First-starter She’s Our Star has belied her chubby looks to take at step towards a start in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic. She’s Our Star ($5) was too strong to win by a length to Excelebrazione ($13) with a long neck to Mishani Bullit ($14) at Doomben on Saturday. Trainer… Read More »
Two-year-old colt Wait For No One has done just that in his race debut, leading all the way in the Listed Debutant Stakes at Caulfield. Wait For No One bounced to the front in Saturday’s 1000m race for juveniles and had company on his outside before kicking away approaching the… Read More »
We take a look at the big bets the online bookmakers have taken on the weekends horse racing around the country with the big money being placed at Caulfield and Randwick.
The Sydney three year olds have dominated the Melbourne Spring in recent years and Sportsbet.com.au punters believe that will continue this Saturday at Caulfield in the Thousand Guineas (1600m). Global Glamour, the all the way winner of the Flight Stakes (1600m) last Saturday at Randwick, has been smashed in betting… Read More »
The ‘Get Out’ stakes at Caulfield this Saturday is the Schillaci Stakes (1100m), and a horse carrying the identical silks as the champion grey has been clearly the best backed runner with Sportsbet.com.au. Star Turn, a high class colt for Team Hawkes, has been freshened up since running a game… Read More »
Hey Doc is putting his hand up to be Tony McEvoy’s next stable star and can go a long way towards that goal in the $1 million Caulfield Guineas. The trainer had hoped Alpine Eagle would be a big-race player this spring but the five-year-old has likely run his last… Read More »
A Hall of Fame trainer involved in the famous match-race between Better Loosen Up and Let’s Elope at Caulfield is hoping to spoil the party for the two favourites in the three-horse Caulfield Stakes field. While Saturday’s Group One Caulfield Stakes isn’t quite the same as when Let’s Elope defeated… Read More »
Racing Victoria chief steward Terry Bailey has suggested he may leave his role if Danny Nikolic regains his jockey licence. Bailey repeatedly said the position between himself and Nikolic was untenable. “If Danny Nikolic was to be given a licence, well he is given a licence,” he said on Friday…. Read More »
Racing Victoria chief steward Terry Bailey still takes jockey Danny Nikolic’s threat against his family very seriously, a court has heard. Nikolic was outed for two years for threatening Bailey at a September 2012 race meeting before copping a further penalty for offensive conduct towards another steward. Nikolic had neither… Read More »
Weight of money with sportsbet.com.au has forced Kiwi gelding Sacred Elixir to firm $7.50 into $6.50 for the Caulfield Guineas. Impending ($4.40) remains favourite with the online bookmaker, but Sacred Elixir holds more money. Divine Prophet ($4.60) is not attracting much interest. In the Toorak Handicap, He’s Our Rokkii ($4.20) is… Read More »
Trainer Mike Moroney is convinced Tivaci should have finished closer in the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes and is hoping the four-year-old can break through for a Group One win in the Toorak Handicap. Tivaci finished equal sixth in the Sir Rupert Clarke over 1400m at Caulfield last Saturday week but… Read More »
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 »
