Star jockey Craig Williams is looking forward to reuniting with Perth sprinter Acromantula at Moonee Valley. The pair took out the Listed Norman Carlyon Stakes (1000m) at The Valley last year and the sprinter is back in Melbourne on a path towards that race 12 months later. But first Acromantula will run… Read More »
Jameka was a star on the track and she proved she can also throw a nice type with Federer indicating he is well above-average in a brilliant debut victory at Ballarat on Thursday. The son of Dundeel unwound a powerful finish to demolish his rivals by 3-1/2 lengths in the 1400-metre… Read More »
Last Saturday’s Townsville Cup winner, Warp Speed, will attempt to make it back-to-back Cup wins in a seven-day turnaround when he tackles the Mackay Cup on Saturday. In the Mackey Cup, the Mark Goodwin trained eight-year-old will have to give significant weight advantage to all of his rivals (between 4kg… Read More »
Having rediscovered winning form this preparation, enigmatic gelding Green Shadows will chase back-to-back victories for the first time since launching his career. The five-year-old ended a two-year hiatus from the winner’s enclosure when successful first-up at Warwick Farm in April then rebounded from a handful of unplaced runs to again get… Read More »
Three-time Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Kerrin McEvoy was at Mornington on Wednesday to kick off the spring campaign for Matt Laurie’s colt, Coleman, the Golden Slipper runner-up. Coleman ran in an 800m heat, finishing fifth out of six under light riding. “He seems to have come back a ready-to-go three-year-old. It… Read More »
The debut victory of Daggers at Sandown had the Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young stable on a high which they hope will carry over at Moonee Valley. Busuttin and Young have lightly raced former Irish galloper Alder lining up for the stable in the Travis Harrison Cup (2040m) on Saturday. Alder made an impressive… Read More »
The freshly minted training partnership of John O’Shea and Tom Charlton will saddle up its first stakes runner when burgeoning talent Schwarz resumes in the Group 2 Missile Stakes at Randwick. While the milestone is significant, O’Shea hopes Schwarz can make it memorable. “It will be more special if we win it,” O’Shea… Read More »
Brad Widdup knows his momentous start to the season will reach its peak soon, but he is hoping filly Bella Khadijah might extend the stable’s purple patch a little longer. Just over a week into the new term, Widdup has saddled up nine runners for five winners and four seconds. He sits… Read More »
Mick Price says Golden Crusader is not your typical European import. Bred in France, Golden Crusader started his career in the UK and after five starts made his way to Australia and into the care of Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr at Cranbourne. Golden Crusader will attempt to follow a… Read More »
Lindsey Smith-trained galloper, The Heir, has been sold to Hong Kong following an impressive four-length maiden win. The deal, confirmed by Brad Spicer to Racing.com, was finalised on Monday. The son of Rich Enuff will be trained by Michael Chang from the next season. The Heir debuted in mid-June, finishing… Read More »
Melea Castle was at it again at Doomben on Wednesday. After bringing home the $1.75 betting sites favourite Tessatori with assurance in the opening race on the card, Castle, a 3kg claiming apprentice in town, rounded off her day with a scintillating win aboard the $6.50 chance Mystic Mac in… Read More »
Refreshed after a break where he also got engaged, jockey Michael Dee has hit the ground running in the lead up to the Melbourne Spring Carnival. Dee landed a four-timer at Flemington late last month and has continued his good form into the early part of the new season. The… Read More »
Rachel King won’t be in action at Randwick on Saturday and with good reason. The Sydney-based jockey will make a hit-and-run visit to her native England this week to compete in the prestigious Shergar Cup at Ascot where she has been chosen to captain the Rest of the World team. It… Read More »
Queanbeyan trainer Joe Cleary is hoping King Gutho has done enough to put his name in the hat for a Kosciuszko slot with a breakthrough metropolitan win at Canterbury. Intent on advertising the gelding’s credentials for the $2 million feature, Cleary called on James Mcdonald to partner the six-year-old in the Vale George… Read More »
The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young stable were expecting a positive debut at Sandown from Daggers but did not see the demolition job he did on his rivals. A half-brother to stablemate Muramasa, Daggers showed a scintillating turn of foot to claim the Tobin Brothers Celebrating Lives Plate (1300m) on Wednesday…. Read More »
When an ambitious plan has a perfect outcome. That is the back-story of the Gold Coast based trainer Peter Robl and the six-year-old gelding Hadouken after the son of Real Impact made it a perfect three wins from three starts over the Darwin Carnival when completing the hat-trick by taking… Read More »
Trainer Ciaron Maher has more than half the runners in the Travis Harrison Cup at Moonee Valley with half those runners on a potential Cups campaign. Smokin’ Romans, Interpretation and Duke De Sessa feature among nominations for the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) in October, while Too Close The Sun, Normandy Bridge and Wyclif will… Read More »
Chris Waller saw some positive signs in Manzoice’s first preparation as a gelding and he remains hopeful the Victoria Derby winner can continue to build on that this spring. The 2022 classic victor will be the first of Waller’s Group 1 brigade to kick off their season when he resumes in… Read More »
Who will be aboard star sprinter Giga Kick when he makes his return in the Concorde Stakes could become clearer next week when the gelding steps out in Sydney. The five-year-old had his most serious workout of what has been a lengthy campaign at Mornington on Wednesday when he finished second… Read More »
New Zealand trainer Ken Kelso is thrilled with the resuming trial of multiple Group 1 winner Legarto. The star mare won her 900m heat against a quality field, prompting Kelso to nominate her for the Cox Plate. Jockey Ryan Elliot has been impressed with Legarto’s improvement, noting she is better… Read More »
