Horse Racing News
Shinn produces pearler on Antino
Memories of Shane Dye scoring aboard Octagonal at Warwick Farm came flooding back when Blake Shinn produced Antino to win the Group 1 Toorak Handicap at Caulfield. Shane Dye set Octagonal alight mid-race to claim the Group 1 Chipping Norton Stakes at Warwick Farm in 1997, an act Shinn replicated in Saturday’s...
El Castello stamps G1 Spring Champion Stakes qualities
The Spring Champion Stakes in a fortnight beckons for rising talent El Castello as trainer Anthony Cummings believes his victory in the Group 3 Gloaming Stakes Rosehill to be the making of the stayer. El Castello ($6.50) denied betting sites favourite Swiftfalcon ($2.60) by 1¾-length margin, who was an eye-catcher in the...
Deny Knowledge upsets Mr Brightside in the Might And Power Stakes
Deny Knowledge could return for a tilt at the Caulfield Cup after landing her first Group 1 victory leading throughout at Caulfield. Bringing back memories of Might And Power the champion galloper that Saturday’s Group 1 race over 2000m is named after, Deny Knowledge was taken straight to the front by jockey...
Switzerland raises hand for The Everest
Coolmore’s slot for The Everest is up in the air after colt Switzerland put himself back on the map in winning the Roman Consul Stakes at Rosehill. The discussions now begin for the global breeding empire with consultations between Switzerland’s trainer Chris Waller and trainers of incumbent slot nominee Storm Boy, Gai...
Freedman swings right choice with Attrition
Twelve months after winning Caulfield’s famous Group 1 mile, the Toorak Handicap, Ballarat-based trainer Mitch Freedman’s toss-up between a return to that scene for Attrition or ‘the Sydney way’ has paid off with victory in the Hill Stakes at Rosehill. Freedman’s decision to give the five-year-old a chance over the clockwise direction netted...
Waller, Lane engineer Caulfield Guineas upset
Private Life became the latest upset winner of a Caulfield Guineas when he made the most of a smart on-pace ride from Damian Lane to claim Saturday’s $3 million event at Caulfield. The Chris Waller-trained, Coolmore Stud-raced $13 chance with betting sites led for every step of the 1600 metres to stave off...
Caulfield Guineas hope out to catch Public Attention
The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr stable is not shying away from the enormity of the task Public Attention faces in his first Group 1 task. The Caulfield Guineas (1600m) on Saturday will be Public Attention’s fourth race start, however the Cranbourne-based trainers have faith in their colt giving a good...
Tenbury Wells to step up in the Gloaming Stakes
Tenbury Wells has arrived at a stage in life where Brad Widdup needs to find out if he can play with the big boys. The progressive colt will face his toughest test as a three-year-old in Saturday’s $500,000 Group 3 Gloaming Stakes (1800m) at Rosehill. He steps up from maiden and Class 1 wins...
Pericles primed for Hill Stakes 2024 test
Being allocated the outside alley in the Group 1 Toorak Handicap encouraged James Cummings to revert to the original plan with Pericles, but the star trainer is confident he will cope with the extra distance of the Hill Stakes. The five-year-old son of Street Boss, whose three runs this campaign have been...
Vibrant Sun stays against the girls at Caulfield
Trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr have elected to keep Vibrant Sun against her own sex as she builds towards a Group 1 assignment later in the Spring. Vibrant Sun runs in the Catanach’s 150 Years Vase (1600m) at Caulfield on Saturday as she builds her fitness levels for the Group 1...