A lacklustre workout by Norzita on Saturday morning has prompted her withdrawal from the Thousand Guineas, causing a reshuffle of markets. The Bart Cummings-trained filly was promoted to favouritism for Wednesday’s feature at Caulfield following her win in the Group One Flight Stakes at Randwick. Stable foreman James Cummings said… Read More »
South Australian filly Maybe Discreet zeroed in on the Thousand Guineas after notching a brave win in the Group Two Edward Manifold Stakes (1610m) at Flemington on Saturday. Trained by Phillip Stokes, Maybe Discreet ($5) capitalised on her victory at Morphettville three weeks ago when she beat Members Joy ($10)… Read More »
Bart Cummings’ first visit to the races for the spring worked like a charm with Norzita bringing up Group One win No. 265 for the master trainer in the Flight Stakes at Randwick. Cummings has been an absentee after undergoing nasal surgery which has affected his eyesight but not his… Read More »
Clarry Conners will keep his instructions to James McDonald simple before he legs him aboard Dear Demi in Saturday’s Group One Flight Stakes. “Win. That’s the only thing I’m going to tell him,” Conners said. The trainer was disappointed with Dear Demi’s last-start fourth in the Tea Rose Stakes when… Read More »
Champion jockey Damien Oliver is set to resume riding immediately after having an 11-meeting suspension overturned. Oliver had been sidelined by stewards for excessively reducing the speed on Elite Elle in the Champagne Stakes at Moonee Valley last Friday night. He appealed against the penalty, which was rescinded by the… Read More »
Flemington trainer Russell Cameron is wary of pushing his luck with his filly Lady Of Harrods. Worried this Saturday’s Group Two Edward Manifold Stakes might stretch the three-year-old, he has decided not to run her at Flemington. Cameron is concerned that Lady Of Harrods might be flattened for her main… Read More »
Trainer Greg Eurell is content to leave the most difficult job to jockey Glen Boss when the favourite Love For Ransom runs at Caulfield on Sunday. Love For Ransom thrust herself into contention for the Group One Thousand Guineas when she won at Moonee Valley two weeks ago and her… Read More »
Atlantic Jewels little sister will be looking to continue her unbeaten record in Saturday’s Thousand Guineas Prelude at Caulfield racecourse where she is the current $2.80 favourite in a field of fifteen runners. On the second line of betting is Molto Bene who has been well supported by punters to beat… Read More »
Mick Price almost always has his heart in his mouth when it comes to progressive gelding Callanish and it was no different at Sandown on Wednesday. Price has had to work hard to iron out the four-year-old’s dubious barrier manners and still runs scared of upsetting him. Thankfully for Price,… Read More »
There could hardly be a better example for rookie Adelaide trainer Sam Kavanagh to follow as he prepares Spinning Diamond for the Thousand Guineas than the one set by his father. This time last year, Kavanagh had a ringside seat as his father Mark guided the champion filly Atlantic Jewel… Read More »
A horse with no real owners would have received the biggest cheer of any winner in the country at Flemington on Saturday. The aptly-named Members Joy signalled bigger wins ahead when scoring its second success for its notional syndicate in the Listed Cap D’Antibes Stakes (1100m). Ridden for speed by… Read More »
The Spring Champion Stakes is a possible target for Proisir who maintained his unbeaten start to his career with victory at Rosehill on Saturday. The Gai Waterhouse-trained colt overcame trouble at the start to win a Hawkesbury maiden on debut on August 1 and led all the way in the… Read More »
A better-than-expected recovery from her first-up run has prompted trainer Stuart Webb to start Bliss Street at Caulfield on Saturday. Webb had originally set the four-year-old for the Group Two Let’s Elope Stakes (1400m) at Flemington on September 8 but said he had been encouraged by her condition. “I think… Read More »
Blue Diamond Stakes winner Samaready is in doubt for Saturday’s McNeil Stakes at Caulfield and her Golden Rose campaign in Sydney is under a cloud. Trainer Mick Price said the star filly had “gone on strike” on Monday night, refusing to eat her evening meal. As a result Price was… Read More »
The biggest boom on any horse in Victoria was raised even higher with the outstanding victory of Commanding Jewel at Moonee Valley on Saturday. The three-quarter sister to the glamour mare Atlantic Jewel came to town with high expectations after winning her only previous start in a Swan Hill three-year-old… Read More »
At Moonee Valley 12 months ago a filly who had won a Geelong maiden on debut stepped out in a 1200m race against her own sex, scrambling home in moderate time against average opposition. Atlantic Jewel’s win in the Italian Sports Club Plate was followed by a victory two starts… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse’s hopes of a first Cox Plate victory have strengthened with the news Atlantic Jewel will miss the spring carnival. The Mark Kavanagh-trained Atlantic Jewel, the early favourite, has been ruled out of the spring with a tendon issue, robbing the carnival of one of its headline acts. Waterhouse… Read More »
The early market Cox Plate favourite and Mark Kavanagh-trained mare ‘Atlantic Jewel’ has been ruled out of this years Spring Racing Carnival after reports she has hurt a tendon which has continued to cause the star mare issues. Atlantic Jewel is a 4YO daughter of Fastnet Rock who has won seven from seven… Read More »
Trainer Mark Kavanagh says the weather is the key to the autumn program for Atlantic Jewel as he eyes off potential Sydney targets for the unbeaten Group One-winning filly.. Kavanagh is thrilled with how well the three-year-old has progressed after injury curtailed plans to run her in last year’s VRC… Read More »
Unbeaten filly Atlantic Jewel is doing light exercise but a decision about an autumn campaign won’t be known until further scans are done on her early next month.
