A landmark in a career that has established him as one of Victoria’s most astute and innovative trainers lies ahead of Mick Kent at Sandown on Wednesday. Kent needs two winners to match his career-best city tally of 36, and with five chances on a day when a heavy track… Read More »
The Australian Hurdle and Australian Steeplechase have been rescheduled as the last races of the jumps season after Saturday’s Sandown wash-out. Melbourne will have two 10-race city meetings next week to accommodate as many races as possible from the Sandown meeting which was called off after 56mm of overnight rain…. Read More »
Pago Rock built on his impressive first-up statistics last start but it will be a winning sequence of another kind he’ll be out to extend on Saturday. The David Hayes-trained Pago Rock made it five first-up wins from six attempts with victory at Caulfield on May 11. He has another… Read More »
Weather and weight will determine if last start Group winner Bello makes his Melbourne debut at Sandown on Saturday. The Peter Snowden-trained Group Three Newcastle Newmarket winner is down to run in the $100,000 Sportingbet Handicap (1200m) with Darley to decide on Thursday whether he takes his place. “We’ll have… Read More »
Lightly raced three-year-old Richie’s Bickies has kept himself in the mix for the Queensland Derby with victory in a benchmark race at Rosehill. The Chris Waller-trained, Ingham family-owned gelding came out of the pack to land a concerted betting plunge with a narrow win in Saturday’s Sportingbet Handicap (1900m) at… Read More »
Katelyn Mallyon’s first ride for prominent trainer Mick Price has resulted in a birthday win for the apprentice at Sandown on Wednesday. Mallyon had never ridden for Price before Wednesday’s Superior Food Service Handicap (1000m) but would have made a good impression as she guided Vicario to a fast-finishing win…. Read More »
Mat Ellerton described Melting Pot as a raw talent after his eye-catching first-up win and the co-trainer will be hoping the gelding goes on with the job at Caulfield on Monday. Three-year-old Melting Pot had his first campaign cut short after his second start in September when he suffered injuries… Read More »
A Classic target in Adelaide will come into focus for three-year-old Inflection if she can break her maiden status at Sandown on Wednesday. The John Sadler-trained filly lines up in the Caulfield Easter Saturday Maiden Plate (1800m) and her performance will determine whether she continues towards next month’s Australasian Oaks…. Read More »
A late and slightly unlikely arrival on the two-year-old scene is being touted as a possible Golden Slipper chance by trainer John Sadler. Go Again, a debut winner at Sandown on Wednesday, will step up from modest midweek company to have her next start in the Magic Night Stakes (1200m)… Read More »
Fields for Morphettville have been released so we take a look at the fields on Lord Reims Stakes including some good quality handicap races. View the Lord Reims Stakes 2013 day Fields at Morphettville Racecourse. Form Guide Special Offer: $500 FREE BET – Luxbet (Tabcorp owned) Special Offer 2: $400 FREE… Read More »
An impressive introduction to city racing from Lonhspresso on Wednesday had jockey Ben Melham predicting the filly could reach the top grade. Melham rode the Darren Weir-trained three-year-old to victory at Ballarat at her previous start but was even more impressed with the way the daughter of Lonhro put her… Read More »
Glen Boss won’t admit to thinking too much about winning his first ever jockey’s championship – but that may be because he doesn’t have to. Boss goes into Wednesday’s Sandown meeting 17 wins clear of reigning titleholder Luke Nolen and with strong prospects of increasing what already looks to be… Read More »
Chris Symons knew he owed trainer Greg Eurell a winner and he provided it courtesy of his first city victory since his return from a broken foot. Symons was out of the saddle for more than four months after breaking his foot when a prominent apprentice accidentally reversed his car… Read More »
When he was 15 Cory Parish weighed 33kg and was teased so much he came to hate school. Later on he got into rodeos and turned out to be pretty good at staying on a horse’s back Then he discovered speed and decided he liked it. Not surprisingly, it soon… Read More »
Melbourne’s reigning champion jockey Luke Nolen returns from his off-season break to begin the pursuit of runaway premiership leader Glen Boss at Sandown on Wednesday. But at best he will only be able to reduce Boss’s 15-win lead by one. Nolen’s only ride for the day is Aliberani who isn’t… Read More »
The best two-year-olds proved too good for Bass Strait this time last year. But the passing of time, the acquisition of some better manners and a Sandown victory on Wednesday have encouraged trainer David Hayes to consider tackling this season’s better three-year-olds. Bass Strait had only two runs in his… Read More »
A late change of plans paid off for the connections of talented filly Isabella Snowflake who scored her third win form her only four starts in the Sportingbet Handicap (1000m) at Moonee Valley. Trainer Mick Price had intended to spell the filly when she ran third at Flemington during the… Read More »
The disappointment of losing stable star Samaready before the serious part of her season began has been turned around to such an extent by Mick Price that he is now among the top half dozen trainers in the country. And at Moonee Valley on Saturday Price is looking hopefully at… Read More »
