Horse Racing News
Mazu set to trial at Hawkesbury ahead of The Hunter
Plans to target the $1 million The Hunter with Mazu will become clearer after the sprinter steps out in a barrier trial at Hawkesbury. Mazu is set to trial with Nash Rawiller aboard on Monday, five days before The Hunter (1300m) is held at Newcastle on Saturday. "We've done things a bit different...
Timing right for Begg’s Magic mare ahead of the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes
Magic Time has been considered a Group-1-mare-in-waiting for some time and the four-year-old will get her first crack at that level next Saturday at Caulfield. The Grahame Begg-trained star will start one of the leading fancies in the $1.5 million Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes. The 1400-metre handicap will be run for the first...
Roots dominant in the Hot Danish Stakes at Rosehill
The addition of blinkers on the Chris Waller-trained Roots in the Hot Danish Stakes has proven to be a winning move. After finishing second last in the $2 million The Invitation at Randwick last start, a decision was later made to apply blinkers to the well-performed five-year-old mare for Saturday’s fillies and...
Imperatriz claims sprint Championship at Flemington
A different venue and more accomplished set of rivals posed no problem for Imperatriz, who completed an unbeaten Victorian spring campaign in Saturday’s Champions Sprint at Flemington. The flying Kiwi mare took her career Group 1 tally to eight when she held off The Everest runners Buenos Noches and In Secret to win...
Pride Of Jenni lands big Flemington G1 double
Just as he had done a week earlier, Declan Bates stole a Group 1 race over a mile at Flemington on Pride Of Jenni. Bates and the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained Pride Of Jenni took out the Empire Rose Stakes on the opening day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival and the pair reunited for Champions Mile...
Shangri La Express remains unbeaten in the $1m Golden Gift
Shangri La Express has stamped himself as a Golden Slipper prospect with a tough win in the Golden Gift to remain unbeaten from his first two starts. With the winner’s purse from Saturday’s $1 million feature for two-year-olds, Shangri La Express has now banked enough prize money to secure a start in...
Atishu blows them away in the G1 Champions Stakes
Atishu completed a Stakes Day Group 1 clean sweep for the girls with a dominant win in the $3 million Champions Stakes at Flemington on Saturday. The Chris Waller-trained five-year-old atoned for a game second in last Saturday’s Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes with a dominant win in the 2000-metre event. Her victory...
Unspoken takes out the Five Diamonds at Rosehill
Unspoken has continued his rise through the ranks this spring with the biggest victory of his career in the $2 million Five Diamonds at Rosehill. The imported Unspoken ($7.50) had been unbeaten in three starts so far this campaign on his way to Saturday’s rich race for five-year-olds, and he stepped up...
Jump-out straightens out Buenos Noches
Sydney trainer Matthew Smith has been around the mark with his runners at the Melbourne Cup Carnival and will have one final chance on the final day at Flemington. Three-year-old filly Aethelflaed finished fourth in the Wakeful Stakes (2000m) last Saturday before chasing home Zardozi in the VRC Oaks (2500m) on Thursday while True...
NZ mare to show her Prowess in the Champions Stakes
New Zealand trainer Roger James says Prowess will rise to another level is she is to win the Group 1 Champions Stakes (2000m) at Flemington. Already a two-time winner at the highest level, Prowess is the 'new kid' on the block on Saturday. Forced to miss the early part of the spring after requiring...