Horse Racing News
West Wind Blows primed for the G1 Caulfield Cup
The updates from the Werribee quarantine facility had always been positive, but that didn’t mean Ed Crisford wasn’t without some trepidation when he saw West Wind Blows for the first time in several weeks on Thursday. Crisford and his co-trainer, his father Simon, had been kept well up to date by...
Jockey Craig Williams chasing a third Caulfield Cup
There are many big races in Australia that all have something a little different about them – think the Melbourne Cup, Cox Plate, Golden Slipper and even The Everest. But for something unique there is the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) which will be run on Saturday. Jockey Craig Williams has won all five...
Damian Lane partners with Breakup in the Caulfield Cup
Racing Victoria and Melbourne’s metropolitan racing clubs all undertake their own international recruiting campaigns, but some perform the role without being on the payroll. Damian Lane is something of an unofficial scout in Japan and earlier this year he was doing his best to ensure Japanese representation in the Spring Carnival majors. The...
C’est ready to show Magique in the Tristarc Stakes
Grahame Begg is banking on an early morning trip being the catalyst for C’Est Magique finding winning form again. A debut winner on the synthetic track at Pakenham in August last year, C’est Magique has raced exclusively in Stakes company in her five subsequent starts. Her seventh career start on Saturday comes in the Group 3 Tristarc Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield where she...
Two Caulfield Cup contenders are in doubt to race
Caulfield Cup contenders Without A Fight and Nonconformist are under a fitness cloud leading into the Caulfield Cup. The two horses were showing signs of lameness following mandatory pre-race veterinary examinations by Racing Victoria vets on Thursday to ascertain their suitability to race. The Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained Without A Fight presented with lameness in the left front foot while the Grahame Begg-trained...
Gates out to show G1 Victoria Derby prospects
Trainers Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman have high hopes for Gates and are prepared to test the colt at Stakes level at Caulfield. A son of Frankel, Gates runs in the Group 3 Caulfield Classic (2000m) on Saturday as a lead-up to a potential start in the Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) at Flemington on November 4. Gates will...
Amelia’s Jewel showing significant improvement
Amelia’s Jewel’s interstate campaign remains alive with the gun Perth mare showing significant improvement following her shock defeat at Caulfield on Saturday. Amelia’s Jewel finished ninth of 16 in the Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m), a run totally out of character and the worst performance of her outstanding career. There were genuine concerns...
Okita Soushi out for Caulfield G1 win, just like mum
When Coolmore bought Amicus in 2016, it did so with the dream of seeing the daughter of Fastnet Rock create offspring capable of winning some of the world’s best races. It was around the time Coolmore bought a number of well-bred Australian mares to join some of their own stock in...
Suspended Rawiller shifts focus to The Golden Eagle
Ruled out of riding in two of the biggest races of the Melbourne spring due to suspension, Nash Rawiller is turning his focus to winning a rich double in Sydney. The top hoop, who has been in the best form of his career, was outed for careless riding aboard Power Of The...
Gold Trip not a certain Caulfield Cup 2023 starter
Ben Melham has gone close to winning the Caulfield Cup and even though he is booked to ride Gold Trip is none the wiser as to whether the horse will run. The track condition on Saturday will be key to whether Gold Trip runs in the Group 1 Handicap over 2400m in which he...