Horse Racing News
Two Caulfield Cup contenders are in doubt to race
Caulfield Cup contenders Without A Fight and Nonconformist are under a fitness cloud leading into the Caulfield Cup. The two horses were showing signs of lameness following mandatory pre-race veterinary examinations by Racing Victoria vets on Thursday to ascertain their suitability to race. The Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained Without A Fight presented with lameness in the left front foot while the Grahame Begg-trained...
Gates out to show G1 Victoria Derby prospects
Trainers Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman have high hopes for Gates and are prepared to test the colt at Stakes level at Caulfield. A son of Frankel, Gates runs in the Group 3 Caulfield Classic (2000m) on Saturday as a lead-up to a potential start in the Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) at Flemington on November 4. Gates will...
Amelia’s Jewel showing significant improvement
Amelia’s Jewel’s interstate campaign remains alive with the gun Perth mare showing significant improvement following her shock defeat at Caulfield on Saturday. Amelia’s Jewel finished ninth of 16 in the Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m), a run totally out of character and the worst performance of her outstanding career. There were genuine concerns...
Okita Soushi out for Caulfield G1 win, just like mum
When Coolmore bought Amicus in 2016, it did so with the dream of seeing the daughter of Fastnet Rock create offspring capable of winning some of the world’s best races. It was around the time Coolmore bought a number of well-bred Australian mares to join some of their own stock in...
Suspended Rawiller shifts focus to The Golden Eagle
Ruled out of riding in two of the biggest races of the Melbourne spring due to suspension, Nash Rawiller is turning his focus to winning a rich double in Sydney. The top hoop, who has been in the best form of his career, was outed for careless riding aboard Power Of The...
Gold Trip not a certain Caulfield Cup 2023 starter
Ben Melham has gone close to winning the Caulfield Cup and even though he is booked to ride Gold Trip is none the wiser as to whether the horse will run. The track condition on Saturday will be key to whether Gold Trip runs in the Group 1 Handicap over 2400m in which he...
Tyler Schiller keen to Manifest another feature race win
Most top apprentices entering their first year as a fully fledged jockey take time to hit their straps, but Tyler Schiller is off to a flying start. The former champion junior rider has already booted home 19 city winners just two-and-a-half months into the racing term and sits third on the Sydney...
Tough draw for Nonconformist in Caulfield Cup
Trainer Grahame Begg admitted to being in the foetal position as he watched the Caulfield Cup Barrier Draw and saw Nonconformist come up with gate 19. Nonconformist will jump from the widest gate in Saturday’s Group 1 2400m Handicap regardless of what scratchings there are. Begg said he and jockey Harry Coffey will just have to take their...
Weeraechoux: A raw talent with ability says Kersley
Weeraechoux gave Brian Kersley plenty to cheer about following his Ascot triumph on Wednesday and the trainer believes his talented three-year-old can now go on with it. Racing first up after three competitive races at Belmont during the winter, Weeraechoux came with a barnstorming finish to win the Maca Maiden (1200m) by...
Nash Rawiller to miss the Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate
Champion jockey Nash Rawiller won't be seen in action at the Caulfield Cup and the Cox Plate meetings, following a suspension incurred at Randwick-Kensington on Wednesday. Rawiller was handed a seven-meeting suspension, in which he chose to begin immediately, after pleading guilty to a careless riding charge. The suspension stems from an...
