Race 2 – Schweppes Thousand Guineas (1600 METRES) Of $500,000.1st $300,000, 2nd $90,000, 3rd $45,000, 4th $22,500, 5th $12,500, 6th $10,000, 7th $10,000, 8th $10,000 GROUP 1 Set Weights, Three-Years-Old, Fillies, Apprentices cannot claim. This race carries a SUPER VOBIS Nominators Bonus of $10,000 for qualified horses.Field Limit: 16 +… Read More »
Race 2 – Schweppes Thousand Guineas (1600 METRES) Of $500,000.1st $300,000, 2nd $90,000, 3rd $45,000, 4th $22,500, 5th $12,500, 6th $10,000, 7th $10,000, 8th $10,000 GROUP 1 Set Weights, Three-Years-Old, Fillies, Apprentices cannot claim. This race carries a SUPER VOBIS Nominators Bonus of $10,000 for qualified horses.Field Limit: 16 +… Read More »
Star jockey Craig Williams will appeal the severity of a careless riding suspension in a bid to ride Speediness and Shamus Award in Group One races next Saturday. Williams was one of four jockeys suspended on Turnbull Stakes day at Flemington with Nick Hall to also consider appealing the severity… Read More »
Impressive filly Guelph will be the horse to beat in the Thousand Guineas after an stunning win in the Group one Flight Stakes at Randwick on Saturday. [include file=”inpost_adrotator.php”] The three-year-old had a tough run coming from three deep to clinch her third Group one victory. As a result Guelph… Read More »
Betting suggests Saturday’s Group One Flight Stakes is cut and dried but it’s a view that isn’t shared by the trainer of the short-priced favourite. Guelph is at $1.40 to claim the final leg of the four-race Princess Series, ahead of Arabian Gold at $3.20 and Bound For Earth ($10)…. Read More »
Glen Boss expects a filly he first rode to victory at Caulfield earlier this year can announce herself as a genuine Thousand Guineas threat at the same track on Saturday. Boss will be aboard the Mick Kent-trained The Huntress in Saturday’s Group Two Thousand Guineas Prelude (1400m) and the jockey… Read More »
The Thousand Guineas credentials of some of Melbourne’s most promising fillies will be put to the test in Saturday’s Prelude at Caulfield. In what John McArdle believes is a wide-open contest, the trainer will have last-start Flemington winner Miracle To Me in the Group Two race over 1400m. Miracle To… Read More »
Guy Walter remains optimistic about Toydini’s chances in the Cameron Handicap at Newcastle despite the barrier draw going against him. The four-year-old has drawn gate 15 of 18 but will come in two spots if the emergencies don’t run on Wednesday. The $150,000 Cameron (1500m) is an important lead-up in… Read More »
The Mick Kent-trained Marianne is on a course for a possible start in the Group One Thousand Guineas after winning the LUCRF Jockey Trust Handicap at Caulfield on Saturday. Marianne ($3.80) sat with the leaders for most of the 1400m race before making her move and holding off a strong… Read More »
David Hayes is convinced Gregers is going as well as she was before her dominant first-up win as the Thousand Guineas hopeful prepares to take another step towards her spring goals on Saturday. Gregers was impressive first-up at Moonee Valley on August 3, winning by 4-1/4-lengths over Metastasio to stamp… Read More »
Traditional caution gave way to quiet enthusiasm after trainer Leon Corstens watched his star filly Commanding Jewel prepare for her return to racing at Moonee Valley on Saturday. “She had a nice hit-out … she’s pulled up well,” Corstens said following the mare’s gallop at Moonee Valley. “I don’t know… Read More »
Connections of outstanding international stayer Red Cadeaux are contemplating a third Australian campaign that will focus solely on the Caulfield Cup. Red Cadeaux is among the 173 entries announced on Tuesday for the 2400m handicap and could follow the lead of the French galloper Dunaden who won the Caulfield showpiece… Read More »
Race 2 – Schweppes Thousand Guineas (1600 METRES) Of $500,000.1st $300,000, 2nd $90,000, 3rd $45,000, 4th $22,500, 5th $12,500, 6th $10,000, 7th $10,000, 8th $10,000 GROUP 1 Set Weights, Three-Years-Old, Fillies, Apprentices cannot claim. This race carries a SUPER VOBIS Nominators Bonus of $10,000 for qualified horses.Field Limit: 16 +… Read More »
I’m Too Sexy, an early season two-year-old winner in 2012-13, starts a campaign at Moonee Valley on Saturday which trainer Mark Riley hopes will lead to a Thousand Guineas start. Mornington-based Riley says the three-year-old filly has thrived during an extended break after being plagued by bad feet in two… Read More »
Group One-winning filly Commanding Jewel is ready to go back under saddle as trainer Leon Corstens begins to dream about a Cox Plate appearance later in the year. Three-year-old Commanding Jewel hasn’t been seen since her victory in last year’s Group One Thousand Guineas. She missed the autumn and winter… Read More »
Mornington training partners David Brideoake and David Feek are planning for the spring with Lady Lakshmi after the filly’s Flemington win on Saturday. Lady Lakshmi posted her second straight city win in the Murray Cox Handicap (1400m) and Feek said her victories had convinced the stable to target Group One… Read More »
Multiple Group One winner Atlantic Jewel has returned to trainer Mark Kavanagh’s Flemington stables after recovering from the tendon injury that kept her off the track last spring. Kavanagh said a scan of the problem near fore tendon had come up clear and she would be reintroduced to stable life… Read More »
Thousand Guineas winner Commanding Jewel has joined her unbeaten half-sister Atlantic Jewel as an autumn carnival absentee. On the verge of starting the serious part of a preparation aimed at having her peak for the Sydney carnival, Commanding Jewel has suffered a joint injury. “She has tweaked a joint and… Read More »
A kind barrier draw has persuaded trainer Will Clarken to start filly Molto Bella in Adelaide on Saturday, rather than Flemington. The opportunity to keep the two-year-old debutante closer to home also influenced his decision not to make the interstate trek to Melbourne. Molto Bella will line up in the… Read More »
Boom New Zealand colt Sacred Falls could take on Australia’s best in the autumn after maintaining his unbeaten record in the Group One Two Thousand Guineas in Christchurch. Unbeaten in five starts prior to Saturday’s 1600m race, Sacred Falls was the $1.60 favourite for the Guineas but had a tougher… Read More »
