The Tony and Calvin McEvoy team is looking to build on the breakthrough win of Rue De Royale when he heads to a Stakes race at Moonee Valley. After securing his maiden victory at Bendigo on September 8, Rue De Royale heads to The Valley on Friday night to run in the… Read More »
Jamie Kah is now free to ride on the day that offers more prizemoney than any other in Australian racing after altering the dates of her suspension handed down by the Victorian Racing Tribunal last week. Kah was outed for three weeks for failing to take all reasonable and permissible measures… Read More »
Father-and-son training combination Tony and Calvin McEvoy are at the stage where they cannot wait to see Veight make his return to racing. Meticulous planning has gone into the preparation of Veight’s return run in the Group 1 Manikato Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley on Friday night. Soon after his victory… Read More »
There will be an air of serendipity if Victorian raider Daggers can upstage Godolphin’s two high-profile colts, Broadsiding and Traffic Warden, to win the $1 million Golden Rose at Rosehill. By I Am Invincible, Daggers is out of Omei Sword, who finished runner-up to Godolphin’s Astern in the 2016 renewal of the… Read More »
Joliestar won’t line up in the Golden Pendant and will instead go straight into The Everest without another run after the Chris Waller stable confirmed her for its slot in the $20 million showcase. Waller issued a statement on Wednesday confirming Joliestar as his group’s Everest representative, and their decision to take… Read More »
James Mcdonald will be looking to repeat his heroics of nine years ago when he partners Broadsiding in this Saturday’s Golden Rose at Rosehill. The star duo will start from the inside alley in the $1 million Group 1, which has drawn a field of 11. McDonald won the 2015 Golden Rose… Read More »
Annabel Neasham is still learning about high profile mare Amelia’s Jewel but believes the five-year-old Group 1 winner is right on track for some lofty Spring goals. She will line up in Saturday’s Group 2 Golden Pendant (1400m) against her own sex at Rosehill having finished second to Royal Patronage in the Group… Read More »
Trainers Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman will leave a little in the tank of I Wish I Win as he heads to his final lead-up race before his Grand Final in Sydney. After an eye-catching first-up fifth in the Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m) on September 7, I Wish I Win returns to Moonee… Read More »
It was a case of “copy and paste” for star jockey James Mcdonald as he guided I Am Me to victory in the Group Two The Shorts, replicating the formula used successfully by rival hoop Nash Rawiller aboard the mare first-up. I Am Me stalked the speed before capturing the Concorde Stakes (1000m)… Read More »
Chris Waller’s decision to recruit Joao Moreira back to Australia for the Spring Carnival reaped immediate dividends when the star jockey partnered Buckaroo to Group 1 success at Caulfield on Saturday. The Brazilian maestro got the best out of the imported son of Fastnet Rock, who demolished his rivals in the $750,000… Read More »
Popular mare Fangirl has provided a spot of brightness in a difficult week for connections, capturing the $1 million 7 Stakes at Randwick just days after the death of stablemate and dual Derby winner Riff Rocket. The latter died on Tuesday due to complications following surgery for colic and his owners,… Read More »
Chris Waller is not one of those trainers who is afraid to take the next step with his horses and Autumn Glow could be the latest to rise to the top after she made it three wins from three outings. The filly’s victory in the Group 2 Tea Rose Stakes (1400m) at… Read More »
Mchale isn’t the biggest name in Chris Waller’s stable, but he has earned himself a Group One opportunity with a narrow victory in the Bill Ritchie Handicap at Randwick. The winner of the Group 3 race gains a ballot exemption from the Epsom Handicap (1600m), and Waller sees no reason not… Read More »
It was anything but straight-forward, but Another Wil tightened his grip on next month’s Toorak Handicap with an eventful win in Saturday’s Testa Rossa Stakes at Caulfield. Those who took the $1.55 about the untapped miler held their breath when he was the victim of interference from Run Harry Run around… Read More »
Tulloch Lodge import Eliyass has maintained his perfect Australian record with an outstanding win in the Kingston Town Stakes to cement favouritism for the Group 1 Metropolitan in a fortnight. The gelding, who has never finished further back than second in 11 starts and has now won all three appearances in… Read More »
Well supported in betting and with the confidence of the Hayes training trio for their galloper to perform well, Here To Shock has earned a ballot exemption at Newcastle for the Epsom Handicap and qualification for the $3 million The Big Dance at Randwick on Melbourne Cup Day. Starting as the… Read More »
Connections of Detonator Jack are playing the long game this spring as they gear the horse’s preparation towards the $3 million Big Dance at Randwick on Melbourne Cup day. The gelding passed the first qualification clause with his runner-up finish in the Hawkesbury Cup in May and will take the next… Read More »
Autumn Glow will face her toughest test to date against a handful of more seasoned fillies in the Tea Rose Stakes, and connections admit she will have to be every bit as good as she has promised if she is to remain unbeaten. The three-year-old has looked a star in the… Read More »
Jamie Kah’s Spring Carnival has been thrown into disarray after the top jockey was on Thursday found guilty of a charge of failing to give one of her mounts every possible opportunity to obtain the best finishing position. The Victorian Racing Tribunal suspended Kah for three weeks, stemming from charges… Read More »
Bella Nipotina has this week been confirmed as Ciaron Maher’s first Everest runner, but his stocks in the $20 million showstopper could quickly bolster if I Am Me can salute in The Shorts. The two mares have clashed three times and I Am Me has beaten home Bella Nipotina in each, most… Read More »
