Horse Racing News
Distance test for Phearson in the Festival Stakes
Consistent gelding Phearson will be entering unchartered territory when he extends beyond 1400-metres for the first time in the Festival Stakes at Rosehill. However, trainer Brad Widdup is heading to the race with a theory that the extra journey could play into the hands of the horse’s racing style. The Group 2 is a...
Wendy Kelly looking to strike with Maurice filly in Sandown Guineas
It would be fitting if Wendy Kelly’s next feature win came with a product of Maurice and she will be looking to achieve that feat this Saturday at Caulfield. The Cranbourne trainer will start Mauricio in the $300,000 Group 2 Sandown Guineas (1600m). Kelly was the original trainer of Hitotsu, a son...
Tulloch Lodge seeking early joy in Christmas Cup
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott are set to have two runners in the Listed Christmas Cup with the stable favouring running dual-state acceptor Serpentine in Sydney. Serpentine, who has been freshened since finishing down the track in the Melbourne Cup, is also in the Zipping Classic (2400m) but Bott says Military Mission is likely...
Filly Squares up to chase Magic Millions Classic dream
Race experience can be a telling factor in two-year-olds contests, but David Payne isn’t certain it will be enough for Trafalgar Square to upstage highly touted debutant Storm Boy when they clash at Rosehill. Storm Boy has opened an odds-on favourite for Saturday’s Kia Ora Prague Handicap (1100m) at Rosehill off the back...
Williams aims for feature double in Sandown Guineas and Zipping Classic
Over a long period of time, jockey Craig Williams has had considerable success in the Royal Blue, Lime Hoops, Hooped Cap of owners Colin and Janice McKenna. Williams will partner a couple of the husband-and-wife part-owned gallopers in two feature races at Caulfield on Saturday, firstly Modown in the Group 2 Sandown Guineas (1600m)...
Blinkers to assist Alectrona in Twilight Glow Stakes
The Tony and Calvin McEvoy stable is banking on a gear change to turn around the fortunes Alectrona who steps up to Stakes company at Caulfield. Alectrona heads to the Listed Twilight Glow Stakes (1400m) on Saturday, a race that Calvin McEvoy concedes is ‘aggressive placement’ by the stable. A maiden winner over 1400m on...
Drop in grade suits South Of Houston
Trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr went searching for answers following the disappointing first-up performance of South Of Houston during the Melbourne Cup Carnival. The trainers could find nothing amiss with the mare, so they duly proceeded to Sandown on Wednesday where the mare blitzed her rivals in the Thoroughbred Club Australia Handicap (1200m). Taking advantage of barrier...
Ayrton quick to adapt to new surroundings in Perth
Exciting galloper Ayrton has quickly adapted to his new surroundings in Perth, according to Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr’s stable representative Ben Elam. Ayrton arrived in Perth with fellow Pinnacles contenders last week and will line up in next month’s Damien Oliver Gold Rush By TABtouch (1400m) at Ascot. By taking...
Brad Rawiller partners Resortman in the Winterbottom Stakes
Victorian jockey Brad Rawiller will attempt to win the Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) for a second time when he partners Resortman in the $1.5 million feature at Ascot on Saturday. Brad Rawiller answered the SOS call from Bunbury trainer Michael Lane and will make a flying visit to Perth before returning to...
Detonator Jack set for $2 million The Ingham
The lucrative prizemoney purse for The Ingham has swayed connections of Detonator Jack to keep him in Sydney for the $2 million summer centrepiece. A brilliant winner of The Gong at Kembla Grange last Saturday, Detonator Jack was being considered for a start for the $500,000 Ballarat Cup (2000m) as several of...