Trainer Mark Walker was enduring a tough day at the office prior to the maiden victory of Exuberance at Cranbourne. Walker was at Cranbourne on Wednesday having overseen trackwork on Tuesday in the lead-up to the Turnbull Stakes Day meeting at Flemington on Saturday. In between races at Cranbourne, Walker was tuned… Read More »
Rising trainer Alex Rae and the connections of Lofty Arch will not die wondering. Lofty Arch heads straight to Stakes company at Flemington on Saturday to contest the Group 2 Danehill Stakes (1100m) having won a Cranbourne maiden over 1200m on debut. Rae reasoned the son of Snitzel was worth testing in… Read More »
The decision by Lindsay Park trainers Ben, Will and J D Hayes to geld Arkansaw Kid has already paid a dividend, with more expected. Up for grabs for Arkansaw Kid is the potential to race for $30 million in two upcoming Sydney races, but first there is the Group 2 Gilgai Stakes… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse has had plenty to get excited about on Epsom Handicap Day over the years, but it is not just the Group 1s that have had her up and about. The Hall of Fame trainer gets just as excited about pulling the covers off her juveniles in the Breeders’ Plate… Read More »
Autumn Glow is a long odds-on favourite to continue her winning march in the Flight Stakes, and a rival trainer admits it might take the Chris Waller filly having an off day to bring about her first defeat. John O’Shea and Tom Charlton will be represented in the Group 1 by Snow In… Read More »
The countdown is on towards the feature Cups and the Turnbull Stakes Day meeting at Flemington is moving day in many eyes. The Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) on Saturday is a race, in particular, that shines the light on the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) on October 19 with… Read More »
The $20 million The Everest might have changed the shape of the Sydney spring carnival, but for premier trainer Chris Waller, the traditional Epsom Handicap day meeting remains pivotal. Waller is preparing to saddle up 16 runners across the three majors at Randwick on Saturday with up to four fillies… Read More »
There is a sense of dĂ©jĂ vu about the belated decision to head to the Group 1 Epsom Handicap at Randwick with Arctic Glamour, two years after her trainers made a similarly late call to run Ellsberg. Co-conditioner Gerald Ryan revealed the Epsom had only firmed on their radar over the… Read More »
Group 1-winning mare Autumn Angel has been purchased by Yulong for $1.225 million through Inglis Digital on Tuesday, just days after her retirement due to a tendon injury. Originally bought for $230,000 by Dalziel Racing, the daughter of The Autumn Sun was trained by Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman, winning… Read More »
Golden Slipper-winning filly Lady Of Camelot has become the latest horse confirmed for a start in the $20 million The Everest. The three-year-old’s owner, Sir Owen Glenn, reached an agreement with James Harron Bloodstock to lease its slot for 2024, paving the way for Lady Of Camelot to take her place… Read More »
Trainer Stephen Miller will be out to score a second consecutive win in tomorrow’s Hannans Handicap (1400m), when he saddles up Rokanori. The six-year-old stormed into contention for the Kalgoorlie feature when he took out the TABtouch Stakes (1600m) at Belmont last Saturday week. Stephen Miller, who won last year’s… Read More »
Unbeaten galloper Glasgow Lass will miss the upcoming Pinnacles carnival, after a setback at trackwork on Saturday. The filly was set to trial in the next fortnight, ahead of a tilt at the Listed Belgravia Stakes (1200m) at Ascot later this month. Trainer Mitchell Pateman said while it was disappointing not… Read More »
Last year’s winner of the Melbourne Cup, Without A Fight, is a notable omission from the 72 horses that remain in contention for Australia’s great race. Without A Fight was topweight when weights were released on September 17, but the Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained galloper, who has not raced since… Read More »
Kovalica has not won a race since his victory in the Group 1 Queensland Derby (2400m) with the Chris Waller stable hoping the now five-year-old can atone for an unlucky defeat in last year’s Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m). “Kovalica is probably the headline horse. He has been off his best form… Read More »
Exciting French-bred galloper Eliyass is set to have his first start in Melbourne after galloping at the track on Tuesday. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained galloper worked with stablemate Just Fine on the course proper at Flemington, the venue for his Melbourne debut in the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) on… Read More »
Storm Boy has been added to the list of horses who will contest this year’s The Everest with Coolmore opting for the rich sprint over stretching him out to the 1600 metres of the Caulfield Guineas. The high-priced son of Justify will fill Coolmore’s slot in the $20 million 1200m race… Read More »
Jockey Ben Thompson has locked in a lightweight ride for the Caulfield Cup, partnering with Ciaron Maher’s recent import, Sayedaty Sadaty. The Northern Hemisphere three-year-old, who placed in three Stakes races this year and finished fifth in the Epsom Derby, has been allocated 50kg for both the Caulfield and Melbourne… Read More »
While there were plenty of rousing finishes at Toowoomba on Saturday … five races were decided by less than a quarter-of-a-length … nobody could get close to Pope Cody’s seven length romp in the Magic Millions Toowoomba Guineas as far as the most emphatic winner on the day was concerned…. Read More »
Hidden Wealth put a huge smile on trainer Tony Gollan’s face when Angela Jones steered the five-year-old son of Better Than Ready to an obviously extremely satisfying victory for connections in the Weetwood at Toowoomba on Saturday. A drought has turned into a deluge as this was Gollan’s second successive… Read More »
Last out, first home. Wind And The Lion looked ultra impressive in a trial win at Belmont today (Monday). On a morning when a host of Ascot carnival potentials were stepping out for their first official hit outs, Wind And The Lion stood out strongly with a speedy display. Trained by… Read More »
