Bonny mare Savatiano has capped an outstanding day for Godolphin with her return to the winner’s circle in the Group Two Hot Danish Stakes. Her performance came an hour after Sheikh Mohammed’s royal blue silks were carried to victory by Bivouac, who annihilated a top-class field in the Group One… Read More »
Glen Boss’ arrogance over the closing stages summed up Bivouac’s domination of the VRC Sprint Classic, which proved to be a one-act affair. Boss plotted a course out wide on the James Cummings-trained sprinter and with 200 metres to go he hadn’t moved on him. The jockey took a sustained… Read More »
Trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace continue to be major players in the two-year-old features with Sneaky Five upstaging the Sydney locals to plunder the $1 million Golden Gift. The training partners are backing up a terrific 2019-20 season in which they claimed the Magic Millions Classic with Away Game… Read More »
For the second year in a row, Irish mare True Self narrowly missed out on a start in the Melbourne Cup and triumphed four days later in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes. In doing so, she again took out a $200,000 consolation bonus open to horses balloted out of the Cup… Read More »
After a couple of near-misses, Nash Rawiller was happy to finally deliver the goods for bush trainer Kody Nestor with victory aboard Fast Talking in the Country Classic. Rawiller has had a handful of rides for the Dubbo trainer without luck and was pleased to get the job done at… Read More »
Former leading apprentice Ben Allen took advantage of his best metropolitan opportunity for a long time with a polished all-the-way win on Sansom in the Chatham Stakes. It was Allen’s first victory at Flemington since March 2019 and Sansom’s trainer Phillip Stokes said it made the win even more special… Read More »
Fortress Command struggled on a heavy track at Randwick but it was a different story at Rosehill where he ploughed through the conditions to post his fourth career win. A wet track at Randwick is regarded as significantly more testing than the same conditions at Rosehill and Fortress Command underlined… Read More »
Mike Moroney will consider backing up impressive Flemington winner Shelby Cobra in the Sandown Guineas after the three-year-old’s victory in The Amanda Elliott. “We won’t say no but we don’t usually make decisions on race day and we’ll see how he pulls up. We’ll consider all avenues,” Moroney said. Moroney… Read More »
Tony Gollan is hoping Isotope’s class edge will be enough to overcome a wide alley and top weight in her Magic Millions campaign opener at Doomben. Isotope has the dual burdens of 59kg and the outside alley in the eight-horse field for the Nat McCall Racing Handicap (1050m) but Gollan… Read More »
Brett Thompson is confident Amy’s Shadow will handle the rise in class and distance when she tackles the $125,000 Country Classic at Rosehill. The five-time premier central districts trainer believes his lightly-raced grey is ready for a crack at the longer 2000m trip and he has no concerns about the… Read More »
The Joseph O’Brien team already have the Melbourne Cup in their pocket and they are hoping to plunder more spring carnival spoils before heading home to Ireland. O’Brien will start Pondus in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2600m) at Flemington on Saturday, four days after Twilight Payment led throughout to win… Read More »
Pedigrees mean a lot in racing and Rosehill trainer Gary Moore boasts one of the finest in the industry. The son of champion Hall Of Fame jockey George Moore, Gary has had a glittering career in his own right as both a jockey and a trainer. In the saddle, Moore… Read More »
In a campaign that has stamped him as one of the country’s premier middle-distance horses, Mugatoo will look to sign off with a Group One victory on the final day of the Flemington carnival. The Australian Bloodstock galloper momentarily looked a chance in the Cox Plate when he loomed on… Read More »
He has only had his trainers’ licence renewed for a few months, but Cranbourne-based horseman Adrian McGregor has immediately built an impressive strike rate with limited numbers. McGregor saddles up Approach Discreet, a horse formerly trained by Mick Price and Michael Kent Junior, in the opening race at Rosehill. Purchased… Read More »
He didn’t quite measure up to the best of his generation in the autumn but Chains Of Honour will be given the chance to make his presence felt in the off-season stakes races. The four-year-old was midfield in both the Rosehill Guineas and ATC Australian Derby after claiming the Group… Read More »
Champion jockey Damien Oliver added another Group One winner to his amazing resume but it was a first for the training team of Tom Dabernig and Ben Hayes when they combined with Personal to win the VRC Oaks. For Oliver it was his sixth win in the fillies classic, his… Read More »
Flying machine Ancestry completed a perfect campaign when he made it four wins from as many starts with an all-the-way effort in the Century Stakes. And as he has done in all of those wins he led throughout for apprentice Michael Poy, who claimed his first race at the Flemington… Read More »
Two-year-old filly Dosh did her best to throw away the Ottawa Stakes with her waywardness in the closing stages but she still found enough to prevail and set herself up for her next campaign. Dosh ($5.50 equal fav) looked certain to win before she veered out late and only just… Read More »
Impressive Randwick winner Tiger Of Malay has been scratched from the $1 million Golden Gift after pulling up sore following trackwork. Trainers Richard and Michael Freedman confirmed the colt would be spelled immediately with a view to the autumn two-year-old races. “He pulled up slightly sore behind and with the… Read More »
Talented mare Love You Lucy has drawn perfectly for her Doomben assignment but trainer Barry Squair is not convinced it is an advantage. Squair believes Love You Lucy performs at her best racing outside other runners. For that reason, he is hoping jockey Jim Byrne can steer Love You Lucy… Read More »
