Racing Victoria has released its financial results for the 2023-24 fiscal year, revealing a statutory net deficit of $11.8 million. The organisation had anticipated a shortfall, budgeting for a $12.1 million deficit, in light of factors such as a weaker wagering market and adjustments to the industry funding structure. The… Read More »
Pisces has Coleman to contend with, but Godolphin’s Melbourne team is drawing a line through Bittercreek to back their prospects of upsetting the Golden Slipper runner-up in Saturday’s Blue Sapphire Stakes at Caulfield. The James Cummings-trained gelding was an unlucky second behind Bittercreek in the Group 3 Red Anchor Stakes (1200m) at… Read More »
Tyler Schiller is unbeaten in three rides on up-and-coming sprinter Briasa and he is optimistic of extending that sequence to four when he partners the heavily-backed favourite in the $1 million The Hunter at Newcastle. The Hawkes Racing four-year-old has been crunched from $5 into $2.80 for Saturday’s 1300m showpiece and… Read More »
Trainer David McColmâs proud winner of the $2 million Kosciuszko Far Too Easy will attempt to land his first Group race success when he tackles the $1 million, Group 2 The Hunter over 1300m at Newcastle on Saturday. Like everything else he has had to endure and overcome in a… Read More »
Irish jockey Dylan Browne Mcmonagle will be a regular fixture in Sydney over the spring and summer and he is hoping to hit the ground running with key rides in the feature races at Newcastle. Attached to the Joseph O’Brien yard, Browne McMonagle was Ireland’s champion apprentice in 2021 and has linked… Read More »
Will Larkin doesn’t take offence to talk about Supercilious being a question mark at 1600 metres, but he figures the best mile race to put her to the test in is one with a Group 1 carrot at the end of it. Hence, she will take her place in this Saturday’s… Read More »
A third tilt at the Melbourne Cup is back on the agenda for Vauban after confirmation the gelding had been sold to Australian Bloodstock in partnership with Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott. The Rich Ricci-owned star has failed to shine in the past two Melbourne Cups, finishing a disappointing 14th when sent… Read More »
It’s a one race trip, but Cranbourne trainer Grahame Begg is prepared to roll the dice and anticipates last-start Melbourne winner, Maharba to turn in a peak performance in the Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) at Ascot. A trip west across the Nullarbor to contest Perth’s premier sprint on November… Read More »
Beaten but certainly not bowed. That’s the sentiment of co-trainer Sean Casey who insists he was unfazed by Wind And The Lion’s first up defeat in the Placid Ark Prelude (1000m) at Ascot two weeks ago. All eyes were focused on the exciting three-year-old who was sent out a warm favourite… Read More »
The talented Irish stayer Vauban will remain in Australia, with Australian Bloodstock confirming his purchase in partnership with renowned trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott. Acquired for $2 million AUD, Vauban will now transition from Willie Mullins’ stable to the care of Waterhouse and Bott. There are early plans for… Read More »
Filly Brigidine Gal is already proving to be a bargain buy and if her trainer’s aspirations are borne out, she could even find herself featuring during the Sydney autumn carnival. The three-year-old is by Al Maher, the same sire as Group 1-winning stablemate Private Eye, and was a $5000 online purchase… Read More »
âIf Brad Parnham can have her close enough on Saturday, sheâs going to be real hard to hold out.â Trainer Dan Morton’s stable representative BJ Ryan conveyed an air of confidence on Tabradio when discussing the fortunes of Ron’s Finalflutter who will have an army of supporters ahead of the… Read More »
Both Private Eye and Chrysaor will bypass a start in the Group One Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes at Caulfield and instead take their chances in the $1 million The Hunter at the stand-alone Newcastle meeting. Trainer Joe Pride had been two-minds about which way to head with Private Eye and while landing… Read More »
Ciaron Maher missed out on a Group 1 during Flemington’s Melbourne Cup Carnival, but the star trainer has loaded the bases in his quest to win the final Group 1 of the year on the eastern seaboard. Maher will start three horses in the $1 million Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes, Southport… Read More »
Lindsay Park’s great run with juveniles continued at Bendigo on Wednesday when Hello Romeo led home a stable quinella and score a milestone victory for his sire. The colt became the first winner from Hello Youmzain’s New Zealand’s crops when he led all the way to win the Avis Bendigo… Read More »
If experience aboard Zeitung is any sort of advantage, Jamie Kah could be lifting the Thousand Guineas trophy this Saturday at Caulfield. The crowd favourite will be reunited with the James Cummings-trained filly in the $1.5 million Group 1. The 1600-metre event will be the seventh start of a preparation that started… Read More »
Having had to settle for seconds with Powers Of Opal in the Wakeful Stakes and VRC Oaks, trainer John Sargent is hoping French Ruler can go one better in another three-year-old feature. The gelding is among acceptances for the Group 3 Spring Stakes (1600m) at Newcastle on Saturday with Sargent electing to bypass… Read More »
The Robbie Griffiths and Mathew de Kock training partnership is nearing its conclusion with the latter set to return home to South Africa. Stable clients were on Tuesday advised of the impending change in set-up to the successful Cranbourne stable with de Kock’s name to set to disappear from Australian formguides… Read More »
Luke Fernie believes he has the right winning formula for Devoted and hopes he can test that theory when the six-year-old tackles elite opposition at Ascot Saturday week. Devoted is back in the west and on home soil and familiar territory once again after Luke Fernie purchased the Xtravagant gelding for $105,000… Read More »
Co-trainers Chris and Michael Gangemi’s prospects of winning the Listed Tabtouch Placid Ark Stakes (1200m) at Ascot on Saturday improved significantly after talented three-year-old Repossession drew perfectly in barrier one. The Gangemi brothers breathed a huge sigh of relief when news came through that Repossession would start from the exact… Read More »
