Blue blooded colt Woodbine has taken another step towards the Randwick Guineas, but not without a scare. The odds-on favourite in Saturday’s Australian Turf Club Hcp (1200m) had to knuckle down to get past Pirandello ($7) who led the field which was reduced to four after Cosmic Cameo played up… Read More »
The Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival will really kick off in the second week of February when the Group 2 Expressway Stakes will be run at Randwick racecourse. The first Group 1 of the year is the Chipping Norton Stakes on March 8th with the last being the All Aged Stakes on 26th… Read More »
With some great prospects racing, New Zealand fans looked forward with excitement to 2013. In the end, though, the year would be one where the promise was left frustratingly unfulfilled. Ocean Park and It’s A Dundeel in particular looked like they could build on their achievements and go close to… Read More »
It’s A Dundeel has become just the fifth horse to claim Sydney’s three-year-old triple crown with the easiest of wins in the final leg, the Australian Derby. By the time the Randwick Guineas and Rosehill Guineas are run, the 2400 metres of the famous Classic is not for the faint… Read More »
New Zealand colt It’s A Dundeel continued his domination of Sydney Group One three-year-old racing with his Australian Derby win at Randwick on Saturday. Starting one of the shortest-priced favourites to win the $1.5 million Classic, It’s A Dundeel added stamina to a repertoire that already includes one of the… Read More »
For a horse set to start the shortest-priced Australian Derby favourite in 25 years, It’s A Dundeel has his share of detractors. His failure as favourite in the Victoria Derby last spring cast doubts over his stamina, leading some rival trainers and jockeys to wonder whether he might be vulnerable… Read More »
James McDonald rides the favourite in Saturday’s Australian Derby, but the Randwick meeting will be the jockey’s last of the Sydney carnival unless he is successful in an appeal against a suspension. The jockey has lodged an appeal against the severity of a seven-meeting ban for causing interference aboard Romantic… Read More »
Anthony Cummings is never one to shy away from a Group One challenge and in Fiveandahalfstar he believes he has the armour to take down It’s A Dundeel in Saturday’s Australian Derby. The only time the two three-year-olds have met was in the Victoria Derby in the spring with Fiveandahalfstar… Read More »
Former New Zealander Sacred Falls is still to justify his lofty reputation in Australia but trainer Chris Waller is adamant he will. Unbeaten in six starts in his homeland, the colt has finished fifth at his only two Australian runs in the Royal Sovereign Stakes and Randwick Guineas. On Saturday… Read More »
The barrier draw for Saturday’s Group One Rosehill Guineas has delivered mixed results for the two leading fancies. Randwick Guineas winner It’s A Dundeel has drawn gate three while Victoria Derby winner Fiveandahalfstar, runner-up in the Australian Cup and Ranvet Stakes at his past two starts, has drawn barrier nine…. Read More »
A solid performance in Saturday’s Group One Rosehill Guineas will hurtle progressive three-year-old Twisted Emotions towards a date with destiny. The John O’Shea-trained gelding is out of 2004 Queensland Oaks runner-up Zumanity who was also prepared by O’Shea. Many of Zumanity’s owners retained an interest in her as a broodmare… Read More »
Proisir, second favourite to win next month’s Doncaster Mile, will miss the rest of the Sydney autumn carnival and his promising racing career is in doubt. Considered a Group One winner-in-waiting, the three-year-old has damaged a tendon. The injury is expected to sideline Proisir for six months but trainer Gai… Read More »
He might be the Sydney Cup favourite but the three-year-old autumn triple crown remains the focus for It’s A Dundeel. The colt took out the first leg, the Randwick Guineas, in style and will be the favourite for Saturday’s Rosehill Guineas (2000m). The blinkers that worked so well over 1600… Read More »
Blake Shinn will replace the suspended Kerrin McEvoy on Appearance in Saturday’s Group One Coolmore Classic in which trainer Guy Walter will also saddle up Streama. Both mares are already Group One winners and the trainer is reluctant to choose between the two who finished behind Coolmore rival Steps In… Read More »
Kerrin McEvoy will miss the Group One ride on Appearance in next week’s Coolmore Classic through suspension. Darley’s No.1 rider was found guilty of shifting ground aboard Tatra and causing interference to Brett Prebble’s mount Ferlax in the early part of the Randwick Guineas at Warwick Farm. Appearance, winner of… Read More »
The combination of trainer Peter Moody and jockey Luke Nolen is usually mentioned in the same sentence at Black Caviar. But on Saturday it was Thy at Warwick Farm who brought their names to the fore for a stakes win on Randwick Guineas day. Last year’s Australian Oaks third-placed Thy… Read More »
New Zealand colt It’s A Dundeel confirmed his affinity for Sydney racing when he beat arch-rival Proisir in the Group One Randwick Guineas at Warwick Farm on Saturday. Adding the Guineas to his Group One Spring Champion Stakes win over Proisir at Randwick in the spring, It’s A Dundeel came… Read More »
Race 6 – 4:10PM HYLAND RACE COLOURS ROYAL RANDWICK GUINEAS (1600 METRES) Of $500,000.1st $300,000, 2nd $100,000, 3rd $50,000, 4th $25,000, 5th $10,000, 6th $5,000, 7th $5,000, 8th $5,000, Starter Subsidy $200 GROUP 1 Set Weights, Three-Years-Old, Apprentices cannot claim.Track Condition: Good Time: 1:35.14 Last 600m: 0:35.00 INTERIM RESULTS Special Offer: $500 FREE BET – Luxbet… Read More »
Shawano will go into the Randwick Guineas as one of the outsiders in the market and his odds are still on the drift with $251 still available in the fixed odds market. Randwick Guineas Form Guide $1000 IN FREE BETS on SHAWANO Special Offer: $500 FREE BET ON SHAWANO –… Read More »
Casino Swoop is the only Patinack Farm runner in the race and is unlikely to finish in the first half of the field. He is currently a $251 chance to win the race. Randwick Guineas Form Guide $1000 IN FREE BETS on CASINO SWOOP Special Offer: $500 FREE BET ON… Read More »
