Whether $3 million earner Happy Trails adds to his 31 Group One appearances will be determined in the coming weeks. Happy Trails returned to work on June 1 and trainer Paul Beshara said although he would like the rising nine-year-old to race on this spring, he and the horse’s owner… Read More »
Group One racing has ended for the Australian season with Miss Cover Girl’s win at Eagle Farm. The Kelly Schweida-trained mare won the Tattersall’s Tiara in Brisbane on Saturday to add her name to the list of the elite for 2015/16. Heading that list is Winx, unbeaten in seven starts… Read More »
Suavito already has the C F Orr Stakes and Futurity Stakes on her resume and will be given the chance to add another of Caulfield’s weight-for-age sprints early in the new season. The rising six-year-old is back in work with trainer Nigel Blackiston in the early stages of her build-up… Read More »
A Group Three race interstate had been the original plan with Odyssey Moon but instead the colt ended up winning at Flemington. Trainer Robert Smerdon was planning on sending Odyssey Moon to Brisbane for Saturday’s Healy Stakes at Eagle Farm but transport issues meant the horse couldn’t get a flight…. Read More »
Into The Red completed a remarkable comeback from injury in winning the Healy Stakes at Eagle Farm. The gelding suffered a ligament injury last year and although not career-threatening, it enabled the gelding to improve his mindset. “It allowed him to mature mentally and he’s turned into a lovely horse… Read More »
David Hayes expects Jacquinot Bay to be hard to beat in the Listed Winter Championship Final after the rising nine-year-old took out his second heat of the series at Flemington. Jacquinot Bay has been aimed at the Winter Championship Final (1600m) on July 9 and after a first-up win over… Read More »
Miss Cover Girl found winning form when it mattered most to claim the Group One Tattersall’s Club Tiara at Eagle Farm. Out of the winner’s circle since a Group Three victory during The Championships last year, Miss Cover Girl held off the favourite Azkadellia in the last Group One of… Read More »
Index Linked could have earned himself a chance at winning a second Caloundra Cup after his strong win at Eagle Farm. Index Linked ($6.50) put aside some recent unlucky runs to outstay Tucanchoo ($5.50) by a neck with a neck to Malice ($6) in the Group Three Tattersall’s Cup on… Read More »
Winona Costin might be about to relinquish her crown as Sydney’s premier apprentice, but she is just glad to be back riding after a run of injuries. Costin steered Rock On Zariz to win Saturday’s Highway Handicap on her first ride back from her latest setback. At the beginning of… Read More »
Ben Thompson has edged out fellow apprentice Michael Dee in consecutive races at Flemington to add to a flurry of city winners for the young rider. After Dee took out the opening race at Saturday’s meeting aboard Godolphin colt Trenchant, his mounts loomed strongly in the following two races only… Read More »
Russian Revolution has earned high praise from Peter Snowden who rates him up with the stable’s best two-year-olds this season. That carries more weight than usual with Snowden and his son and training partner Paul claiming the Magic Millions-Golden Slipper double with Capitalist and two Group races with Attention. Russian… Read More »
A change of scenery helped to coax imported gelding Tales Of Grimm back into the winning list in the Spear Chief Handicap at Eagle Farm. Trainer Chris Waller believed switching Tales Of Grimm interstate contributed to the gelding scoring his first win since the 2015 Scone Cup. “It definitely helps… Read More »
The application of blinkers and a step up in distance have proven beneficial for improving colt Trenchant who has broken his maiden in style at Flemington. The Godolphin-owned, John O’Shea-trained two-year-old was backing up from a Moonee Valley placing a week ago in Saturday’s Bay and Ranges Handicap. After settling… 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 Flemington, Randwick and Eagle Far.
A Racing Australia sub-committee will consider submissions from interested groups on the controversial whip rules. Amendments to the rule introduced in December last year limiting the number of strikes before the 100m have brought an unprecedented number of breaches. The sub-committee will be chaired by former Victorian chief steward Des… Read More »
Sportsbet.com.au punters are a bit unsure as to who will win the final major of the season, the Tatts Tiara (1400m), which will be run and won at Eagle Farm this Saturday. Starting at the top with the class mare Azkadellia and she was heavily backed early, getting down to… Read More »
If Marenostro is to reach the level his trainer thinks he can, he should be able to cope with carrying a big weight at Randwick. Chris Waller has elected to stick with senior rider Tye Angland in Saturday’s Racing To Win Hcp (1600m) rather than use a claiming apprentice on… Read More »
The Melbourne spring carnival keeps getting bigger with Racing Victoria announcing an increase of $650,000 across seven Group One races this spring. The prizemoney increased come on the back of the Mackinnon Stakes being repackaged with prizemoney doubled to $2 million earlier this month. The prizemoney for the Memsie Stakes,… Read More »
Trainer Kelly Schweida hopes Damian Browne is as good a judge as he is a jockey with his decision to ride Miss Cover Girl in the Tattersall’s Tiara at Eagle Farm. Browne had offers to ride four other horses in the final Group One race of the season but has… Read More »
Having broken through for his first Australian win, Bold Sniper’s trainer David Hayes is confident The Queen’s horse can go on with the job at Flemington. Dylan Dunn wore the monarch’s famous colours – purple, gold braid, scarlet sleeves, black velvet cap, gold fringe – to win on Bold Sniper… Read More »
