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 »
A weight advantage could be the key to Sold For Song turning the tables on Tsaritsa when they meet again at Eagle Farm. The Chris Waller-trained Tsaritsa won the Queensland Guineas last Saturday week with Sold For Song running home strongly for third when she raced at the back of… Read More »
Sarah Moody will front Victoria’s Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board over a comment she made on social media. The wife of suspended trainer Peter Moody, Sarah Moody is a registered racehorse owner and subject to the rules of racing. She will appear before the RAD Board on Tuesday to answer… Read More »
Mike Moroney was disappointed to have to bypass a planned race with Rhythm To Spare last week but hopes to qualify the gelding for the Listed Winter Championship Final via another heat at Flemington. Rhythm To Spare was a race morning scratching from last Saturday’s Travis Harrison Cup (1600m) at… Read More »
Costly Stradbroke failure Azkadellia has opened favourite for Saturday’s Tattersall’s Tiara. Online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au is forgiving of the mare and has her at the top of betting on $2.50. Punters aren’t convinced and the Ciaron Maher trained four-year-old has eased from her opening quote of $2.25. Newcastle filly Danish Twist… Read More »
Group-winning filly Petits Filous will miss the spring carnival after undergoing knee surgery. Trainer Ciaron Maher said bone chips in a knee were discovered after the filly finished 13th in the Group One Robert Sangster Stakes in Adelaide last month. “She’ll be out for the spring and she’ll probably make… Read More »
For many of the runners in the Tattersall’s Tiara, the Group One race will be the last chance to claim valuable black type before they head to the broodmare barn. For Palazzo Pubblico it will be a chance to test her ability at the highest level before she is prepared… Read More »
Mick Price is hopeful star sprinter Lankan Rupee will be back racing in time for the Group One Darley Classic this spring. The five-time Group One winner and former Australian Horse of the Year has not raced since finishing third in the Schillaci Stakes at Caulfield last October. The gelding… Read More »
Trainer Aidan O’Brien has confirmed Ascot Gold Cup winner Order Of St George will be entered for the Melbourne Cup. The horse’s majority owner, Australian Lloyd Williams, is keen to get him to Flemington in November but has warned he cannot win if he get more than 56kg. “If he’s… Read More »
Newmarket Handicap winner The Quarterback is slated for a three-run spring preparation in Melbourne, with races at his favourite track the focus. The Quarterback gave trainer Robbie Griffiths his first Group One win when he defeated Black Heart Bart and Chautauqua in The Newmarket (1200m) at Flemington in March. The… Read More »
The country’s leading Group One trainer has one more chance to add to his season tally in the Tattersall’s Tiara. But trainer Chris Waller will look at Monday’s nominations before committing three-year-old Tsaritsa to a start in the final Group One event of the season at Eagle Farm on Saturday…. Read More »
Lightly raced gelding Firsthand has continued an unbeaten start to his career by the barest of margins at Moonee Valley. But before he was declared the winner he had to survive a protest from jockey Daniel Stackhouse, who rode third placegetter Bassett in Saturday’s Kane Constructions Handicap (1200m). Stewards were… Read More »
A four-win haul at Rosehill has premier trainer Chris Waller chasing down his own Sydney record. Waller set the standard of 167.5 wins in 2012/13 and with 12 meetings left this season is on target to better that score with Vassal bringing up win No.155 this season. Although the record… Read More »
Rising five-year-old Clemency is bound for the breeding barn later this year but connections are keen to give the mare her chance at snaring a valuable stakes win before then. Clemency, by Redoute’s Choice out of Group One winner Eskimo Queen, was able to edge out favourite Lahqa in Saturday’s… Read More »
Just a couple of hours after Foxplay broke her maiden at Rosehill, her elder sibling Butterboom has countered with her first win since March. The Chris Waller-trained two-year-old Foxplay had an easier time on the opening race on Saturday but Butterboom ($8) showed her toughness with a half-length win over… Read More »
Seven-year-old Schockemohle is bound for a new phase of his career over jumps, but has added a sixth career win on the flat with success at Moonee Valley. Trainer Brett Scott, a former top jumps jockey, said since they’ve ramped up Schockemohle’s schooling over obstacles this year in training it… Read More »
Artie Dee Two has landed a betting plunge at Moonee Valley to keep his winning record intact. The Darren Weir-trained two-year-old was backed from as much as $4 into $3.20 favouritism before taking out the Friends Of Epworth Handicap on Saturday. Ridden by Brad Rawiller, Artie Dee Two scored a… Read More »
Winter racing doesn’t always translate to spring riches but it’s a method trainer Chris Waller has used successfully in the past. Sydney’s premier trainer hopes the formula works with two-year-old Foxplay, which broke through for her first win at Rosehill on Saturday. The filly was backed from late $1.85 to… Read More »
