Horse Racing News
Overs for a winner at Launceston
Early shoppers are sometimes rewarded with the coveted over the odds successes and although he admits to not usually partaking in the punt, Lindsey Smith believes that Yellow Sam may be in that category on Launceston Cup Day on Wednesday. Smith has targeted the Tasmanian Summer Carnival with Yellow Sam and Kaliuwaa Falls –...
Golden Slipper favourite heads Skyline Stakes entries
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott missed out on the Blue Diamond by a short-head and provided the Silver Slipper Stakes quinella last Saturday, but they will produce their No 1 Golden Slipper seed this weekend. Storm Boy’s anticipated return to the races will take place in Saturday’s $300,000 Group 2 Skyline Stakes...
Veight humming ahead of G1 Australian Guineas
Tony Mcevoy didn’t have a runner in last Saturday’s Group 1 Futurity Stakes, but the result brought a smile to his face. Mr Brightside’s 1-1/2-length win over Pericles and Buffalo River in the 1400-metre weight-for-age contest franked the form of the McEvoy-trained Veight ahead of this Saturday’s Group 1 Australian Guineas. Veight was beaten 1-1/4 lengths...
Oxlades on Que in Oakleigh Plate
It wasn’t with the member of their stable most expected, but Shane and Cassie Oxlade celebrated their maiden Group 1 success after Queman led home a longshot trifecta in Saturday’s Oakleigh Plate at Caulfield. The Strathalbyn five-year-old, who started $17, nosed out $11 chance Hypothetical in a race that strayed from the script with $41...
Les Bridge unearths another Legend for Bon Ho
Forty years after winning his first Hobartville Stakes with Sir Dapper, octogenarian Les Bridge has captured his second, this time with the horse he believes might be the heir apparent to his Everest winner Classique Legend. Celestial Legend ($8.50) unleashed a withering finish from midfield to triumph in Saturday’s three-year-old feature, the trackside...
Pride throws down challenge to connections of Imperatriz in Canterbury Stakes
Te Akau Racing’s declaration that the Group 1 Canterbury Stakes is a possible target for Imperatriz hasn’t phased Think About It’s trainer Joe Pride in the slightest. Pride’s Everest winner is scheduled to resume in the Randwick feature and, renowned for enjoying a bit of friendly rivalry, Pride says talk that Imperatriz...
Verdad to take improvement into G1 Australian Guineas
Trainers Robbie Griffiths and Mathew de Kock could not have been happier with the return performance of Verdad and are looking for an equally solid performance in the Australian Guineas. Verdad resumed in the Group 3 C S Hayes Stakes (1400m) at Flemington on February 17 chasing home Riff Rocket and King Colorado,...
Zougotcha returns to her best in Millie Fox Stakes
Chris Waller might have got it wrong in trying to mould Zougotcha into a sprinter, but he has wasted no time putting her back on the right path. The classy mare made a brilliant return to win the Millie Fox Stakes (1300m) at Rosehill, stalking leader and $2.35 betting site favourite Lady Laguna...
Hayasugi completes the Blue Diamond sweep
Hayasugi proved herself Melbourne’s best two-year-old with a stylish win in the Blue Diamond Stakes completing a rare treble in the process. The Clinton Mcdonald -trained daughter of Royal Meeting joined Midnight Fever, back in 1987, as the only filly to complete the Blue Diamond Series, comprising the Preview, Prelude and Saturday’s feature Group...
Waterhouse-Bott colt Charges into G1 Golden Slipper contention
Golden Slipper favourite Storm Boy might be waiting until next week to serve a reminder of his talents, but two of his stablemates have done their Slipper chances no harm with outstanding performances at Rosehill. Straight Charge ($2.45 fav) turned the tables on Breeders’ Plate conqueror Espionage ($2.80) to dazzle in Saturday’s Silver Slipper...