Horse Racing News
Melbourne awaits Air Assault after Balaklava Cup win
A Group 1 race in Melbourne is on the agenda for Air Assault after the gelding led throughout to score in a Stakes race at Balaklava. Overcoming the widest draw, Air Assault crossed to find the lead in the Listed Balaklava Cup (1600m) on Wednesday and held off the chasing pack...
Boom Torque to step out at Rosehill
Matt Dunn will have at least two starters in The Kosciuszko with Boom Torque and Tribeca Star both selected for slots in the $2 million Everest Day feature. The pair will have what could be their final lead-up runs in separate states on Saturday, dual acceptor Boom Torque to step out at Rosehill,...
Bases Loaded set to contend Theo Marks Stakes
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott had to tread patiently with Bases Loaded last campaign when he was coming off a 12-month stint on the sidelines, but it is a different scenario this time around. The four-year-old will resume in Saturday’s Group 2 Theo Marks Stakes (1300m) at Rosehill on Saturday after...
Pinstriped primed for Flemington assault
As a Group 1 winner, Pinstriped is now consigned to tackling Australia’s elite gallopers. Providing trainer Enver Jusufovic with a maiden Group 1 win in the Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on August 31, Pinstriped has the chance to go back-to-back at the highest level when he contests the Makybe Diva Stakes...
Bustling set to contest Run To The Rose
Chad Schofield has only sat on the back of Bustling once, but that is all he has needed to be excited at the prospect of linking with the former West Australian for his Sydney debut in The Run To The Rose. The first horse chosen for a slot in this year’s...
Riff Rocket ruled out of the spring carnival
Australian Derby winner Riff Rocket is out of the spring carnival after undergoing emergency surgery overnight for colic. The four-year-old had been due to contest the Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday and was a $9 equal second favourite for the Caulfield Cup (2400m). Trainer Chris Waller reported Riff Rocket was taken...
Alsephina set for Let’s Elope Stakes at Flemington
The $300,000 event will be Alsephina’s first start since finishing sixth to Dom To Shoot in last year’s Northerly Stakes (1800m). Prior to that, the Star Turn mare finished second to Bustler in the Railway Stakes (1600m). The mare heads to Melbourne off the back of two trials behind Influencing and Lord...
Switzerland headlines two-pronged attack on The Run To The Rose
A bulked-up Switzerland will bid to open his spring account with a bang when he headlines his stable’s two-pronged attack on The Run To The Rose at Rosehill. After a brief flirtation with stepping him out in last month’s San Domenico Stakes (1100m), trainer Chris Waller opted to stick to his original...
Mr Brightside to bounce back in the Makybe Diva Stakes
The Makybe Diva Stakes at Flemington is a race that can shape the spring. The Group 1 race over 1600m at Flemington on Saturday attained Group 1 status in 2013 with horses of the calibre of Fawkner (2015), Humidor (2017), Incentivise (2021), I’m Thunderstruck (2022) and Mr Brightside last year being successful. Going...
Johnny The Kid on a Spring Champion Stakes path
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott will put Johnny The Kid on a traditional Spring Champion Stakes path after he broke his maiden in emphatic fashion at the midweek Kensington track meeting. While the colt boasts solid form references from his two-year-old season, including a sound fifth behind Dublin Down in the...