Horse Racing News
Godolphin opt for easier Moonee Valley option
Missing a run in a Group 1 contest may provide Godolphin galloper Pericles a long overdue return to the winner’s enclosure at Moonee Valley. Pericles is down to contest the So You Think Stakes (1500m) on Saturday, a new race at The Valley to compensate for the Group 2 Feehan Stakes (1600m)...
Pride declares sprinter has his Eye in
After watching Giga Kick run past Private Eye in a recent barrier trial and space him by almost four lengths, the latter’s trainer Joe Pride turned away utterly satisfied. The hitout was never about the finishing result for his laidback sprinter, it was only ever about the start. “The only thing you need to...
Attrition prepares for Golden Ticket assault in So You Think Stakes
Trainer Mitchell Freedman would like to right the wrongs of last year’s Feehan Stakes with Attrition and has a circle around this year’s contest. But first, Freedman has the So You Think Stakes (1500m) at Moonee Valley on Saturday in his sights for Attrition. The So You Think Stakes replaces the Group 2 Feehan...
Perplexed Morton aiming for a Farnley Stakes comeback
Put it in the bin, wipe it from your memory. That’s the only takeout Dan Morton can give after Saloon Bar’s underwhelming last-start effort in the Listed Idyllic Prince Stakes (1300m). Morton left Belmont Park perplexed after Saloon Bar was well beaten, finishing eighth of nine and ten lengths from Searchin’ Roc’s. After two encouraging...
I Wish I Win ready for Group 1 Moir Stakes assault
Everyone enjoys a winter holiday in the sun and racehorses appear to be no different. A case in point is the Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman-trained I Wish I Win who runs first-up in the Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m) at Moonee Valley on Saturday. The contrast between I Wish I Win’s past two...
Kid to show Everest credentials at The Valley
The Lindsay Park team of Ben, Will and J D Hayes saw a glimpse of the potential Arkansaw Kid had before he was gelded. Arkansaw Kid won two of his 13 starts as a colt and resumed at Caulfield last month to win at his first outing as a gelding. The four-year-old runs...
G1 Moir Stakes a good first-up Choice for Coleman
Coleman will be racing for much more than the $450,000 winner’s purse when he resumes in Saturday’s Moir Stakes at Moonee Valley. Victory would elevate the three-year-old further up the list of most valuable stud prospects in the country. He already has appeal, being a Group 3-winning son of boom young stallion Pierata...
Stoli Bolli out to turn fortunes around in McKenzie Stakes
The Lindsay Park stable of Ben, Will and J D Hayes hope to get one back on a rival Cranbourne stable when Stoli Bolli lines up in a Stakes race at Moonee Valley. Stoli Bolli chased home the Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young-trained Daggers at Moonee Valley on August 24 and in the Listed McKenzie...
Imports to step out for Waterhouse and Bott at Randwick
Two imports poised to make their respective Australian debuts for Tulloch Lodge at Randwick add an element of intrigue to the Chelmsford Stakes meeting, as much for their trainers as for punters. Former US galloper Royal Patronage lines up for the stable in the Tramway Stakes (1400m) while the Yulong Investments-owned Poptronic will...
Berry predicting a Remarque-able Concorde Stakes return at The Valley
Remarque will be bidding to become the second horse in the past 25 years to win the Concorde Stakes in consecutive years. Top gallopers Giga Kick and Bella Nipotina dominate Concorde Stakes markets, but rival jockey Tommy Berry believes defending titleholder Remarque can spoil the party. The Hawkes Racing speedster was a brilliant winner of the...