Exciting colt Philippi completed a hat-trick of wins to remain unbeaten after sailing to success in the Listed UCI Stakes at Flemington. Philippi, owned by Black Caviar’s breeder Rick Jamieson, produced a stunning burst over the closing 100m at his first middle distance test. Sent out a $5 chance, Philippi… Read More »
Leading Melbourne trainer Peter Moody has made his mark in the first Sydney two-year-old race of the 2012-2013 season with pint-sized filly Brilliant Bisc upstaging her more-fancied rivals. The Gai Waterhouse-trained Sugar Rush was sent out the $1.55 favourite based on her strong barrier trial form but she didn’t bring… Read More »
The worldwide Darley racing operation produced an early winner from its latest generation of gallopers when Kuroshio claimed the Listed Herald Sun Superracing Stakes (1000m), the first Melbourne juvenile race of the season, at Flemington. Kuroshio ($6.50) is the most prominent survivor of the first squad of two-year-olds trainer Peter… Read More »
The first thing trainer Colin Little did after his mare Soft Sand returned to the enclosure after she bashed and barged her way through her first-up run at Caulfield was to check her legs. Then he checked for any sign of lameness and then he quizzed jockey Craig Williams. Many… Read More »
It’s A Dundeel has risen to every challenge so far and his jockey James McDonald is counting on his staying prowess to fashion an upset against the brilliance of Proisir in the Group One Spring Champion Stakes. Proisir is the odds-on favourite for the 2000m race following his explosive five-length… Read More »
The inclusion of topweight Efficient in Saturday’s Group One Metropolitan Handicap was bad news for jockey Nash Rawiller but a blessing for rival rider Tommy Berry. Rawiller has been left without a mount in the 2400m Randwick feature because he was unable to make the weight for the Gai Waterhouse-trained… Read More »
Flemington trainer Russell Cameron is wary of pushing his luck with his filly Lady Of Harrods. Worried this Saturday’s Group Two Edward Manifold Stakes might stretch the three-year-old, he has decided not to run her at Flemington. Cameron is concerned that Lady Of Harrods might be flattened for her main… Read More »
Damien Oliver will start an 11-meeting riding ban at midnight on Monday with an appeal against the suspension to be heard on Wednesday. Oliver was suspended for 11 meetings after being found guilty of “excessively slowing, reducing or checking the speed of a race which causes either direct or indirect… Read More »
Australia’s leading trainer Peter Moody won his first Group One race of the season and staked a claim for another when Moment Of Change scored a stunning win in Sunday’s Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield. Moody took special satisfaction from Moment Of Change’s success, which came after the… Read More »
Trainer Peter Snowden almost apologised for Epaulette after his narrow win in Sunday’s Group Three Caulfield Guineas Prelude (1400m). He will probably be doing the same after the colt’s next start in the Group One Caulfield Guineas. The colt who announced himself with victory in the Group One Golden Rose… Read More »
For the second time in a week, Corey Brown found himself in the stewards’ room defending a feature race win but on Saturday at Rosehill the result was in his favour. Brown lost out last Saturday when Jim Cassidy successfully protested against him after the Tea Rose Stakes which went… Read More »
More Joyous has had a $150,000 exercise gallop at Rosehill to win her 20th stakes race ahead of more challenging assignments this spring. Sent into Saturday’s Group Three Golden Pendant (1400m) at $1.03, Sydney’s pin-up mare was never out of second gear, cruising to the line 2-1/2 lengths ahead of… Read More »
Sydney’s super colt Pierro confirmed his standing as the best of his age in Australia with a consummate victory in the Group Two Stutt Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley. And the ease and brilliance of his win suggested he would be back in a month to prove himself the best… Read More »
Queensland trainer Robert Heathcote brought a camera to Moonee Valley on Friday night with the sole purpose of taking a picture of his horse in the winner’s stall. And when Buffering won the Group Two Moir Stakes (1200m), Heathcote pushed his way to the front of the pack and started… Read More »
Trainer Clinton McDonald would doubtless have preferred Friday’s downpour to come a couple of days later for Second Effort, but he is confident the gelding remains a solid chance for Sunday’s feature race at Caulfield. The wet weather specialist, who has captured eight of his nine wins on rain-affected tracks,… Read More »
Cox Plate favourite Pierro will have his first look at Moonee Valley on Friday night when he makes his highly anticipated Victorian debut. The star colt will be one of eight runners in the Group Two Bill Stutt Stakes (1600m), ahead of his planned spring targets – the Caulfield Guineas… Read More »
Golden Rose runner-up Albrecht looks likely to have a little more opposition than first appeared in Saturday’s Stan Fox Stakes. The Group Two 1400m race for three-year-olds at Rosehill attracted just five entries on Monday but that number was threefold when extended nominations closed a day later. Albrecht’s stablemate Perdicaris,… Read More »
Trainer Pat Hyland has put aside his worst fears and replaced them with renewed optimism for the spring prospects of highly promising galloper Shanghai Warrior. After consecutive wins that put Shanghai Warrior among the most promising horses in training, he plummeted from the big-race calculations when he finished near the… Read More »
Trainer Gerald Ryan took classy filly Snitzerland to Moonee Valley on Monday morning to tune her up and to educate her. While his first aim was a necessity, the second turned out to be almost superfluous. “She came here for some experience on the track,” Ryan said. “But she’s trotting… Read More »
The Epsom Handicap looms large for Shoot Out after he overcame evergreen barn mate Rangirangdoo to claim the Group One George Main Stakes at Randwick. The Chris Waller-trained pair kicked clear of their rivals in the straight and after an epic battle, Shoot Out emerged a narrow winner. The 1600… Read More »
