Star mare gives birth overnight with positive signs for mum and son. Winx is back in the racing headlines after giving birth to a colt on Monday morning. Her third foal, this son of Snitzel follows a now two-year-old filly by Pierro who sold for a dizzying $10 million at… Read More »
Port Lockroy has built upon his eye catching Golden Eagle performance with a maiden Group 1 victory in the Railway Stakes at Ascot on Saturday. Three weeks after a closing sixth in the $10million Golden Eagle at Rosehill on November 2, Port Lockroy was a class above in WA’s feature Group… Read More »
Winning a $300,000 race is significant but for Blake Spriggs it meant a whole lot more when Headwall strode to victory in The Warra. Now with two wins and a placing in three starts at the track, the Matthew Smith-trained, Warwick Farm-based galloper is quite at home at Kembla Grange and the… Read More »
Jockey Ethan Brown expects Nadal to rise to better company after he blew his rivals away in the inaugural running of The Meteorite at Cranbourne. The $1 million race on Saturday is one of two slot races run by Southside Racing, four weeks apart. Southside Racing was borne out of the… Read More »
The punters had it right as the strong firmer Gringotts made it a one act affair in The Gong and will now chase a yet to be achieved treble as the Maher stable turns their focus to The Ingham at Randwick next month. “He was just better than them,” Maher’s… Read More »
From the time two slot races were announced by Southside Racing, the Robbie Griffiths and Mathew de Kock stable knew they wanted to be a part of it. Griffiths was born and bred in the Cranbourne area and was one of the first to establish a barn at the Cranbourne… Read More »
Big Dance winner Gringotts is the clear top pick of Ciaron Maher’s squad for the $1 million The Gong, but the leading trainer won’t be surprised to see the horse’s biggest threat comes from of a stablemate. Gringotts had three-quarters of a length to spare over barn mate Vivy Air in the… Read More »
In-form mare Belclare will need to overcome a wide alley to land her first Australian Group One win in the Railway Stakes at Ascot, and connections believe Nash Rawiller is the perfect man for the job. A two-time victor at the highest level in New Zealand, Belclare joined the Sydney stable of… Read More »
Trainer Mark Walker has a good record when in form New Zealand gallopers land in Australia. Walker’s latest ‘import’ is It’s A Wild Night who will have his first Australian outing in the Listed Cranbourne Cup (1600m) on Saturday. It’s A Wild Night arrived at Walker’s Cranbourne base just over a… Read More »
Jason Collett is resigned to the fact that he will be more reliant on luck than good management as he tries to coax another win out of Territory Express in the $1 million The Gong at Kembla Grange. The Provincial-Midway Championships Final victor in the autumn, Territory Express has a get-back racing… Read More »
Celine Gaudray ticked off an important milestone with the victory of Over The Stars at Caulfield. Success in the Senet Gambling Law Experts Plate (1000m) on Wednesday was the Mornington-based apprentice’s 80th career win. Gaudray can still claim 1.5kg in the metropolitan area until the completion of the Cranbourne meeting on Saturday… Read More »
Cranbourne trainer Enver Jusufovic would love nothing more than to win his hometown Cup but believes the chances of Pinstriped have been lessened with an inside draw. A Group 1 winner of the Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield at the start of the spring, Pinstriped will jump from barrier one in the… Read More »
Blake Shinn is looking forward to reuniting with Group 1 winning galloper Antino in Hong Kong. Shinn was last week given the nod to ride Antino in the Group 1 Hong Kong Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin on December 8. The former Hong Kong based rider partnered Antino to a stunning win… Read More »
Trainer Gavin Bedggood is keeping his options open with Cranbourne Cup entries Earlswood and Military Expert. Both horses are entered for the Listed Cranbourne Cup (1600m) on Saturday along with the Listed Kilmore Cup (1600m) on Sunday. The Cranbourne Cup holds prize money of $500,000 while the Kilmore Cup is a… Read More »
It is a case of trying to strike while the iron is hot with Light Infantry Man for Ciaron Maher. The French import has been in Australia since the start of last spring, but it took until earlier this month for the six-year-old to record his first Australian placing. That was… Read More »
With Group 1 racing done in Victoria for 2024, Lindsay Park has shifted its focus to the upcoming rich regional features, starting with this Saturday’s inaugural The Meteorite. The Ben, Will and JD Hayes operation confirmed that Arkansaw Kid will run in their slot in the 1200-metre event. He was one… Read More »
Globe will be Michael Kent Jnr’s hope of joining his father on his hometown Cup honour roll. The six-year-old is one of 41 entries for this Saturday’s $500,000 Listed Cranbourne Cup (1600m). Mick Price has won the Cranbourne Cup twice, with Pakal and Octabello, but not since entering into a training partnership… Read More »
Joe Pride is set to have a strong hand in the feature race at the stand-alone Kembla Grange meeting with up to three runners in the $1 million The Gong. The Warwick Farm horseman has nominated Little Dance runner-up Estadio Mestalla, last start winner King Of The Castle and proven stakes… Read More »
A week has passed since Mr Brightside’s thrilling victory in the Champions Mile at Flemington and the Lindsay Park team are still beaming with pride in what he was able to achieve on the final day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival. In the midst of a freshen after a six-start… Read More »
Visiting Irish jockey Dylan Browne Mcmonagle has claimed his first Australian feature race win, driving lightly raced filly Snitzanova to a narrow victory in the Group 3 Spring Stakes at Newcastle. The 21-year-old, who rides primarily for Joseph O’Brien in Europe, made a similar venture to Australia last year, basing himself with Ciaron… Read More »
