Last season’s Victoria Derby winner Ace High sits at the top of the list of 155 nominations for the 2018 Group 1 $2m BMW Australian Derby (2400m) at Randwick on day one of The Championships on April 7. Ace High, above is among the nominations for the 2018 Australian Derby at Randwick. Photo by Ultimate Racing […]
Golden Slipper Stakes favourite Sunlight is among the nominations for the 2018 Group 1 $1m ATC Sires’ Produce (1400m) at Randwick on April 7, day one of The Championships. Magic Millions 2yo Classic winner Sunlight, above, is among the nominations for the 2018 ATC Sires’ Produce at Randwick. Photo by Steve Hart. Sunlight heads a […]
Warwick Farm trainer Marc Conners is happy for his speedy mare to take on the might of Redzel down the Flemington straight in the Group 1 $750,000 Black Caviar Lightning (1000m) on Saturday. The speedy Super Too, above, is among the nominations for the 2018 Black Caviar Lightning at Flemington. Photo by Ultimate Racing Photos. Super […]
It was a terrific day at Colac on Sunday for Wilde Racing. The team saddled up six runners for two winners and four placings. Among the winners were Purrfect Trick after his unlucky run at Terang the previous start and Floral Fever adding another country cup to his CV. Purrfect Trick is raced by long […]
Trainer Gerald Ryan won’t be launching Deploy’s Autumn Carnival campaign in the Group 2 $250,000 Apollo Stakes (1400m) at Randwick on Saturday, but will test him over a shorter distance first up instead. Deploy, above, will run in the Southern Cross Stakes at Randwick. Photo by Steve Hart. Deploy was one of fourteen nominations for the […]
Last year’s winning jockey Craig Williams has selected the Tony McEvoy trained Kinky Boom as his mount for the 2018 Group 1 $1.5m Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on February 24. Craig Williams will ride Kinky Boom, above, in the Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield. Photo by Ultimate Racing Photos. Williams was […]
Lloyd Williams’ last two Melbourne Cup winners Rekindling and Almandin have been included in the 114 nominations for the 2018 Group 1 $2m Schweppes Sydney Cup (3200m) at Randwick on April 14, day two of The Championships. Melbourne Cup winner Rekindling, above, is among the nominations for the 2018 Sydney Cup at Randwick. Photo by […]
Champion mare Winx is ready to return to the racetrack after her Autumn Carnival preparation was stepped up another gear today with a pleasing fifth in a 1000m Rosehill barrier trial. Winx, above, finished fifth in a 1000m barrier trial at Rosehill. Photo by Ultimate Racing Photos. Winx was having her second trail in the […]
Australia’s number one rated sprinter Redzel is ready to kick off his 2018 Autumn Carnival campaign in the Group 1 $750,000 Black Caviar Lightning (1000m) at Flemington on February 17 after blitzes his rivals in a 1000m barrier trial at Rosehill today. Redzel, above, is on track to resume in the 2018 Black Caviar Lightning at […]
Last Spring’s Group 1 winner Shillelagh is set to kick off her 2018 Autumn Carnival in the Group 1 $500,000 Ladbrokes C.F. Orr Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday. Shillelagh, above, is set to resume in the C.F. Orr Stakes at Caulfield. Photo by Ultimate Racing Photos. The Chris Waller trained Shillelagh raced into the […]
Sydney’s leading trainer Chris Waller is contemplating delaying champion mare Winx’s Autumn Carnival pipe owner after regular rider Hugh Bowman lost his appeal against a careless riding suspension. Hugh Bowman, above on Winx, lost his appeal against a careless riding suspension. Photo by Ultimate Racing Photos. Bowman appealed the severity of a careless riding suspension […]
Sydney’s premiership winning trainer Chris Waller has confirmed that champion mare Winx will resume for the 2018 Autumn Carnival in the Group 1 $600,000 Chipping Norton Stakes (1600m) at Randwick on March 3. Winx, above, will run first up in the Chipping Norton Stakes at Randwick. Photo by Ultimate Racing Photos. Waller had originally scheduled […]
A win by Lord Of The Sky in Saturday’s Group 1 $500,000 Ladbrokes C.F. Orr Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield could see the stallion head straight to his new home at Kingstar Farm in the Hunter Valley. Lord Of The Sky, above, is among the nominations for the C.F. Orr Stakes at Caulfield. Photo by Ultimate […]
The Darren Weir trained Wolfendale will return to the Apple Isle chasing a hat trick of wins when he lines up in the Listed $150,000 Schweppes Tasmanian Derby (2200m) at Hobart on Friday. Civil Disobedience, above, will join stablemate Wolfendale in the Tasmanian Derby at Hobart. Photo by Ultimate Racing Photos. Wolfendale’s winning run started when […]
In-form mares Gee Gee Double Gee and Life On The Wire are set clash in the Group 3 $150,000 Carlton Draught Bow Mistress Trophy (1200m) at Hobart on Friday. Life On The Wire, above, is the early favourite for the Bow Mistress Trophy at Hobart. Photo by Ultimate Racing Photos. The Leon, Dean and Trent […]
French import Andrea Mantegna is one of two Darren Weir trained stayers among the nominations for the Group 3 $250,000 Sky Racing Hobart Cup (2400m) at Hobart on Sunday. Dee I Cee, above, is among the nominations for the 2018 Hobart Cup at Hobart. Photo by Steve Hart. Andrea Mantegna is last start winner on […]
Cox Plate runner-up Humidor is looking to be a late Autumn Carnival starter and will be struggling to be ready to defend his title in the Group 1 $1.5m Australian Cup (2000m) at Flemington on March 10. Humidor, above in the green colours, is an unlikely starter in the 2018 C.F. Orr Stakes at Caulfield. […]
Between them, local Warwick Farm trainers Bjorn Baker and Jason Coyle saddle-up more than half the field for Saturday’s Group 2 $200,000 Yarraman Park Breeders Classic (1200m) with two runners each in the Sydney feature. Last year’s runner-up Egyptian Symbol is one of two Bjorn Baker-trained mares in the 2018 Breeders Classic field at Warwick […]
Leading Victorian trainer Darren Weir will saddle-up three of the 14 final acceptances in Saturday’s Group 1 $500,000 Ladbrokes C.F. Orr Stakes (1400m) as he chases successive wins in the Caulfield feature. Defending champion Black Heart Bart is one of three Darren Weir-trained horses in Saturday’s Ladbrokes C.F. Orr Stakes 2018 field. Photo: Ultimate Racing […]
Last autumn the Lindsay Park stable prepared Catchy for success and 12 months on the David Hayes-led team are back with a trio of fillies in Saturday’s Group 2 $200,000 Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Prelude (F) field. Lindsay Park saddle-up three fillies in the 2018 Blue Diamond Prelude (F) field on Saturday including last start Adelaide […]
A Godolphin galloper being spruiked as a genuine Golden Slipper chance in Sydney this autumn, Plague Stone will kick off his campaign in Melbourne on Saturday as favourite in Caulfield’s Group 3 $200,000 Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G). Ollivander is one of the best in Ladbrokes Blue Diamond (C&G) Prelude 2018 betting at Caulfield Racecourse […]