Houtzen has displaced From Within as favourite for the 2017 Magic Millions Classic with her easy qualifying win at the Gold Coast. Her jockey Jeff Lloyd rode the filly in trackwork on Tuesday and told trainer Toby Edmonds she could go around on the outside fence and win Saturday’s Two-Year-Old… Read More »
Trainer David Payne has earmarked Colesberg as a Group One contender after the two-year-old gelding scored an upset debut win at Warwick Farm. The victory continued a golden run for part-owners Wilf Mula and Paul Whelan who in the past 18 months have seen Flying Artie stamp himself as a… Read More »
Classy two-year-old Catchy has continued her march towards the 2017 Blue Diamond Stakes, remaining unbeaten with a comfortable win at Caulfield. Catchy was sent out the $1.80 favourite in Saturday’s Peter Siggins Plate (1100m) after an impressive debut at Moonee Valley last month and she backed it up with a… 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 Caulfield, Warwick Farm, Gold Coast, Pinjarra and Morphettville.
A strong nine event program has been set down to be run and won at Caulfield this Saturday with good depth right across the meeting. The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is out three metres for the entire circuit. [crownbetoffer] Race One… Read More »
Saturday racing makes a rare appearance at Warwick Farm this weekend for a nine race program and as you’d expect, the local trainers are well represented. The weather is fine, the track is heavy (8) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit. [crownbetoffer] … Read More »
The Magic Millions Carnival at the Gold Coast kicks off this Saturday with a bumper eight race card, filled with huge field sizes. The weather forecast is for showers, the track is soft (6) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit. [crownbetoffer] Race… Read More »
David Hayes already holds the training record for the most wins in the Blue Diamond Stakes and his stable of juveniles look poised to play a prominent role again this year. Hayes, who now trains in partnership with his son Ben and nephew Tom Dabernig, has won Victoria’s premier race… Read More »
Bruce Hill has trained hundreds of horses but he struggles to think of one tougher than Bodega Negra. The six-year-old will be lining up for his 54th race start and his 13th this season in the Open Handicap (1800m) at the Gold Coast on Saturday. Hill has a lot of… Read More »
Damian Lane will be free to ride at the Gold Coast’s rich Magic Millions raceday despite incurring a careless riding ban at Werribee. Lane was suspended for seven meetings on Thursday and will begin the ban after racing at Caulfield on Saturday and will return the following Saturday at the… Read More »
Cindy Alderson is looking forward to testing the in-form Rewarding Effort beyond a mile for the first time at Caulfield, convinced it can open up the options for the promising gelding. Rewarding Effort clashes with another in-form horse, import Plein Ciel, in Saturday’s Swettenham Stud Summer Championships Heat 7 (1800m)…. Read More »
Apprentice jockey James Innes and the Chris Waller-trained Hogmanay have developed a good understanding. At Warwick Farm on Saturday the pair team up again in the TAB Handicap, chasing a third straight win. After victories at Rosehill in December and again last month, Waller has credited Innes with turning around… Read More »
Champion Sydney trainer Chris Waller has paid tribute to multiple Group One winner Shoot Out who has died aged 10. Raced by Graham and Lindy Huddy, Shoot Out started his career with trainer John Wallace who prepared the gelding until the end of his four-year-old season with the highlights his… Read More »
Connections and racing fans nation wide are mourning the loss of Shoot Out this morning after the five-time Group One winner passed away after suffering a torn diaphragm during surgery. Shoot Out won over $3.2million throughout his career after being purchased for just $15,000 at the 2008 Gold Coast Magic Millions… Read More »
Blake Shinn’s four-win haul at Kembla Grange has been soured by a suspension which rules him out of the rich Magic Millions day at the Gold Coast. Shinn’s four winners on Tuesday were all for the Peter and Paul Snowden training team for whom he rode last year’s Magic Millions… Read More »
Beaten Standish Handicap favourite Divine Mr Artie is unlikely to back up within a week at Caulfield but his stablemate Murt The Flirt will be out to earn a trip to the Gold Coast when he takes his place on his home track. Trainer Brendan McCarthy has nominated Divine Mr… Read More »
New Zealander Turn Me Loose is on track to make his return in the Group Two Australia Stakes at Moonee Valley later this month. Murray Baker, who trains the Group One winner in partnership with Andrew Forsman, says the five-year-old will be aimed at a defence of the Futurity Stakes… Read More »
Lindsay Park senior trainer David Hayes may have been disappointed with Oscietra’s third at her Flemington debut but he’s happy in the knowledge the stable has two ready-made replacements. Tulips and Catchy, both debut Moonee Valley winners last month, are on a path to next month’s Blue Diamond Stakes at… Read More »
If David Hayes can take a positive out of the debut defeat of Black Caviar’s daughter Oscietra at Flemington it is that he won’t have to push her to run in the rich two-year-old races during the autumn. Instead the filly, who was beaten into third place in the New… Read More »
While star colt Winning Rupert has yet to run over 1400 metres, his jockey has no doubts he will handle the distance in the $2 million Magic Millions Guineas. Jeff Lloyd has dashed the hopes of his rivals by saying he is confident the colt will keep his unbeaten record… Read More »
