Horse Racing News
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...
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...
Bad timing for Charlotte Littlefield ahead of the Sandown Guineas
Pakenham-based trainer Charlotte Littlefield has not had many opportunities of success in ‘Black Type’ races and will miss her latest attempt at Caulfield. A planned trip back to England, booked six months ago, means Littlefield will miss out on seeing Modown line up in the Group 2 Sandown Guineas (1600m) on Saturday. Littlefield has saddled...
Regimental Lass to contest Merson Cooper Stakes at Caulfield
Shawn Mathrick will be forgiven for feeling a little nostalgic when Regimental Lass carries his colours in Saturday’s $175,000 Listed Merson Cooper Stakes at Caulfield. They are the same colours Regimental Lass’s dam, Gig, carried for the second half of her racing career. Regimental Lass is the first of Gig’s foals that...
David Payne gelding can outfox rivals in the Starlight Stakes
David Payne will bid to capitalise on Fox Fighter’s affinity for his home track when he starts the consistent sprinter in the Listed Starlight Stakes at Rosehill. The five-year-old has raced at the circuit seven times for six top-three finishes, including a brace of wins. It is a statistic that isn’t lost on...
My Bella Mae draws favourable barrier in Winterbottom Stakes
Jockey Pat Carbery says a favourable barrier draw enhances My Bella Mae’s chances to win the Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) at Ascot on Saturday. My Bella Mae came up with barrier five and with speed all around the Deep Field mare, Pat Carbery plans to utilise her best asset in...
Eclipse Stakes back-up option for Junipal
The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable considered they had found the right race for Junipal to add a nice amount of prize money to his connection’s coffers. That was until the rain came last weekend ahead of the Listed Kilmore Cup (1600m). Unfortunately for Maher and Eustace and the large group of owners, those conditions...
Savatoxl has zest for G1 Winterbottom Stakes
Trainer Will Savage maintains Savatoxl is showing enthusiasm and a zest for racing as he prepares for a first up tilt at the Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) at Ascot on Saturday. Alice Springs-based Will Savage is looking for further interstate success with Savatoxl, the well-travelled Kuroshio gelding a multiple black-type winner...
William Pike seeking Fortune change in G1 Winterbottom Stakes
In William Pike’s mind it’s the race that got away and he’s determined to claw back favour in Saturday’s Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) at Ascot. Pike is as competitive a rider that is going around who doesn’t take losses too lightly and Oscar’s Fortune’s last-start defeat is one that still...
Trial to keep Cepheus on track ahead of The Ingham
A wet track prompted Matt Dunn to scratch Cepheus from Saturday’s $1 million The Gong but the in-form import’s campaign is not over. The last-start Big Dance runner-up will head to the $2 million The Ingham (1600m) at Randwick on December 9 with a trial on Tuesday to keep him up to the...
