Shamus Award has added an autumn Group One to his spring Cox Plate triumph with an all-the-way Australian Guineas win at Flemington. The three-year-old matched his Cox Plate heroics after jockey Craig Williams took the colt to the front in Saturday’s $500,000 race. Shamus Award ($4.50) shook off Eurozone to… Read More »
Red Tracer has begun her autumn campaign the same way she has for the past three years with victory in the Group Two Millie Fox Stakes. This time around, there was a difference with the six-year-old going into Saturday’s race as a dual Group Two winner and topweight in the… Read More »
A new career over the jumps is on hold and an Adelaide Cup run firmly in the picture for the promising young stayer Cooldini following a dour Flemington win. Trainer Robert Smerdon will also consider running the four-year-old in the Sydney Cup on the strength of his return to form… Read More »
One look at Saint Or Sinner in the pre-race parade at Flemington on Saturday filled jockey Glen Boss with confidence. And nothing the horse did in the few minutes after changed that as the in-form gelding raced to victory in the Saintly Handicap. Saint Or Sinner ($2.40) went into the… Read More »
The tip was there for keen students of yearling sales long before Bring Me The Maid scored a debut win in Saturday’s Sports 1000 at Flemington. “I thought a bit of her from the start,” said trainer Peter Moody. “That’s why I bought her full-sister at the sales this year.”… Read More »
Unencumbered is closing in on a meaningful prize money milestone with the promise of much bigger financial rewards ahead as the colt returns to racing at Rosehill on Saturday. The Magic Millions winner will resume as one of the meeting’s best-backed runners in the Silver Slipper Stakes. And while trainer… Read More »
Things didn’t go to plan for Miracles Of Life in the spring and trainer Daniel Clarken is hoping a better result awaits the filly in her only scheduled appearance in Melbourne this autumn. Last year’s Blue Diamond winner resumes in Saturday’s Listed Bob Hoysted Stakes (1000m) at Flemington to begin… Read More »
The market suggests his father and his son have a better chance of winning the Australian Guineas but Anthony Cummings has numbers on his side heading into the Group One race. Cummings has three runners in Saturday’s Australian Guineas (1600m) at Flemington headed by Victoria Derby placegetter and first-up Group… Read More »
Smart three-year-old Eurozone has been backed as if unbeatable in Saturday’s Australian Guineas. $250 AUSTRALIAN GUINEAS FREE BET Eurozone, on the second line of betting at $4.75, has had massive support with online Bookmaker Sportsbet.com.au. Favourite Hucklebuck ($3.90) has eased and Shamus Award is firm on $6.00 for the Flemington Group 1…. Read More »
Chris Waller’s assessment of Junoob has raised doubts over the import’s right to favouritism in Saturday’s Parramatta Cup. Junoob is the $1.95 top pick for the Listed race at Rosehill, a position he earned with strong middle-distance wins at his past two starts. But Waller, who also saddles Bayrir, Permit… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse’s leading Golden Slipper contender Law will step out at Rosehill on Saturday in what could be his final start before the juvenile showpiece. Undefeated in two visits to the races, Law will be one of two Tulloch Lodge runners in the Silver Slipper Stakes (1100m). If Law doesn’t… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse will make a special trip to Melbourne on Thursday to watch stable star Fiorente stretch his legs in a track gallop. The Melbourne Cup hero is a $1.90 favourite to add Saturday week’s Australian Cup to his record following his winning return in the Group Two Peter Young… Read More »
A first Melbourne Group One is in sight for Adelaide jockey Dom Tourneur but he says favourite Hucklebuck still has to step up another notch to win the Australian Guineas. After partnering the gelding to a convincing win in the CS Hayes Stakes last start, Tourneur believes Hucklebuck can make… Read More »
Oakleigh Plate placegetter Knoydart will get another crack at a Group One at his next start in the Newmarket Handicap. Sheikh Mohammed’s Darley operation has paid the $55,000 late entry for Saturday week’s Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington. The Peter Snowden-trained Knoydart has been in a rich vein of form… Read More »
It’s A Dundeel has been replaced as the favourite for Sydney’s richest race but his mission to reverse the situation begins in earnest with a Randwick barrier trial on Monday. Melbourne Cup winner Fiorente deposed the New Zealander at the top of markets for the $4 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes… Read More »
The rapid rise of Lankan Rupee to elite-level sprinter was complete on Saturday as the gelding stormed to victory in the Group One Oakleigh Plate. Aided by a well-judged ride from Craig Newitt who elected to take a sit three-wide with cover behind a strong pace on the $4 favourite,… Read More »
Darley filly Earthquake remained unbeaten in three starts with a dominant Blue Diamond Stakes win at Caulfield on Saturday. Coming from sixth in the capacity field, Earthquake unleashed a sprint that ensured she had the $1 million race in her keeping 150m out from the winning post. Jockey Damian Browne… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winner Fiorente is a step closer to a return trip to England following an irresistible return to racing at Caulfield in which he asserted himself as the brightest star in Australian racing. Trainer Gai Waterhouse has confirmed the Australian Cup at Flemington in two weeks and the $4… Read More »
Moment Of Change made it back-to-back Group One wins in the $500,000 Futurity Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday. Replicating his victory in the CF Orr Stakes two weeks ago, Moment Of Change made all the running to deny his weight-for-age rivals. In doing so, the Peter Moody-trained sprinter kept an… Read More »
Three-year-old Vilanova ended a frustrating run of form to post a Group Two win at Caulfield in the Autumn Classic on Saturday. The Chris Waller-trained gelding has mixed it with some of the best of his age during his career but had been struggling to recapture his best in Sydney…. Read More »
