Brad Rawiller knows Black Heart Bart is up against Australia’s best racehorse in the Caulfield Stakes but at the same time the jockey has nothing but confidence in his horse. And Rawiller is happy to keep tactics for Saturday close to his chest as he prepares for the 2000m weight-for-age… Read More »
Impending has the breeding to be a Guineas winner and his jockey James McDonald is confident the three-year-old also has the ability. The colt is favourite for Saturday’s $1 million Group One Caulfield Guineas (1600m) in which he will be out to emulate his sire, 2001 winner Lonhro. Not only… Read More »
After destroying the field in the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes last weekend, Godolphin has confirmed Melbourne Cup favourite Hartnell will run in the Cox Plate, setting up a showdown with star mare Winx. Hartnell confirmed as a starter for Cox Plate, shortens from $3.50 into $3.20. Winx remains $2.00 favourite…. Read More »
The potential match race every racing fan in Australia has been hoping for has been confirmed with Godolphin announcing this morning that Hartnell will head to the 2016 Cox Plate to take on champion mare Winx barring any injuries or complications. Hartnell who has demolished his competition at his past… Read More »
Michelle Payne’s shock and disappointment at not being able to ride in NSW has been tempered somewhat by a Group Two chance at Caulfield. Payne was booked for the John McArdle-trained Grey Street at Randwick on Saturday but only found out on Wednesday that as the holder of a dual… Read More »
Co-trainer Tom Dabernig is confident He’s Our Rokki can make the step to Group One company when he lines up in the Toorak Handicap at Caulfield. He’s Our Rokki is one of two runners Dabernig and his fellow trainers David and Ben Hayes will saddle in the 1600m race on… Read More »
Mark Zahra says Danny Nikolic never offered him a bribe in the Smoking Aces affair and he is not petrified of his fellow rider. A court has heard Zahra’s father John told Racing Victoria investigators he and his son were petrified of Nikolic and frightened they would “end up in… Read More »
Unlike most Australian horses who are gelded before racing in Hong Kong, Thunder Fantasy has returned home with a view to enhancing his stud career. Under his then trainer Anthony Cummings, Thunder Fantasy racked up three Group One placings in Australia and claimed a domestic Group One win in the… Read More »
Hugh Bowman isn’t expecting tactics to be a factor when he rides Winx in a three-horse Group One race at Caulfield. The champion Sydney-trained mare will face off against Black Heart Bart and He Or She in the 2000m Caulfield Stakes on Saturday. Bowman insists the small field makes his… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winning jockey Michelle Payne has been told she is not allowed to race ride in NSW. Payne who recently received a dual license to train and ride will not be allowed to do so in NSW as Racing NSW do not allow dual licenses. Michelle has been told… Read More »
Saturday’s G1 Caulfield Stakes will be the smallest field ever for a G1 in Australia outside of match races with just three horses accepting in the race. Champion mare Winx and Darren Weir’s star Black Heart Bart have scared off all other rivals except for He Or She. The final… Read More »
Thirty stayers remain in contention for the Caulfield Cup following third declarations. Turnbull Stakes winner Hartnell was on Tuesday paid up as an acceptor for the $3 million 2400m-handicap on October 15 with the Godolphin stable keeping its its options open by also declaring him for the Cox Plate at… Read More »
James Cummings has taken the opportunity to give Good Standing a look around Caulfield in an exercise the trainer believes will be invaluable for the colt going into a $1 million race at the track. Good Standing runs in Saturday’s Group One Caulfield Guineas and on Tuesday morning he worked… Read More »
Controversial jockey Danny Nikolic claims he has been the victim of a conspiracy by corrupt Racing Victoria officials. Nikolic has told a court RV integrity services head Dayle Brown and chief steward Terry Bailey are corrupt and have led a targeted campaign against him. The Caulfield Cup-winning jockey said he… Read More »
Michelle Payne will have to wait a little longer to have her first runner with Victoria’s wet weather claiming Tuesday’s Stawell meeting. The Melbourne Cup-winning jockey, who now holds a dual licence, had already scratched Queen Of Zealand because of the conditions before Tuesday’s meeting was called off. Payne’s options… Read More »
Racing Victoria chief steward Terry Bailey is corrupt and dishonest, Danny Nikolic has told a court as he tries to get his jockey licence back. The controversial jockey has admitted lying and behaving disgracefully and violently, including assaulting a jockey’s girlfriend, but says he is a changed man. Nikolic said… Read More »
Fresh from winning two Group One races in as many days, James McDonald has been brought back to earth with a suspension which could stop him riding on Caulfield Cup day. Godolphin’s No. 1 jockey partnered Hauraki to victory in the Epsom Handicap at Randwick on Saturday before riding Hartnell to… Read More »
Yankee Rose will be on trial for a Cox Plate berth if she runs in the Group One Spring Champion Stakes. Trainer David Vandyke was impressed with the filly’s recovery after her second in Saturday’s Flight Stakes (1600m) and decided to nominate for this Saturday’s race at Randwick. While she… Read More »
The Lindsay Park team will have three runners across the two Group One Guineas races at Caulfield from an original 11 hopefuls. Seaburge will be the stable’s sole representative in the Caulfield Guineas while Harlow Gold and Sebring Dream will line up in the fillies version, the Thousand Guineas on… Read More »
Champion mare Winx is one of seven nominations for the Group One Caulfield Stakes, her final lead-up race to the Cox Plate. The Chris Waller-trained five-year-old will be chasing her 12th consecutive win when she has her first run at Caulfield on Saturday. Others nominated in the 2000m contest include… Read More »
