Horse Racing News
Silmarillion runs up to form in Atlantic Jewel Stakes
There is never good thing in racing, but if ever there was one, it was Godolphin filly Silmarillion in the Listed Atlantic Jewel Stakes (1200m). At her last start, The James Cummings-trained Silmarillion split Ameena and Manaal in the Group 2 Silver Shadow Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on August 24. Ameena and Manaal met again...
Pericles dominant in So You Think Stakes
Godolphin galloper Pericles registered his first win in 12 months with a dominant display in the So You Think Stakes (1500m). The James Cummings-trained five-year-old had not been successful since winning the Group 2 Tramway Stakes (1400m) on the corresponding weekend last year. However, Pericles had collected placings in the Silver Eagle, the...
Ciaron Maher mare to the fore in a cracking Concorde Stakes
Under-rated sprinter I Am Me has claimed several high-profile scalps to score a brilliant first-up win in the Concorde Stakes at Randwick, putting herself in the frame for an Everest slot. The Ciaron Maher-trained mare, who started at $4.80 with betting apps in Australia, denied evergreen stablemate Bella Nipotina ($4.40) by a...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...