Potential Group contender Stamina has begun his three-year-old season on a high at Rosehill for premier Melbourne trainer Peter Moody who is about to attack Sydney racing on a grander scale. Moody will swap his 10 boxes at Rosehill for a 24-horse complex at Randwick on Sunday to accommodate his… Read More »
Vain Queen has kept her unbeaten record in tact with a first-up victory at Caulfield despite jockey Glen Boss declaring the talented mare raced well below her best. The John Sadler-trained Vain Queen, the $2.15 favourite, made it four wins from as many starts with a three-quarter length success in… Read More »
Former country galloper Rocket To Glory is set to dominate Brisbane’s early season sprint races after a display of sustained speed at Doomben on Saturday. Rocket To Glory, favourite at $3.20, had no trouble crossing the field from the outside alley and leading to beat Buckmoore ($6.50) in the Makers… Read More »
The Mick Kent-trained Marianne is on a course for a possible start in the Group One Thousand Guineas after winning the LUCRF Jockey Trust Handicap at Caulfield on Saturday. Marianne ($3.80) sat with the leaders for most of the 1400m race before making her move and holding off a strong… Read More »
Miracles Of Life is back in Melbourne and her trainer Daniel Clarken is confident the flying Adelaide filly can pick up where she left off. Miracles Of Life was the feel-good story of the Melbourne autumn carnival, winning the Group One Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield with Lauren Stojakovic… Read More »
Top-class mare Norzita, favourite in first markets to win the Epsom Handicap, is an unlikely runner in the famous spring mile. A two-time Group One winner and a Doncaster Mile placegetter as an autumn three-year-old, Norzita heads the TAB’s opening Epsom market at $8. But Duncan Ramage, who manages the… Read More »
A trackwork mishap ended Jolie Bay’s autumn campaign before it started but the mare is back to make up for lost time. Jolie Bay hasn’t started since beating all bar Nechita in the Group One Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) during last year’s spring carnival. She makes her return in the… Read More »
Apprentice Jordan Childs has landed a break-through city win at Sandown on Wednesday. The 17-year-old is the son of retired jockey Greg Childs who partnered champions Sunline and Northerly to major race wins during his successful career. Jordan Childs had his first race ride in July last year and was… Read More »
Illness and injury have kept Group One winner Samaready off the track for more than a year and trainer Mick Price admits she will be vulnerable when she returns on Saturday. The winner of the 2012 Blue Diamond Stakes resumes in the Group Three Heath (1100m) at Caulfield, her home… Read More »
Nick Hall rode a winning double at Moonee Valley on Saturday but paid a penalty for one of his successes with a careless riding suspension. Hall was outed for 10 meetings after pleading guilty to shifting out on the point of the home corner aboard Clear For Action who went… Read More »
Glen Boss declared Rebel Dane a Group One sprinter in the making following his demolition of a smart field in Saturday’s Group Three Show County Quality at Warwick Farm. The 1200m victory was vindication for the Victorian-based Boss who made the trip to Sydney to partner Rebel Dane and top… Read More »
Well-bred entire Windswept completed his comeback from a broken pelvis with a narrow but decisive victory at Warwick Farm on Saturday. His win in the JDC Flooring Handicap (1300m), which came at just his fifth start, has earned him a trip to Melbourne in two weeks for a 1400m stakes… Read More »
It’s shaping up as a big spring carnival for Ballarat trainer Darren Weir. Weir, who trains Melbourne Cup favourite Puissance de Lune, notched his first Melbourne treble at Moonee Valley on Saturday with Gotta Take Care, Broken and Clang And Bang. Weir says his success lies in the training facilities… Read More »
An emotional and proud trainer Linda Laing has had her faith in Veyron vindicated with the New Zealand gelding causing an upset in Saturday’s Warwick Stakes. The 1400m Group Two race featured a Group One field and although he was sent out at $21 Veyron lived up to the form… Read More »
Boom New Zealand colt Cauthen put the record straight at Moonee Valley on Saturday as he announced himself as a serious Caulfield Guineas prospect. Cauthen was a luckless second in his Australian debut at Moonee Valley but was not going to be denied again in the McKenzie Stakes. Jockey James… Read More »
What was shaping as an ordinary day for trainer Gai Waterhouse turned around quickly with War’s victory in the Group Three Up and Coming Stakes at Warwick Farm. The win came shortly after another of the stable’s three-year-old spring contenders, Rockabill, won at Kembla Grange. Until then, Waterhouse had had… Read More »
Trainer Tony Vasil’s decision to opt for the experience of leading jockey Craig Williams over a claiming apprentice paid dividends with Elite Elle at Moonee Valley on Saturday. Justifying her $4.20 favouritism, Elite Elle streaked away to win the Dr Sheahan Plate (1200m) by two lengths from Sensational Report ($101)… Read More »
Nathan Tinkler’s Patinack Farm has celebrated its third successive victory in the Silver Shadow Stakes with Thump breaking her maiden in the fillies feature with a fighting win. Thump raced on the speed throughout but had to fend off a late surge to win by a short half-head from the… Read More »
In-form Broken landed a second Carylon Stakes win on Saturday that was in stark contrast to his first victory in the Listed sprint. The Darren Weir-trained sprinter producing a storming finish at Moonee Valley, 12 months after a third-party protest worked in his favour. Broken was promoted to race winner… Read More »
Race fitness gave Hidden Kisses the edge over her Group One-winning stablemate Royal Descent at Warwick Farm but the Toy Show Quality runner-up proved she was on track for bigger things. A relatively new acquisition for the all-conquering Chris Waller stable, Hidden Kisses ($7) held off Australian Oaks winner Royal… Read More »
