New Zealand trainer Murray Baker has given Turn Me Loose the thumbs up after arriving in Melbourne to oversee the horse’s final preparations for his bid at back-to-back Futurity Stakes wins at Caulfield. Baker, who trains in partnership with Andrew Forsman, had not seen Turn Me Loose for about five… Read More »
It’s no secret Winx’s rivals are lining up in the Group One Chipping Norton Stakes at Randwick running for second, with a $56,000 bet underscoring her favouritism to claim a 15th successive victory. The TAB estimated the five-year-old mare accounted for 99.73 per cent of the betting in Saturday’s feature… Read More »
Flamberge will be out to equal his own modern-day weight carrying record when he chases back-to-back Oakleigh Plate wins at Caulfield. The gelding lumped 58kg to win a year ago, the most weight carried to victory in the metric era. After a game fourth in the Group One weight-for-age Lightning… Read More »
South Coast trainer Paul Murray has been found guilty of five cobalt offences relating to a stored sample taken from Alma’s Fury four years ago. Racing NSW stewards have rejected arguments by counsel for Murray that cobalt was not a prohibited substance at the time because there was no threshold… Read More »
Black Heart Bart is a $1.80 favourite to win the Futurity Stakes and that is unlikely to change. Online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au reports that the Darren Weir trained sprinter holds 12 times more money than second favourite Turn Me Loose ($7.00). Black Heart Bart’s stablemate, Palentino ($7.50), is the only other… Read More »
As has become the norm, Winx will have a photo-shoot two days out from her next race start. Behind the scenes all the work has been done with her trainer Chris Waller confident both he and she are prepared for her defence of Saturday’s Chipping Norton Stakes at Randwick. Australia’s… Read More »
When it comes to winning Group One races in Australia over the past 12 months, only champion Winx can boast a better record than Black Heart Bart. Since joining the Darren Weir stable from Western Australia a year ago, Black Heart Bart has had 10 starts in Group One races… Read More »
The Blue Diamond Stakes has been a long-range target for Jukebox and Ciaron Maher has carefully planned the colt’s assault on the $1.5 million race via a less orthodox path than most other trainers. The two-year-old has bypassed both traditional lead-up races – the Blue Diamond Preview and Preludes –… Read More »
Mornington filly I Am A Star was the main mover in Oakleigh Plate betting following the barrier draw. Online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au tightened I Am A Star from $10 into $8.00 for the Caulfield Group 1. She is now on the third line of betting behind favourite Extreme Choice, who has… Read More »
Trainer Brendan McCarthy says missing a lead-up to the 2017 Blue Diamond Stakes may not be to Blondie’s disadvantage. The filly runs in Saturday’s Group One race for two-year-olds at Caulfield having had only one start, for a win, at Moonee Valley on January 27. Blondie was due to contest… Read More »
A capacity field of 18 runners has been declared for the Group One Oakleigh Plate with star colt Extreme Choice to jump from a middle barrier. Dual Group One winner Extreme Choice, who won the Blue Diamond Stakes at the corresponding meeting a year ago, has barrier nine for Saturday’s… Read More »
Premier Victorian trainer Darren Weir will saddle up almost half the field in the Group One Futurity Stakes at Caulfield which has attracted a field of nine. Weir has four runners in Saturday’s 1400m weight-for-age race with multiple Group One winner Black Heart Bart drawing barrier six, Lucky Hussler four,… Read More »
Numbers have been reduced following first declarations for three feature races at Flemington. A total of 31 horses remain in contention for the 2017 Newmarket Handicap on March 11 including the first three home in last Saturday’s Lightning Stakes in which Terravista defeated Spieth and Star Turn. Trainer Mick Price… Read More »
Lasqueti Spirit didnt trouble Winx or Hartnell last time they met and her trainer Lee Curtis doesn’t expect her to give them too much grief in the 2017 Chipping Norton Stakes. What Curtis wants is for the VRC Oaks winner to keep showing him she is on target for the… Read More »
The QEII Cup in Hong Kong has emerged as another international possibility for Caulfield Cup winner Jameka if she heads overseas after the Australian autumn. Trainer Ciaron Maher has already flagged the prospect of Jameka heading to Europe later this year to target some feature races, depending on her form… Read More »
The barrier draw has had an impact on betting for the 2017 Blue Diamond Stakes with the Robert Smerdon-trained Property now equal favourite. After Craig Williams elected to ride the Lindsay Park-trained Catchy following her win in the Blue Diamond Prelude on February 11, she became the $5 favourite for… Read More »
Mick Price wants to see a quick load and getaway for Extreme Choice ahead of the Oakleigh Plate at Caulfield. With two prized three-year-olds in his care, Price saw the fortunes of Extreme Choice’s stablemate Flying Artie unravel in the barriers ahead of the Lightning Stakes at Flemington on Saturday…. Read More »
On the back of her great Group 3 win of the Bow Mistress Stakes in Tasmania, Ocean Embers heads to Caulfield on Saturday to contest the $500,000 Group 1 Oakleigh Plate over 1100m. With five wins from her eleven career starts, including two Group 3 wins, Ocean Embers has confirmed… Read More »
Bookmakers are taking no chances with Winx, posting her at $1.10 in first markets to win her 10th Group One race and second Chipping Norton Stakes. There were 13 nominations taken on Monday with Hartnell at $8 again the only horse given a chance to beat the champion who had… Read More »
Property will be given his chance to achieve a rare feat in the Group One Blue Diamond Stakes but connections of Limestone have decided not to pay a late entry fee to run the filly in the $1.5 millon race. The owners of the Robert Smerdon-trained Property have paid the… Read More »
