Trainer John Thompson believes First Seal is now the complete package as she prepares to return against a star-studded Warwick Stakes field boasting 10 Group One winners. There was an air of expectation around the Flight Stakes winner in the autumn but she fell frustratingly short when she was narrowly… Read More »
Champion jockey Damien Oliver has given top sprinter Rich Enuff the thumbs up for his return to racing at Caulfield. Oliver trialled the four-year-old over 800m at Cranbourne on Friday and while the time wasn’t slick he was impressed with his effort. However, Oliver will have to sit out Rich… Read More »
Classy carries the good horses a long way towards victory, and Sportsbet.com.au punters are keen that class will carry a David Hayes/Tom Dabernig trained mare all the way to victory this Saturday at Moonee Valley. AWESOME OFFER: Register at Sportsbet.com.au via this LINK for an Instant $501 FREE BET BONUS!… Read More »
On the eve of the spring carnival, John O’Shea is in a good place. It has been 15 months since the trainer took on one of the most challenging jobs in racing to become head trainer for Sheikh Mohammed. Since then he’s won three Group Ones, 26 stakes races and… Read More »
A week after Gai Waterhouse’s Golden Slipper winner Vancouver was beaten first-up by a race-fit Japonisme, the trainer finds herself in a role reversal with the in-form Kimberley Star. The filly has strung together a hat-trick of wins during the winter and heads into Saturday’s Group Two Silver Shadow Stakes… Read More »
Danny O’Brien and Mark Kavanagh will have their cobalt charges heard by the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board commencing on November 30. The pair, along with veterinarian Dr Tom Brennan, faced a directions hearing before the RAD Board on Wednesday. The two trainers were on June 11 charged by stewards… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winner Protectionist will kick off his assault on the spring carnival when he resumes in the Group Two Chelmsford Stakes at Randwick next month. Trainer Kris Lees gave the six-year-old an exhibition gallop at Newcastle on Tuesday, in which he was never fully tested. 2014 Cup-winner Protectionist struggled… Read More »
The all-conquering Chris Waller is looking to saddle up a record eight Group One winners in the Warwick Stakes as the build-up to the spring carnival gathers momentum. Kermadec, Preferment, Foreteller, Hawkspur, Moriarty, Grand Marshal, Beaten Up and Royal Descent are all set to run in Saturday’s Group Two weight-for-age… Read More »
A couple of months ago, Donna Logan didn’t know if she would be training Rosehill Guineas winner Volkstok’n’barrell this spring. But after the owners knocked back an offer from Hong Kong, Logan has him ready to begin his four-year-old season in a Group One 1400m-race on August 29 in either… Read More »
Melbourne’s first weight-for-age race of the season has produced a thrilling contest with the ever-improving Mourinho edging out Tasmanian gelding The Cleaner in the P B Lawrence Stakes. And Mourinho’s victory in Saturday’s Group Two Caulfield feature has provided trainer Darryl Blackshaw with his biggest win after 40 years in… Read More »
One week he’s winning a Grand National Steeplechase, the next a feature race for three-year-old fillies at Caulfield. There appears to be no stopping trainer Ciaron Maher. Last Sunday, Bashboy gave Maher yet another Grand National success while on Saturday Petits Filous kept her unbeaten record intact when she claimed… Read More »
The rise and rise of Japonisme has continued with the three-year-old claiming some big scalps in the San Domenico Stakes at Rosehill. The Chris Waller-trained gelding came to prominence late in the season and his Group Three win on Saturday was his fourth consecutive victory and most important by a… Read More »
A minor issue last week has proven a blessing in disguise for Gold Symphony who has raced to his first Group win in the Vain Stakes at Caulfield. Saturday’s race was not originally in Peter Moody’s sights with Gold Symphony but when the trainer was forced to scratch the three-year-old… Read More »
A return to Caulfield and the removal of blinkers has sparked a form revival from Our Voodoo Prince. The Chris Waller-trained gelding produced his trademark fighting spirit to claim the Anzac Hcp (2000m) on Saturday, his first victory since he took out the Easter Cup over the same course and… 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, Rosehill, Doomben and Morphettville.
With spring beckoning, premier Sydney trainer Chris Waller is starting to bring the mega-stable’s stars back to the races. The Canterbury Hurlstone RSL Handicap (1400m) at Rosehill on Saturday looms as an intriguing mixture of spring carnival hopes setting out and fit horses who have raced consistently through winter. Of… Read More »
With history and weight against Golden Slipper winner Vancouver in the San Domenico Stakes, the Gai Waterhouse stable has two ready-made excuses. But if the matter-of-fact confidence of Tulloch Lodge is anything to go by, the star colt won’t need them. No Slipper winner has claimed the San Domenico since… Read More »
Punters didn’t wait long to show their support for the unbeaten Petit Filous who has been super impressive in her two wins to date. Online bookmaker Sportsbet.com.au opened the galloper up at $2.25 before punters stepped in and crunched her quote into her current price of $2.00 with money still… Read More »
Chris Parnham will be chasing his biggest race win in the P B Lawrence Stakes on a horse that has already provided him with career highlights. Parnham moved from Perth to base himself in Victoria early this year and in that time has ridden four stakes winners, including three at… Read More »
Exciting filly Fontiton could be set for a first-up clash with some of the best weight-for-age sprinters in the country. The Robert Smerdon-trained filly was not nominated for the Thousand Guineas when entries closed last week, with connections to keep the three-year-old to sprints this spring. Smerdon has revealed the… Read More »
