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 »
Star colt All Too Hard has become the first three-year-old in a decade to win the Group One C F Orr Stakes at Caulfield. Concerns All Too Hard’s racing pattern might have played against him in the small Orr field proved unfounded and he was able to round up the… Read More »
Desleigh Forster returned to Caulfield successful in her own right on Saturday as frontrunning sprinter Adebisi confirmed Group One plans with a tough win in the Rubiton Stakes. Brisbane-based Forster worked for Peter Moody at a time when the now-premier trainer was setting up his Melbourne operation, but Adebisi is… Read More »
Trent Busuttin said he was always confident Victoria Derby winner Sangster would be competitive in Group One company again after he easily won the International Stakes at Te Rapa. Sangster won his first race since the 2011 Derby when he sprinted away in the straight to claim Saturday’s 2000 metre,… Read More »
The gamble to back-up Court Connection from his third a week ago paid dividends at Warwick Farm where the gelding passed a distance test under strong riding from Hugh Bowman. Trainer Danny Williams prepares Court Connection for long-time client Alan Cardy and says he is now confident he can step… Read More »
