A horse named after a segment on part-owner Ross Stevenson’s popular Melbourne radio show has landed at huge odds. The Rumor File defied his $61 starting price to score a nail-biting win in Saturday’s HQ Insurance Handicap (1800m) at Rosehill. The judge gave The Rumour File the nod over Hunter… Read More »
Cao Cao has pressed his claims for the rich Magic Millions 2YO Classic with a convincing win at Moonee Valley. Giving trainer Mick Price an early winning double from the first two races on Saturday, Cao Cao sprinted to a 2-3/4 length win at his second start. “He looks like… Read More »
Race experience counts for a lot when it comes to two-year-olds and it seems a winning counts for even more with Serena Bay refusing to be beaten at Rosehill. One of only three raced youngsters among the nine starters in Saturday’s Golden Gift (1100m) and the only winner among them,… Read More »
Trainer Chris Waller is seeing shades of top-class mares Red Tracer and Catkins in Zumbelina after she put her third-straight win on the board. The filly shouldered 60kg on her way to winning Saturday’s three-year-old benchmark handicap over 1400m at Rosehill. Waller is plotting a similar path to the three-year-old… Read More »
Heavenly Descent has defied a tough run at Moonee Valley to win her third race in less than three weeks. The Mick Price-trained filly broke her maiden at her third start at Pakenham on November 10 before adding a second win at Moonee Valley eight days later. The three-year-old was… 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 Ascot, Moonee Valley and Rosehill.
The Masters continues at Ascot this Saturday with Winterbottom Stakes Day, where it looks to be a clash between Terravista and Malaguerra. The weather is fine, the track is good (3) and the rail is out six metres for the entire circuit. [crownbetoffer] Race One (15:19) : Crown… Read More »
Day racing returns to the Valley for the first time since Cox Plate Day this Saturday. The weather is overcast, the track is good (4) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit. Keep in mind that on this corresponding meeting last year, the track was… Read More »
Racing continues at Rosehill Gardens this Saturday for a bumper nine race program, highlighted by the $150,000 Golden Gift (1100m), with the winner just about assured a start in whatever feature race it desires. The weather is fine, the track is good (3) and the rail is in the true… Read More »
View the Final Field for Saturday’s Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes to be run at Ascot racecourse on 26/11/2016. Time: 8PM AEST – 5PM local time. Distance: 1200m Conditions: WFA Comments: Terravista will wear the #1 saddle cloth but it is last start G1 winner Malaguerra that heads the market for… Read More »
Nick Harnett isn’t getting too ambitious with consistent mare Chiavari but will give her every chance to add black type to her record. Chiavari makes her reappearance in Saturday’s MSC Signs Handicap (1000m) at Moonee Valley, the scene of her most recent win in June. Chiavari’s 21-start career has so… Read More »
The path towards the Magic Millions race day at the Gold Coast begins in a familiar place for Sydney sprinter Straturbo who makes his return at Moonee Valley. Straturbo is in Melbourne for Saturday’s Montmorency FC Handicap which will be the third year in a row the gelding has kicked… Read More »
New Zealand stayer Benzini will have a Group Three tune-up at Ellerslie ahead of his unexpected trip to Hong Kong to take on the world. Trainers Adrian and Harry Bull accepted a last minute invitation for the Brisbane Cup winner to join a star-studded field in the Hong Kong Vase… Read More »
Darren Weir is well ahead of schedule to better his Commonwealth training record of 348 winners. Weir posted the mark last season and a treble at Sandown on Wednesday pushed him past the 150-winner mark with more than two-thirds of the season remaining. He added a winner at Bendigo on… Read More »
Mick Price has 55 two-year-olds among the first acceptors for the 2017 Blue Diamond Stakes as he bids to emulate his success earlier this year when he trained the quinella. A record 686 juveniles from 1372 original nominations remain in contention after the first acceptance stage for the $1.5 million… Read More »
Tommy Berry is hoping Interstellar’s stakes potential can shine through at Rosehill as he looks to extend his solid form after an enforced holiday. The star jockey spent almost three weeks on the sidelines after Melbourne Cup day as he served two careless riding suspensions. Berry returned to metropolitan racing… Read More »
Multiple stakes winner Hopfgarten has earned his top weight in the Recognition Stakes but trainer Robert Heathcote says he will have to reproduce one of his best recent runs to be competitive. Hopfgarten will be having his first start back in Queensland since a Melbourne spring campaign when he runs… Read More »
The last time Beau Rada raced at Moonee Valley, he went within 0.02sec of winning his trainer John McArdle a new car. Moonee Valley hosts a 955m race at each of its night meetings and the horse posting the fastest time last season won their trainer a car. Beau Rada… Read More »
Australian Oaks winner Sofia Rosa is close to a return to training in New Zealand after a disappointing Melbourne spring campaign. Her trainer Stephen Marsh is looking to the mare to get back to top form and help fill the void left by the departure of NZ 2000 Guineas winner… Read More »
Bad luck at his last start could help the classy Rudy maintain his excellent second-up record at Eagle Farm. Rudy will line up in Saturday’s Listed Recognition Stakes (1400m) as the second topweight with 59.5kg. At his most recent start Rudy carried 61.5kg when he came from near last to… Read More »
