Horse Racing News
Top fancy no certainty for the Karrakatta Plate
He’s a leading fancy in next month’s Karrakatta Plate (1200m) and is coming off a maiden Listed win, but Perth’s richest two-year-old race is no sure thing for Sir Dreamalot. The A Lot gelding shot to prominence with an all the way maiden victory at Bunbury and made another huge impression when...
Pride Of Jenni ready for G1 Australian Cup challenge
Ciaron Maher concedes he is stepping into unchartered waters with star mare Pride Of Jenni when she heads to the Australian Cup at Flemington. It will be the mare’s second run at 2000m in a career spanning 27 starts when she tackles the final Group 1 race of Melbourne’s Autumn Carnival on Saturday. Pride...
Extra week helpful for Cascadian ahead of Australian Cup
Cascadian won last year’s Australian Cup on the back-up from the All-Star Mile, but James Cummings is happy the imported gelding has an extra week between the two races this year. The nine-year-old will look to become just the third back-to-back winner of the race at weight-for-age when he runs in the 2000-metre...
G1 Vinery Stud Stakes step up for Queen Of Dragons
Impressed with what he saw from Queen Of Dragons in the Kembla Grange Classic, trainer Peter Snowden is now looking forward to giving the filly her chance in the Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes at Rosehill. Queen Of Dragons brought up her second career win, and first at Stakes level, when...
Extent of McEvoy injuries outlined
Kerrin Mcevoy will be out of the saddle for up to two months due to injuries sustained in a fall at Rosehill on Saturday. The champion rider fell from Tintookie in the final event on the card and underwent medical attention on the track before being transported to hospital where he undertook scans...
Post Impressionist remains a G1 Tancred Stakes chance
The door remains open for Post Impressionist to back up in this Saturday’s Tancred Stakes after William Haggas on Monday nominated the classy stayer for the $1.5 million Group 1. The son of Teofilo dominates Sydney Cup betting after his stunning last-to-first win in the Group 3 Manion Cup (2400m) at Rosehill last...
Lindsay Park out for Brightside redemption in the Australian Cup
Lindsay Park trainers Ben, Will and J D Hayes cannot ask much more of Mr Brightside. The gelding is the winner of 16 races and almost $13 million in prize money and has put the Lindsay Park stable and their own names out in the racing world as trainers of Group 1...
Kimochi set for G1 Vinery Stud Stakes clash
Star New Zealand filly Orchestral and VRC Oaks winner Zardozi dominate the early markets for the Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes but trainer Gary Portelli is convinced Kimochi can give the race a shake. Portelli is planning to run Kimochi in Saturday’s 2000m feature for three-year-old fillies at Rosehill and is adamant the last-start Coolmore...
Eternal Flame out until the spring
Eternal Flame will head to the paddock a two-time Stakes winner after taking out the Sunline Stakes at Moonee Valley. The Mick Kent-trained mare added Saturday’s Group 2 contest over 1600m to win in the Group 3 Matron Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on March 9. Ridden by Ethan Brown, Eternal Flame ($9.50) scored a...
Antrim Coast scores upset in Alister Clark Stakes win
Jockey Michael Dee praised the training effort of New Zealander Stephen Marsh after the victory of Antrim Coast at Moonee Valley. Antrim Coast finished second in the Group 1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) on March 2 before Marsh freshened the three-year-old for a tilt at the Group 2 Alister Clark Stakes (2040m) on Saturday. Dee...