Horse Racing News
Tulloch Lodge can continue juvenile roll with Roulette
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott have been enjoying a stellar season with their two-year-olds and jockey Tim Clark is hoping that can continue when he links with the stable’s latest promising debutant at Randwick. The meeting will be Clark’s first Saturday back in Sydney this year, the top hoop having had brief breaks...
Freedman colt draws last Blood at Gosford
Will Freedman is hoping well-bred colt Navy Blood can continue to progress through the grades after landing his second win in four starts at Gosford. By Merchant Navy, the three-year-old is out of Platelet, who captured Adelaide’s Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes–The Goodwood double in 2013. After breaking his maiden at Newcastle...
La Casona score dogged debut win
The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable will be in no rush with La Casona who displayed plenty of fight to score a debut win at Sandown. A $400,000 yearling purchase by Snitzel, La Casona took out the 2024 Stud And Stable Staff Awards Plate (1300m) on Wednesday. Well supported in betting to run...
Naval College to float Autumn carnival prospects
Fresh from shattering Octagonal’s 2000-metre track record at Rosehill, emerging import Naval College will chase a second successive stakes win in the Listed Australia Day Cup at Warwick Farm. The five-year-old ran 1:59.11 seconds when demolishing his January Cup rivals last start, bettering the previous mark of 1:59.99 seconds that had been...
Ayrton back at favourite course in the John Dillon Stakes
The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr stable is banking on a return to Caulfield being a winning formula for Ayrton. The six-year-old runs in the Listed John Dillon Stakes (1400m) at his favourite track on Friday. Ayrton has raced at Caulfield on six occasions, registering five wins, four of which have been over...
McEvoy’s pin their hope on Blue Stratum in the Blue Diamond Preview
The Tony and Calvin McEvoy stable are banking on race experience proving significant when Blue Stratum heads to Caulfield for his return run. Blue Stratum is the only colt of the 10 colts and geldings engaged in the Blue Diamond Preview (1000m) to have raced previously. The two-year-old son of Blue Point had two runs...
Tim Clark chooses Alligator Blood over rich Sydney two-year-old race
Tim Clark is set to forgo riding at the Inglis Millennium meeting in Sydney in order to follow weight-for-age heavyweight Alligator Blood to Melbourne for his first-up run in the C F Orr Stakes. Clark has combined with the Tulloch Lodge gelding for a trio of Group 1 wins and after partnering him...
Zethus ready to fire in the Australia Stakes
Former Godolphin galloper Zethus is set to make his debut for the Stephen Brown stable at Moonee Valley. Brown has chosen the Group 2 Australia Stakes (1200m) as the gelding’s first start after the five-year-old had an 18-start career under the guidance of James Cummings, registering three wins and four minor placings. Of those three...
Curtain falls on Maher-Eustace partnership
They have been a formidable duo in Australian racing, but Ciaron Maher and David Eustace will saddle up their final runners together this weekend before the latter ends his tenure to take up a training position in Hong Kong. Winners of the National premiership last season and again the pacesetters this time around,...
John O’Shea heavy-handed in the Carrington Stakes
Maximal has the class, Waihaha Falls has the form on the board, and Zou Tiger is building towards another win. They are the trio of horses who will line up for John O’Shea in Saturday’s Listed Carrington Stakes (1400m) at Randwick and the trainer won’t be surprised to see any of them salute. “I think...