Damien Oliver was adamant Suavito would have been a tragedy beaten had she not burst through to win the Catanach’s Jewellers Plate at Caulfield on Saturday. Locked away on the rails behind the leader, the well-supported favourite Suavito ($2.80) didn’t get a clear run until late in the 1400-metre race…. Read More »
Stewards wasted no time in upholding a protest after promising filly Kaizaen was beaten by the barest margin at Caulfield on Saturday. Jockey Craig Williams fired in an objection against Glyn Schofield’s mount Amicus, saying the Sydney filly had denied him a straight run to the line in the Cove… Read More »
La Amistad has been installed as favourite to win the $400,000 Metropolitan and join her famous sibling Makybe Diva as a Group One winner. View the full Metropolitan market The Hawkes Racing-trained mare heads betting on the premier staying race of the Sydney spring carnival at $4.60 from her stablemate… Read More »
Luke Nolen can’t fault Moment Of Change as the sprinter tries to keep a perfect 1400-metre record at Caulfield. Nolen has guided Moment Of Change to three Group One wins over Saturday’s Memsie Stakes course and distance and believes the gelding is in the right condition to challenge for another… Read More »
Chris Waller’s intimate knowledge of the European thoroughbred tells him He’s Your Man will be advantaged at Rosehill despite the import’s scarcity of racing since returning to work. He’s Your Man is rated the best of Waller’s five horses to accept in the $100,000 Premier’s Cup – a race which… Read More »
Champion jockey Glen Boss is excited about the spring prospects of promising colt Chivalry who makes his return in Saturday’s McNeil Stakes at Caulfield. Boss has never ridden the Mark Kavanagh-trained horse in a race but he has partnered him in two recent jump outs at Flemington. He believes Chivalry… Read More »
Multiple Group 1 winner Boban is the big firmer, with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au forSaturday’s Memsie Stakes. MEMSIE STAKES OFFER: get a $250 FREE BET on the Memsie Stakes at Sportsbet.com.au! Boban has been heavily backed to win the Caulfield Group 1, firming from $6.00 into $4.80. Favourite Messene is a drifter $4.00 out to… Read More »
Mike Moroney is convinced the best of Araldo has yet to be seen in Australia and the trainer is hoping he can show his quality in this year’s staying features. The German import resumes in Saturday’s Listed Slickpix Stakes at Caulfield having recovered from a stress fracture in his back,… Read More »
Messene was a late scratching in Saturday’s Group 2 Warwick Stakes due to the track conditions and will likely head to Caulfield this coming weekend to contest the first Group 1 of the season the Memsie Stakes where he has opened as the $4 favourite in all in betting. MEMSIE… Read More »
Group One winner Commanding Jewel is set to relaunch her career at Caulfield on Saturday after an absence of almost a year. The 2012 Thousand Guineas winner has not started since she won the Group Two Let’s Elope Stakes in early September last year. She is due to make her… Read More »
A sprinter with family ties to champion Black Caviar has claimed a stakes win of his own at Moonee Valley on Saturday. The Tony McEvoy-trained Iconic returned with a win in the Listed Carlyon Stakes (1000m), defeating the Peter Moody-trained Angels Beach by the barest of margins with comeback mare… Read More »
A heavy track and race fitness paved the way for My Sabeel to score an unlikely Group Three victory at Randwick on Saturday. Trainer Kevin Moses admitted the mare was racing out of her grade in the Toy Show Quality (1300m) and only nominated her when he saw the weather… Read More »
Tiger Tees has always had a special place in Joe Pride’s stable and his Group Two Warwick Stakes win has given him top billing. With wet conditions to suit, Tiger Tees ($5.50) led a field of weight-for-age stars at Randwick to record his first win over 1400 metres and his… Read More »
Trainer Ken Keys is dreaming Rich Enuff could be the horse to win him his first Group One race after the colt toyed with his rivals in Saturday’s Mitchell McKenzie Stakes. Stepping out for his second start in the 1200-metre event for three-year-olds at Moonee Valley, the resuming Rich Enuff… Read More »
Terravista maintained his perfect first-up record and put himself on a path towards a Group One Melbourne sprint with an emphatic return in Saturday’s Show County Quality at Randwick. The five-year-old took his record to seven wins from 10 starts when he relished the heavy going to post a two-… Read More »
Peter Moody’s despair at watching Better Land lose all chance at Randwick was quickly erased when Bring Me The Maid produced the goods in the Silver Shadow Stakes. Better Land was elevated fifth to fourth in the Up And Coming Stakes but his jockey Glyn Schofield was adamant he should… Read More »
Talented mare Girl Guide has been described by her trainer as a stakes winner in waiting after backing up her younger sibling’s impressive season return with a dominant victory of her own. Girl Guide, an older three-quarter sister to Group winner Gregers, stepped out as the $2.70 favourite in Saturday’s… Read More »
A protracted photo-finish decision between two stablemates and a triple protest made for an action-packed postscript to Saturday’s Up And Coming Stakes at Randwick. The Paul Messara-trained pair of Scissor Kick and Panzer Division hit the line together and it took the judge several minutes to declare a nose margin… Read More »
A horse labelled as lazy by his trainer has emerged as an Epsom Handicap wildcard with a victory in the mud at Randwick. Rock Sturdy, the $2.50 favourite, turned in a no-nonsense performance to down Foreign Prince ($6) by three quarters of a length in the TAB Early Quaddie Handicap… Read More »
Group One placegetter Angelic Light lost a year of her career through injury and she will be out to make up for lost time this spring. The Robbie Griffiths-trained mare resumes in a competitive Carlyon Stakes at Moonee Valley on Saturday, her first start since she finished second in the… Read More »
