Black Caviar wowed crowds at Flemington on Saturday but it will be her little brother in the spotlight this weekend at Caulfield. All Too Hard is the likely favourite for Saturday’s Group One Futurity Stakes (1400m) in a race that is set to feature the return of Melbourne Cup winner… Read More »
Champion Black Caviar has been entered for next month’s William Reid Stakes at Moonee Valley which could signal her farewell to Melbourne racing. The Moonee Valley Racing Club brought the nominations forward to Monday for the William Reid on March 22 to begin planning for the night meeting. “If Black… Read More »
Trainer Shaun Dwyer admits Villa Verde is carrying a little extra weight but is confident the filly is on the right track towards the Golden Slipper. Villa Verde, winner of two races in the spring, was given a work-out by race jockey Michael at Sunday’s Bendigo meeting a day after… Read More »
A Newmarket Handicap start will be considered for the all-conquering Black Caviar, but the William Reid Stakes at Moonee Valley remains the favoured option for the champion mare. As he analysed and savoured the 23rd victory of her unbeaten career on Sunday, Moody said a temptation existed to tackle the… Read More »
The world’s fastest horse got faster at Flemington on Saturday as Black Caviar produced one of the most spectacular performances of her celebrated career. In her first run in eight months, and her first since her career was threatened by injury, the champion mare maintained her unbeaten record with her… Read More »
Prominent owner-breeder George Altomonte had a day to savour at Rosehill with Bennetta cementing her carnival prospects with victory in the Group Two Light Fingers Stakes. Earlier on Saturday, Overreach rocketed into Golden Slipper favouritism when she won the Widden Stakes (1100m) in a cakewalk. Starting at $4, Bennetta gave… Read More »
Champion sprinter Black Caviar has made a triumphant return with a commanding victory in the race renamed in her honour at Flemington. Commencing what is expected to be her final campaign, the six-year-old is now undefeated in 23 starts following the all-the-way win under regular jockey Luke Nolen in the… Read More »
Overreach has displaced Villa Verde as the Golden Slipper favourite following a dominant display in the Widden Stakes at Rosehill. Villa Verde beat the Gai Waterhouse-trained filly in the Debutants Stakes last spring but Overreach showed she was more at home in Sydney when she led all the way to… Read More »
Anthony Cummings’ Golden Slipper hopes have been boosted by the win of Never Can Tell at Rosehill with the colt upsetting the highly touted Whittington in the Canonbury Stakes. The winner of his debut in October, Never Can Tell ($8.50) wore away at the $2 favourite to prevail by half… Read More »
Steps In Time has started her autumn campaign the same way she did a year ago by winning the Group Two Breeders Classic. The John O’Shea-trained mare was sent out at $2.60 in Saturday’s 1200m race at Rosehill and led all the way, holding off favourite and 2012 third placegetter… Read More »
The build-up trainer Mick Price planned for Dany The Fox has come together perfectly – all that remains is to deliver the final blow. Price constructed a long-range program aimed at building Dany The Fox’s rating to a level that would gain him entry into Victoria’s rich country cups circuit… Read More »
Talented filly Casquets put herself in the mix for next weekend’s $1 million Blue Diamond with a hard-fought win in the Listed Talindert Stakes at Flemington on Saturday. Ridden by Stephen Baster who notched his first city victory since his sudden return from Singapore, the Mark Kavanagh-trained Casquets defied a… Read More »
A return trip to Royal Ascot has emerged as an option for the horse that can’t be beaten as she begins her final campaign at Flemington on Saturday. Black Caviar, the highest-ranked thoroughbred racing anywhere in the world, has her 23rd start in a race she has won twice before… Read More »
Pierro has had a searching hit-out in a 1200m barrier trial ahead of his return to racing in a couple of weeks. His lightly-raced Gai Waterhouse-trained stablemate Landing led the field up in the 1200m trial at Warwick Farm with Pierro closing to within three-quarters of a length under Mark… Read More »
As good as this season has been for Glen Boss, the champion jockey realises a Lightning Stakes win is pushing it. Boss, a clear leader in the Melbourne premiership and winner of the Cox Plate on Ocean Park, will ride against Black Caviar in Saturday’s Group One Lightning Stakes at… Read More »
Trainer Dan O’Sullivan has been handed a novel dilemma with the Mornington Cup win of Tuscan Fire. O’Sullivan must decide whether to set the horse for the big winter hurdle races or the Caulfield Cup – and it isn’t out of the question he’ll have a crack at both. As… Read More »
Stephen Theodore’s disappointment at having to scratch Crack A Roadie from Wednesday’s Inglis Premier at Mornington has been eased by the news the colt is still in the mix for the Blue Diamond Stakes. Theodore withdrew Crack A Roadie, the short-priced favourite for the Inglis Premier (1200m), on race morning… Read More »
World champion sprinter Black Caviar should hardly raise a sweat in Saturday’s Lightning Stakes at Flemington. Online bookmaker sportsbet.com.auhas installed the Peter Moody trained mare as the $1.06 favourite to win her third straight Lightning and take her career unbeaten run to 23. $250 LIGHTNING STAKES FREE BET “Black Caviar… Read More »
All Too Hard confirmed at Caulfield on Saturday there may only be one horse in Australia better than him – and that’s his sister. Which means there are very few in the world who rate more highly. In his first start since finishing second in the Cox Plate last October,… Read More »
It was a birthday to celebrate for Australian Turf Club chairman John Cornish with a timely win by his horse Charge Account at Warwick Farm on Saturday. As well as being Cornish’s birthday, the afternoon was also a celebration of the second anniversary of the Australian Turf Club, the merger… Read More »
