A less than ideal barrier draw prompted trainer Stephen Brown to change plans with sprinter Kievann who will instead chase his third win of the campaign at Caulfield. Kievann was entered to run last Saturday at Moonee Valley with a big weight won by Sirbible but Brown decided against starting… Read More »
Magic Millions Classic favourite Capitalist has drawn barrier two for the $2 million race at the Gold Coast. One of three runners in Saturday’s race for trainers Peter and Paul Snowden, Capitalist has been the long-time odds-on favourite. The two-year-old is unbeaten in two starts in the Breeders’ Plate in… Read More »
By the time Peace Force gets to the Gold Coast for her Magic Millions assignment, she won’t have raced for seven weeks. But that does not concern her trainer Gerald Ryan who says she has shown him she is fit enough for Saturday’s $1 million Fillies and Mares (1300m). The… Read More »
Thousand Guineas winner Stay With Me’s workload has been stepped up as the impeccably bred filly builds towards her autumn campaign. By Street Cry, Stay With Me emulated her dam Miss Finland by winning the Thousand Guineas in October. Whether the David Hayes and Tom Dabernig-trained Stay With Me is… Read More »
The presence of dual Group One winner Lucky Hussler in the Magic Millions Cup has trainer Brendan McCarthy thinking the Sprint might be a better option for Murt The Flirt. Murt The Flirt is nominated for Cup (1400m) and Sprint (1100m) on Saturday at the Gold Coast, both $1 million… Read More »
A horse from the Red Centre of Australia has added to a successful campaign in Melbourne and brought up a winning treble for apprentice Jye McNeil at Moonee Valley. The Alice Springs-trained Sirbible ($9) made it two wins and a stakes placing from his three Melbourne starts this summer in… Read More »
A decisive move in the early stages of the VOBIS Gold Carat has paved the way for a rich pay day for the connections of Rocky Boomboa at Moonee Valley. When the gelding began slowly, Damien Oliver sent him four-wide before crossing to the fence with 700m to go in… Read More »
In a stable with many stars, Asinara has made her mark for Godolphin with a stunning display at Rosehill. After coming round the turn with the tail-enders, Asinara ($4.60) seemed to have too much to do in the Cellarbrations 3YO (1350m) to get near the favourite Lucky Fish ($4) who… Read More »
The Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra partnership has continued its winning form with another victory Moonee Valley. The pair saddled four winners at the Flemington New Year’s day meeting, including Durendal in the feature, the Standish Handicap. Heatherly added to the long weekend’s haul, winning Saturday’s Slickpix Hcp (1000m). Despite… Read More »
Just a week out from the rich Magic Millions Classic, Scarlet Rain has staked a late claim for a start in the $2 million race with her debut victory at Rosehill. Things didn’t go as smoothly for her Gai Waterhouse-trained stablemate Northern Fire who lost rider Adam Hyeronimus in the… Read More »
Katelyn Mallyon has made the most of a rule allowing her to continue to claim despite having ridden the allowed number of winners. The 21-year-old rode her 80th winner at Sandown on Wednesday aboard the Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra-trained Miss Cooper, joining Melbourne Cup winner Michelle Payne as the… Read More »
Former kiwi Start Wondering has created a big impression in two runs, both wins, since crossing the Tasman, and Sportsbet.com.au punters are confident he can get the job done again in the McGrath Estate Agents Handicap (1400m) this Saturday at Rosehill. The Chris Waller trained galloper showed his class with a… Read More »
Magic Millions favourite Capitalist has allayed any concerns about his health with a gallop between races at Randwick. Trainers Peter and Paul Snowden were on hand to watch the colt work with stablemate Mooshakissa on Friday after Capitalist was withdrawn from a barrier trial earlier in the week because of… Read More »
Visiting English apprentice Kieran Shoemark has started the new year with the thrill of riding his first Flemington winner. Shoemark is in his second summer stint in Melbourne with Danny O’Brien but it was fellow Flemington trainer Stephen Brown who provided the apprentice with the winner on Harbour Grey on… Read More »
Having partnered improving three-year-old Tempered to a narrow win at Sandown, jockey Damian Lane is upbeat about the chances of the gelding’s elder sibling in the Group Three Standish Handicap. Tempered rallied in the straight to post his first city win by a nose in Wednesday’s Polytrack Handicap (1600m) coming… Read More »
Sea Red is primed to make a belated open company debut as a five-year-old after frustrating her trainer over the past year. The Robert Heathcote-trained mare runs in Saturday’s Sky Racing Open Hcp (1600m) at the Sunshine Coast after recording two wins in restricted class. Heathcote has always had a… Read More »
Sir John Hawkwood will stay in Sydney to run in the Tattersalls Cup on New Year’s Day rather than travel to Melbourne for the Bagot Handicap. The stayer was given top weight for both Listed races but trainer David Vandyke and owner Paul Fudge have decided the float trip from… Read More »
Bachman’s Goldmarket Handicap victory is one his trainer will remember for more reasons than one. The four-year-old’s win in the Listed event at the Gold Coast on Saturday was the last race broadcast by Alan Thomas, Queensland’s premier race caller. Thomas has retired after four decades calling both racing and… Read More »
The Oakleigh Plate is a Group One target for stakes winning sprinter Shiraz, but that will hinge on the weather. The Tony McEvoy-trained Shiraz has won 10 of his 17 starts with his latest campaign netting four wins from six starts including the Group Three Aurie’s Star Handicap in Melbourne… Read More »
Winning his first stakes race aboard Tuscan Sling in the Christmas Stakes was a big thrill for apprentice Harry Coffey. And just 40 minutes later the 20-year-old’s day got so much better when he guided quality stayer Signoff to a fast-finishing first-up win in the Lord Stakes (1700m) to make… Read More »
