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 »
Leading trainer Leon Corstens says Damien Oliver will be “busting his boiler” to win on the $500,000 Thousand Guineas second favourite Commanding Jewel at Caulfield on Wednesday. Oliver has been dumped from two major rides in the wake of allegations he bet on a rival horse in a race in… Read More »
Dwayne Dunn will consult professionals in the next week to determine whether he can safely strip another four kilograms off his slender frame to ride All Too Hard at 49.5kg in the Cox Plate. All Too Hard lowered the colours of the previously unbeaten Pierro in Saturday’s Group One Caulfield… Read More »
The Victorian jockey at the centre of allegations he bet against a horse he was riding has been dumped from one of the top chances in Australia’s most prestigious race. Reports in Sunday newspapers say two-time Melbourne Cup winner Damien Oliver is alleged to have placed a $10,000 bet on… Read More »
Owner Lloyd Williams has opened up a new Cox Plate scenario by cancelling the booking of Damien Oliver on second favourite Green Moon. The move follows allegations aired by Fairfax newspapers on Sunday that Oliver had bet $10,000 on a rival horse in a race in which he was riding…. Read More »
French galloper Shahwardi scored his first win in three years and chalked up another Melbourne Cup tick for the foreign horses at Caulfield on Saturday. The seven-year-old was declared a Cup chance by rider Kerrin McEvoy after he steered him from last-to-first in the Group Two Herbert Power Stakes (2400m)…. Read More »
All Too Hard has emerged from the shadow of his older half-sister Black Caviar to claim the Group One Caulfield Guineas. In a major surprise, All Too Hard ran down Pierro to end the hot favourite’s unbeaten sequence. Pierro, chasing his ninth consecutive win, dwelt at the start before he… Read More »
Glamour mare More Joyous has finished out of the placings as Queenslander Solzhenitsyn posted a breakthrough Group One win in the Toorak Handicap at Caulfield. In receipt of 8kg from More Joyous, Solzhenitsyn came from the second half of the field under Sydney jockey Corey Brown to claim the 1600m… Read More »
Ocean Park has continued an unbeaten spring build-up to the Cox Plate with a hard-fought win in the Caulfield Stakes. The New Zealand star, a short-priced favourite, had to call on all his reserves to beat Alcopop and the Sydney galloper Sincero. Ocean Park winning the Group 1 Caulfield Stakes… Read More »
Queensland sprinter Buffering staked an undeniable claim for the title of Australia’s No.1 sprinter with a win that would have pleased the absent queen of the turf. Buffering ($2.60 fav) broke new ground with his victory in the Group Two Schillaci Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield, a race the great Black… Read More »
Cavalry Rose has returned to form to present trainer Gerald Ryan with an early Caulfield double when she clinched the Group Three Thoroughbred Club Stakes (1200m) on Saturday. Ryan had to ease off Cavalry Rose’s routine after he was left baffled by the filly’s poor performance at Warwick Farm in… Read More »
A rare mix of speed and tenacity turned what appeared to be certain defeat into a fourth successive victory for star filly Snitzerland in the Blue Sapphire (1200m) at Caulfield. “It’s hard to win four on end anywhere, let alone at this time of the year,” said trainer Gerald Ryan…. Read More »
The Caulfield Stakes has lost one of its main contenders in Manighar but that hasn’t changed anything for Glen Boss who rides the favourite Ocean Park. Boss expects Ocean Park to keep his impressive spring form going at Caulfield on Saturday to set up a mouth-watering $3 million Cox Plate… Read More »
Buffering has completely recovered from a reaction to a vaccination but the stable says he could still be vulnerable in Saturday’s Group Two Schillaci Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield. Robert Heathcote’s travelling representative Melissa Leitch says there is a slight concern over Queensland’s reigning Horse of the Year coming back from… Read More »
Punters are steering away from topweights More Joyous and King Mufhasa in Saturday’s Toorak Handicap, throwing their support behind Queenslander Solzhenitsyn. More Joyous, who won the 2010 Caulfield feature, will carry 60 kilograms, half a kilo more than last year’s winner King Mufhasa while Solzhenitsyn is on the 52kg limit…. Read More »
Gai Waterhouse says unbeaten super colt Pierro is just getting started and has compared what he’s done so far in his career to past champion Tulloch ahead of his attempt at a rare double at Caulfield on Saturday. “He’s just a baby,” Waterhouse said. “He might be the best horse… Read More »
