Rosehill winner Gold Seventy Seven looks set to step up to stakes level in the autumn with a 100 per cent winning record. The three-year-old colt passed his biggest test when he scooped his third win from as many starts at Rosehill on Saturday. Trainer Kris Lees says he thinks… Read More »
Bookie Sportingbet.com.au cut the odds of Giulietta winning next Saturday’s Magic Millions 2yo Classic at the Gold Coast from $31 into $7 after the Snitzel filly’s impressive debut win at Rosehill Gardens. Giulietta now shares third favouritism with Miss Idyllic at Sportingbet, behind Wicked Intent ($5) and Claudia Jean ($6). “If connections head north… Read More »
Vastly improved Le Chef rocketed into calculations for next week’s Magic Millions Classic with an easy win at the Gold Coast on Saturday. Starting favourite, Le Chef ($2.50) had been 24th in order of entry into the $2 million race before tackling the First National Handicap (1200m). The gelding bounced… Read More »
Harrier Jet has been the subject of the biggest go all day at Rosehill this Saturday in the De Bortoli Wines Handicap (1400m). The Chris Waller trained gelding, to be steered by Hugh Bowman, was completely luckless when racing here last time out when third to Testashadow. SPECIAL OFFER: Sign-up at Sportsbet.com.au via… Read More »
Hong Kong’s champion miler Able Friend could be a star attraction at The Championships during the Sydney autumn carnival. His owner Do Cornel Li Fook-kwan is considering an invitation to run him in the $3 million Doncaster Mile at Randwick. The winner of the Hong Kong Mile last month, Able… Read More »
Jockey Linda Meech and staying mare Averau have continued a successful recent combination with a dominant victory in the $150,000 Bagot Handicap at Flemington. And Averau’s summer campaign is not over yet, with her trainers now eyeing a feature Tasmanian staying double in February. Meech has ridden Averau in her… Read More »
Confirming a liking for Flemington, Decircles landed his first feature-race win on Thursday. After running third in the Standish Handicap 12 months ago, Decircles tracked the speed set by Lord Of The Sky before taking out the 2015 edition. Ridden by Stephen Baster, Decircles, backed from $12 to $9, scored… Read More »
Former United States trainer Murray Johnson is dreaming of one of Australia’s richest two-year-old races after Take Pride scored at Flemington. The filly followed up from an impressive debut win in provincial class by giving her rivals a galloping lesson in the New Year Plate (1000m) on Thursday. Johnson said… Read More »
A return to the straight track at Flemington could spark Office Bearer into winning form. Victory in the Standish Handicap (1200m) would give trainer Peter Moody and jockey Vlad Duric back-to-back victories in the Group Three race. The pair combined to win the New Year’s Day feature with Flamberge 12… Read More »
Much-maligned sprinter Lord Of The Sky is in the peak of condition ahead of his run at Flemington. And trainer Robbie Laing believes the four-year-old is ready to bounce back to winning form in the Standish Handicap (1200m) on Thursday. Lord Of The Sky, the $4 second favourite behind Reparations,… Read More »
Archie Alexander admits he’ll learn a lot more about recent stable acquisition Amorino in the Group Three Standish Handicap. But the first-season trainer is cautiously optimistic the stakes winner can make an immediate impact in his return to the east in Thursday’s straight-track sprint at Flemington. Alexander was delighted to… Read More »
De Little Engine can cap an already successful summer campaign with his first stakes win in the Bagot Handicap at Flemington. The Danny O’Brien-trained four-year-old has stepped up at his past three starts in benchmark races, earning himself likely favouritism for Thursday’s 2800m off season staying feature. By Encosta De… Read More »
Dissident has returned to trainer Peter Moody’s stable preparing for his final campaign before he goes to stud. The three time Group One winner has not raced since he suffered a bleeding attack when sixth behind Fawkner in the Caulfield Stakes (2000m) on October 11. The winner of the Group… Read More »
Trainer Les Ross hopes he can win the Magic Millions Classic but it won’t be with Mishani Honcho who caused a massive boilover at the Gold Coast on Saturday. Mishani Honcho ($21) beat the favourite Wicked Intent ($1.40) by two lengths in the Group Three BJ McLachlan Stakes (1200m). However,… Read More »
A vintage ride from Jim Cassidy has helped Barbed spoil the party for Ball Of Muscle in the Listed Canterbury Classic. The winner of six of his previous eight starts, Ball Of Muscle was sent out the $2.90 favourite to win his first test at stakes level. Jason Collett took… Read More »
Field-shy mare Goldslick appreciated some open spaces when she won her first race in 14 starts and 553 days at the Gold Coast on Saturday. Goldslick ($6) campaigned in Melbourne for a couple of years but returned to Eagle Farm trainer Liam Birchley in October and has had four runs… Read More »
After some near misses, trainer Gerald Ryan believes Perignon may be the horse to give him a win in the rich Magic Millions Classic. The Snitzel filly overcame a wide barrier in the 2YO Plate (1200m) at Canterbury on Saturday to record her first win at her second start. Perignon… Read More »
Already a stable favourite, I’m Imposing now has special place in the Chris Waller team after claiming back-to-back wins in the Summer Cup at Randwick. He became just the first horse to win the race twice since Donald in 1928-29 and only the second horse in more than a century… Read More »
Paul Richards won’t let Natuzzi’s outstanding Newmarket Handicap win change his mind about contesting the Railway Stakes next week. The listed 1200-metre race at Ellerslie is a traditional lead-up to the Railway (1200m) on the same track on New Year’s Day, but Richards says he will bypass the race in… Read More »
Jockey Chris Munce will miss the Boxing Day meeting at the Sunshine Coast to prepare himself for bigger things a day later. Munce will ride the odds on favourite Wicked Intent in the Group Three B J McLachlan Stakes (1200m) on Saturday. Wicked Intent, who is trained by Munce’s father-in-law… Read More »
