Horse Racing News
Well-bred colt given second chance with Bjorn Baker
The Bjorn Baker stable is keeping a lid on expectations for new recruit Caballus, despite the colt posting a brace of impressive barrier trial wins in the lead up to his Rosehill return. A $1 million yearling, the I Am Invincible three-year-old was originally raced by an ownership group led by Coolmore before he was...
Griffiths and De Kock looking forward to getting back to Flemington
The Robbie Griffiths and Mathew De Kock stable is looking forward to getting back to Flemington where they will saddle Rey Magnerio in the VRC Super Saturday, 9 March Handicap. Griffiths and de Kock prepared a winner at the final Flemington meeting for 2023 before Magnapur got the ball rolling for the stable...
Rawiller and Meritable pair team up at Rosehill
Mark Minervini is banking on the renowned horsemanship of Nash Rawiller to help extract the best from budding stallion Meritable when the pair team up at Rosehill. Group 1 placed in the New Zealand 2000 Guineas at three, Meritable hasn’t quite gone on with the job in his handful of starts...
Amigo lands his second race win at Sandown
A gelding operation looks to have turned around the fortunes of high-priced yearling Amigo who landed his second race win at Sandown. The Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman-trained galloper took out the Tobin Brothers Celebrating Lives Handicap (1000m) on Wednesday to remain unbeaten following a gelding operation. Amigo was a $975,000 yearling purchase at...
Immediacy scores at Sandown
The rain that fell at Sandown early on Wednesday was a blessing for the Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young stable and their lightly raced three-year-old Immediacy . Having only his second race start, Immediacy backed up a debut maiden win at Cranbourne with a more impressive victory in the Thoroughbred Club Australia Handicap (1800m). While the...
2YO's test out Caulfield Heath track
Jockey Luke Currie says the new Caulfield Heath track felt like carpet as he and fellow riders partnered two-year-olds in four jump-outs on Tuesday morning. The jump-outs, for two-year-olds entered in next month’s Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes, were the second serious test for the track after the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace...
Matt Laurie has sights set on Blue Diamond Stakes
Trainer Matt Laurie has had to rethink the starting point for the autumn program of his two-year-old Coleman after a setback brought on by a virus. The Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on February 24 remains firmly in Laurie’s mind, but the son of Pierata is likely to have a...
Gold Coast Turf Club announces $3m slot race
The Gold Coast Turf Club will debut the TAB Magic Millions Sunlight on January 10, 2025, a novel $3 million race for three-year-olds. Spanning 1100m, this feature night race precedes the 2025 Star Gold Coast Magic Millions Raceday. It has unique conditions with set weights for colts, geldings, and fillies, and doesn’t...
Learning To Fly again in bid to return to racing
A hectic week at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Sales saw Annabel Neasham have a hand in the purchase of more than $5 million of young horseflesh, but another previous sale eye-catcher in Learning To Fly is readying for a return to the races after a lengthy recovery. Group and listed performers headline...
Realism on Immediacy even a child can see
Picking a promising horse isn’t usually child’s play but in the instance of Derby hopeful Immediacy , his purchase came about from just that. It was 12-year-old Ben, son of co-trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young, who pointed out this son of 2015 Group 1 Victoria Derby winner Tarzino out of the catalogue...