Horse Racing News
Nominations in for Winter Challenge day at Rosehill
Last year’s Winter Challenge proved a springboard to Melbourne Cup 2023 success for one runner and connections of 19 gallopers are hoping the final Black Type race of the season in Sydney can be a launching pad to spring success. Gold Trip resumed with a third placing in the 2022 edition, won...
Dan Morton ramps up preparation for Ascot Pinnacles carnival
As Ascot trainer Dan Morton ramps up preparation for this year’s Ascot Pinnacles carnival with an array of the stable’s top quality horseflesh, he’ll be doing it without one of his stars who has been retired. Kissonallforcheeks, a multiple stakes winning daughter of Written Tycoon with $1.7 in stake earnings after...
Warwick Farm debut for well-related Fickle
The team at Yarraman Park had an enjoyable time racing Flippant and Wednesday will herald the beginning of the next generation for the family when Fickle runs at Warwick Farm. The daughter of I Am Invincible will make her debut in the $55,000 Furphy Plate (1100m). The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained two-year-old is...
Te Akau Racing announce head of new Cranbourne stable
Te Akau Racing Australia has officially appointed Ben Gleeson as Assistant Trainer for their new stable set to be based in Cranbourne, Victoria. The announcement has generated excitement within the industry, given Gleeson’s exceptional credentials and experience. Expressing his pride in welcoming Gleeson to the team, David Ellis CNZM, Managing Director of...
Beer aims Mnementh at the Bletchingly Stakes
Craig Williams will be the new rider for Mnementh when the sprinter lines up in a Stakes race at Caulfield. After giving Albury trainer Mitchell Beer his biggest success when taking out the Listed Santa Ana Sprint Series Final (1200m) at Flemington on July 1, Mnementh will attempt to add the Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) on Saturday to...
Pride to launch two-pronged Missile Stakes attack
Sydney’s first black-type race of the upcoming season is less than three weeks away and Joe Pride is looking to make an early impact, earmarking two sprinters for next month’s Group 2 Missile Stakes. Both are new stable additions and Pride is keen to get their latest chapters underway. “I’m going to...
Exploring too smart at Flemington
Godolphin and James Cummings will look to continue their good run of form in Adelaide with their two-year-olds after Exploring scored a first-up win at Flemington. The Listed Lightning Stakes (1050m) at Morphettville on July 29 is the potential next assignment for Exploring after her victory in the VRC Member Annabel...
Brutality reaches $1 million dollar milestone
Winning a Villiers Stakes has been a blessing and a curse for tough gelding Brutality, but he has finally got his head back in front at Randwick in what might prove his career swansong. The six-year-old has been difficult to place since taking out the 2021 summer feature but trainer Joe...
Sunsource back in the good books at Flemington
The standover tactics of jockey Damien Oliver has extracted the best from Sunsource in a narrow victory at Flemington. The win by the Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young-trained galloper in the Byerley Handicap (1800m) on Saturday earned the two-year-old a start in the Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) at Flemington on opening day of the Melbourne...
Mimi’s Award prevails in the Flemington Cup
Victoria’s leading jockey for the 2022-23 season Daniel Stackhouse said it was a big thrill to win the race named in honour of Deane Lester at Flemington. Set to be named Victoria’s leading jockey at season’s end, Stackhouse guided the Ben and Jd Hayes-trained Mimi’s Award to victory in the Deane Lester Flemington Cup (2800m)...