International Group One winner Bayrir will have his second Australian start in the Chelmsford Stakes after missing the Premier’s Cup due to his top weight. Trainer Chris Waller opted not to run him with 60kg in Saturday’s Listed race won by another French import, Less Is More, and he will… Read More »
Tommy Berry has lost an appeal against the severity of careless riding suspension, ruling him out of the ride on the Queen’s horse Carlton House. Berry was suspended for eight meetings at Canterbury last Wednesday after being found guilty of two separate charges. He was hoping to have one charge… Read More »
Australia’s leading trainer Peter Moody won his first Group One race of the season and staked a claim for another when Moment Of Change scored a stunning win in Sunday’s Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield. Moody took special satisfaction from Moment Of Change’s success, which came after the… Read More »
A training masterstroke by Chris Waller and winning decision by Hugh Bowman to ride Shoot Out put the gloss on the gelding’s George Main Stakes win at Randwick. Shoot Out ($4 fav) went to Saturday’s 1600m Group One event for his first start since he finished second to More Joyous… Read More »
Jim Cassidy’s reunion with Steps In Time reaped immediate rewards at Randwick on Saturday with the pair combining for an all-the-way victory in the Group Three Bill Ritchie Handicap. The John O’Shea-trained mare was unplaced at her first two starts this campaign with James McDonald aboard but Cassidy jumped back… Read More »
A barrier trial on Monday will determine where and when multiple Group One winner Shoot Out begins his spring campaign. Trainer Chris Waller said the Randwick trial would tell him more about the six-year-old’s fitness levels ahead of a tilt at the Group One George Main Stakes (1600m) in two… Read More »
Hall of Fame jockey Jim Cassidy wasted no time in posting a comeback victory in the Group Three Tramway Handicap at Warwick Farm on Saturday. It was Cassidy’s first race meeting for three months following a winter break which was extended due to serious injuries suffered by his brother Colin… Read More »
The Tramway Quality Handicap is a Group 3 race for horses three years and over. This event is run over 1400 metres at the Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, on the same day as the Group 2 Furious Stakes and Group 2 Chelmsford Stakes. With a history that stretches back to… Read More »
Norm Hilton is confident he has pulled the right rein in electing to take Bold Glance back to Brisbane instead of running in Sydney on Saturday. Hilton originally planned to start Bold Glance in the Group Three Tramway Handicap (1400m) at Warwick Farm but had a change of heart and… Read More »
James McDonald is free to ride at the first Group One meeting of the season pending an appeal against a suspension for weighing in underweight at Canterbury. McDonald was suspended after he weighed in 800 grams under his allotted weight aboard Charge Account Wednesday, with the horse subsequently disqualified. He… Read More »
Race 8 – 5:15PM TATTERSALLS CLUB TRAMWAY HANDICAP (1400 METRES) Of $125,000.1st $75,000, 2nd $25,000, 3rd $12,500, 4th $6,250, 5th $2,500, 6th $1,250, 7th $1,250, 8th $1,250, Starter Subsidy $200 GROUP 3 Quality, Minimum Weight 54kg, Three-Years-Old and Upwards, Apprentices cannot claim.Field Limit: 16 + 4 EM Form Guide Special… Read More »
First-up expectations are being kept in check for Group One winner Quintessential, a pioneer horse for New Zealand trainer John Sargent’s new Sydney stable. Sargent opened a Sydney satellite operation at Warwick Farm last month with the premier New Zealand trainer’s Chelmsford Stakes day representatives, headed by Quintessential, to be… Read More »
The return to racing by Group One-winning stablemates Shoot Out and Rangirangdoo could be delayed with trainer Chris Waller to analyse their chances carrying big weights in Saturday’s Tramway Handicap at Warwick Farm. Shoot Out, the winner of the Chipping Norton Stakes in the autumn, has the maximum topweight of… Read More »
Race 4 – TRAMWAY HANDICAP (1400 METRES) Of $125,000.1st $75,000, 2nd $25,000, 3rd $12,500, 4th $6,250, 5th $2,500, 6th $1,250, 7th $1,250, 8th $1,250, Starter Subsidy $200 GROUP 3 Quality, Three-Years-Old and Upwards, Apprentices cannot claim.Field Limit: 16 + 4 EM Horse Trainer 1 AMBIDEXTER Peter Snowden 2 CLASS… Read More »
Beach outings have been added to the regime of popular galloper Rangirangdoo to help break the routine of stable life. Trainer Chris Waller said he was trying different things with Rangirangdoo and some of his other Group One winning stablemates to try to mix up their training. Rangirangdoo is scheduled… Read More »
The long wait for a genuine start to spring racing in Melbourne is over with a full and classy list assembling for Saturday’s Group Two Memsie Stakes at Caulfield. A mixture of race-fit “fringe” runners, potential Cups hopes and specialists at the distance are among the confirmed nominations for the… Read More »
Rotten luck at the barrier draw has cut Chris Waller’s Tramway Handicap assault by one, leaving talented pair Triple Elegance and Syreon to fly the flag.
