Chris Waller went into the Millie Fox Stakes wary about the prospects of his two runners on a rain-affected track and he was pleasantly surprised to come away with the quinella. Rosehill was posted as a heavy eight to start Saturday’s meeting and neither Subpoenaed nor Madam Rouge had run… Read More »
Patrick Payne will consider raising the stakes for Defibrillate after he recorded his fourth successive win in the Mornington Cup Prelude. Defibrillate took the front early in the straight and proved too strong for his rivals to take out the 2000 metre opening event at Caulfield. Payne said Defibrillate was… Read More »
Godolphin’s patience with Andermatt appears set to be rewarded this autumn after the three-year-old resumed with an emphatic victory at Rosehill as hot favourite Vowmaster flopped. Having his first start since May, Andermatt was given a beautiful trail behind the speed and when a gap presented in the straight, Rachel… Read More »
David Pfieffer thinks he has found the ideal race for ex-Godolphin galloper Plague Stone, who returns from a short break in the Sharp Extensive It Handicap at Rosehill. Pfieffer said his only concern was a wide barrier in 10 but everything else was on track for the five-year-old’s return over… Read More »
Apprentice Justin Huxtable is keen to make up for lost time when he returns to race riding at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Huxtable was hospitalised after rupturing his spleen, among other injuries, in a freak incident at the Gold Coast race meeting on January 9. He was tossed from his… Read More »
The Golden Slipper campaign of Four Moves Ahead remains on track despite the gun filly’s scratching from a key lead-up race at Rosehill. A dominant winner of her only start last month, Four Moves Ahead had been the early favourite for the Group Two Silver Slipper (1100m) at Rosehill on… Read More »
Short-priced Blue Diamond Stakes favourite Enthaar has passed a fitness test and will take her place in the Group One race. Racing Victoria veterinarians re-inspected Enthaar on Friday and gave her the all-clear to start in the $1.5 million Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday. A day earlier, they… Read More »
The Autumn Sun and Press Statement were already Group One winners when they claimed the Hobartville Stakes but this year Chris Waller will rely on two emerging talents. The Elanora and Wheelhouse will bid to deliver Sydney’s leading trainer his third victory in the Group Two feature, which he last… Read More »
James Cummings has dominated Melbourne’s two-year-old races this season and he is hoping to add the jewel in the crown with three runners in the Blue Diamond Stakes. The Godolphin trainer’s trio are all well fancied with both Arcaded and Ingratiating last-start winners, while Anamoe was beaten in a photo… Read More »
Shane Nichols is often bemused when he looks at the price of his stable star Streets Of Avalon and bookmakers again have him shaking his head over their Futurity Stakes assessments. “Tell me in what other year would you find the winner of the Australia Stakes and the Orr Stakes… Read More »
Graham Begg is hoping he is given the green light to try to maintain his perfect Blue Diamond Stakes record with the two-year-old filly. Begg has only had one previous runner which was 2018 winner Written By. “We will trot her up again tomorrow. It was disappointing that they found… Read More »
It is not every day a French Group One placegetter lines up in an Eagle Farm class three Plate. Wren’s Day, runner-up to Cracksman in the weight-for-age Group One Prix Ganay at Longchamp in April 2018 at only his fifth start, resumes in Brisbane on Saturday for new trainer Cody… Read More »
Short-priced Blue Diamond Stakes favourite Enthaar is one of three horses who will need to be given the all-clear by Racing Victoria veterinarians in order to line up in the Group One race. Enthaar’s co-trainer Ciaron Maher said in his opinion the filly was fine to take her place at… Read More »
Bush baby Rocket Tiger is taking his connections on the ride of a lifetime in a journey they hope can continue all the way to the $3.5 million Golden Slipper. Home-bred, by an unfashionable sire in Cluster, and raced by a Murray River cod farmer, the unbeaten youngster is a… Read More »
Peltzer will be on a mission to prove he is not Sydney’s version of Chief De Beers when he sets out to break his Rosehill hoodoo in the Hobartville Stakes. The burgeoning talent has won six of his nine starts, five of his victories coming at Randwick and one –… Read More »
Sunseekers rarely put Melbourne at the top of their list but that is precisely where Gerald Ryan is headed with Standout in his quest for a dry track. The classy sprinter has twice been slated to resume in Sydney and has been scratched both times due to rain-affected ground. With… Read More »
Peter Snowden is utilising his lifetime of experience with thoroughbreds to help King’s Legacy recover from a spring form slump. The colt will be on notice to turn in a competitive performance when he resumes in the Hobartville Stakes (1400m) at Rosehill on Saturday. A two-time Group One winner as… Read More »
David Eustace was initially deflated when Enthaar drew an outside barrier for the Blue Diamond Stakes but his disappointment didn’t last long. The unbeaten filly will jump from barrier 14 in the Group One feature but Eustace has taken solace from watching a replay of Written By’s win in the… Read More »
Richard Litt plans to back up Mr Marathon Man in the Listed Parramatta Cup (1900m) on the same program. The son of So You Think finished at the tail of the field over 1600 metres at Randwick last Saturday but the Warwick Farm trainer said the seven-year-old would be much… Read More »
Richard Litt is weighing up his options for Black Duke, including whether to pit him against a crack field of three-year-olds in the Hobartville Stakes at Rosehill. Black Duke is among 18 entries for the time-honoured $400,000 Group Two feature over 1400 metres on Saturday. Named after one of Australia’s… Read More »
