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 »
The first Saturday in October most years provides the best weekend’s racing across Australia. While Derby Day and Golden Slipper Day are the pinnacle meetings in terms of quality each year, the first Saturday in October sees top class meetings in Sydney and Melbourne, a rarity throughout the entire year…. Read More »
Glass Harmonium has always been a good racehorse, but now that he can breathe, he has every chance of being a much better one. And if he has learned to get out of the barriers – as trainer Mike Moroney believes he has – he might even give opponents the… Read More »
Paul Snowden tries to muster the sort of confidence which is needed but it is hard to find as he outlines Epaulette’s chances in Saturday’s $1 million Group One Caulfield Guineas. It is tough for any rival of Gai Waterhouse’s explosive colt Pierro to be optimistic in the face of… Read More »
Online bookmaker sportsbet has installed Kiwi galloper Ocean Park as the $2.50 favourite for the Caulfield Stakes on Saturday. $500 CAULFIELD STAKES FREE BET – sportsbet Ocean Park, who was impressive winning the Underwood Stakes at his last start, will use the Group 1 as his lead in to the… Read More »
Apart from a few notable Tuesdays in November, this was one of the days owner Lloyd Williams lives for. Four winners in two states, all in black type races and all with more to give when the biggest races roll around. The crowning moment for the prolific owner came in… Read More »
South Australian filly Maybe Discreet zeroed in on the Thousand Guineas after notching a brave win in the Group Two Edward Manifold Stakes (1610m) at Flemington on Saturday. Trained by Phillip Stokes, Maybe Discreet ($5) capitalised on her victory at Morphettville three weeks ago when she beat Members Joy ($10)… Read More »
Bart Cummings’ first visit to the races for the spring worked like a charm with Norzita bringing up Group One win No. 265 for the master trainer in the Flight Stakes at Randwick. Cummings has been an absentee after undergoing nasal surgery which has affected his eyesight but not his… Read More »
A week ago owner Phil Sly underwent cancer surgery, on Friday night he was at Moonee Valley cheering home a winner and a day later he has celebrated the stunning return to form of Mosheen at Flemington. For Sly, his co-owners and trainer Robert Smerdon, Mosheen’s win in the Group… Read More »
