Jason Collett is resigned to the fact that he will be more reliant on luck than good management as he tries to coax another win out of Territory Express in the $1 million The Gong at Kembla Grange. The Provincial-Midway Championships Final victor in the autumn, Territory Express has a get-back racing… Read More »
Celine Gaudray ticked off an important milestone with the victory of Over The Stars at Caulfield. Success in the Senet Gambling Law Experts Plate (1000m) on Wednesday was the Mornington-based apprentice’s 80th career win. Gaudray can still claim 1.5kg in the metropolitan area until the completion of the Cranbourne meeting on Saturday… Read More »
Cranbourne trainer Enver Jusufovic would love nothing more than to win his hometown Cup but believes the chances of Pinstriped have been lessened with an inside draw. A Group 1 winner of the Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield at the start of the spring, Pinstriped will jump from barrier one in the… Read More »
Blake Shinn is looking forward to reuniting with Group 1 winning galloper Antino in Hong Kong. Shinn was last week given the nod to ride Antino in the Group 1 Hong Kong Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin on December 8. The former Hong Kong based rider partnered Antino to a stunning win… Read More »
Trainer Gavin Bedggood is keeping his options open with Cranbourne Cup entries Earlswood and Military Expert. Both horses are entered for the Listed Cranbourne Cup (1600m) on Saturday along with the Listed Kilmore Cup (1600m) on Sunday. The Cranbourne Cup holds prize money of $500,000 while the Kilmore Cup is a… Read More »
It is a case of trying to strike while the iron is hot with Light Infantry Man for Ciaron Maher. The French import has been in Australia since the start of last spring, but it took until earlier this month for the six-year-old to record his first Australian placing. That was… Read More »
With Group 1 racing done in Victoria for 2024, Lindsay Park has shifted its focus to the upcoming rich regional features, starting with this Saturday’s inaugural The Meteorite. The Ben, Will and JD Hayes operation confirmed that Arkansaw Kid will run in their slot in the 1200-metre event. He was one… Read More »
Globe will be Michael Kent Jnr’s hope of joining his father on his hometown Cup honour roll. The six-year-old is one of 41 entries for this Saturday’s $500,000 Listed Cranbourne Cup (1600m). Mick Price has won the Cranbourne Cup twice, with Pakal and Octabello, but not since entering into a training partnership… Read More »
Joe Pride is set to have a strong hand in the feature race at the stand-alone Kembla Grange meeting with up to three runners in the $1 million The Gong. The Warwick Farm horseman has nominated Little Dance runner-up Estadio Mestalla, last start winner King Of The Castle and proven stakes… Read More »
A week has passed since Mr Brightside’s thrilling victory in the Champions Mile at Flemington and the Lindsay Park team are still beaming with pride in what he was able to achieve on the final day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival. In the midst of a freshen after a six-start… Read More »
Visiting Irish jockey Dylan Browne Mcmonagle has claimed his first Australian feature race win, driving lightly raced filly Snitzanova to a narrow victory in the Group 3 Spring Stakes at Newcastle. The 21-year-old, who rides primarily for Joseph O’Brien in Europe, made a similar venture to Australia last year, basing himself with Ciaron… Read More »
Tony Gollan may have had the numbers in the Swiss Ace Plate but for punters who like a ‘box ticker’, Shalaa’s Moment delivered with a strong performance in the Sunshine Coast sprint feature. A wet surface, a perfect record first-up, and not yet missing a placing over the course and distance… Read More »
Gary Portelli has not been afraid to cross borders multiple times this preparation with Kimochi and that confidence has been rewarded with a win at the highest level with a galloper who is now an extra valuable mare for Yulong. Kimochi’s victory in the Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) bookended… Read More »
Hawkes Racing sprinter Briasa has underlined his considerable promise by posting his first stakes victory in the $1 million The Hunter at Newcastle despite enduring a wide run. The four-year-old has now won six of his seven starts, the nature of Saturday’s performance prompting stable representative Steve Thompson to declare Briasa… Read More »
The right form line for The Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) was the Group 3 Carbine Club Stakes (1600m) and that proved true, but not in the way many would’ve predicted, with $31 chance Another Prophet reversing the three-length margin over $3.20 betting sites favourite Aeliana from Flemington. Ridden by… Read More »
Jockey Tim Clark will be carrying the hopes of a town when he links with Kris Lees to partner the only locally trained runner in Newcastle’s showcase race of the year. With the scratching of Uzziah, Rustic Steel is the sole Novacastrian in Saturday’s The Hunter (1300m) as the gelding bids to give… Read More »
Another Wil has saved the two worst runs of his career for his two Group 1 assignments to date, but Jamie Kah is confident a change in tactics can spark a more favourable result in this Saturday’s Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes at Caulfield. Kah is using lessons from seventh placings in both… Read More »
“Ah, the Miss Finland colours”. It might have only been trackwork on Tuesday, but Craig Williams still got a kick out of donning the colours he wore aboard a filly who, until Mr Brightside came along, was the horse he won his most races aboard. Williams won five Group 1s on Miss… 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 »
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 »
