Horse Racing News
Heat forces earlier start to Sandown races
The earlier timed start to the Sandown midweek meeting on Wednesday will not require too much of a change for the Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman stable. Wednesday’s meeting has been brought forward five hours to combat the heat of the day. Temperatures at Sandown are expected to hit 38 degrees on Wednesday and Racing Victoria...
Riff Rocket chases rare treble in G1 Australian Guineas
Riff Rocket will attempt to follow the deeds of Mahogany when he runs in the Australian Guineas at Flemington. Mahogany won the Victoria Derby (2500m) at Flemington in 1993 before returning the following year to win the Vanuatu Stakes (1400m), now the C S Hayes Stakes, also at headquarters. Riff Rocket, won last...
Duais back for Autumn campaign
Three-time Group One winner Duais is likely to resume in Saturday’s Group 2 Guy Walter Stakes (1400m) at Randwick, with Ed Cummings to be guided by her first-up run as to what the six-year-old mare’s preparation will look like. Duais hasn’t managed a win since March 2022 but went close in a number of...
Joe Azzopardi’s Pinjarra Classic boost
Just under a month since fracturing his cheekbone at Lark Hill trials, Azzopardi expertly guided River Rubicon to victory in the Listed Pinjarra Classic (1300m) on Sunday. Azzopardi hopes a faster than expected recovery is the trigger for more success on the eve of Perth’s autumn carnival. “You always need a little bit of...
Veight humming ahead of G1 Australian Guineas
Tony Mcevoy didn’t have a runner in last Saturday’s Group 1 Futurity Stakes, but the result brought a smile to his face. Mr Brightside’s 1-1/2-length win over Pericles and Buffalo River in the 1400-metre weight-for-age contest franked the form of the McEvoy-trained Veight ahead of this Saturday’s Group 1 Australian Guineas. Veight was beaten 1-1/4 lengths...
Overs for a winner at Launceston
Early shoppers are sometimes rewarded with the coveted over the odds successes and although he admits to not usually partaking in the punt, Lindsey Smith believes that Yellow Sam may be in that category on Launceston Cup Day on Wednesday. Smith has targeted the Tasmanian Summer Carnival with Yellow Sam and Kaliuwaa Falls –...
Golden Slipper favourite heads Skyline Stakes entries
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott missed out on the Blue Diamond by a short-head and provided the Silver Slipper Stakes quinella last Saturday, but they will produce their No 1 Golden Slipper seed this weekend. Storm Boy’s anticipated return to the races will take place in Saturday’s $300,000 Group 2 Skyline Stakes...
Oxlades on Que in Oakleigh Plate
It wasn’t with the member of their stable most expected, but Shane and Cassie Oxlade celebrated their maiden Group 1 success after Queman led home a longshot trifecta in Saturday’s Oakleigh Plate at Caulfield. The Strathalbyn five-year-old, who started $17, nosed out $11 chance Hypothetical in a race that strayed from the script with $41...
Les Bridge unearths another Legend for Bon Ho
Forty years after winning his first Hobartville Stakes with Sir Dapper, octogenarian Les Bridge has captured his second, this time with the horse he believes might be the heir apparent to his Everest winner Classique Legend. Celestial Legend ($8.50) unleashed a withering finish from midfield to triumph in Saturday’s three-year-old feature, the trackside...
Pride throws down challenge to connections of Imperatriz in Canterbury Stakes
Te Akau Racing’s declaration that the Group 1 Canterbury Stakes is a possible target for Imperatriz hasn’t phased Think About It’s trainer Joe Pride in the slightest. Pride’s Everest winner is scheduled to resume in the Randwick feature and, renowned for enjoying a bit of friendly rivalry, Pride says talk that Imperatriz...
