New Zealand star Ocean Park has produced a sweeping run from the back of the field to give glamour jockey Glen Boss a third Cox Plate triumph. In a stirring finish, Ocean Park wore down the three-year-old All Too Hard to claim Australia’s weight-for-age championship at Moonee Valley on Saturday…. Read More »
One Derby dream edged toward reality and another started looking a little sick thanks to the win of Super Cool in the Group Two Mitchelton Vase at Moonee Valley. Super Cool ($9) benefited from a clever Michael Rodd ride to take the traditional lead-up to next Saturday’s Victoria Derby by… Read More »
He ran superstar colt Pierro to within a head in his first start, but Hidden Warrior was quick to seize the spotlight for himself ahead of Saturday’s Cox Plate. Lining up before the $3 million feature at Moonee Valley, Hidden Warrior had to fight hard to snare victory in the… Read More »
Trainer Peter Gelagotis has known for a couple of years his lightly-raced galloper Mourinho was a good horse, and he didn’t mind spreading the word. And when it won at Moonee Valley on Saturday, he spread it louder and further. A leaping, screaming Gelagotis could barely contain himself when Mourinho… Read More »
Stephen Theodore has never hidden his admiration for Crack A Roadie and the colt lived up to his trainer’s expectations with a fast-finishing victory at Moonee Valley on Saturday. The Charge Forward colt, having his first start, came from off the speed in the $250,000 Inglis Banner (1000m) to open… Read More »
Kazanluk is running out of time to get to the VRC Oaks but could still be given her chance after showing her class with a Group Two victory at Moonee Valley. Kazanluk took out Friday night’s Fillies Classic (1600m) and Darley Australia chief executive Henry Plumptre said the three-year-old could… Read More »
Michael Rodd opted for the low-percentage option aboard Angelic Light but it paid dividends when the talented filly snuck along the rails to win the Listed Crockett Stakes on Friday night. Angelic Light’s win over 1200 metres at Moonee Valley gave Rodd his third straight success in the race after… Read More »
Sea Siren has claimed her third Group One trophy with victory in the Manikato Stakes at Moonee Valley for trainer John O’Shea and jockey Jimmy Cassidy. Buffering was sent out the heavily supported favourite in Friday night’s feature race but after being pressured for the lead by Satin Shoes and… Read More »
A day that began with a horse stomping on his foot ended on a brighter note for trainer Steve Brown at Moonee Valley when Sea Lord won the Major Putts Handicap (1200m). But Brown still had to endure an anxious few minutes standing on one leg with blood seeping through… Read More »
The Geelong Cup has again fallen into foreign hands and the grip of the international raiders on this year’s Melbourne Cup has grown stronger with the win of Gatewood in the race that shapes the big one. Thanks to a perfectly executed plan devised in a phone call between jockey… Read More »
Unbeaten four-year-old Callanish has raised the bar again with his first stakes victory in Sunday’s Listed Seymour Cup (1600m) to take his winning streak to eight. The Mick Price-trained gelding fought hard under regular partner Dale Smith after being challenged by Over Quota who had to settle for second with… Read More »
A new legend for Australia, a new piece of racing history for France, a champion for a desert sheikh, a horse of the world. Dunaden, the 2011 Melbourne Cup winner, and now the 2012 Caulfield Cup champion, transcended international boundaries and claimed a place in racing folklore with a breathtaking… Read More »
French stayer Dunaden has built on an impressive Australian record with a breathtaking Caulfield Cup victory. Producing a sweeping run from well back in the field, Dunaden overhauled veteran stayer Alcopop to claim the $2.5 million race. The Peter Moody-trained Lights Of Heaven finished third, just in front of Americain,… Read More »
Another star in the making stepped into the spring sprinting ranks depleted by the absence of Black Caviar when Howmuchdoyouloveme sped to an impressive victory in the Group Two Caulfield Stakes. Howmuchdoyouloveme burst from the gates, cruised through the first 600m and then dashed home to register his fifth win… Read More »
Top jockey Craig Williams is adamant Whateverwhenever should be tried in better company after the Queensland mare defeated Group One winner King’s Rose at Caulfield on Saturday. The Liam Birchley-trained mare finished strongly from midfield to upset favourite King’s Rose ($2.15) in the Group Three Moonga Stakes (1400m), raising the… Read More »
Winning major spring races used to be fairly routine for trainer David Hayes. But the slower pace recently adopted by Melbourne’s seven-time premier trainer could be starting to pick up thanks to the successes of such horses as Saturday’s Ethereal Stakes winner Alzora. A maiden after her first eight starts,… Read More »
Just days after his father died, Moe trainer Peter Gelagotis posted his greatest triumph in racing when his colt Hvasstan took out the Group Three Norman Robinson Stakes (2000m) at Caulfield. Gelagotis was in tears as he hugged jockey Glen Boss and part-owners, who include former Carlton AFL stars Greg… Read More »
Talented colt Al Aneed bounced back from a midweek defeat to confirm his black-type potential in Saturday’s Listed Gothic Stakes at Caulfield. Al Aneed ($12) will now be aimed at the Carbine Club Stakes at Flemington in two weeks and the Group Two Sandown Guineas after powering home along the… Read More »
Damien Oliver has put the controversy of betting scandal aside to pilot Commanding Jewel to a decisive win in the Group One Thousand Guineas at Caulfield. Trainer Leon Corstens and the filly’s owners had no hesitation sticking with the champion jockey who is under investigation by stewards over allegations he… Read More »
Melbourne’s premier trainer Peter Moody has laid it down to the Caulfield Cup favourite Glencadam Gold, declaring the Sydney stayer won’t get things his own way in Saturday’s Group One feature. With a hint of old-fashioned, inter-city rivalry, Moody suggested Glencadam Gold may have had it easy in his recent… Read More »
