David Brideoake is likely to resist the temptation of going too far into the spring carnival with Moonee Valley stakes winner Nurse Kitchen. The three-year-old filly is likely to be spelled following her win in the Group Two P W Glass Fillies Classic on Saturday. Ridden by Kerrin McEvoy, Nurse… Read More »
Ivan Cajkusic and Valda Klaric’s breeding philosophy is to sell the colts and keep the fillies and they have been rewarded with two mares now heading to the Group One Myer Classic. The Darren Weir-trained Kaniana staked her claim for the fillies and mares’s feature at Flemington with her Group… Read More »
Short-priced favourite Archives has had to do it the hard way but has showed fighting qualities to land a Group Three win at Moonee Valley. Archives was sent out the $2.10 favourite in a field of six in Saturday’s Telstra Phonewords Stakes (1200m) and travelled four-wide on the pace to… Read More »
A stakes race win at Moonee Valley was some minor consolation for the connections of Sweet Sherry missing a start in the Thousand Guineas. Sweet Sherry spiked a temperature before an important lead-up race to the Thousand Guineas which disrupted her campaign. Having her first start since early September, Sweet… Read More »
Having been nursed back from a career-threatening injury, promising sprinter O’Malley has provided connections with a satisfying win at Moonee Valley. After spending 80 weeks on the sidelines recovering from a knee fracture, O’Malley made his race return in August and landed his first win since his comeback in his… Read More »
Crowd favourite Buffering has been officially retired following a disappointing sixth in the Manikato Stakes. Buffering who is now a 9YO was unplaced for the third time in a row finishing sixth in the ten horse Manikato field with trainer Robert Heathcote announcing post race that he has run his… Read More »
Rebel Dane has caused a major upset in the Manikato Stakes at Moonee Valley which has signalled the end of the spring for Chautauqua and the end of the road for Buffering. Trained by Gary Portelli at Warwick Farm, Rebel Dane won the 2013 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes and had… Read More »
The 2016 Cox Plate is just around the corner and it is all about the two stars that are Winx and Hartnell. It is being built up as the match race of the century, with both horses in outstanding form leading up to the WFA championship of Australasia. So who… Read More »
Melbourne’s wet weather isn’t quite as dramatic as the typhoon which has prevented jockeys travelling to Australia from Hong Kong but it is set to have an impact on Cox Plate day. Sam Clipperton, who was to ride in the Manikato Stakes on Friday night and Joao Moreira, who had… Read More »
Stephen Baster plans to take Awesome Rock to the front in the 2016 Cox Plate even though he knows he is being chased by a champion and potential champion. All the talk in the lead-up to Saturday’s weight-for-age contest at Moonee Valley has been around the two favourites, Winx and… Read More »
The conditions of the Group Two Fillies Classic and the way I Am A Star has come through her Thousand Guineas second has trainer Shane Nichols upbeat about her chances at Moonee Valley. I Am A Star went close to giving Nichols his first Group One win when she loomed… Read More »
Godolphin stayer Qewy has moved a step closer to a Melbourne Cup start with his all-the-way win in the Geelong Cup. Qewy led home an all-international result from horses stabled at the Werribee quarantine centre in the 2400m-race on Wednesday. Ridden by Kerrin McEvoy, Qewy ($4) scored by a long-head… Read More »
Captain Duffy has earned himself a shot at the 2016 Victoria Derby with a strong staying performance at Geelong. The South Australian-trained three-year-old, who has been based at Caulfield for the spring, outstayed his rivals to take out the Geelong Classic on Wednesday. A pick-up ride for Noel Callow following… Read More »
The inside barrier is not what Dwayne Dunn wanted for Chautauqua in the 2016 Manikato Stakes but the jockey is hoping the star sprinter’s class will prevail in the $1 million race. Dunn was sidelined through suspension when Tommy Berry steered Chautauqua to victory in the Group One sprint a… Read More »
The stage is set for an epic Cox Plate at Moonee Valley with champion mare Winx and in-form Hartnell headlining a field of 10 for the country’s best weight-for-age race. Field: View the Cox Plate Field With connections able to choose their own barriers on Tuesday, Winx’s part-owner Peter Tighe… Read More »
Champion mare Winx has come up with the ideal barrier for Saturday’s Cox Plate clash with Hartnell. Winx drew barrier three and remains firm $1.90 favourite with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au. Regarded as a match race against Hartnell, the Godolphin six-year-old is second favourite at $3.20. Nearest to the top two… Read More »
A lightweight Melbourne Cup 2016 contender who was almost guaranteed a start in the final field has been retired due to injury. The Darren Weir trained Zanteca was set to run in Wednesday’s Geelong Cup before embarking on a Melbourne Cup run after her eye catching second to Almandin in The… Read More »
2016 Melbourne Cup favourite Jameka will have to carry 54.5 kilograms in the big race with weights to rise one kilogram in the absence of Preferment. Trainer Chris Waller says Preferment, who is topweight with 56.5kg, will not run and instead go the the Emirates Mackinnon over 2000 metres on… Read More »
Cox Plate favourite and defending champion Winx will be the star attraction at the Breakfast with the Best at Moonee Valley. Trainer Chris Waller has indicated the mare, chasing her 13th straight victory, will be an early worker at the track on Tuesday morning. Winx is scheduled to work between… Read More »
Trainer Mark Kavanagh admits he lied when he told his owners he bought a second mobile phone during the cobalt saga because his son refused to speak to him otherwise. But Kavanagh maintains he had nothing to hide in getting a new phone the day he learned of his cobalt… Read More »
