Horse Racing News
Facile knocking on the door for stakes breakthrough
Facile has had her share of near misses during a limited racing career, but the filly’s physical improvement might finally tip the scales in her favour where it matters most. The daughter of Trapeze Artist resumes in the Group 2 Light Fingers Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday, one of three runners...
Consistent Savannah Cloud returns at Flemington
Trainer Phillip Stokes will not be aiming too high with Savannah Cloud who makes his racetrack return at Flemington. Stokes has picked out the Listed The Elms Stakes (1400m) on Saturday as the ideal lead into another 1400m race at Flemington on March 9, the Group 3 Shaftesbury Avenue Handicap. Savannah Cloud has been...
Victorian raider to show Magique touch in Triscay Stakes
A lack of suitable sprint options in Melbourne has prompted Grahame Begg to set his sights on the Sydney carnival with classy mare C’Est Magique, who launches her campaign in the Triscay Stakes at Randwick. Keen to restrict the four-year-old to shorter sprints after she failed at her only start beyond 1200m...
Unstoppable charge towards Black Caviar Lightning Stakes
Lucy Yeomans has been associated with many a good horse and is not going to get overawed at the thought of winning her first Group 1 race. In a training partnership with Lloyd Kennewell, the pair will saddle up I Am Unstoppable in the Black Caviar Lightning (1000m) at Flemington on Saturday. Yeomans was a part...
Jimmysstar out to extend Australian record
The Ciaron Maher stable is in no rush to get Jimmysstar to the big league despite the former New Zealand galloper holding an All-Star Mile wildcard. As part of his program to the All-Star Mile (1600m) at Caulfield on March 16, Jimmysstar is set to run in the Listed The Elms Handicap (1400m)...
Fresh Foxy ready for Flemington return in Frances Tressady Stakes
Autumn, as it is in spring, is a time when connections of mares dream big. It is the time when a Stakes race win can add a little extra to the value of a potential broodmare. Ballarat trainer Andrew Noblet has the Group 1 Coolmore Classic (1500m) at Rosehill next month in the...
Under-rated gelding hoping to Peak for Doncaster Mile
An upset winner of the Group Two Chelmsford Stakes in the spring, Navajo Peak is on a mission to prove it was no fluke, starting in the Apollo Stakes at Randwick. The David Payne-trained gelding is among a final field of 10 for Saturday’s 1400-metre feature, the race attracting a high-class line...
Technology keeps Walker in the loop
Modern technology has kept New Zealand-based trainer Mark Walker up to date with how star mare Imperatriz has been progressing, however there is nothing like seeing her in the flesh. Walker arrived in Melbourne on Sunday afternoon and headed straight to Cranbourne to check on the mare before she travelled to Moonee Valley...
Wolfgang’s campaign hinges on Talindert Stakes
Feature race options remain on the table for Wolfgang, but his performance up the straight at Flemington will determine which path he takes. The Lloyd Kennewell and Lucy Yeomans-trained two-year-old is down to run in the Listed Talindert Stakes (1100m) at Flemington on Saturday. That performance up the straight will determine whether he...
Star jockey aims for $4m The Quokka return
FFor William Pike, it’s not just another day at the races, it’s Quokka Day. It’s Perth’s richest race and now worth an extra million after the $4 million inaugural edition last year. With the race profile and prizemoney on offer there is no shortage of incentive and motive for Pike to be...