An early plunge has taken place at Randwick on Saturday after markets opened on the 2014 Show County Quality today. SHOW COUNTY QUALITY OFFER: get a $250 FREE BET on any runner in the Show County Quality Terravista opened at $3.70 in betting and punters have crunched his odds into… Read More »
The Group 2 Silver Shadown Stakes Field was released today for three year old fillies and it wasn’t long before punters stepped in to back the then even money favourite Earthquake. SILVER SHADOW STAKES OFFER: get a $250 FREE BET on any runner in the Silver Shadow Stakes Blue Diamond… Read More »
Markets opened today for Saturday’s Group 2 Warwick Stakes at Randwick racecourse and so far punters have been a bit Weary with no runners really receiving any support in betting after the field was released this morning. WARWICK STAKES OFFER: get a $250 FREE BET on any runner in the Warwick… Read More »
The onset of rain in Sydney has caused a hiccup in the preparations of some of Gerald Ryan’s new season three-year-olds. Barrier trials at Rosehill were abandoned on Monday due to the wet and three of the stable’s spring Group One hopefuls, Peggy Jean, Charlie Boy and Bachman, will now… Read More »
Iconic has a Group placing behind the horse now ranked the world’s best sprinter but resumes at Moonee Valley on Saturday chasing his first stakes victory. Iconic has twice been runner-up at Group level including his 3-3/4-length defeat by Lankan Rupee in the Rubiton Stakes (1100m) in February. The Tony… Read More »
David Payne is familiar enough with Criterion to judge his distance limits, but sight unseen he knows new stable acquisition Terrubi is a genuine stayer. Criterion, winner of the Australian Derby, begins his Cox Plate mission in Saturday’s Warwick Stakes. Terrubi is scheduled to run in the Prix Kergolay at… Read More »
Star Rolling has started a spring campaign on target to deliver the results his trainer expected from him 12 months ago. In a driving finish to Saturday’s Group Two PB Lawrence Stakes at Caulfield, Star Rolling ($10) held off the fast-finishing import Spillway ($13) to claim the weight-for-age race by… Read More »
Surprise-package Sabatini is not among Thousand Guineas nominations but she has upstaged a host of fillies aimed at the Group One with a last-to-first win in Saturday’s Quezette Stakes. The Lee and Shannon Hope-trained filly was coming off a Bendigo maiden win and connections gave her the chance in the… Read More »
Chris Waller has come a long way since Bob Ingham anointed him his trainer in a new family venture after selling his huge Woodlands racing and breeding operation to Sheikh Mohammed. Waller now has many other clients and is entrenched as Sydney’s leading trainer. But a treble with Forever Crazy,… Read More »
Hugh Bowman has found his place among Australia’s elite riders and until recently, that was enough. But an end-of-season stint in Hong Kong has been like a slap in the face to the champion jockey who has returned to Australia inspired. His hunger was on show at Randwick on Wednesday… Read More »
Life in Sydney was not for Let’s Make Adeal but her trainer Nigel Blackiston has the mare ready to start a Melbourne Cup campaign in Saturday’s Group Two PB Lawrence Stakes at Caulfield. Let’s A Make Adeal promised plenty with her effort in the Group One Australian Cup in the… Read More »
A year ago, Puissance De Lune ran in the P B Lawrence Stakes as arguably the most talked about horse in the country leading into the spring carnival. He was the Melbourne Cup favourite and returned with a win in the early season Group Two weight-for-age race at Caulfield. It… Read More »
Queensland Derby runner-up Pinstripe Lane has been gelded since his winter Group One placing and will have a staying target during the Melbourne Cup carnival. Troy Corstens, now training in partnership with his father Leon, said Pinstripe Lane was progressing nicely after a break and would trial in a couple… Read More »
Tiger Tees’ class proved the difference at the end of Saturday’s Group Three Aurie’s Star Handicap at Flemington. Tiger Tees won the Group One The Galaxy and finished third in the All Aged Stakes during the Sydney autumn carnival but trainer Joe Pride decided to start his season in Melbourne… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse and Tommy Berry have set the tone for the Sydney spring carnival in winning the first Group race with Sweet Idea. The tenacious mare led all the way under Berry to take out the Group Two Missile Stakes (1200m) in a close finish from Messene and Rebel Dane…. Read More »
Trainer Darren Bell ended a frustrating run of luck when gelding Falino scored a comeback win at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Falino, who wonthe 2011 Group Three BTC Classic as a three-year-old, has had a troubled career thanks to a throat operation. However, Falino ($17) showed no signs of a wind… Read More »
Adelaide trainer Phillip Stokes will set a Melbourne stakes target for Couldn’t Agreemore after his first-up success at Flemington. Couldn’t Agreemore’s impressive fresh record prompted Stokes to bring the gelding to Flemington for Saturday’s Dean Palmby & Scott Millson Handicap (1000m) and the sprinter did his part with a one-length… Read More »
Shortly after the announcement this year’s Fourtrackforkids charity walk had been renamed for Tommy Berry’s late twin brother Nathan, the jockey claimed an emotional win at Randwick. Berry won Saturday’s opening race aboard Saigon Tea, sporting the colours of Geoff and Mary Grimish, long-time supporters of Nathan who died in… Read More »
Punters throughout betting have been happy to back Sweet Idea, and despite the good moves for Messene and Rebel Dane she has continued to firm in betting with Sportsbet.com.au and remains equal favourite in the race. FREE BET: get a $250 FREE BET on the Missile Stakes Sweet Idea like equal… Read More »
Rejuvenated sprinter Tiger Tees has been well supported in the Aurie’s Star Handicap at Flemington on Saturday. SPECIAL OFFER: get a $250 FREE BET on the Aurie’s Star Handicap at Sportsbet.com.au! Online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au has the seven-year-old as $3.80 favourite, ahead of Zamorar ($5.00) for the Group 3. “Tiger Tees won the Group… Read More »
