Sportsbet.com.au punters are keen to back a couple of runners at double figure odds to take out the feature sprint race at Flemington this Saturday, the Bruce Gadsden Handicap (1200m). The topweight Mighty Like, who is first up for Mick Price, opened $14 and has been backed into $11. The… Read More »
The preparation of Bon Rocket is again back on track as the gelding prepares for a reappearance at Flemington. The Wendy Kelly-trained Bon Rocket has been sidelined with a minor injury which prompted his late scratching from a Flemington race on June 25. A son of Bon Hoffa who gave… Read More »
Group 1 winner Music Magnate has been ruled out of the Spring after suffering a virus with trainer Bjorn Baker now looking at races in the New Year for the talented galloper. “It [the Doomben 10,000 win] was even more special, I bought the horse – we’ve had him for… Read More »
Trainer Mike Moroney is plotting a path towards black type races in the spring for Daniela Rosa and is hoping the filly can boost her rating with another win at Flemington. Daniela Rosa and stablemate Bonnie Belle are nominated for Saturday’s Rising Stars Final (1800m) but Moroney said only Daniela… Read More »
Multiple G2 winner and G1 placed ‘Hooked’ will leave the John Thompson stables and head south to be trained by Wez Hunter. Managing owner Sean Buckley decided on the change of stables as he feels the horse needs to try something different in order to get the horse back to… Read More »
Veteran stayer Who Shot Thebarman has been an eye-catching winner of a 900 metre barrier trial at Rosehill. The Chris Waller-trained seven-year-old is expected to begin his spring campaign in next month’s Warwick Stakes against his Cox Plate-winning stablemate Winx. Another Waller-trained Group One winner, Preferment, finished just behind the… Read More »
The horse that became a cult hero through his deeds for Tasmanian trainer Mick Burles is on track to make his debut for his new Victorian stable. The Cleaner is scheduled to return to racing in the P B Lawrence Stakes at Caulfield on August 13. Now in the care… Read More »
Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner Lucia Valentina will take the first steps in her upcoming spring campaign in a barrier trial at Wyong. The Kris Lees-trained mare runs over 845 metres on Monday morning with her Group One-winning stablemate Le Romain competing in a separate heat. Lucia Valentina will be set… Read More »
Dual Group One placegetter Fell Swoop will have a light spring campaign as he chases an elusive win at the highest level. The Canberra-trained gelding has just returned to pre-training following a five-week spell in the the winter warmth of Queensland. Trainer Matthew Dale said the sprinter was likely to… Read More »
As he rewrites the record books, the only bar Chris Waller has to get over is the one he sets himself. The premier trainer had one winner at Rosehill on Saturday to remain in striking distance of his own Sydney record of 167-1/2 set three seasons ago when there were… Read More »
Puritan claimed a stakes win at the first run of his autumn campaign and trainer Jason Warren hopes history can repeat itself when he begins his spring preparation. Warren is aiming the rising four-year-old at a new-season return in the Listed Regal Roller Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on August 13,… Read More »
Champion jockey Damien Oliver has returned from holidays to land the feature race at Caulfield. Oliver hadn’t ridden in the Melbourne metropolitan area since late June and only returned to racing at Geelong on Friday. While his fitness might have been lacking, his race guile certainly wasn’t as he guided… Read More »
Kim Waugh’s patience with Oxford Poet has been rewarded, with the gelding delivering a Winter Stakes win at Rosehill to ease the disappointment of his previous start. The equal favourite in the Civic Stakes two weeks ago, Oxford Poet finished fifth in a performance his trainer admitted did not live… Read More »
Mr Individual has scored an emotional win at Caulfield for his co-trainers Leon and Troy Corstens. Part-owner John Donegan, a long-time stable supporter, died on Friday night before Mr Individual won Saturday’s TAB Supports Jockeys Trust Handicap. “It’s a bit emotional, without a doubt,” Leon Corstens said. “He was in… Read More »
A step up in distance and a light weight has helped Scherzoso return to the winner’s circle with apprentice Ben Allen at Caulfield. The jockey reunited with Scherzoso in Saturday’s Rockmount Pretraining Handicap (2000m) after riding the Tony McEvoy-trained gelding in his first two starts this campaign, which included a… Read More »
Leading Sydney trainer Chris Waller finished the winter carnival the way he started it by winning a stakes race – this time with Murphy’s Delight in the Listed Queensland Cup. The win at Eagle Farm on Saturday was Waller’s eighth stakes race win for the carnival and gave him his… Read More »
Queensland apprentice jockey Matthew McGillivray has secured his first Sydney city win aboard Star Shaft. The Tim Macintosh-trained gelding ($3.80 fav) won the Highway Handicap (1200m) by a length at Rosehill on Saturday. “It’s my first winner in Sydney – a big thrill,” said McGillivray, who is on loan to… Read More »
A late-season surge of form by Esteban has trainer John Sargent revising plans for the well-bred gelding. By the now-retired champion Encosta De Lago, the three-year-old’s mother is a daughter of dual Group One winner Champagne, which was runner-up in the 1998 Melbourne Cup. It seems Esteban has inherited her… Read More »
Leading jockey Jeff Lloyd rode his 73rd metropolitan winner of the season on Beckham and promptly declared it his most challenging. Beckham ($3.50) slogged through the Eagle Farm mud on Saturday running 39.36 seconds for his last 600m in the Caltex Open (1400m). In the end, he had 2 3/4… Read More »
Two-year-old Sebrikka has shown a stubborn streak before her race at Caulfield but once she was out on the track the filly’s abundant talent was on show. Sebrikka wasn’t keen to leave the mounting yard before Saturday’s TROA Supports Jockeys Trust Handicap, which is something David Hayes says they will… Read More »
