations for Saturday’s Group One 1300m-sprint, but the weather and a… Read More »
Legless Veuve has done what she needed to in a track gallop at Caulfield to convince trainer Stuart Webb to let her take her place in the Australian Guineas. The three-year-old pleased Webb with her work on Tuesday morning and will contest the Group One race at Flemington on Saturday…. Read More »
Melbourne racegoers must wait to marvel at super mare Winx at Flemington for the first time, with trainer Chris Waller ruling out a crack at the $1.5 million Australian Cup on March 11. Although Waller said a $400 fee had been paid last week to keep the world’s top-rated horse… Read More »
Trainer Toby Edmonds is having second thoughts about running Golden Slipper 2017 second favourite Houtzen at Eagle Farm after she was given a higher weight than he expected. Houtzen received 63kg in Saturday’s QTIS Two-Year-Old (1000m) for her first run since winning the Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic on January 14. Edmonds… Read More »
The managing owner of Chautauqua says the star sprinter’s 2017 Newmarket Handicap weight is fair but a decision is still pending whether he takes up the challenge. Chautauqua received 58kg in Tuesday’s release of weights for the 1200m sprint at Flemington on March 11 and Rupert Legh said the gelding… Read More »
Star sprinter Chautauqua has been given top weight of 58 kilograms in the Newmarket Handicap 2017, 1.5kg more than recent Lightning Stakes winner Terravista. Group One-winning three-year-olds Extreme Choice and Flying Artie will both carry 52.5kg. Chautauqua, third in last year’s Newmarket. is entered to run in the weight-for-age 2017… Read More »
Joao Moreira has already won the Oakleigh Plate in Melbourne this carnival and gets the chance to add a second Newmarket Handicap to his record on Flying Artie. With Flying Artie expected to get a weight below jockey Damien Oliver’s range, connections of the Mick Price-trained colt have booked Moreira… Read More »
Champion sprinter Chautauqua is the early favourite to win his first race over further than 1200 metres since his three-year-old season but the weather will deternmine if he starts in the Canterbury Stakes. Chautauqua won the Hawkesbury Guineas (1400m) in May 2014 with his best performance at the distance since… Read More »
Jockey Michael Walker will undergo surgery for a back problem which is expected to keep him out of the saddle for three months. Walker had to be helped off a horse after a race at Moonee Valley last Friday week when his back seized up. He was forced to miss… Read More »
Hong Kong-based Australian jockey Brett Prebble will be back in Melbourne chasing a second Australian Guineas after being booked to ride stakes-winning colt Attention. Prebble won the Group One Australian Guineas at Flemington two years ago on the Gai Waterhouse-trained Wandjina. James Harron Bloodstock confirmed Prebble’s booking to ride the… Read More »
Trainer Ciaron Maher wants officials to watch Jukebox to gallop with a view to getting the green light to continue with the colt’s preparation towards the 2017 Golden Slipper. Jukebox was controversially withdrawn from Saturday’s $1.5 million Blue Diamond Stakes by stewards after being inspected twice on Friday by veterinarians…. Read More »
Seasoned traveller Rudy is set to trial at the Gold Coast in preparation for another trip to Sydney during the autumn carnival. Rudy, who is likely to trial on Tuesday, will be making his sixth trip to Sydney where his only win was in the 2014 Group Two Villiers Stakes…. Read More »
Star sprinter Chautauqua heads the 11 entries for the Group One Canterbury Stakes at Randwick. There are 27 nominations for the other Group One race on Saturday’s program, the Randwick Guineas (1600m) for three-year-olds headed by Victoria Derby winner Prized Icon. Chautauqua will be stepping up beyond 1200 metres for… Read More »
A last-start Group Two win has earned the Robert Smerdon-trained Oak Door a shot at the Australian Guineas. Smerdon is planning to start Oak Door in Saturday’s Group One race for three-year-oldsover 1600m at Flemington and he could be joined by stablemate Theanswermyfriend. Oak Door is a winner over 1400m… Read More »
Forgotten two-year-old Madeenaty will press her claims for a 2017 Golden Slipper start in a stakes race at Flemington. The Lindsay Park-trained filly runs in the Listed News Sport Stakes (1000m) on Saturday as a lead-up to the Golden Slipper at Rosehill two weeks later. A debut winner at Flemington… Read More »
Ron Quinton’s 100th runner of the season has delivered the desired result at Randwick, giving the champion jockey-turned-trainer a win after a tragic start to the year. Quinton’s wife, Margaret, died from a heart attack on January 8, and jockey Tim Clark was happy to give him a reason to… Read More »
