After a short a break-up that worked out better for horse than jockey, Speak Fondly and Tommy Berry will be reunited at Randwick on Saturday to chase a Group One goal. Berry rode the filly in two pre-campaign barrier trials but his spring commitment to stablemate and Golden Slipper winner… Read More »
Even though Buffering is now an eight-year-old his trainer insists he can still show his younger rivals a thing or two. Buffering returns for his Moir Stakes defence on Friday night in which two three-year-old fillies head the early market. Trainer Robert Heathcote says veteran Buffering is showing the right… Read More »
Craig Williams has already started his homework for the Moir Stakes as he prepares to partner exciting filly Fontiton in what the jockey expects to be a cracking Group One race. Fontiton was Melbourne’s top filly during her juvenile season, winning her debut by six lengths at Moonee Valley last… Read More »
Smart filly Petits Filous is tipped to maintain her unbeaten record in Friday night’s Moir Stakes. TOP OFFER: Sign-up at Sportsbet.com.au via this link for a $501 BONUS! In her toughest test to date Petits Filous has opened $3.50 favourite with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au. She takes a four from four… Read More »
If weight of money is any guide Winx has Saturday’s Epsom Handicap at her mercy. G1 OFFER: Sign-up at Sportsbet.com.au via this link for a $501 BONUS! Online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au reports one-way traffic for the Chris Waller trained four-year-old. Winx is firm $3.50 favourite with Lucia Valentina ($7.00) the next… Read More »
Glen Boss has picked up the plum ride on unbeaten filly Petits Filous in the A J Moir Stakes at Moonee Valley. The ride in Friday night’s feature sprint was up for grabs after Kerrin McEvoy decided not to appeal a careless riding suspension from Saturday’s Caulfield meeting. The Ciaron… Read More »
Right from the time Mourinho was left out of the 2014 Cox Plate, Peter Gelagotis has been driven to have his stable star in winning form for this year’s race. That ambition is a step closer after the eight-year-old provided Gelagotis with his first Group One victory in winning the… Read More »
The expected tussle between Arabian Gold and Catkins has gone pear-shaped for punters with Peeping upstaging the highly favoured duo in the Group Two Golden Pendant. Catkins was sent out the $1.75 favourite in Saturday’s race on the back of her win in the Sheraco Stakes at her first appearance… Read More »
Stratum Star has scored a last-stride win in the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes, giving trainer Darren Weir his second successive victory in the Group One race. In a finish that replicated the Underwood Stakes won by Mourinho, three horses went across the line together in the 1400m sprint at Caulfield… Read More »
Vanbrugh has reignited Chris Waller’s Group One hopes for him this spring with a barnstorming victory in the Group Three Gloaming Stakes at Rosehill. The colt has booked a spot in next month’s Spring Champion Stakes with his 1-3/4 length decision over the consistent Tatoosh on Saturday. Waller had Vanbrugh… Read More »
Sabatini has maintained one of the best fresh records in racing with a fighting first-up win at Caulfield. The Street Cry mare landed her first win against open-class opposition when taking out the Le Pines Funeral Handicap on Saturday. Trained by Lee and Shannon Hope, Sabatini was having her first… Read More »
In less than two months, Amelie’s Star has gone from victory in a Hawkesbury maiden to Group Three winner at Rosehill. The mare beat a field of seasoned stayers to win Saturday’s Colin Stephen Quality (2400m), putting 3-1/4 lengths on Bohemian Lily with Reigning third. While many of her rivals… Read More »
Deposed jockey Tye Angland was among the first people to congratulate Chris Waller after Press Statement made a one-act affair of the Stan Fox Stakes at Rosehill. Angland, the horse’s regular rider, was replaced by Hugh Bowman on Saturday after Press Statement’s unlucky Golden Rose fifth. Waller said a desire… 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 Caulfield and Rosehill.
Three-time runner-up Red Cadeaux is on his way back to Australia for another shot at the Melbourne Cup. The popular Ed Dunlop-trained Red Cadeaux will be one of 12 horses to arrive in Melbourne on Saturday ahead of his fifth attempt at Australia’s richest and most famous race. Local star… Read More »
New Zealand trainer Murray Baker won his first Underwood Stakes with The Phantom a quarter of a century ago. Lion Tamer (2011) and It’s A Dundeel (2013) have added two more Underwood wins for Baker in the past four years and dual Derby winner and Cups contender Mongolian Khan will… Read More »
A switch from weight-for-age to handicap company is the spark David Hayes is looking for with Petrology ahead of his Group One contest at Caulfield. After three weight-for-age runs to begin his campaign, Petrology faces up to a tough handicap contest in the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes on Saturday. But… Read More »
After a luckless run in the Bobbie Lewis (1200m) at Flemington, Sportsbet.com.au punters are confident that the Robert Smerdon trained Under The Louvre can get a much deserved Group l win this Saturday in the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield. SPRING SPECIAL: Sign-up at Sportsbet.com.au via this link… Read More »
Damien Oliver has been right more often than not when it comes to choosing big race rides. Two weeks ago the 10-time Melbourne jockeys’ premiership winner opted to partner race winner Fawkner over the up-and-coming Alpine Eagle in the Group One Makybe Diva Stakes at Flemington. On Saturday, Oliver takes… Read More »
Craig Williams is uncertain where Volkstok’n’barrell sits against the best middle-distance gallopers in Australia. But he expects to have a clearer guide after the Underwood Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday. While Williams has confidence in Volkstok’n’barrell after winning the Rosehill Guineas on the New Zealander, his one spring ride on… Read More »
