Horse Racing News
Soulcombe gets his first taste of Group 1 racing at Caulfield
Soulcombe will get his first taste of Group 1 racing at Caulfield this Saturday when he returns to the scene of his eye-popping first-up win. The imported gelding will be one of multiple runners for Chris Waller in the $750,000 Underwood Stakes (1800m). It is the next step in a campaign aimed at...
Stephen Wolfe hopes for a last hurrah with Red Can Man
Stephen Wolfe believes a last hurrah for Red Can Man in the next 12-months would be a fitting way to end a stellar racing career. The son of Gingerbread Man has been a stable pin up for Wolfe for a number of years, winning eight races and pocketing $2.3 million in prizemoney. Signature...
Star mare Amelia’s Jewel aiming for Cox Plate
Owner Peter Walsh set a cat amongst the pigeons when he threw Everest plans into the melting pot for his star mare Amelia’s Jewel. On the eve of her interstate kick off at Flemington, Walsh sent social media into a frenzy and gave trainer Simon Miller conniptions. Up until that stage the only...
Barrier 1 for Charm Stone in the Golden Rose
Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr are looking for back-to-back wins in the Group 1 Golden Rose (1400m) and will saddle up the lone filly in the race with Charm Stone drawing the inside gate at Rosehill. Only one filly has won the Golden Rose and never in its traditional place...
Massive interest this weekend on a 2023 Underwood Stakes day
The main race is the G1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) with a full field likely to make this a cracking betting race. Without A Fight ($3.50 Boombet) will be a huge focus of attention off his excellent Queensland Winter. But he will plenty of company with G1 winners such as Lindermann ($11),...
Nominations in for Golden Rose day
The first of the seasonal 3yo G1 races is the Golden Rose (1400m) and it looks like being one of the best runnings of the race. The Golden Slipper quinella of Shinzo ($4.50) and Cylinder ($3.50) will probably be there but the race is so much deeper with G1 winners King...
Private Eye secures a slot in The Everest 2023
It did not take long after Private Eye’s win in Saturday’s Group 2 The Shorts for the explosive gelding to be locked in for a spot in this year’s The Everest, with the Joe Pride-trained gelding the sixth confirmed starter in the $20 million event. Private Eye will represent Max Whitby and...
2YO trials show Gai Waterhouse will be a potent force this season
No trainer has won the Golden Slipper more times than Gai Waterhouse and the recently anointed Hall of Fame legend showed on Monday that she will be a potent force in juvenile races this season. Waterhouse and her training partner Adrian Bott won seven of the 11 trials in which they were...
Amelia’s Jewel’s brother to trial on Monday
Two days after Amelia’s Jewel’s stunning Let’s Elope Stakes win, her young half-brother will be on show in the first official two-year-old trial of the season in Sydney. The Annabel Neasham-trained Bosustow is engaged in the first of 12 two-year-old trials at Randwick’s Kensington track on Monday morning. The son of Blue...
Moravia prepares to test the G1 waters in the Golden Rose
Michael Freedman can’t recall having a horse progress through the grades as quickly as Moravia as the colt prepares to test the Group One waters in the $1 million Golden Rose. The son of Snitzel only debuted in August, posting a maiden win at Newcastle, before making the leap into black-type company...