Horse Racing News
Foxy start to Australian Cup campaign
Trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young learned one thing out of a failed trip to Ballarat that Foxy Cleopatra has an aversion to really wet tracks. Those conditions will not front Foxy Cleopatra when she returns from a break in the Group 3 T S Carlyon Cup (1600m) at Caulfield on Saturday. While Foxy...
Yellow Sam too strong in The Mystic Journey
Trainer Lindsey Smith enjoyed a quick hit and run mission to Hobart on Friday with progressive mare Yellow Sam taking out the Group 3 Mystic Journey Stakes. A winner of five of her 11 starts, Yellow Sam has gone to a new level this preparation and had no concern justifying her favouritism...
Castanya stamps herself on the Golden Slipper
Annabel Neasham will give Castanya every chance to earn her way into the Golden Slipper after the filly took an important step with a sweeping victory in the Listed Lonhro Plate at Randwick. The youngster’s performance franked the form of Slipper second favourite Switzerland, who she finished runner-up to on debut, while also...
Bodyguard blitzes rivals in the Blue Diamond Prelude
The Peter and Paul Snowden stable has strengthened their claims on capturing a first Blue Diamond Stakes together with a potential quartet of runners in the Group 1 race at Caulfield. Peter Snowden has won Melbourne’s premier juvenile race on three occasions and will chase a first with his son on February 24. Bodyguard entered...
Hayasugi to chase rare Blue Diamond treble
Hayasugi will attempt a rare feat when she chases Melbourne’s premier juvenile race at Caulfield. The Clinton Mcdonald-trained two-year-old will head to the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on February 24 with the Blue Diamond Preview and the Blue Diamond Prelude already secured. No filly has achieved the feat since...
Caballus upstages classy field in Eskimo Prince Stakes
Bjorn Baker has labelled Caballus the second-best colt he has trained behind Ozzmosis after the three-year-old overcame a high-class field to win the Eskimo Prince Stakes at Randwick. Bought for $315,000 by syndicators Darby Racing as a tried horse, Caballus continued his perfect record for his new connections, adding Saturday’s Group 3 race to...
Luke Nolen undergoes surgery after fall
Luke Nolen has undergone surgery to stem internal bleeding after a fall at trackwork at Pakenham on Thursday morning. The rider most famous for his association with champion mare Black Caviar was transported to the Alfred hospital after a fall with fractured left ribs and pelvis problems the initial concern. But Victorian Jockeys...
Star sprinter out of Black Caviar Lightning Stakes due to poor trackwork
In Secret’s autumn campaign is up in the air after Saturday week’s Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning was ruled out for the four-year-old. The daughter of I Am Invincible was being set for a first-up clash with Imperatriz and Private Eye in the Flemington feature, but will miss the 1000-metre weight-for-age event after...
David Payne filly can go from Rags to riches in the Inglis Millennium
David Payne doesn’t have the budget to compete at the top-end of the yearling sale market, so the bluebloods are never on his short list. Instead, he backs his decades of experience and horsemanship to hunt for hidden gems. Trawling through the yearlings on offer last year, Payne came across a daughter of...
Dylan Gibbons reuniting with Celestial Legend in the Eskimo Prince Stakes
If Dylan Gibbons has learned anything in his burgeoning riding career it is to make the most of every opportunity, even a fortuitous one. In that vein, the star apprentice is thrilled to be reuniting with three-year-old Celestial Legend in the Eskimo Prince Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday, picking up the...