Horse Racing News
Dolphin Skin takes out the Taj Rossi Series Final at Flemington
The Leon and Troy Corstens -trained Dolphin Skin has boosted her value as a potential broodmare with a narrow victory in a Stakes race at Flemington. A $13,000 purchase at the New Zealand Ready To Run Sale last year, Dolphin Skin has recouped that outlay while adding Black Type to her pedigree with victory in...
Chorlton Lane on a path to bigger goals
Ciaron Maher and David Eustace have unearthed another talented import in Chorlton Lane, who they hope can continue to surge through the grades after his classy Rosehill win. The UK import made his Australian debut in Saturday’s Kia Ora Farnan Handicap (1300m) and despite getting a long way out of his...
Karrakatta Plate performers start their spring climb
The TABtouch-Pinnacles may still be almost five months away, but two key contenders are back in work ahead of big campaigns. Super Smink and Ripcord, who won and finished third respectively in the Group 2 Amelia Park-Karrakatta Plate (1200m) at Ascot in April, have started their build ups to the lucrative...
Aaron Laing set to Rock at Rosehill
The Victorians might just hold the aces in the penultimate race at Rosehill with Cranbourne-based trainer Aaron Laing plotting to upstage fellow travellers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young, who will be represented by the favourite. Laing has brought Sir Rockford to Sydney for the TAB Handicap (1800m) on Saturday, the gelding on the...
Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable to unveil latest import
Ciaron Maher and David Eustace are among the more innovative trainers in the country, ever looking for another edge to strengthen and grow their team. Given the success and subsequent soaring costs of buying and importing proven European horses to Australia, the pair have enlisted the help of a few veritable ‘spies’...
My Brothers Keeper up for the Challenge at Flemington
Trainer Stephen Brown does not see a rise in distance as being a concern for My Brothers Keeper when he steps out at Flemington. My Brothers Keeper will run for the first time at 2500m in the Mahogany Challenge Final on Saturday. Brown said My Brothers Keeper was ready for the trip after three runs at 2000m in...
Path leads to Silver Bowl Series Final
Time and experience are expected to be the friend of Golden Path who will line up for his third race start at Flemington. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained galloper runs in the Silver Bowl Series Final (1600m) on Saturday following a debut win at Geelong and a last start narrow loss at...
Black Caviar’s daughter Invincible Caviar unlikely to start at Flemington
Peter Moody has three acceptors in Saturday’s $175,000 Santa Ana Lane Series Final at Flemington, but how many of them turn into starters is unlikely to be known until race morning. Black Caviar’s daughter Invincible Caviar, the in-form Sigh and talented five-year-old Dance To Dubai are all in the field of 14...
Three-pronged attack on Winter Championship Series Final
As a team, Ciaron Maher and David Eustace, are yet to win the Listed VRC-CRV Winter Championship Final at Flemington. Maher won the race in 2014 with Akavoroun, but since joining forces in 2018 it has not been a race that the stable has always targeted. That changes this year when they saddle three runners – Charterhouse, Junipal and [[Unusual...
Boom colt Steparty scratched at Flemington
Boom colt Steparty has been scratched from the Listed Taj Rossi Series Final at Flemington due to a change in his demeanour. Trainer Paul Preusker made the decision after the unbeaten colt showed signs of not being as bright and energetic as before. Despite the disappointment, Steparty’s connections prioritize the horse’s long-term...