If a 16-year-old Bart Cummings had taken expert medical advice to combat the chronic asthma which plagued him, the history of Australian racing would be so much different, and so much poorer. Cummings was given a simple cure for the chronic condition he had suffered all his life. “It’s easy,… Read More »
The Chris Waller-trained Boban has capitalised on a late rails run to win the Memsie Stakes at Caulfield. In taking his tally of Group One wins to five, Boban overcame jockey Glyn Schofield’s concerns he wouldn’t be at his best on a rain-affected to track to defeat Entirely Platinum and… Read More »
The biggest horse in Godolphin’s Australian stable has shown he could also be one of the most talented with his win at Rosehill. Weighing in at 600kg, Exosphere ($5.50) showed a lightness of foot to come from last in the five-horse field of three-year-olds in Saturday’s Group Two Run To… Read More »
The first step in trainer Peter Snowden’s Group One plan for Bounding this spring has been executed to perfection at Caulfield. The New Zealand Group One winner was having her first start for Snowden and his son Paul in Saturday’s Group Three The Heath (1100m) and the mare made it… Read More »
Peter Moody shared the joy of winning with the connections of Gold Symphony after completing a double at Caulfield. Moody has a directions hearing scheduled for September 9 into his cobalt charges and declined media interviews after the victories of Abidewithme and Gold Symphony on Saturday. One of five trainers… Read More »
Former New Zealand mare Abidewithme has made a winning start for new trainer Peter Moody who declined to speak to media after the race at Caulfield. Moody is one of five Victorian trainers facing charges by stewards relating to elevated cobalt levels. In a radio interview on Friday, Moody said… Read More »
Mike Moroney was a relieved trainer after promising filly Alaskan Rose maintained a perfect record at Caulfield. Alaskan Rose scored on debut at Sandown on August 12 and followed up with her win in the Montague Tree Handicap (1400m) on Saturday. Ridden by Steven Arnold, Alaskan Rose, the $2.60 favourite,… 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.
Makybe Diva’s quest for a third Melbourne Cup kicked off with a win in the Memsie Stakes at Caulfield in 2005. A decade later, her three-quarter sister La Amistad begins her Melbourne Cup campaign in Saturday’s Listed Heatherlie Stakes (1700m) on the Memsie program at Caulfield. From the time La… Read More »
Rich Enuff makes his highly anticipated return to racing in a Group Three sprint at Caulfield and will be re-united with the jockey who first rode him to stakes race success. Dwayne Dunn rode the Ken Keys-trained Rich Enuff to what the jockey described as a `pretty awesome’ win in… Read More »
Stylish colt Press Statement is more fancied than his stablemate Japonisme in Saturday’s Run To The Rose Stakes. TODAY’S OFFER: Sign-up at Sportsbet.com.au via this link for a $501 FREE BET BONUS! The Chris Waller trained Press Statement is on the third line of betting at $5.50. Online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au… Read More »
Mick Price says its unfortunate two of his better three-year-olds will start their spring campaigns in the same race at Caulfield. Prince Of Brooklyn and Ready For Victory are set to contest the Group Three H D F McNeil Stakes (1200m) on Saturday. Ideally Price said he would like to… Read More »
The presence of Group One winner Press Statement in the Run To The Rose has cleared the way for Hugh Bowman to reunite with Japonisme, a horse he admits has caught him by surprise. Bowman steered Japonisme to his first-up win at Canterbury last month but has not been aboard… Read More »
Paul Beshara is a creature of habit when it comes to the preparation of his weight-for-age galloper Happy Trails. In the last four seasons the gelding has start his campaign in the Spring Stakes in Adelaide before heading to Melbourne. On Saturday, Happy Trails commences his Melbourne campaign in the… Read More »
Boban has opened as the $4.80 favourite for Saturday’s G1 Memsie Stakes at Caulfield racecourse with online bookmaker Sportsbet.com.au. View the odds below. Odds:
Multiple Group One winner Dissident will begin his new career at stud this spring with the added honour as Victoria’s Racehorse of the Year. During his final season on the track, the Peter Moody-trained Dissident won three Group One races, two on his home track at Caulfield. Dissident was announced… Read More »
Lightly raced Irish import The United States has won his first race in Australia with a late charge at Moonee Valley. Having his fourth start in Melbourne after being in Australia for almost two years, The United States ran over the top of his rivals to claim the Sweeney Estates… Read More »
Chris Waller has never subscribed to the notion Royal Descent is a non-winner and the mare has paid him back with victory in the Group Two Warwick Stakes. She hadn’t won a race since the Australian Oaks in the autumn of 2013 but not for lack of trying. Named the… Read More »
A move away from preparing a team of mostly jumpers has given mother-daughter training partners Lyn Tolson and Leonie Proctor a stakes win at Moonee Valley. Well Sprung earned a comparison with top sprinter Rich Enuff with his all-the-way victory in the McKenzie Stakes (1200m) on Saturday. Rich Enuff landed… Read More »
Spring plans remain fluid for Speak Fondly with Gai Waterhouse happy to soak up her winning return in the Silver Shadow Stakes. Her Group Two win over 1200m at Randwick on Saturday came at the first start of her three-year-old season which Waterhouse said was full of possibilities. The winner… Read More »
