Horse Racing News
Wodeton explodes into Golden Slipper 2025 favouritism
Coolmore-owned colt Wodeton has rocketed into Golden Slipper favouritism following a scintillating debut win at Rosehill that has prompted James Mcdonald to compare him favourably to Switzerland at the same stage. Bookmakers reacted quickly to the youngster’s trouncing victory in Saturday’s Chandon Handicap (1100m), winding Wodeton in from $13 to a clear-cut $5 top...
More wins in store for Blue Vein
It only seemed a matter of time before Blue Vein broke his maiden and the John O’Shea & Tom Charlton trained colt has kicked off the training duo’s partnership with Yu Long in fine style. Second to subsequent Group 1 placegetter Fearless on debut, Blue Vein found the line strongly first up and...
Blinkers tune up Rock The Bar at Geelong
Trainer Danny O’Brien held off the temptation to apply blinkers to the race day gear of Rock The Bar until it was totally necessary. The Wilson Real Estate Handicap (1512m) at Geelong on Wednesday was the perfect time for the headgear to be applied, with the four-year-old son of Toronado registering his fourth...
Mile trip ideal for Munhamek at Flemington
Flemington trainer Nick Ryan in banking on a step up in trip on his home track to bring up another victory for Munhamek. The UK bred galloper who raced in Hong Kong before making his way to Australia, is down to run in the TAB We’re On (1600m) on Saturday. Munhamek has...
Bjorn Baker’s strong Rosehill races hand
It is fair to say that Bjorn Baker ‘s stable is going well at the moment. A figure like a 35% strike-rate in the past month certainly backs that up and as he lines up a strong team at Rosehill, the run of success can continue. “We’ve had a good run particularly over...
Banker’s Choice chasing two straight at Flemington
While the win of Banker’s Choice at Moonee Valley recently may have got under the guard of punters, it wasn’t totally unexpected by the gelding’s trainers. Prepared by Mike Moroney and Glen Thompson, Banker’s Choice registered his first win in just over two years when successful on December 28 and will chase...
Goldrush Guru gearing up for the Australian Derby
The Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) winner Goldrush Guru could be seen in three different states over the Autumn, with South Australian based trainer Andrew Gluyas keeping his options open in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. Goldrush Guru has been back in work and could be seen in the Group 3 C S Hayes...
Carrington Stakes test looms for Accredited
Accredited has been one of the form horses of the summer period so far in Sydney with three-straight city wins since the start of December as he has progressed through the grades. Two of those wins have been at Randwick, over 1300m and 1400m respectively, and Pride is planning to give the...
Aztec Ruler does Stefan Vahala proud in Melbourne debut
Perth trainer Stefan Vahala is looking forward to Aztec Ruler's next assignment with enthusiasm and excitement after the five-year-old went close to scoring a coveted interstate win on the weekend. In a Melbourne first for both trainer and horse, Aztec Ruler had to play second fiddle in the Group 3 Standish...
Blinkers to boost Blanc De Noir
Blanc De Noir has had three starts for three third placings, and Michael Freedman is hoping the addition of blinkers will be the key in Wednesday’s Drinkwise Plate (1000m) for three-year-olds at Randwick Kensington. Freedman believes the Capitalist filly hasn’t been applying herself to the full extent late in her races, also opting...