Horse Racing News
Floating Artist with Melbourne Cup ambitions
Floating Artist ($5) has notched up his first win since winning an open handicap in September 2021, taking out the Xtreme Freight Handicap (2040m) at Benchmark 100 level. In that time he’s placed in a Group 3 Coongy Handicap (2000m) and a Group 2 Moonee Valley Gold Cup (2500m), as well as...
Lakota Fire has Spring Racing Carnival on the horizon
Lakota Fire backed up a dominant maiden win at Morphettville three weeks ago to score narrowly in the Quentin Wallace Handicap (1000m) at Moonee Valley against better opposition, with plenty of options over the Spring. The father and son training duo appear to have a smart, American bred juvenile on their hands...
Kintyre earns spring racing carnival bid
Fireburn’s younger half-brother Kintyre has laid down an important spring marker with his gallant victory in the opening race at Rosehill. Trainer Gary Portelli said it was imperative the three-year-old turned in a competitive performance in Saturday’s Inglis Pink Bonus Handicap (1300m) to give him the confidence to press forward with his black-type...
Olentia stars in stablemate’s absence at Rosehill
Olentia’s appearance at Rosehill wasn’t always in Chris Waller’s plans, but a poor scope result from stablemate Extremely Lucky prompted a late change of tact – and a winning one. Waller flagged during the week that only Extremely Lucky was likely to run in Saturday’s Schweppes Handicap (1200m) as he didn’t want...
Blue-blooded filly Tiz Invincible blossoms in The Rosebud
Superbly bred filly Tiz Invincible has broken her maiden in style with a classy first-up victory in the Listed Rosebud to put herself on a potential Golden Rose path. By super sire I Am Invincible out of a half-sister to Anamoe, Tiz Invincible is bred in the purple and proved she...
Vauban unlikely to race before the Melbourne Cup
Willie Mullins, trainer of Melbourne Cup favorite Vauban, has signaled that the talented gelding is unlikely to race again before the prestigious event on the first Tuesday of November. Vauban secured a spot in the Melbourne Cup after a notable victory in the Group 3 Ballyroan Stakes at Naas. Mullins revealed that...
James McDonald booking Tiz key for Maher
Ciaron Maher and David Eustace will be out to keep their early season momentum rolling when they chase their second black-type win in as many weeks at Rosehill. After capturing the Group 2 Missile Stakes with I Am Me last weekend, the powerhouse stable will saddle up two runners in Saturday’s Listed Rosebud...
Cigar smoking ahead of The Rosebud bid
Untapped filly Cigar Flick headlines Chris Waller’s Rosehill team for Saturday, but she isn’t the only promising horse preparing to step out for the stable. While many of the trainer’s big guns were in action at Friday morning’s barrier trials, the next tier of talents will be given the chance to...
Trainer Mick Price issues Inundation warning
The last time Inundation raced at Moonee Valley he ran a course record over the 1000m journey. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained returns to the same course and distance on Saturday to contest the SteveOs Scamper Handicap. Price said Inundation has had numerous problems since that record-breaking run on Christmas Eve last year, the most serious being...
The Valley to suit speedy filly Pride Of Sullivan
The Lindsay Park stable is expecting an early morning trip to Moonee Valley to be beneficial for three-year-old Pride Of Sullivan. The daughter of Pride Of Dubai heads to The Valley on Saturday to contest the Quentin Wallace Handicap (1000m) after scoring a debut win at Swan Hill during the three-day Carnival in June. Trainers Ben,...