Horse Racing News
Zoubaby polish up for Magic Millions Guineas via Vo Rogue Plate
Having already qualified to run in the rich Magic Millions 3yo Guineas in a fortnight, Will Freedman see’s Zoubaby’s outing at Eagle Farm on Saturday as a chance to see if a further tweaking of tactics will allow the filly to stretch out even further. The Group 3 Vo Rogue Plate...
Littlefield’s big moment in the Lord Stakes
Charlotte Littlefield admits that where were times when she thought training racehorses was not the job for her, but achieving a career peak at Christmas time has delivered her brightest moment in her short career to-date. It may not have been a springtime or even autumn stakes race let alone a carnival...
Mott Boxing on with Christmas treble at Caulfield
They thought that Ashford Street was purely a wet-tracker but in his seven-year-old season, the gelding has decided otherwise. After a winless spring campaign, trainer Tom Dabernig thought a spell was the way to go but with the encouragement of the horse’s ownership, pressing on with greater gaps between runs has delivered victory...
Tavi arrives just in Time in the Summer Cup at Randwick
With eight wins in 18 starts, Tavi Time is one of those horses with a strike-rate an owner can be proud of with the gelding landing victory in the Summer Cup. In a driving duel to the line over the final 150-metres of the Randwick straight, Tavi Time put his head down...
Set to Press Down on Christmas Handicap at Morphettville
A last start failure down the Flemington straight is not deterring Peter Hardacre’s opinion of Press Down being a black-type performer yet again. After winning the Listed W H Wylie Handicap (1100m) at Morphettville in September, the five-year-old finished down the track in the Group 3 Rising Fast Stakes (1200m) during the...
Melbourne Cup Champion Vow And Declare retired
Melbourne Cup winner Vow And Declare has run his last race. The gelding’s trainer Danny O’Brien announced on Monday, in partnership with the ownership group headed up by Geoff Corrigan, that he had been retired ‘100 percent sound’ . The nine-year-old finished a distant last in Saturday’s Pakenham Cup, virtually pulled up by jockey...
Lion’s Roar set for Summer Cup swansong
Lion’s Roar is set for another Summer Cup tilt at Randwick in what will be the Group 1 winner’s final race start before retirement. A winner of six of his 40 career starts, Lion’s Roar has achieved Group 1 success in the 2021 Randwick Guineas and he also placed in the Spring...
Marble Arch earns Lord Stakes opportunity
The team at Lindsay Park was reluctant to label the Lord Stakes a target race for Marble Arch earlier in the campaign, but it has been full steam ahead to the Boxing Day feature ever since December 14. That was when the daughter of Per Incanto booked her spot in the $175,000...
Morton In Good Order for the Perth Cup
Dan Morton’s decision to scratch In Good Order from Wednesday’s Listed A.T.A. Stakes (2200m) and head to today’s Group 2 Ted Van Heemst Stakes (2100m) at Ascot proved an astute one. Dan Morton rolled the dice and it paid off with In Good Order producing the perfect audition and warm up before tackling...
Wait and see on Dashing prospects ahead of Lord Stakes
The line that a horse has been racing consistently without winning is very much making the best of a consolation prize, but for Dashing the recent bridesmaid tag could be shaken off at Caulfield Heath on Thursday. The traditional Boxing Day card featuring the Listed Lord Stakes (1600m) usually takes place on...