Horse Racing News
Shinzo set for Coolmore Stud Stakes payday
Shinzo does not need to win Saturday’s $2 million Coolmore Stud Stakes to be assured of plenty of fanfare when he is retired to stud. But victory in the 1200-metre Group 1 at Flemington certainly won’t hurt his profile. The Chris Waller-trained colt is a son of four-time Australian champion sire Snitzel out...
UK raider out to emulate stablemate in Rosehill Gold Cup
Three weeks after producing Land Legend to plunder the St Leger Stakes, Newmarket trainer James Ferguson is poised to repeat the does with well-backed favourite Canberra Legend in the Rosehill Gold Cup. Like Land Legend, Canberra Legend is a lightly raced four-year-old to southern hemisphere time but as a Listed winner and Group 3...
Attrition scratched from The Golden Eagle
Ballarat-based Mitchell Freedman has experienced the highs and now the lows of top-level racing as last start Toorak Handicap winner Attrition has been scratched from Saturday’s $10 million Golden Eagle at Rosehill. Having snared his first Group 1 victory in the 1600-metre feature at Caulfield three weeks ago, Freedman today informed Racing NSW...
Interpretation moves into Melbourne Cup 2023 calculations
Interpretation is on the verge of gaining a start in the Melbourne Cup after taking out the Group 3 Bendigo Cup on Wednesday. The announcement that Annabel Neasham’s pair of King Frankel and Fancy Man would not be accepting for the Melbourne Cup 2023 and later Hasta La War would be...
Kovalica set for the $10 million Golden Eagle
The Cox Plate came under serious consideration for Kovalica, but his performance in the King Charles III Stakes convinced connections the $10 million Golden Eagle was the right target. The Queensland Derby winner was one of the few horses to make headway from back in the field, coming from last on...
Amelia’s Jewel frustrating path to the $10m Golden Eagle
There is a plethora of other clichés that you can mention, but the overriding feeling for trainer Simon Miller was frustration. His glamour mare Amelia’s Jewel, who had taken all before her in Perth and was well on her way to achieving the same in Melbourne, produced the worst run of her...
Riff Rocket a genuine chance to stay 2400m Victoria Derby trip
Chris Waller’s hope that Saturday’s $2 million Victoria Derby is run at a ‘genuine tempo’ underlines the champion trainer’s belief in Riff Rocket’s ability to be strong at the end of 2500 metres. The raging Derby favourite was beaten at $1.28 in a sit-sprint Caulfield Classic (2000m) at his most recent...
Everest winner to raise bar higher in Giga Kick Stakes
Joseph Pride has issued a stark warning to Think About It’s Giga Kick Stakes rivals, declaring The Everest winner still has a couple of lengths up his sleeve. Pride said that while the horse didn’t need to improve much in terms of fitness, he had made inroads in other areas which...
Obamburumai on Parr for The Golden Eagle
Japanese trainer Keiji Yoshimura is warming to the chances of Obamburumai in the $10 million Golden Eagle after watching him work at Rosehill with new jockey Josh Parr in the saddle. The lightly raced colt is staying at the Canterbury International Horse Centre but made the trip across town on Wednesday morning for a...
Arkansaw Kid chases G1 Coolmore Stud Stakes honours
The Lindsay Park stable is looking to bounce back after the disappointment of a narrow Cox Plate defeat in the first of three Group 1 races on the opening of the Melbourne Cup Carnival at Flemington. Mr Brightside was beaten in a deceptive photo finish in the Cox Plate last weekend and the gelding’s...