Stakes winner Sweet Sherry will be given every chance to prove she’s a Thousand Guineas filly this campaign with the Golden Rose also in the mix. Sweet Sherry is set to have her first start for trainers Leon and Troy Corstens in Saturday’s Cleanaway Plate (1200m) for fillies at Moonee… Read More »
Group 1 winning mare Srikandi has been officially retired following a decision made by connections. The decision came after a stress fracture ruled her out of running during this years Autumn and Winter carnivals. The former Ciaron Maher trained galloper had fifteen starts and amassed over $2.3million including G1 wins… Read More »
Group One winner Single Gaze’s sparkling return to Nick Olive’s stable has forced him to reconsider spring options for the mare. The Vinery Stud Stakes winner’s target race remains the Group Two Stocks Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley on September 30. But the Canberra trainer is not ruling out another… Read More »
Alpine Eagle has taken another step towards his season return with a win in a barrier trial at Tatura and connections will decide this week when the horse steps out at the races. The five-year-old was taken to Tatura to trial on Tuesday and trainer Tony McEvoy was pleased with… Read More »
Star filly Yankee Rose will begin her ambitious spring campaign in the Group One Golden Rose without a lead-up race. Runner-up in the Golden Slipper and the winner of the ATC Sires’ Produce, Yankee Rose won a jump-out against two stablemates at the Sunshine Coast on Tuesday without over-exerting herself…. Read More »
As the curtain falls on Slots’ career, her trainer and owners are set to say an emotional goodbye. Their mighty mare will have her final start in the Listed Toy Show Quality (1300m) at Randwick on Saturday. “I told the owners last run was supposed to be it, but the… Read More »
Power Trip appears to be over the bellyache that caused his scratching from the Vain Stakes at Caulfield. The gelding has been nominated for the McKenzie Stakes at Moonee Valley on Saturday. Power Trip will have a trot and canter on Tuesday morning and if he comes through that will… Read More »
Lyn Tolson and her daughter and training partner, Leonie Proctor, have fond memories of a Moonee Valley meeting last year when they almost pulled off a feature race double. The two horses involved, Well Sprung and Just Magical, return to the corresponding meeting on Saturday, one chasing a stakes race,… Read More »
A Group One field will take on Winx in the Warwick Stakes as the mare makes her first racetrack appearance in the lead-up to her Cox Plate defence. Despite some controversy during the week when it was revealed Winx had had a bone chip removed in April, trainer Chris Waller… Read More »
Australian Derby winner Tavago is on target to kick off his spring campaign in the Memsie Stakes at Caulfield. Trained by Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young, Tavago is scheduled to have a 1000m jump-out at Cranbourne on Monday. Tavago is one of a number of horses Busuttin and Young now… Read More »
Sydney jockey Tim Clark has been booked to ride last-start Caulfield winner Derryn in his Sydney debut. Tom Dabernig, who trains in partnership with David and Ben Hayes, said the Lindsay Park stable intends starting Derryn in the Group Three Up And Coming Stakes at Randwick on Saturday. They will… Read More »
John Thompson will take a step-by-step approach with Group One winner First Seal who is ready for a barrier trial ahead of her spring campaign as a five-year-old. The trainer said First Seal would run in a barrier trial at Randwick on Friday ahead of her first-up run in the… Read More »
Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne has been offered the ride on Group One winner Azkadellia when the mare competes at the Breeders’ Cup meeting in the United States. Azkadellia’s owner and trainer Ciaron Maher’s racing manager, Ben Connolly, said as long as Payne proved her fitness over the next few… Read More »
The win of Miss Rose De Lago at Caulfield has been a shining light for Danny O’Brien after two weeks of intense pressure. The Flemington trainer has spent nine days of the past fortnight in the Victorian Civil Administrative Tribunal appealing against a four-year cobalt disqualification, with the hearing continuing… Read More »
Brenton Avdulla has shown the measure of his confidence by producing a beautiful ride to guide Allergic to victory at Rosehill. Avdulla has kicked off the season in sparkling form, with five winners and nine placings from 26 starts. He sat off the rail on Allergic in third before timing… Read More »
A dashing first-up win from His Majesty has trainer Kim Waugh planning to tackle the Group Three Cameron Handicap. Third in the $500,000 Provincial Championship at Randwick in April, His Majesty ($8) broke through for his first win on a Sydney track in the 1100m benchmark handicap at Rosehill on… Read More »
Trainers usually rue a wide draw, but it kept the nerves away for Shane Nichols before I Am A Star’s first-up win in a stakes race at Caulfield. I Am A Star drew the widest barrier – No.13 after three scratchings – in the Group Three Quezette Stakes on Saturday,… Read More »
Gary Portelli is always happy to win but Testashadow’s latest victory poses a few problems for the trainer. Portelli says he will now have to raise the bar for the five-year-old, whose benchmark rating will rise to the 90s after his win in the Spring Preview (1400m) at Rosehill on… Read More »
Russian Revolution has given the Peter and Paul Snowden stable a consolation win with success in a stakes race at Caulfield. The stable’s big gun, Golden Slipper winner Capitalist, was having the first run of his spring campaign but finished out of the money in the San Domenico Stakes at… Read More »
Star Turn has lived up to his name to win the San Domenico Stakes, while Golden Slipper winner Capitalist’s fourth has mystified his trainer and jockey. Early in the week, Capitalist was at $1.60 to win the first start of his three-year-old season, but by race time on Saturday he… Read More »
