It might not have seemed a smart move, but trainer David Hayes was in no doubt that asking Zac Purton to ride Criterion in a track gallop was the right call. A last-start winner of the Queen Elizabeth Stakes during The Championships at Randwick, Criterion is in Hong Kong where… Read More »
Trainer Kelly Schweida is yet to decide whether star Queensland filly Miss Cover Girl will take her place in the Gold Coast Guineas on Saturday. Miss Cover Girl has drawn barrier 14 for the Group Three race and at best looks likely to start from gate 12. If she runs… Read More »
Multiple Group 1 winner Silent Achiever heads betting for Saturday’s Hollindale Stakes. TOP OFFER: Sign-up at Sportsbet.com.au via this link for a $501 FREE BET BONUS! The Roger James trained mare is $5.00 for the Gold Coast Group 2. Online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au has Silent Achiever slightly ahead of Pornichet, Leebaz… Read More »
Mossfun’s autumn campaign has turned out to be her last with the filly to go to the breeding barn in the spring. The 2014 Golden Slipper winner missed the spring because of a virus and the best result from four autumn starts was second in the Group Three Birthday Card… Read More »
Hall Mark Stakes winner Our Boy Malachi will return to Queensland after extending his winning streak in Sydney. Tommy Berry rode the Queensland country champion to his fourth Sydney win in the Group Three 1200m sprint at Randwick on Saturday. The gelding was third at the 400m and stormed past… Read More »
The Wagga Wagga Gold Cup is the next port of call for quirky mare Gypsy Diamond who has finally lived up to her ability with victory in the Group Three JRA Plate at Randwick. Senior trainer Peter Snowden said her first win for the stable he runs with his son… Read More »
On a stellar day for trainer Peter Moody, stud-bound Dissident has strengthened his hold on the Horse of the Year title with victory at his final start in the Group One All Aged Stakes. Moody came to Randwick on Saturday for the final day of the carnival with three runners,… Read More »
A switch in plans has led to a bigger payday for the owners of Fontein Ruby. Trainer Robert Smerdon had intended sending Fontein Ruby to Adelaide for a Group Three race but instead kept the filly at Caulfield on Saturday to collect the winner’s purse in the Thoroughbred Breeders Victoria… Read More »
The colours made famous by champion racehorse Kingston Town were carried to victory at Caulfield on Saturday. An inaugural inductee into the Australian Racing Hall Of Fame, Kingston Town won three Cox Plates for Tommy Smith. While Fleur Fatale, a debut winner of the VOBIS Gold Ingot (1200m), is unlikely… Read More »
Pasadena Girl has underlined her rating as a stayer of the future with a come-from-behind win in the Group One Champagne Stakes at Randwick. Unwinding from well back in the field, Pasadena Girl needed the entire length of the famous Randwick straight to win the $400,000 race. After being sent… Read More »
A win over 2000m in the Frank Packer Plate has opened up spring options for Hi World. Trainer Peter Moody says the High Chaparral colt will now go to Queensland, not to race over the winter carnival, but to spend time in the paddock with the sun on his back…. Read More »
Trust In A Gust is the best credentialled horse running at Caulfield on Saturday and has been backed accordingly. The dual Group One winner resumes in the $150,000 VOBIS Gold Sprint (1200m) under set weights conditions and is easily the highest-rated horse in the race. Trust In A Gust, who… Read More »
Star sprinter Chautauqua has been heavily backed to win consecutive majors in tomorrow’s All Aged Stakes. TOP OFFER: Register at Sportsbet.com.au via this link for a $501 FREE BET BONUS! It has been one-way traffic with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au for Chautauqua. The Team Hawkes trained champion is the $3.10 favourite… Read More »
The least experienced of Joe Pride’s four Hall Mark Stakes runners is the most favoured to deliver the trainer a win in the Group Three race. Craftiness might not have the race smarts of stablemates Rain Affair, Target In Sight and Rock Sturdy but a tremendous winning strike rate has… Read More »
Tests have cleared Protectionist of serious injury but the stayer will have to be reassessed before starting a campaign aimed at winning back-to-back Melbourne Cups. Connections feared the horse’s career might have been over when he pulled up extremely sore after a disappointing performance in the Sydney Cup on Saturday…. Read More »
Joe Pride is the first to admit Terravista didn’t perform to expectation in the TJ Smith Stakes. Sent out favourite, Terravista wasn’t disgraced in finishing third, but he also wasn’t the horse that claimed the Darley Classic in the spring. A wide run from an outside draw and a three-week… Read More »
The Barrister has been well supported to win the Champagne Stakes at Randwick on Saturday. RANDWICK OFFER: Sign-up at Sportsbet.com.au via this link for a $501 FREE BET BONUS! Online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au has received strong backing for The Barrister at nice odds of $15. Melbourne filly Pasadena Girl heads betting for… Read More »
A throat operation has smart sprinting mare Gregers back in stakes-winning form. That’s the consensus from Lindsay Park as Gregers prepares to add another black-type win to her record in the Listed Bel Esprit Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday. Gregers charged home late in a 955m race on March 27… Read More »
An early education in Sydney has given Pasadena Girl the perfect foundation for a Group One bid in the final leg of the juvenile triple crown at Randwick. The filly has been backed into $3 favouritism for the $400,000 Champagne Stakes on Saturday following an eye-catching Sydney debut when fourth… Read More »
Gary Moore can’t give Takedown enough credit for helping him get back into Sydney racing. But the trainer’s admiration for the two-year-old will go to another level if Takedown can stretch a winning sequence in the Group One Champagne Stakes at Randwick on Saturday. The winner of eight Macau training… Read More »
