A long-awaited win by Aerobatics has the filly on track to fulfil her potential this autumn. The three-year-old was rated among Darley Australia’s leading juveniles last season but she was highly strung and wayward and failed to reach the heights of her Group One winning stablemates Sepoy, Helmet and Benfica…. Read More »
David Hayes got another one into the $1 million Blue Diamond Stakes when first starter General Rippa swept home to win the Group Three Prelude for colts and geldings at Caulfield. Hayes said the General Nediym gelding, a $65,000 yearling purchase bred by Gerry Harvey, had not raced earlier due… Read More »
In a sport notorious for irrelevant comparisons between champions of different eras, an exception has emerged that helps answer the one slight knock on the unbeaten sprinter Black Caviar. As undeniably magnificent as Black Caviar’s 17-win streak may be, the lack of opposition in many of her races has prompted… Read More »
Peter Snowden is on the lookout for one of his many juveniles to step up to the mark for the two-year-old features and at this stage Applegate looks the one most likely. Snowden and Darley Australia dominated the five Group Ones around the country last season with Sepoy, Helmet and… Read More »
Trainer Ron Leemon has stuck to his original plan to kick off Manawanui’s autumn campaign in Saturday week’s Royal Sovereign Stakes. Connections had toyed with running the three-year-old against the older horses in the Group Two Expressway Stakes this weekend but Manawanui was not among acceptances on Wednesday. Tommy Berry… Read More »
Star colt Helmet was the star of the show when he trialled brilliantly under lights at Cranbourne on Tuesday night, watched by a crowd befitting a race meeting. Ridden by race jockey Kerrin McEvoy and watched by trainer Peter Snowden on course, the Australian Guineas favourite jumped well and travelled… Read More »
Like everyone else, Southern Speed’s trainer Leon Macdonald is in awe of Black Caviar. Unlike everyone else he has a horse who could possibly test the champion over the 1400 metres of Saturday’s Group One C F Orr Stakes at Caulfield if there is a chink in her armour at… Read More »
In-form galloper Bolton will miss this month’s Mornington Cup despite winning the Reaan Plate at Caulfield. Trainer Stephen Brown was hoping to run the Zabeel five-year-old in the 2400m Cup on February 15 but scrapped the idea after jockey Nick Hall dismounted on Saturday and told him the gelding would… Read More »
Talented four-year-old Bel Sprinter will take on star three-year-old colt Sepoy in the Oakleigh Plate in three weeks following his impressive first-up win at Caulfield. Trainer Jason Warren confirmed the plan after Bel Sprinter ($2.70 fav) came from second last of the 10 runners under Ben Melham in Saturday’s Listed… Read More »
Mosheen’s new Japanese owner Katsumi Yoshida was overjoyed and on the phone to her Australian connections moments after she launched her autumn campaign with a stunning win at Caulfield. Yoshida, one of the world’s biggest and most successful racehorse owners and breeders, recently bought a half share in the VRC… Read More »
The last-to-first debut effort of the David Hayes-trained Mama’s Choice caused Blue Diamond Stakes markets to be reshuffled with Malasun, who did not race on Saturday, taking over as favourite. Leading up to Saturday’s Listed Emirates Airlines Stakes (1100m), the Tony McEvoy-trained Jimando had been the $5.50 Blue Diamond favourite… Read More »
Trainer Mark Webb will weigh up an interstate option against a start in the Group One Oakleigh Plate with speedy mare Johannapine after her dashing win at Caulfield. Webb is lifting his sights with the four-year-old after she posted her third victory in four starts leading throughout to land Saturday’s… Read More »
Runaway Victoria Oaks winner Mosheen will race for her new part-owner Katsumi Yoshida for the first time when she resumes in the Manfred Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday. The leading Japanese owner-breeder secured 50 per cent of Mosheen for an undisclosed seven-figure sum with managing owner Phil Sly to race… Read More »
Perhaps the only person who doesn’t want to see Black Caviar in Sydney this autumn is Karuta Queen’s trainer Neville Layt who is aiming the filly at Group One targets including the TJ Smith Stakes. Karuta Queen will begin her campaign in a 1000m open handicap at Warwick Farm on… Read More »
An excited crowd crammed into Moonee Valley on Friday evening to witness another chapter of the Black Caviar story and got just what they expected.
Caulfield Cup winner Southern Speed defied a big weight and doubts over her ability to sprint well fresh with a dominant win in Thursday’s Listed John Dillon Stakes.
Leading trainer Peter Moody intends to back off with promising filly Total Attraction and set her for the Australasian Oaks in April after she maintained her unbeaten record by completing a hat-trick at Flemington.
Cavalry Rose made a wayward but winning debut to double her purchase price at Rosehill with a stirring victory over Diamond Earth in the Inglis Classic at Rosehill on Saturday.
Danny O’Brien is looking at two-year-old Shamexpress, owned in similar interests as dual Group One winner Shamrocker, as more of a long-term prospect despite his impressive debut win at Flemington.
Lifelong dreams descended into depressing nightmares at the Gold Coast on Saturday when Sydney filly Driefontein won an action-packed Magic Millions Classic in the stewards’ room.
