Another element of sadness has been added to the loss of legendary mare Black CaviarĀ with the news that the foal she gave birth to has also died. Owners of the champion mare confirmed the loss of the colt by four-time Australian Champion Stallion, Snitzel, on Monday. “The owners are saddened… Read More »
Melbourne Cup second favourite Loft has been scratched from the Melbourne Cup with a tendon injury. Racing Victoria stewards said the stayer had failed its veterinary inspectionĀ prior to being eligible to accept for Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup. All 32 horses remaining in the Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington underwent a veterinary… Read More »
The curtain has closed on the racing career of star mare Verry Ellegant with her owners announcing the retirement of the prolific Group 1 winner. Connections of the 2021 Melbourne Cup heroine confirmed their decision on Thursday following the seven-year-old’s unsuccessful four-start European stint. She will remain in France to… Read More »
There are 97 still in contention for the ārace that stops a nationā the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on November 1. NoĀ internationally trainedĀ runners are among first declarations for theĀ Caulfield CupĀ orĀ Cox Plate, although El Bodegon,Ā a placegetter in theĀ Group 2Ā Great Voltigeur StakesĀ at YorkĀ still hold an entry for both races… Read More »
Richard and Michael Freedman have celebrated their first Group One win as a training partnership with Forbidden Love’s emphatic Surround Stakes victory. The milestone has continued the brothers’ outstanding start to the autumn with Stay Inside emerging as a leading Golden Slipper chance while three-year-old Prime Star has been racing… Read More »
Warrnambool trainer Daniel Bowman was happy to become another trainer pleasantly surprised by a result above expectations when his filly Capriccio won the $500,000 Inglis Dash. Following on from the Horsham-trained Lunar Fox’s win in the Australian Guineas at $301, Saturday’s Flemington meeting produced another big-priced winner with Capriccio claiming… Read More »
In an epic battle that revived memories of grand galloper Octagonal, Verry Elleegant has edged out Godolphin pair Colette and Avilius in a thrilling edition of the Chipping Norton Stakes. Less than a length separated the first five horses across the line with the Chris Waller-trained mare lifting to land… Read More »
In one of the greatest boilovers in a feature race, the Horsham-trained galloper Lunar Fox has taken out the Australian Guineas at odds of $301. In doing so he became the longest-priced Group One winner since Abaridy claimed the Caulfield Guineas at $251 in 1986. His trainer Paul Preusker wasn’t… Read More »
Sydney galloper Star Of The Seas secured a spot in the All-Star Mile with a tough win in the Blamey Stakes. Star Of The Seas held off a determined challenge from Fifty Stars, who was trying to become the first horse to claim the Group Two Flemington feature three years… Read More »
John Sargent is three weeks away from having his first Golden Slipper runner after Four Moves Ahead rebounded from a setback to win the Sweet Embrace Stakes at Randwick. Renowned as a trainer of classic horses, Sargent is showing another string to his bow this autumn with Four Moves Ahead… Read More »
Chris Waller’s good season with two-year-olds continued at Randwick with O’President upstaging his more fancied rivals to snare the Skyline Stakes. The premier trainer has arguably his best group of youngsters yet with the likes of Home Affairs, She’s All Class, Head Of State and Shaquero all in Golden Slipper… Read More »
John McArdle will eschew chasing further two-year-old riches during the autumn with Tycoon Humma despite her keeping her undefeated record intact. Tycoon Humma, by boom stallion Capitalist, flew home to grab Kallos and win the Very Special Kids Plate (1000m) at Flemington on Saturday to take her record to two… Read More »
David Eustace is of the opinion the Australian Guineas is an open race and could be won by a horse at double-figure odds. Eustace thinks that his stable could be the one to supply the long-shot winner in the shape of Jet Propulsion, who is a $26 chance with TAB… Read More »
Jason Attard and Lucy Keegan Attard are no strangers to taking on the big guns but the Hawkesbury trainers will be venturing into uncharted territory when debutant Sir Rastus lines up in the Skyline Stakes at Randwick. Adopting the same strategy applied to last year’s victor Mamaragan, the formidable husband… Read More »
Talented three-year-old Mass Destruction is poised to join boom stablemate Miami Fleiss in The Jewel next month if he wins first up at the Sunshine Coast. Mass Destruction indicated he was on target for The Jewel 3YO Prelude (1000m) on Saturday when he scored a comfortable win in a 1000… Read More »
Patrick Payne wasn’t perturbed with Cherry Tortoni’s wide barrier draw in the Australian Guineas as he believes that should suit his style of racing. Payne said barrier 17 would work for Cherry Tortoni in terms of his galloping style as it would give him plenty of room. Payne felt at… Read More »
Up-and-coming Godolphin four-year-old Criaderas will be in action at Randwick when he returns in the Liverpool City Cup. An unlucky third to Greysful Glamour in the Villiers Stakes over the summer, Criaderas has won four of his eight starts and is on a path towards the Doncaster Mile. “He is… Read More »
James Cummings is confident the race and track conditions set up for emerging star Colette to replicate her first-up performance in the Group One Chipping Norton Stakes. The mare snuck under the guard of punters when she cruised to victory as a $12 chance in the Apollo Stakes two weeks… Read More »
The Golden Slipper is less than a month away and the next two weeks of juvenile racing are shaping as critical form references for the world’s richest two-year-old race. Magic Millions winner Shaquero returns in the Skyline Stakes at Randwick on Saturday while two of Sydney’s most promising fillies, Four… Read More »
Champion jockey and Australian Hall Of Fame member Jim ‘Jimmy’ Johnson has passed away at the age of 92. Racing Victoria, the Victorian Jockeys’ Association and the Victoria Racing Club each acknowledged the sadness of the occasion and paid homage to the decorated hoop. Johnson was a three-time Melbourne Cup-winning… Read More »
