Horse Racing News
Group 1 Caulfield Guineas hopes for Ndola after Sandown win
A Saturday metro three-year-old victory in late September is handy in any instance but Ben Hayes has aspirations for a blue riband classic start for Ndola after a confidence boosting win at Sandown. Though main contenders Daggers and Detroit City were scratchings after starting at Moonee Valley the night before, Hayes said...
Perspiration lands first stakes win in Heritage Stakes
Perspiration has overcome a tardy start to score an upset win in the Listed Heritage Stakes at Rosehill. Sent out an $11 chance with betting apps in Saturday’s 1100m race for three-year-olds which was reduced to just five runners after scratchings, Perspiration was slowly away and a few lengths off his rivals...
Berkeley Square stakes Geelong, Moonee Valley Cups claim at Sandown
Berkeley Square’s resurgence to winning form over longer trips at the right time of year has trainer Dan O’Sullivan weighing up which rich ‘secondary’ Cup is the right one for his talented stayer. Berkeley Square ($4.40 betting favourite) stamped himself back on the winners’ list at Flemington two weeks ago over...
G1 Toorak Handicap next for dashing Desert Lightning
Desert Lightning has taken three runs to break his Australian winning duck but the Group 1 winner in New Zealand could be in line to snare one at the highest level at Caulfield next start in the Toorak Handicap. The five-year-old did just what co-trainers Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman wanted to...
Makarena has right moves in the Golden Pendant
Talented mare Makarena has put a valuable Group win on the board, claiming the scalp of Amelia’s Jewel to win the Golden Pendant at Rosehill. The mare was forced to do the bullocking work behind runaway leader Belclere first-up in the Sheraco Stakes (1200m) and did a good job to fight on for...
Amor Victorious too good in the Shannon Stakes
A return to the winner’s stall has been a welcome turnaround for trainer and horse, as the Bjorn Baker-prepared Amor Victorious outlasted his rivals to capture the Group Two Shannon Stakes at Rosehill. Baker has been frustrated by a series of placings over the past few weeks, including Stefi Magnetica’s narrow second...
Parks over Valley for Marble Arch
The Hayes training team have chosen to send Marble Arch over the South Australian border to kick off a preparation that JD Hayes says has scope to build on previous successes. The five-year-old mare was to start at Moonee Valley on Manikato Stakes night but instead will line up over 1250-metres at...
Bott tipping class mare to bounce back in the Golden Pendant
Adrian Bott has declared class mare Tropical Squall has her mojo back and he is putting his faith in her to rebound in the Group 2 Golden Pendant at Rosehill. The four-year-old winner turned in a below par performance when making her spring return in last month’s Winx Stakes (1400m), tiring after...
Linebacker out to upstage Godolphin’s star colts in Golden Rose
Linebacker is one of the few horses rated a genuine chance of spoiling Godolphin’s Golden Rose party and co-trainer Tom Charlton cannot find any chinks in his armour ahead of the Group One showdown. The colt made an eye-catching return when doing his best work late for fourth to Saturday’s rival Traffic...
Parnham laces up for 2024 Black Heart Bart Stakes victory
Ace jockey Chris Parnham believes classy mare Laced Up Heels is a strong contender to make a winning return in Saturday’s Listed Black Heart Bart Stakes (1200m) at Belmont’s final meeting of the season on Saturday. Chris Parnham links up with the Luke Fernie -trained five-year-old after her previous run in Adelaide when...