Peter Snowden came close to scratching Zarrose from Randwick in favour of an easier assignment, but his decision to run was vindicated when she stormed home to score her second successive win. Snowden thought Saturday’s Inglis Yearling Entries Close 16 Aug Handicap (1400m) was at the mercy of fancied runners Invader Zim and… Read More »
All Blue Stratum needs is a good week, and the Tony and Calvin McEvoy -trained colt could be seen in a Stakes race at Caulfield. The Group 3 Vain Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield next Saturday is likely to be Blue Stratum’s next outing after he held-on to win the Dominant Handicap (1000m)… Read More »
It is not often that you have a fair-sized field of three-year-olds in which by far the majority are unraced horses … this is three-year-old’s we are taking about … but that is the case in what presents as an intriguing contest in the first race at the Sunshine Coast… Read More »
The Robbie Griffiths & Mathew De Kock stable are expecting a more seasoned King Magnus to step out for his second shot at 2000m. Nine-year-old King Magnus, a veteran of 41 starts, did not have his first run at 2000m until his most recent out on July 20 and will have his… Read More »
Lindsay Park is looking to one of their three-year-olds extending their winning run as another attempts a return to form when the pair meets at Moonee Valley. The Ben, Will and JD Hayes -trained Zestiman and The Showvinist will line up against each other in the Dominant Handicap (1000m) at The Valley on… Read More »
A searching piece of trackwork has been the impetus behind the early-season return of Listed winner Arctic Glamour, who will be bidding to add to her black-type record in Sydney’s first Group race of the new term. The four-year-old will take her place in the Missile Stakes (1200m) for which… Read More »
Big Me will break new ground at Moonee Valley when he races around a corner for the first time. The Nick Ryan-trained six-year-old has raced just three times, all of which have been on a straight track, twice in Hong Kong and once at Flemington. Big Me has an imposing record,… Read More »
Golden Path is proving a wonderful advertisement for Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr Sydney arm and the trainers are hoping he can continue to fly the flag at Randwick. The gelding will be chasing a hat-trick of wins in Saturday’s Premier’s Cup Prelude (1800m) after following up a Randwick 2000m success… Read More »
Terrifictonka, the 10th and final foal of Melbourne Cup legend Makybe Diva, is set to debut at Kembla Grange on Saturday. The five-year-old daughter of More Than Ready has been retained by breeder Tony Santic after Makybe Diva was retired from stud duties in 2019. Now under the care of… Read More »
Crystal Black all but stamped his own passport in the early hours of Friday morning, Australian time, when he continued his winning run in the Ballyroan Stakes at Leopardstown in Ireland. The Gerard Keane -trained gelding crushed his rivals by five lengths in the 2412-metre Group 3, which was his fifth win… Read More »
Ben Pearce says speedy seven-year-old Acromantula can measure up again and repeat last year’s heroics when he returns to contest a second interstate campaign in Melbourne on Saturday. Acromantula enjoyed a positive Melbourne stint 12-months ago and Ben Pearce, who trains the gelding in partnership with his brother, Dan, is planning… Read More »
Top trainer Dan Morton will use a two-pronged attack in an attempt to win his first Listed Belmont Newmarket (1200m) at Belmont on Saturday. Morton saddles up Saloon Bar and Weaponson and has a good feeling about adding his name to honour roll of Belmont Newmarket winning trainers. Saloon Bar… Read More »
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 »
