Horse Racing News
Mr Brightside ready to rock in the Champions Mile
The Lindsay Park team of Ben, Will and J D Hayes would like a little luck to go their way in what has been a frustrating week at Flemington. After Mr Brightside was touched out in the Cox Plate at Moonee Valley, the Hayes boys have suffered narrow losses with Apulia and Crosshaven earlier...
Hoo Ya Mal on track for The Five Diamonds
Gai Waterhouse has achieved more than most in racing, but it will be some training performance if she can produce Hoo Ya Mal to win the $2 million Five Diamonds at Rosehill. After some handy lead-up form over middle-distances in Sydney, Hoo Ya Mal travelled to Melbourne for the Caulfield Cup but struggled...
Dalchini in form ahead of the Hot Danish Stakes
Melbourne Cup week revives fond memories for Lee and Cherie Curtis and they hope to make new ones this year when Dalchini contests the Hot Danish Stakes at Rosehill. Seven years ago, Lee Curtis celebrated one of his biggest wins when Lasqueti Spirit sprang a major upset in the VRC Oaks at Flemington. While...
Everest-winning hoop eyes The Five Diamonds
While good fortune has largely been evading Antino in Melbourne this spring, new jockey Sam Clipperton has been busy making his own luck in Sydney and he hopes it might rub off. Clipperton celebrated the biggest moment of his career with an Everest victory aboard Think About It last month. On Saturday at Rosehill, he...
Another Jolly result in the Ottawa Stakes
Richard and Chantelle Jolly reiterated their ability to identify the right horses to bring to the Melbourne Cup Carnival when Karavas scored a valuable win in Thursday’s $200,000 Ottawa Stakes. The daughter of Alabama Express provided the South Australian father/daughter training combination with a second win in the 1000-metre Group 3 event in...
Gift could be an Express route to the Golden Slipper
With their long-term sights on the Golden Slipper, connections of promising youngster Shangri La Express are hoping he can take home first prize in the $1 million Golden Gift to secure a spot in the world’s richest juvenile race. While no Golden Gift winner has yet gone on to Golden Slipper glory,...
Dabernig Pics up Melbourne Cup Carnival Country Final win
Picaroon scored an unlikely win for Warrnambool in the rich Melbourne Cup Carnival Country Final at Flemington on Thursday. The six-year-old daughter of Fiorente is only in work after failing to get in-foal and she lasted in a driving go to score a narrow win in the $500,000 event. It was the richest...
How a missed flight delivered a Melbourne Cup win
In the sixteen hours since Without A Fight saluted in the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m), co-trainer Sam Freedman was yet to have a moment to himself to reflect fully on the achievement. Accepting that chaos of the good kind follows winning Australia’s most famous race, the 27-year-old stood together with the horse...
Ethel to relish G1 VRC Kennedy Oaks trip
Ethel Maude may not have the sexy form lines of some of the other fillies engaged in the Group 1 VRC Oaks at Flemington, but her trainers are confident of one thing, she will stay the 2500m trip. Pat Carey and Harris Walker will saddle Ether Maude in the Group 1 Classic at Flemington on Thursday...
Country colt set for the Golden Gift
Matt Dunn is the first to admit that throwing an unraced country-trained youngster into a $1 million race at its first start is a little audacious. But based on what he has seen from Climactic at home, combined with the feedback from his regular trackworker rider, Dunn is keen to give the...