Horse Racing News
The Everest Carnival Preview day at Rosehill on Saturday
There are so many feature races on Saturday that will impact on the majors through the Spring that it is like The Everest Carnival Preview. The G2 Theo Marks Stakes (1300m) sees horses who contest the big one in a few weeks as well the Epsom, Invitation and even the Big...
Peter Moody happy with I Wish I Win ahead of The Everest
A week at the beach beckons for The Everest second favourite I Wish I Win, who has recovered well from his first-up third placing in Saturday’s Group 1 Memsie Stakes at Caulfield. Peter Moody on Monday morning released his stable update to his co-owners Waikato Stud after the five-year-old had been checked...
Globe gearing up for G2 Feehan Stakes return
Trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr will give Globe the benefit of some added experience at Moonee Valley ahead of his first-up run. Globe is set to resume in the Group 2 Feehan Stakes (1600m) on Saturday as he looks to build on his unbeaten four start career. The five-year-old son of Charm Spirit has not been sighted...
G1 Golden Rose lead-up for The Everest bound Shinzo
Chris Waller has had a change of heart and is leaning towards running Shinzo first-up in the Golden Rose as he warms to an Everest start for the star colt. The Golden Slipper winner was initially slated to resume in next Saturday’s The Run To The Rose (1200m), alongside ATC Sires’ Produce and...
Mr Brightside wins Group 1 Memsie Stakes
Mr Brightside has been a special horse for Lindsay Park providing the stable with a number of firsts. The New Zealand-bred gelding provided Ben and J D Hayes with their first Group 1 when he took out the Doncaster Handicap at Randwick last year. With brother Will, the twin of J D, joining the training fold...
Navajo Peak causes Chelmsford Stakes upset
David Payne has masterminded a Chelmsford Stakes boilover, producing roughie Navajo Peak to upstage several weight-for-age stars and put himself in the frame for some even bigger targets. The gelding was sent out the equal outsider of the Group 2 field at $41 but Payne took a different view, telling jockey...
Cummings is keen to raise the bar with Pericles
Zac Lloyd has celebrated a Group race double at Randwick, adding the Tramway Stakes aboard Godolphin’s Pericles to his Furious Stakes win on the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained Tiz Invincible. The champion Sydney apprentice was riding at his first Saturday meeting since returning from a three-week suspension, which stemmed from...
End of an era: Champion sprinter Nature Strip retired
An era has ended with Chris Waller announcing the retirement of champion sprinter Nature Strip. The decision was made almost immediately after the nine-year-old finished down the track in the Concorde Stakes (1000m) at Randwick on Saturday with Waller convening a spontaneous press conference to confirm the news. Standing alongside Nature Strip’s...
Remarque puts his hand up for a slot in The Everest
Michael Hawkes has compared Remarque to grand sprinter Chautauqua in terms of natural ability but says a number of issues have prevented him from realising his potential – until now. The five-year-old has put his hand up for a slot in The Everest with an against-the-odds win in Saturday’s Concorde Stakes...
Benedetta lands important Stakes win at Caulfield
Benedetta has ticked off an important Stakes race victory for her future as a broodmare, but trainer Jason Warren says there is a lot of unfinished business remaining. Having now won six of her eight career starts, Benedetta claimed her first ‘Black Type’ win when successful in the Group 3 Cockram Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on...