Trainer Gavin Bedggood is keeping his options open with Cranbourne Cup entries EarlswoodĀ 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 ManĀ 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 KidĀ will run in their slot in the 1200-metre event. He was one… Read More »
GlobeĀ 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 PakalĀ 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 CastleĀ 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 McmonagleĀ has claimed his first Australian feature race win, driving lightly raced filly SnitzanovaĀ to a narrow victory in the Group 3 Spring Stakes at Newcastle. The 21-year-old, who rides primarily for Joseph O’BrienĀ in Europe, made a similar venture to Australia last year, basing himself with Ciaron… Read More »
Tony Gollan may have had the numbers in the Swiss Ace Plate but for punters who like a ‘box ticker’, Shalaa’s MomentĀ delivered with a strong performance in the Sunshine Coast sprint feature. A wet surface, a perfect record first-up, and not yet missing a placing over the course and distance… Read More »
Gary PortelliĀ has not been afraid to cross borders multiple times this preparation with KimochiĀ and that confidence has been rewarded with a win at the highest level with a galloper who is now an extra valuable mare for Yulong. Kimochi’s victory in the Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) bookended… Read More »
Hawkes Racing sprinter BriasaĀ has underlined his considerable promise by posting his first stakes victory in the $1 million The Hunter at Newcastle despite enduring a wide run. The four-year-old has now won six of his seven starts, the nature of Saturday’s performance prompting stable representative Steve Thompson to declare Briasa… Read More »
The right form line for The Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) was the Group 3 Carbine Club Stakes (1600m) and that proved true, but not in the way many would’ve predicted, with $31 chance Another Prophet reversing the three-length margin over $3.20 betting sites favourite Aeliana from Flemington. Ridden by… Read More »
Jockey Tim ClarkĀ will be carrying the hopes of a town when he links with Kris LeesĀ to partner the only locally trained runner in Newcastle’s showcase race of the year. With the scratching of Uzziah, Rustic SteelĀ is the sole Novacastrian in Saturday’s The Hunter (1300m) as the gelding bids to give… Read More »
Another WilĀ has saved the two worst runs of his career for his two Group 1 assignments to date, but Jamie KahĀ is confident a change in tactics can spark a more favourable result in this Saturday’s Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes at Caulfield. Kah is using lessons from seventh placings in both… Read More »
“Ah, the Miss Finland colours”. It might have only been trackwork on Tuesday, but Craig WilliamsĀ still got a kick out of donning the colours he wore aboard a filly who, until Mr BrightsideĀ came along, was the horse he won his most races aboard. Williams won five Group 1s on Miss… Read More »
Tyler SchillerĀ is unbeaten in three rides on up-and-coming sprinter Briasa and he is optimistic of extending that sequence to four when he partners the heavily-backed favourite in the $1 million The Hunter at Newcastle. The Hawkes Racing four-year-old has been crunched from $5 into $2.80 for Saturday’s 1300m showpiece and… Read More »
Will Larkin doesn’t take offence to talk about SuperciliousĀ being a question mark at 1600 metres, but he figures the best mile race to put her to the test in is one with a Group 1 carrot at the end of it. Hence, she will take her place in this Saturday’s… Read More »
Ciaron MaherĀ missed out on a Group 1 during Flemington’s Melbourne Cup Carnival, but the star trainer has loaded the bases in his quest to win the final Group 1 of the year on the eastern seaboard. Maher will start three horses in the $1 million Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes, Southport… Read More »
If experience aboard ZeitungĀ is any sort of advantage, Jamie KahĀ could be lifting the Thousand Guineas trophy this Saturday at Caulfield. The crowd favourite will be reunited with the James Cummings-trained filly in the $1.5 million Group 1. The 1600-metre event will be the seventh start of a preparation that started… Read More »
The powerful Ciaron Maher stable is confident the Saturday weekās Railway Stakes (1600m) is the right race for Light Infantry Man to score his maiden Group 1 win. The six-year-old scored his first win in seven starts under the care of Ciaron MaherĀ in last Thursday’s Listed Chester Manifold Stakes (1600m)… Read More »
The eight-year-old is among the entries for this Saturday’s $1 million Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes, which is the final Group 1 race of the elongated Spring Carnival. Gentleman Roy completed a winning hat-trick when he won the Group 2 PB Lawrence Stakes on August 17 , which was followed by… Read More »
