The most expensive yearling sold at this year’s Magic Millions sale will be out to live up to his price tag and heritage when he runs at Canterbury. Chauffeur, who cost $1.6 million, won on debut at Rosehill earlier this month and is safely in the field for the $2… Read More »
Having rewound the clock at his most recent start, Decision Time will step back up to stakes company at Canterbury. Just a few months ago, trainer Clarry Conners was talking about retirement for the nine-year-old but after his last-start win at Flemington those thoughts are on the back burner. Second… Read More »
The first foal of champion mare Black Caviar is among nominations for two races in Melbourne as she prepares to begin her racing career. Oscietra has been entered for two-year-old races at Moonee Valley on Saturday and at Flemington on Sunday. Senior Lindsay Park trainer David Hayes says he prefers… Read More »
Darren Weir will consider freshening Kenjorwood for a trip to the Gold Coast after his narrow win in a stakes race at Caulfield. Sent out the $2.45 favourite, Kenjorwood took out the Listed Lord Stakes on Monday under the steadier of 60kg. Ridden by Brad Rawiller, Kenjorwood scored by a… Read More »
The Christmas Stakes at Caulfield is a race trainer Henry Dwyer will always remember fondly. On one of his first trips to the races as a youngster, the eventual Group One-winning trainer backed the trifecta of the Listed race. Eighteen years on and Monday’s victory by Lucky Liberty has given… Read More »
For a trainer who has made a name for himself with young bloodstock, Gerald Ryan admits there is a special place in his stable for Red Excitement. A rising eight-year-old with a history of leg issues, Red Excitement shaped up for a 2000m run for the first time in his… Read More »
Two Australian Bloodstock-owned imported horses have given trainer Darren Weir and apprentice Ben Allen a race-to-race double at Caulfield. Big Duke took out Monday’s Dennis Hanrahan Handicap before Plein Ciel won the Allan Wicks Handicap. They may have been restricted races but the pair both indicated better wins are in… Read More »
San Telmo has shown his trainer he is ready to run a strong 2200 metres in the Magic Millions Trophy after a solid performance at Doomben. San Telmo ran third in a good standard race over 2020m on Saturday at his second run back from a spell to give Brad… Read More »
A patient approach from James Cummings is paying off in style for promising colt Tactical Advantage. Tactical Advantage kept a perfect sequence since returning from a spell, holding off First Approval for his second successive win at Randwick on Monday. The three-year-old’s most important success came after he broke maiden… Read More »
Alter Call has booked a trip north to the Gold Coast for the Magic Millions race day with a narrow win at Caulfield. But trainer Mick Price admitted he had been expecting an easier win than the one that eventuated in the Joe Brown Plate on Monday. “I hope the… Read More »
He might not be at the top of the tree at the Chris Waller stable but Amovatio more than holds his own in the pecking order. Since he began his career in May 2013, Amovatio has amassed almost $900,000 prize money with nine wins and 16 minor placings from his… Read More »
Flemington straight-track specialist The Quarterback is in the early stages of a preparation trainer Robbie Griffiths hopes can culminate in a Group One treble. The Quarterback has been back in work at Cranbourne trotting and cantering in preparation for a first-up tilt at the Lightning Stakes at Flemington in February…. Read More »
Champion jockey Damien Oliver will receive the baton in a handy position as he leads Western Australia in the final leg of the State of Origin jockeys series. The Parnham brothers, Brad and Chris, have represented WA in the first two legs of the three day series. However, Oliver will… Read More »
Group Three winner Turnitaround is taking a little longer than expected to recover from an unusual injury incurred in the Ballarat Cup. The Matthew Williams-trained gelding suffered heat stress in his unplaced Ballarat Cup effort last month but more worrying was the diagnosis of facial paralysis after the race. Williams… Read More »
Villiers Stakes winner Sense of Occasion will have to overcome a sharp weight rise if he is to claim a $100,000 bonus at Eagle Farm. Sense of Occasion won the Group Two Villiers Stakes with 54kg on December 17 and has been given an extra 4.5kg in Saturday’s Bernborough Quality… Read More »
Gary Moore says Takedown’s program towards an autumn goal will be rushed following his trip to Hong Kong but the trainer is optimistic he can get him ready. Takedown arrives back in Melbourne on Monday after spending the previous two weeks in quarantine in Hong Kong. He will undergo a… Read More »
While timing ruled Ecuador out of a Villiers Stakes tilt, the style of his dashing first-up win under a big weight has signalled the seven-year-old will remain a threat in stakes company. Trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, Ecuador carried 62kg and defied a betting drift from $9 to… Read More »
Annus Mirabilis may have earned a reprieve from jumps racing for the short-term with his victory in a staying contest at Sandown. The former Lloyd Williams-owned galloper was having his third start for new trainer Stuart Webb when successful in the OTI Racing Handicap on Saturday. Ridden by Regan Bayliss,… Read More »
Owner-breeder Michael Hibberd hopes the holidaying community at a beachside camping ground took his advice and backed Sandown winner Airalign. “I’m camping down at the beach at Rosebud which I have done all my life,” Hibberd said. “I tipped it to everybody in the campsite and hopefully they’ve all gone… Read More »
Keith Dryden and Scott Collings have ticked off an important milestone, training Force Of Magic to win their first Sydney race since going into partnership earlier in the year. Force Of Magic scored an upset victory in Saturday’s Highway Handicap (1500m) at Rosehill, winning by a long neck after being… Read More »
