Horse Racing News
Moody and Coleman pair meet in the Kewney Stakes
With two nice fillies looking for a trip, Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman have been forced into pitting Mollynickers and Autumn Angel against one another at Flemington. The pair run in the Group 2 Kewney Stakes (1600m) on Saturday having started their autumn campaigns in different races last month. Mollynickers ran a first-up third behind...
Stokes’ Focus shifts to VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes
Stay Focused is considered the best chance to break a decade-long hoodoo when he contests Saturday’s VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes at Flemington. The Phillip Stokes-trained colt heads to the $300,000 Group 2 off a fifth placing in the Blue Diamond, once the prime lead-up to the Sires’, which until 2005 carried Group...
Early kickoff at Flemington as hot weather hits Super Saturday
In response to scorching temperatures forecasted for tomorrow’s Super Saturday at Flemington, Racing Victoria (RV) and the Victoria Racing Club (VRC) have opted to start the races early. With the mercury expected to hit 39 degrees, the eight-race event will kick off at 10.45 am and conclude by 2.30 pm. The decision,...
Tulloch Lodge Vampires adds bite to G1 Randwick Guineas
Adrian Bott isn’t sure if his two Randwick Guineas runners are sharp enough to upset the favourites, but he does believe both can make their mark this autumn. Bott and training partner Gai Waterhouse will start Les Vampires and Ganbare, both horses arriving at Saturday’s 1600 metre race via the Hobartville Stakes (1400m), the...
Mitchell Pateman has his mojo working for Bunbury Stakes
Mojo Rhythm has been heavily supported on the eve of Saturday’s Listed Tabtouch Bunbury Stakes (1400m) and trainer Mitchell Pateman is confident the son of boom sire Playing God can secure his second feature success in four months. Supporters have rallied behind Mojo Rhythm and quickly snapped up double figure offerings...
Bunbury Stakes atonement for Red Fifty Three
In a race of hard luck stories, the Pinjarra Classic (1300m) was a bad watch for co-trainers Grant and Alana Williams and backers of Red Fifty Three two weeks back. Jockey Madi Derrick was lucky to stay aboard Red Fifty Three when the five-year-old copped a severe check in between rivals when passing...
Les Ross saddles seven in the 2YO Jewel
Stuart Kendrick has as opportunity to knock off the two highlight races of the QTIS Jewel program on Saturday with full brothers Defiant Spirit and Defiant Boom. Both by Queensland’s warrior sprinter Spirit Of Boom with the dam a well-performed two-year-old in her day, Listed Gimcrack Stakes winner Defiant Dame, each will take...
Biden Time pays off for Steve Richards
Trainer Steve Richards registered his first city win in more than two years when Biden Time scored at Sandown. Richards, who prepares a small team at Flemington, had not been successful in town since Holbein took out the Listed Lord Stakes (1700m) at Caulfield in 2021. Runners have been scarce in the city...
Marroni set to resume at Trentham for new barn
Owners Alastair Lawrence and John Rattray, of Bonneval fame, have had success sending horses to Waipukurau trainer Simon Wilson over the last few years and they are hoping that continues with their Group Three winner Marroni. Wilson had previously been entrusted with Scutar and Vidiano for the partnership, with the former...
Exceed And Excel retired from stud duty
In the week of the Group 1 that was Exceed And Excel’s biggest win as a racehorse, Darley on Wednesday announced that its champion sire had been retired from stallion duties. The 23-year-old has been pensioned after putting together one of the great careers by an Australian stallion, having thrown 215...
