Owner Lloyd Williams has moved a step closer to winning an eighth Melbourne Cup after Irish-bred galloper Point King earned a start in the great race with a fighting win at Flemington. Point King took out the Group 3 Archer Stakes (2500m) on Saturday to earn a ballot exemption into the… Read More »
A Ringo Starr song … âIt donât come easyâ … could well be the theme tune for trainer David McColmâs and a six-year-old gelding he trains when they head to Randwick to contest the $2 million Kosciuszko on October 19. That horseâs name, ironically, is Far Too Easy … a… Read More »
All Gruntâs blistering debut performance at Northam caught trainer Tiarnna Noske somewhat by surprise and sheâs keen to see how he follows up at Belmont on Saturday. Tiarnna Noske knows All Grunt has ability, a couple of nice trials were evidence, but for three-year-old to kick off his racing career in the… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher stable is chasing a Golden Ticket into the Melbourne Cup with two of their stayers at Flemington. Interpretation and Berkshire Breeze contest the Group 3 Archer Stakes (2500m) at Flemington on Saturday with victory providing a ballot exemption into the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) on November 5. The Archer… Read More »
Star jockey Jamie Kah will appear before the Victorian Racing Tribunal on Thursday to contest a charge related to her ride on Letâsfacethemusic in the McNeil Stakes on Memsie Stakes day. Kah is accused under AR129(2) of not giving the horse every opportunity for the best possible finish. Representing Kah,… Read More »
Trainer Tony Gollan will instruct Blake Shinn to keep Antino busy behind the barriers in a bid to get the gelding to begin better than he has in recent starts. Shinn reunites with Antino in the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday, having not ridden the gelding since… Read More »
Adrian Bott has issued an ominous warning to Storm Boy’s Run To The Rose rivals, declaring the hulking colt has improved from his slashing first-up win and is expected to continue to improve as he stretches into the spring. The high-profile three-year-old gave nothing else a chance when dominating from… Read More »
Bonny mare Sunshine In Paris endured a mixed bag of fortunes last spring and her trainers are hoping for a case of second time lucky as she again heads down an Everest route. The five-year-old posted a brilliant first-up win in the 2023 Sheraco Stakes to earn selection for an Everest… Read More »
At Witz End has secured a place in the $2 million Kosciuszko lineup at Randwick on October 19 … a reward that is as deserving as it would have highly unlikely at the start of the year. The fact that trainer Daniel Bowen has worked wonders with the now nine-year-old… Read More »
Six-year-old stayer Onesmoothoperator is set to enter quarantine this week, with plans to target a range of lucrative Australian races, even though his spot in the Melbourne Cup on November 5 remains uncertain. Trainer Brian Ellison has outlined alternative plans for the Northumberland Plate winner, eyeing races like the Geelong… Read More »
A strong international contingent, featuring seven UK horses and two from Japan, has entered pre-export quarantine in preparation for the Melbourne spring racing carnival. Japanese hopes include Cox Plate-bound Prognosis and Warp Speed, who is nominated for both the Melbourne Cup and Caulfield Cup and boasts strong form behind Japanese… Read More »
The Australian horse racing industry is mourning the death of racing television pioneer Graham McNeice who has died at 76 years of age in Sydney. Queensland-born, McNeice achieved his success in radio and television predominantly in New South Wales initially as an understudy racecaller and as a producer and presenter… Read More »
Let’s Galahvant: the horse that every trainer would love to have in their stable. The Galah gelding is no superstar, but he’s very honest, versatile with above average ability who rarely runs a bad race. In 41 starts for the Pearce brothers, Dan and Ben, he’s collected 12 wins and… Read More »
It’s been a challenging campaign for Acermetric, but trainer Dean Cocivera has high optimism that at Carnarvon on Saturday, the veteran gelding has his hoof on the till. After early injury worries, Acermetric has hit his straps and Dean Cocivera believes the ten-year-old is up for the fight to land… Read More »
Trainers Richard Jolly and Chantelle Jolly will look to add another early season feature race win to their record when they saddle three runners in a Stakes race in Adelaide. Having already saluted with See You In Heaven in the Group 3 Behemoth Stakes at Morphettville last month, the pair will… Read More »
When James Cummings was contemplating first-up options for Traffic Warden, it was no surprise the Run To The Rose was prominent in his thoughts. Cummings has won the $300,000 Group 2 five times, four as Godolphin’s head trainer in Australia, including the past three. He is using the set-weights-and-penalties contest to… Read More »
The Lindsay Park stable of Ben, Will and Jd Hayes is viewing a return to a filly’s race at Flemington being the ideal opportunity for Bold Bastille to get back into winning form. The Listed Cap D’Antibes Stakes (1100m) at Flemington on Saturday is restricted to three-year-old fillies and is a race… Read More »
Exciting mare Joliestar made a clear Everest statement with her thumping first-up win in the Show County Quality, now her challenge is to back it up. The four-year-old has rocketed into $5 equal favouritism for the $20 million showpiece and could firm further if she repeats her fresh effort in the… Read More »
Group 1 champion Alligator Blood may still have a racing future, showing remarkable progress in his recovery from a pastern injury initially thought to be career-ending. Scheduled scans at the end of the month will determine if a return to the track is possible. Since sustaining the injury, Alligator Blood… Read More »
The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young stable are hoping to rewind the clock 12 months to the last time Mostly Cloudy was successful. That victory over 2500m was at the corresponding Flemington meeting Mostly Cloudy ran at last year when he ran out a comfortable two-length winner. The problem with that… Read More »
