Horse Racing News
Will to win pulls Not An Option through for the Chester Manifold Stakes
Michael Dee’s knack for landing race day features continued into the new year with victory aboard Not An Option in the Listed Chester Manifold Stakes (1400m) at Flemington. Notching a third win in eight outings at the track, the gelding broke a run of outs this preparation to win the $175,000 event. Not...
Rothfire takes King Of The Mountain crown
Trainer Robert Heathcote took a risk sending Rothfire to Toowoomba not just at the horse’s first visit, but also one as a short-priced favourite in the $750,000 King Of The Mountain (1200m) at Toowoomba. As Group 1 winner, expectations were high for Rothfire ($1.80), but rated by much of the opposition as a...
Consistent Insurrection claims Canterbury Sprint
If consistency counts then jockey Zac Lloyd and four-year-old Insurrection are summer pin-ups as the the young Queeslander steered the gelding to victory in Sydney’s New Year’s Day feature, the Listed Canterbury Stakes (1200m). Narrowly beaten last start in the Listed Razor Sharp Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on December 9, a relaxed Insurrection...
Boom Kiwi colt to make G1 Blue Diamond Stakes Move
Ben Gleeson's raceday commitments in Australia over the New Year period are not strenuous, but there is still enough happening to keep him alert. The Australian foreman for Te Akau Racing head trainer Mark Walker will be keeping a close eye on a colt he hopes to welcome into Te Akau's Cranbourne...
All in order for Numerian in bid for G2 Perth Cup
Top weight and a wide draw in a big field is not typically the recipe any trainer would wish for or entertain when heading into a race, let alone a feature $1 million staying contest. Numerian carries 59kg and jumps from barrier 15 in Monday’s Perth Cup (2400m), leaving in-form Sydney trainer,...
Pizzazz needed to be the King Of The Mountain
Tony Gollan concedes that the set weights and penalties conditions of the King Of The Mountain slightly dents his confidence in snaring the second edition of Queensland’s first slot race, but having set All That Pizzazz for the New Year’s Day feature, and with the horse having proven himself at the track,...
Progressive stayer can Rule in the Bagot Handicap
The ratings column says Monday’s Bagot Handicap is a jump in class for imported gelding Ruling, but his co-trainer Ciaron isn’t reading too much into that. Ruling steps up from a 2400-metre benchmark 84 at Caulfield, which he won narrowly, to the $200,000 Listed event over 2800m at Flemington and Maher is...
Grebeni salutes again in the Maroubra Mile
He is in a purple patch of form of late and the Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou-trained galloper Grebeni ($3.10F) has won again in a tradesman-like display. After winning the Goulburn Cup on November 5, the Ocean Park gelding then disappointed in the Group 3 Festival Stakes at Rosehill when sixth –...
Gelding does the trick with Cifrado in Vo Rogue Plate
Rex Lipp’s decision to geld Cifrado has reaped another Group win with the three-year-old storming to victory in Saturday’s Group 3 Vo Rogue Plate (1350m) at Doomben. The son of Encryption has always had ability, as demonstrated by his win in the Group 2 Queensland Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m), but the Toowoomba...
Peace Treaty gives owners VOBIS Gold Carat payday
Peace Treaty’s career is only four starts old, but her owners are already well in front after the National Defense filly registered her third win in Saturday’s rich VOBIS Gold Carat at The Valley. The Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained three-year-old proved too classy for her rivals in the 1200-metre event that...