The George Ryder Stakes has been a bogey race for Fangirl, but the prolific winner is favoured to make amends as she continues her remarkable comeback from a life-threatening injury. The mare contested the corresponding race in 2023, only to bump into Anamoe at the peak of his powers and finish… Read More »
Fresh off their biggest success in training, Emma-Lee and David Browne are looking to keep the ball rolling at Moonee Valley. The win of Mcgaw in the VOBIS Platinum Showdown (1200m) at Caulfield last Saturday may not have carried Stakes status, but the hefty first prize certainly made up for that. With… Read More »
Trainer Jason Warren and the connections of Benedetta are pondering options for the mare which will be firmed up after she runs in a Group 1 sprint at Moonee Valley. Benedetta will run for the first time at Moonee Valley in the William Reid Stakes (1200m) on Saturday after pleasing Warren in… Read More »
The majority of favoured runners have drawn well for the Group 1 Golden Slipper (1200m) at Rosehill on Saturday. Impressive last start Group 2 Reisling Stakes (1200m) winner Tempted has firmed into $5.00 second elect after drawing barrier one behind the Chris Waller trained Wodeton at $4.50 who will jump from barrier… Read More »
Chris Waller prepares the favourite for this Saturday’s headline act – the $5 million Golden Slipper – but a couple of Wodeton’s higher-profile stablemates threaten to steal the show at Rosehill. Via Sistina and Fangirl will head separate ways for the first time this preparation with Cox Plate heroine Via Sistina to run… Read More »
Exciting colt Private Harry has risen to every challenge so far in his short career and trainer Nathan Doyle is ready to unleash the unbeaten three-year-old in his first Group 1 test in The Galaxy at Rosehill. Private Harry has won all four of his starts and is the early favourite to… Read More »
Chris Waller’s decision to take on the older mares in the Coolmore Classic with young gun Lady Shenandoah has been vindicated, the filly becoming the first three-year-old to win the Group One feature in 16 years. Waller opted to roll the dice by running in the 1500m race rather than take… Read More »
Victory in the VOBIS Platinum Showdown at Caulfield may not carry the prestige of a Stakes race win, but it means so much more for husband-and-wife training partners Emma-Lee and David Browne. Victory by their unbeaten galloper Mcgaw in Saturday’s $1 million (1200m) contest for two-year-olds was their biggest win in… Read More »
Nothing will ease the pain of the loss of Mike Moroney but a double at Caulfield on Saturday will keep his spirit alive. The Ballymore Stables at Flemington are now run by Glen Thompson who joined Moroney in a training partnership at the start of the current season. Moroney’s name… Read More »
Kerrin Mcevoy has made a clean sweep of the two-year-old races at Rosehill aboard Skyhook and Memo, but it is the former who shapes as his Golden Slipper ride with Memo unlikely to back up. McEvoy, who won the juvenile feature on Sepoy in 2011, took the bull by the horns aboard… Read More »
The adage that you should not send an in-form mare for a spell is unlikely to be followed after Samangu overcame a difficult passage to win at Caulfield. Samangu registered her fifth win from seven career starts when she took out The Mystic Journey (1100m) on Saturday. The Grahame Begg-trained mare… Read More »
The VOBIS Platinum Showdown has traditionally not been a race that has come on the radar for Godolphin and trainer James Cummings. In the six previous editions of the race that is restricted to two-year-olds that are sired by Victorian-based stallions when conceived, Cummings has started just two horses previously…. Read More »
Trainer Ciaron Maher says he is excited to see former Horse of the Year Pride Of Jenni back at the races. Pride Of Jenni makes her reappearance in the Group 2 Peter Young Stakes (1800m) at Caulfield on Saturday, just over four months after suffering a bleeding attack. Retirement had been announced… Read More »
The prospect of Lady Of Camelot taking on the mares in the Coolmore Classic holds no fears for Adrian Bott, who is content that a seasoning campaign in the spring has laid the ideal groundwork for the task. While the filly hasn’t recorded a win in eight starts since her Golden… Read More »
Peter Snowden is keeping faith in one-time Golden Slipper fancy Memo to bounce back in the Magic Night Stakes after blotting her copybook with her first unplaced performance in five starts. After kicking off her career with a promising Gimcrack Stakes placing, Memo followed with a series of eye-catching performances, highlighted… Read More »
The Lindsay Park team of Ben, Will and J D Hayes had high aspirations for imported galloper Que Tempesta when he kicked off his spring campaign. The Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup were high on the agenda for the Irish-bred galloper who raced with success in Italy, but after three spring… Read More »
Stablemates Powers Of Opal and Inevitable Truth both have the ATC Australian Oaks as their carnival goal but the pair will take different paths towards it. Powers Of Opal will have her next start in Saturday’s Phar Lap Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill before heading to the blue riband via the Vinery Stud… Read More »
An Extraordinary General Meeting of the Australian Turf Club will be held early next month to determine the fate of the proposed sale of Rosehill racecourse. A majority of ATC members need to vote in favour of the move for it to go ahead with club officials projecting the sale… Read More »
Fresh from claiming a brace of feature race wins over the weekend, Zac Lloyd has bedded down his mounts for two of the drawcard events of the Sydney autumn carnival. Lloyd has confirmed he will partner Saturday’s Randwick Guineas winner Linebacker at 49kg in the Doncaster Mile (1600m), while the horse he… Read More »
I Wish I Win, a two-time Group 1 winner, has officially retired after pulling up slightly lame following a race on Tuesday. Waikato Stud confirmed that the Peter Moody-trained horse would race no more, bringing an end to a career that saw him win or place in 21 of his… Read More »
