A trainer predicting they would train the trifecta in a Stakes race would normally be considered outlandish, but not when it is Gai WaterhouseĀ talking about the Breeders’ Plate. The Hall of Fame trainer, who prepares her team in partnership with Adrian Bott, has achieved the feat the past two seasons…. Read More »
The task for Autumn Glow’s first foray into Group 1 company hasn’t been made any easier with the unbeaten mare drawing barrier 14 of 14 in the Epsom Handicap (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday. Autumn Glow will be aiming to become just the fourth mare in the past fifty years… Read More »
Defending Melbourne Cup champion Knightās Choice has been ruled out of this yearās race after being caught in the Macedon Lodge quarantine. The Queensland star, who stunned the field at $91 last spring, is among horses restricted after an unraced stablemate tested positive for the infectious disease strangles. Trainer John… Read More »
Peter SnowdenĀ is confident Raging ForceĀ can still be a player in the Coolmore Stud Stakes and is set to take an unconventional path to the $2 million Group 1 at Flemington on Derby Day. The Randwick trainer is considering tackling the older horses in Saturday week’s Group 2 Schillaci Stakes at… Read More »
The Mick Price andĀ Michael Kent JnrĀ stable is weighing up the pros and cons of a Caulfield Cup start for Golden Path. If it is decided the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) is the race for Golden Path, then Saturday’s Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) will be the next step towards… Read More »
Good horses can scare off their opposition but in the case of unbeaten mare Autumn Glow, she is all but scaring off her own stablemates. A dominant $1.90 favourite for next Saturday’s Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m), Autumn Glow is likely to be one of only “two or three” starters… Read More »
A start in the Epsom Handicap isn’t off the table for Group Two Shannon Stakes winner Waterford but it is unlikely with trainer Chris Waller favouring sticking to his original plan of the Alan Brown Stakes. The victor of Saturday’s Shannon Stakes (1500m) is exempt from a ballot and penalty… Read More »
Lindsay Park co-trainer Ben Hayes was left shaking his head after Evaporate held on to score in a Stakes race at Sandown. The Group 3 Sandown Stakes (1500m) on Saturday was Evaporate’s first run since finishing fifth in the Group 2 P B Lawrence Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield last month…. Read More »
Trainer Michael Freedman and jockey Tommy Berry have combined for a feature race double at Rosehill with Marhoona defying the so-called Golden Slipper curse in the Heritage Stakes before Manaal made it two successive victories in the Golden Pendant. The latter added Saturday’s 1400m feature to her victory in the… Read More »
Phillip Stokes says missing a start a week ago may be a blessing in disguise as Ferivia presses ahead toward a Group 1 race at Caulfield. Ferivia was a race morning scratching from the Listed Jim Moloney Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield last week after a stable mishap and was instead… Read More »
Charm Stone has upstaged her more fancied opponents to claim a second Group 1 victory when resuming from a spell. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained mare won the Sangster Stakes against the mares last campaign when resuming but took on all-comers to claim the Manikato Stakes (1200m) first-up… Read More »
A large crowd turned out at Moonee Valley and roared themselves hoarse in the return victory of Pride Of Jenni. In scenes reminiscent of last year’s Group 2 Feehan Stakes, a roar went up over the Moonee Valley track on Friday night when Pride Of Jenni began to extend her… Read More »
EncapĀ produced a career-best performance on a quick turnaround into the Doncaster Mile and trainer Gary PortelliĀ is using a similar recipe as he bids for an even better result in that race’s spring equivalent. Fourth in the Doncaster Prelude on April 1, Encap went on to run a slashing third behind… Read More »
Skybird’s place in this year’s The Everest is secure after the explosive mare was on Thursday confirmed as a starter in the $20 million sprint. The Mitch Freedman-trained five-year-old will represent Inglis, the sales company who offered her as a yearling, in the October 18 event over 1200 metres at… Read More »
A poor blood reading ruled GringottsĀ out of the 7 Stakes but the timing of his revamped program might work out even better. Ciaron MaherĀ scratched the George Ryder Stakes winner from last week’s Randwick assignment when routine tests showed his blood count to be slightly askew of normal. Assistant trainer Johann… Read More »
Champion Hong Kong sprinter Ka Ying RisingĀ is living every girls’ dream – he has arrived in Sydney several pounds lighter and to a new pair of shoes. Speaking from Hong Kong after the gelding had a look around Canterbury racecourse on Thursday morning, trainer DavidĀ HayesĀ reported the Everest favourite had handled… Read More »
Trainer Matt LaurieĀ and the Yulong team are leaving nothing to chance in their bid to win the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas with Vinrock. Rather than travel the colt interstate for the Group 1 Golden Rose (1400m) at Rosehill on Saturday, the team has decided to stay closer to home for… Read More »
Brisbane father-and-son training partners Chris andĀ Corey MunceĀ are leaving nothing to chance as they chase a Group 1 victory with Payline. The sprinter lines up in the Group 1 Manikato Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley on Friday night, having finished fifth in the Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m) at the track… Read More »
Chris WallerĀ believes the apple hasn’t fallen far from the tree when it comes to Golden Rose hopeful Autumn Boy, who will be bidding to emulate his sire by winning the Group One feature seven years after The Autumn Sun. Like his dad, Autumn Boy was unbeaten at two before suffering… Read More »
NapoleonicĀ has scored a timely win at Warwick Farm just a day after Coolmore confirmed the death of his sire, top shuttle stallion Wootton Bassett. Trained by John O’Shea and Tom Charlton, Napoleonic accounted for a handy field in Wednesday’s CHC Powering the Chase Handicap (1200m) to back up his maiden… Read More »
