Flying Artie is in line to contest two Group One sprints during the Melbourne Cup carnival but trainer Mick Price says stablemate Extreme Choice is unlikely to do the same. Price has Extreme Choice and Flying Artie in Saturday’s Coolmore Stud Stakes for three-year-olds at Flemington in which Extreme Choice… Read More »
With every horse except First Seal hunting a first Group One win in the Myer Classic 2016, Dixie Blossoms’ jockey Tim Clark has given a ringing endorsement his mount will make the grade. Ron Quinton-trained Dixie Blossoms is one of six horses in the field of 14 yet to compete… Read More »
Hartnell has come through his Cox Plate run in great order and his trainer John O’Shea believes he deserves to be favourite heading into the 2016 Melbourne Cup. Hartnell was no match for champion mare Winx when eight lengths second in last Saturday’s Cox Plate and is the $4.20 favourite… Read More »
Mick Price says Extreme Choice’s strength at the end of his races is what sets him apart. The colt will be put to the test in a star-studded Coolmore Stud Stakes at Flemington on Saturday which will include his stablemate Flying Artie and Group One winners Astern and Capitalist. His… Read More »
Group One winner Bon Aurum is yet to win over 1600 metres but trainer Ciaron Maher remains confident it is within the horse’s capabilities as he prepares him for the Cantala Stakes at Flemington. Four of Bon Aurum’s five career wins have come over 1400m while he has had three… Read More »
Epsom Handicap placegetter Mackintosh has arrived in Melbourne as a fresh horse on the scene for the Cantala Stakes and will have Joao Moreira aboard when he chases his first Group One win. His trainer Chris Waller has sent dual Cox Plate winner Winx to the spelling paddock but has… Read More »
First Seal’s trainer John Thompson prefers not to dwell on the mare’s injuries which have interrupted her career since she regularly got the better of Winx. In their three-year-old season, First Seal had the better of Winx four times including the 2014 Group One Flight Stakes. That remains her only… Read More »
Trainer James Cummings will wait until acceptance time to decide whether the stable will have one or two runners in the G1 Victoria Derby and can make a case for both Good Standing and Prized Icon. Good Standing won the Caulfield Classic (2000m) at his most recent start and while… Read More »
Perth trainer Simon Miller says Whispering Brook is back on track in her mission to become the first filly to win the Group One Myer Classic. The filly was scratched at the gates for the Group Two LUCRF Super Vase at Moonee Valley on Saturday. Miller said her behaviour was… Read More »
A Group One start for two Cranbourne-trained horses hinges on their performances in a sprint race at Flemington. Ocean Embers and We’ve Got This are set to run in the Group Two TAB.com.au Stakes on Saturday with the potential to back up the following week in the Darley Classic. Both… Read More »
There has been some speculation surrounding Winx and a possible tilt at next years Melbourne Cup but that was put to rest this morning. Owner Peter Tighe was quick to squash any speculation that Winx could line-up in next years Melbourne Cup Field this morning saying that connections are “not Interested in the… Read More »
Champion mare Winx’s Spring campaign has come to an end following her emphatic victory in the Cox Plate. Speculation surrounded the mares chances of racing again in the Mackinnon Stakes in a fortnight but a press release from Waller’s stable has put pay to the rumours saying she will now… Read More »
Don’t Doubt Mamma has won two of the lead-up races to the Myer Classic and is poised to chase her first Group One win in the fillies and mare’s feature. Trainer Tony McEvoy resisted temptations of other Group One races during the spring such as the Toorak Handicap, insisting the… Read More »
Trainer John McArdle is eyeing his second VRC Oaks after Smart As You Think confirmed plans to target the Classic with a victory over older horses at Moonee Valley. McArdle won the Oaks at Flemington 12 years ago with Hollow Bullet and, after her win in a fillies and mares… Read More »
Matthew Dale is keen to test Fell Swoop over the straight course at Flemington, with the Darley Classic 2016 his next Group One target. The Canberra sprinter recorded his third Group One second-placing in Friday night’s Manikato Stakes at Moonee Valley won by Rebel Dane. His trainer says Fell Swoop… Read More »
In the end Winx made the $3 million Cox Plate a one-horse race. The champion mare made it back-to-back wins in Australia’s greatest weight-for-age race: the first in a record time, the second by a record margin. “It’s a dream, as simple as that,” declared trainer Chris Waller after Winx’s… Read More »
New Zealand three-year-old Sacred Elixir has been promoted to the top of Victoria Derby betting with his win in a lead-up race at Moonee Valley. Sacred Elixir took out the Lucrf Super Vase on Saturday, the final lead-up for the three-year-olds heading to the 2016 Victoria Derby and had his… Read More »
Winx has scored one of the most emphatic Cox Plate wins in the history of Australia’s premier weight-for-age race. Turning a much-anticipated match race with main rival Hartnell into a one-act affair, Winx extended her winning sequence to 13 victories. She joins turf greats such as Phar Lap, Kingston Town,… Read More »
An administration mistake has landed Grand Marshal a Moonee Valley Cup. The Chris Waller stable had Grand Marshal geared towards last Wednesday’s Geelong Cup but inadvertently accepted with Who Shot Thebarman in the 2400m race. Once the mistake was discovered, Who Shot Thebarman was immediately scratched with the pair lining… Read More »
Group One winner The United States has shown his class with a feature win on Cox Plate day, even if it wasn’t in the race his connections had originally hoped. The United States rounded up his rivals and raced to a one-length win in the Group Two Crystal Mile at… Read More »
