After piling on a fourth win in succession, progressive three-year-old Shanwah is likely to be Sydney bound after taking out the Alister Clark Stakes at Moonee Valley. With now four wins in eight starts, and that winning run beginning back in January, the son of Group 1 Two Thousand Guineas (1600m)… Read More »
Star mare Alsephina’s Sydney autumn campaign has come to a premature end, following a disappointing performance in last week’s Coolmore Classic (1500m) at Rosehill. Alsephina was beaten almost six lengths when finishing ninth to Lady Shenandoah in last week’s Group 1 event. It was just the fourth time in 21 starts the… Read More »
A year can be a long time in racing but for Dominic Sutton it has gone by in a blink. The one-time assistant trainer with Leon and Troy Corstens, Sutton branched out on his own just over 12 months ago. On March 8 last year, Sutton produced his first starter, then… Read More »
Having drawn a line through Stefi Magnetica’s first-up run, Bjorn Baker is hoping the Stradbroke Handicap winner can enjoy a change of fortune from a better draw in the George Ryder Stakes. The mare was posted wide from an awkward gate when she resumed in the Canterbury Stakes (1300m), pushing forward… Read More »
A brace of defeats hasn’t been enough to depose Wodeton from the top of Golden Slipper odds but it has prompted Chris Waller to make a couple of important tweaks. Not only will the colt sport winkers for the first time at Rosehill on Saturday, he will also be ridden… Read More »
On the day his sire won the Golden Slipper, Reserve Bank will attempt to add a Group 1 victory to his record and cement his place as a future stallion. Capitalist won the 2016 edition of the Golden Slipper, run at Rosehill on Saturday, while his three-year-old son Reserve Bank runs… Read More »
Barrier one is the shortest way home, as they say, and because of that trainer Andrew Bobbin is directing in-form galloper Rich Champagne to Morphettville Parks on Saturday instead of the Mount Gambier Cup on Friday. That factor together with the services of Todd Pannell has Bobbin preferring the task of the… Read More »
The reprogrammed Yarra Valley Cup has caused a change of plans for the Emma-Lee and David Browne-trained Basilinna. The Yarra Valley Cup was scheduled to be run over 1950m last Sunday, but that meeting was called off after one race had been run due to rain and deteriorating track conditions…. Read More »
For Tom Wolfe, Saturday’s $30,000 TABtouch Pingrup Cup (1660m) is more than just a race it’s a chance to honour his family’s close connection to the community. His grandparents are among Pingrup’s 250-or-so residents, with many family members having also lived in the Great Southern town. Tom has pinned his… Read More »
Sail Session has taken over as Tabtouch favourite for Saturday’s Listed Schweppes-J.C.Roberts Stakes (1800m) at Ascot. There is plenty of admiration for the Dan Morton-trained three-year-old, who is on the quick spin around after storming to a dominant 1500m Ascot victory last weekend. An 1800m winner to open his account… Read More »
Sydney’s weather and the resulting track conditions at Rosehill will determine whether import Zarakem takes his place in the Ranvet Stakes or waits for another day. The second highest-rated runner in Saturday’s seven-horse field behind only Cox Plate heroine Via Sistina, Zarakem boasts some outstanding European formlines including a Group 1… Read More »
Just Like Gaby has a long way to go to match the deeds of her Group 1 winning dam, but she can go a long way to improving her record if successful in a Stakes race at Moonee Valley. The Ciaron Maher-trained three-year-old is a daughter of Loving Gaby who was… Read More »
The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young stable is looking to get the Australian Derby program for Emphasize back on track when he runs at Moonee Valley. Emphasize runs in the Group 2 Alister Clark Stakes (2040m) on Saturday with the performance to decide whether the gelding runs in the Group 1… Read More »
When it comes to Australian stud farms, Newgate is awash with Golden Slipper influence. The Hunter Valley operation is one of only two in Australia, along with Coolmore, that is home to two horses who have won the world’s premier juvenile race. Capitalist, the 2016 Golden Slipper champion, stands there… Read More »
Beaten as an odds-on favourite in the Randwick Guineas, Broadsiding has given James Cummings every reason to believe he will make amends when he heads to the middle leg of Sydney’s three-year-old triple crown. In a race that was run at a much quicker tempo than anticipated, the colt was unable to… Read More »
Growing Empire is set to return to Sydney for the first time since placing in The Everest and connections are banking on him making rapid improvement back on a circular course. The three-year-old has contested a trio of straight races at Flemington since his outstanding third behind Bella Nipotina and Giga Kick in… Read More »
Charlotte Littlefield has to pinch herself to make sure she is not dreaming the ride She’s Bulletproof has taken the pair on this campaign. She’s Bulletproof is set to line up in her second Group 1 contest when she heads to Moonee Valley on Saturday to run in the William Reid Stakes… Read More »
A Hong Kong raid could be in the works for globetrotting miler Royal Patronage if he can parlay his first-up Canterbury Stakes win into more Sydney autumn carnival success. The well-travelled entire, who raced in England and America before arriving in Australia last year, will line up in the Group 1… Read More »
Four stables will be represented by multiple runners in the $5 million Golden Slipper and co-trainer Sterling Alexiou is delighted his will be one of them. Alexiou and business partner Gerald Ryan saddle up Black Opal Stakes winner King Of Pop and last weekend’s brilliant Pago Pago Stakes victor Skyhook as they bid to… Read More »
Relief, satisfaction, contentment. It was a full gamut of emotions for trainer Tony Triscari, but he can finally celebrate a Bernbrae victory at Ascot on Wednesday. All the stars aligned for Bernbrae who finished the strongest to take out the Tabtouch-Have You Got The Touch Handicap (2200m). Ending a frustrating two-and-a-half-year… Read More »
