Co-trainer Trent Busuttin regards the Caulfield Cup as a free hit for his in-form stayer Mirage Dancer. Busuttin said the last-start winner of the Metropolitan Handicap (2400m) had done his job by claiming the Group One race at Randwick, his first Australian victory in ten local starts. “He’s now a… Read More »
The final piece of The Everest jigsaw has been put in place with Sydney mare Haut Brion Her securing the last spot in the elite field. The announcement was made on Monday when it was also revealed she would be representing her owner/breeder Three Bridges Thoroughbreds after they purchased the… Read More »
A decision to concentrate on the feature mile races has paid dividends for connections of Mr Quickie, who has taken out the prestigious Group One Toorak Handicap. Although Mr Quickie won the 2019 Queensland Derby, his owners decided that, rather than concentrate on the Caulfield Cup which he ran in… Read More »
He is known as the ‘wizard from the west’ and Willie Pike showed why he has that moniker with a magical day at Caulfield which culminated in a Caulfield Guineas win on Ole Kirk. After the victory, Ole Kirk’s co-trainer Wayne Hawkes proclaimed that the colt was the best three-year-old… Read More »
Montefilia has landed her second Group One win in eight days and given jockey Jason Collett his first major in Sydney with a classy performance in the Spring Champion Stakes. Backing up from her Flight Stakes win at Randwick last Saturday, the David Payne-trained filly upstaged the colts and geldings… Read More »
Bonny mare Flit has given Godolphin food for thought after returning to the winner’s circle in the $500,000 Silver Eagle at Randwick. The 1300m race is timed as a lead up to the $7.5 million Golden Eagle (1500m) at Randwick in three weeks but trainer James Cummings has stopped short… Read More »
Michael Walker made the most of his one ride at Caulfield when he took out the Group One Thousand Guineas on Odeum. Walker said he couldn’t remember being as confident of a win going into a major race. “She’s a high class filly. She should be undefeated and she’s still… Read More »
Top Perth jockey Willie Pike has stolen the show early in the Caulfield meeting with a winning treble, highlighted by a shock victory aboard Arcadia Queen, who claimed the scalp of boom galloper Russian Camelot. Pike stalked Russian Camelot throughout and came from off his back to run him down… Read More »
Gerald Ryan did not need to consult his owners to declare Peltzer would be back at Randwick in two weeks for a shot at the Bondi Stakes. As a shareholder in the colt, who underlined his value with an all-the-way win in the Stan Fox Stakes (1500m) at Randwick, Ryan… Read More »
The door has been left ajar for Wild Ruler to take the final spot in The Everest after he outclassed his Roman Consul Stakes opponents at Randwick. Chris Waller Racing remains the only slot holder yet to lock in a runner for next weekend’s $15 million The Everest. Wild Ruler… Read More »
Troy Corstens, co-trainer of in-form three-year-old filly Swats That, said he would consider any offer to run in The Everest following her comfortable victory in Saturday’s Thoroughbred Club Stakes. He said if Chris Waller gave him a call regarding his slot they would give it consideration. “We’d have to think… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable unveiled another potential two-year-old star when filly Fake Love easily won the Debutant Stakes at Caulfield. Last week in Sydney, they produced another brilliant filly in Enthaar who won the Gimcrack Stakes. Maher compared Fake Love to this year’s Magic Millions winner Away… Read More »
Ten spring carnival raiders at the centre of a feed contamination scare have been cleared to race after returning negative test results to Zilpaterol. It was feared the international horses, from the stables of Irish trainers Aidan and Joseph O’Brien, could have ingested the banned substance through a suspected batch… Read More »
Brad Widdup is under no illusion about the task ahead for stablemates Icebath and Akari but the leading Hawkesbury trainer is hoping both mares can turn around their fortunes at Randwick. Icebath and Akari were originally targeting the Group Three Angst Stakes on Saturday but after both drew wide, Widdup… Read More »
Trainer John O’Shea will have a strong hand in the Angst Stakes with a mare who is unbeaten this preparation and another who is undefeated second up. All Saints Eve’ will be chasing her third win in succession after backing up a narrow victory at Randwick in August with a… Read More »
With an extraordinary pedigree and good looks, King’s Legacy was an obvious choice when James Harron went shopping for a stallion prospect at the yearling sales. Buying on behalf of a colts partnership, Harron had to stretch to $1.4 million to secure the close relation to top stallion Not A… Read More »
Deagon trainer Jason Edwards has written off the Toowoomba Cup defeat of Sir Barnabus and is confident he can return to winning form over his favoured trip in the Listed Queensland Cup at Doomben. Sir Barnabus could manage only a lacklustre ninth to Alward in the Toowoomba Cup (2000m) on… Read More »
Even if Mandela Effect wins the Toorak Handicap, it will provide little consolation for trainer Scott Brunton after the loss of stable star Hellova Street. Hellova Street succumbed to a twisted bowel late last week and was humanely euthanised. “I trained five winners at Hobart last Sunday and someone said… Read More »
Anthony Cummings is renowned for the bold placement of his horses and it is an approach that is rooted in experience. Just over a decade ago, Cummings had an exciting filly called Danehill Smile, who had won a Canonbury Stakes and Inglis Classic. He opted to forgo a short-term Group… Read More »
Godolphin and James Cummings will be represented by Cascadian in the Toorak Handicap and the trainer is confident the horse is ready to win. Cummings said Cascadian didn’t have any luck in the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes where he finished eleventh and went to the line untested after being held… Read More »
