Gai Waterhouse has won just about every Cup on the Australian racing calendar and she has now set her sights on next month’s Darwin Cup. HOT OFFER: Register at Sportsbet.com.au via this link for a $501 FREE BET BONUS! The champion trainer will saddle second favourite Travolta ($4.40) in the… Read More »
Golden Slipper winner Vancouver is the favourite to add Sydney’s first Group One race of the season to his resume. The TAB has installed the unbeaten Gai Waterhouse-trained colt at $3.50 for the $1 million Golden Rose (1400m) on September 14. The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained Pride Of Dubai, winner… Read More »
Victoria Derby winner Preferment had his first solid hit out this morning on his way to a spring campaign with the Caulfield Cup as his main mission. RACING OFFER: Sign-up at Sportsbet.com.au via this link for a $501 FREE BET BONUS! Online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au has Preferment at $21 for the… Read More »
Quality sprinting mare Miss Promiscuity’s stud career is on hold for the time being and she will race on into the spring. The winner of the Group Three Sir John Monash Stakes at Caulfield earlier in the month, Miss Promiscuity is enjoying a short break at Lindsay Park. Co-trainer Tom… Read More »
Up-and-coming sprinter Rich Jack faces his stiffest test when he takes on weight-for-age company for the first time at Caulfield. Having not finished further back than fourth in 13 starts that include five victories, Rich Jack is jumping from a Caulfield benchmark 78 success to the Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) on… Read More »
Kermadec and Preferment have played a part in trainer Chris Waller’s best ever Group One season and are on the way to kicking off the next one. Waller has taken home 14 Group One trophies in 2014/15 with Kermadec winning the Doncaster Mile and Preferment the Victoria Derby. Both are… Read More »
Chris Waller is renowned for buying stayers from the northern hemisphere to run successfully in Australia but some, like Rugged Cross, can surprise him. The gelding reinforced his standing as a talented sprinter with victory in Saturday’s Listed Winter Stakes (1400m) at Rosehill as part of a winning quartet for… Read More »
Talented colt Supido has overcome a less than ideal preparation to snare a first-up win at Flemington. Trainer Mick Kent had wanted to get the colt back racing earlier this winter but a foot abscess kept Supido from resuming until Saturday’s Dalray Handicap (1100m). Supido, well supported to run the… Read More »
Trainer Brian Smith needed only one sentence to sum up veteran Jetset Lad’s fighting win in the Listed Tattersall’s Mile (1600m) at Doomben on Saturday. “Once a good horse, always a good horse,” Smith said about the former kiwi galloper who is rising eight years of age. Jetset Lad won… Read More »
A running double at Flemington has moved Peter Moody to within striking distance of a claiming a fifth Melbourne trainers’ premiership. It followed a double at Moonee Valley on Wednesday and Moody now trails last season’s premier trainer Darren Weir by five winners with three meetings left for the season…. Read More »
Winning the annual race with a horse owned by his biggest supporter and named in his honour has given Chris Waller a poignant moment at Rosehill. Long before he was Sydney’s premier trainer and Australia’s leading Group One trainer, Waller received a boost to his fledgling career when Bob Ingham… Read More »
Apprentice Jordan Childs has produced an impressive ride aboard Lilly Dazzler in the Rising Stars Final to give trainer Monica Croston the thrill of her first Flemington winner. Saturday’s Rising Stars Final (1800m) was the culmination of a series of races throughout the season in Victoria which are restricted to… Read More »
Wez Hunter may have found another career for Mio Dio when he finishes his career on the racetrack. A session of jumping hurdles and the addition of blinkers paved the way to success for Mio Dio in the Garden View Pavilion Handicap (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday. Hunter revealed Mio… Read More »
Peter Moody is prepared for the fight to clear his name after being charged with cobalt offences. Moody, who on Thursday prepared his 200th winner for the season when House Of Hingis was successful at Donald, is facing three charges, one relating to presentation and two relating to the administration… Read More »
Trainer Chris Waller will saddle four runners in tomorrow’s Winter Stakes, but punters only have eyes for one. TOP OFFER: Sign-up at Sportsbet.com.au via this link TODAY for a $501 FREE BET BONUS! The mudlark, Rugged Cross, has firmed from $13 into $11 with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au. Two Blue ($4.40)… Read More »
James McDonald’s effort to be in contention for the Sydney jockeys’ premiership is remarkable, and not just because he has spent the past five weeks riding in England. The jockey has not competed at a Saturday meeting in Sydney since Anzac Day. As well as his overseas sojourn, his commitments… Read More »
It appears all is forgiven with defending Melbourne Cup champion Protectionist. RACING SPECIAL: Sign-up at Sportsbet.com.au via this link for a $501 FREE BET BONUS! Although unplaced in four runs since last year’s Cup, Protectionist ($21) is still fancied by punters for this year’s great race. Around 25 percent of… Read More »
Most pundits view a wide draw over 1400m at Flemington as a curse. Trainer John Sadler usually subscribes to that theory, however he wasn’t disappointed with gate 14 for Charmed Harmony in Saturday’s Bruce Gadsden Handicap. A last start Caulfield winner, Charmed Harmony has been racing consistently this campaign with… Read More »
Rosehill punters are hoping they caught out online bookmaker Sportsbet.com.au who opened a runner up at $14 before she was quickly backed into single figures. TODAY’S OFFER: Register at Sportsbet.com.au via this link today and get a $501 FREE BET BONUS! Elusive Catch opened at $14 in Race 2 at… Read More »
Classy mare Suavito has been ruled out of the upcoming spring after injuring a knee at trackwork. Trainer Nigel Blackiston said the mare was a bit “jarry” after trackwork at Flemington on Wednesday morning and ordered x-rays be taken. Suavito was having her work stepped up in preparation for a… Read More »
