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 »
It will cost $250 per horse to train on a Warrnambool beach during the summer months. A compromise reached with local authorities means Warrnambool Racing Club (WRC) has a licence to allow 50 horses a day access to Mills Reef beach at Port Fairy. Exercise at other beach locations will… Read More »
Triple Group One winner Volkstok’n’barrell and stablemate Hasselhoof will have a race day gallop at Ellerslie before they clash in a Group One race. The two will work out on Saturday ahead of the Captain Cook Stakes at Trentham a week later. Co-trainer Donna Logan said Volkstok’n’barrell, had recovered well… Read More »
The first of Black Caviar’s foals is almost ready for the hustle and bustle of a major training centre as she progresses towards her first race start. Oscietra could be seen as early as Friday week if Lindsay Park decide she is forward enough to take part in a Flemington… Read More »
Victorian racehorse trainers want a level playing field with their NSW counterparts, fearing they will lose owners across the border unless there is an increase in prize money. On October 1, races in the Sydney metropolitan area were increased to $100,000 which is $20,000 more than the average Saturday race… Read More »
New Zealand Group One winner Ugo Foscolo will join the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott in Sydney following a change in his ownership. Trained by Stephen Marsh to win five of his six starts including the 2000 Guineas, Ugo Foscolo will be raced by in a partnership headed by prominent… Read More »
A field of 12 will contest Perth’s biggest sprint race, the Winterbottom Stakes at Ascot. Saturday’s Group One race over 1200m has attracted five eastern states visitors who will tackle seven local sprinters. The field is headed by the Joe Pride-trained Terravista who is coming off a last start second… Read More »
Veteran Queensland sprinter Steel Zip will trial this week as he prepares for what will probably be his last campaign. The nine-year-old has many fans in Queensland because of his almost white coat and tough attitude to racing. Steel Zip has had 74 starts for 11 wins, 20 minor placings… Read More »
Victorian race caller Greg Miles has announced his retirement after more than three decades and a record 36 Melbourne Cups. Miles told RSN927 he thought the time was right and he wanted to go out while he was still on top. He says he will work out his contract which… Read More »
Rebel Dane is breathing a lot easier these days and so is his trainer. Gary Portelli credits a successful throat operation and a change in his training methods with getting the horse back to Group One winning form which he hopes he can transfer to the big stage in Hong… Read More »
