Horse Racing News
Opal Ridge headlines Tattersall’s Tiara nominations
The last G1 race of the season comes up on Saturday with the running of the Tattersall’s Tiara (1400m) for the fillies and mares. While not filled with G1 winners, it contains many who last start ran really well in good class races. Ruthless Dame ($5) is there in excellent form...
Foxy Frida on track for Tattersalls Tiara 2023
Andrew Noblet has seen enough to be convinced that Foxy Frida deserves a crack at Australia’s final Group 1 of the season, the Tattersalls Tiara, this Saturday at Eagle Farm. The Ballarat trainer knew the five-year-old’s form warranted taking her place in the 1400-metre event, but he wanted to see how...
Coolangatta & Cannonball in King’s Stand Stakes
Coolangatta will have to do something that has been achieved just twice in the past decade if she is to win the King’s Stand Stakes following the allocation of starting positions for the 1006-metre Group 1. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained filly will start from barrier two in the field of...
Melbourne Cup 2023 campaign begins for Emissary
Melbourne Cup runner-up Emissary has returned to the Flemington stables of trainer Mike Moroney to begin the preparation of going one better in Australia’s most iconic race. Emissary has just completed three weeks of pre-training after being tipped out for a break following a three-run autumn campaign. Moroney said he was disappointed with Emissary’s autumn campaign...
Chris Waller taking youthful approach to spring
Chris Waller has dominated Sydney’s training ranks for more than a decade, but he couldn’t be more excited about the group of young horses emerging as his next generation of carnival contenders. Waller is enjoying his best two-year-old season, not only capturing his first Golden Slipper with Shinzo but clean-sweeping the juvenile...
Spring racing carnival campaign calling for Steparty
Trainer Paul Preusker and jockey Dean Yendall both expect Steparty to rise to a far greater level after keeping his winning record intact. After wins at Ballarat and Flemington, Steparty stepped out to 1420m at Flemington on Saturday to claim the Rod Johnson Handicap after showing an explosive turn of foot soon after...
Grebeni puts spring in Gerald Ryan’s step
Gerald Ryan missed out on buying Grebeni once, but he wasn’t about to let him go a second time. And after the three-year-old made it a hat-trick of wins in the Racing For Good On July 29 Handicap (1800m) at Rosehill on Saturday, he was glad he backed his judgement. Ryan revealed...
Dry track suits Not An Option
Jockey Patrick Moloney has a bit more spending money for his European vacation after guiding Not An Option to victory at Flemington. Appreciating the Good 4 track conditions of the Brian Beattie Handicap (1420m) on Saturday, Not An Option registered his first win since March in comfortable style. After enjoying a good run behind Lindsay...
Zoumon lands courageous win in the McKell Cup
A tough performance by Zoumon has delivered the promising Tulloch Lodge stayer his biggest win, putting him on a path to chase further feature race success. Trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott are renowned for producing horses who can grind out a finish and Zoumon ($2.70 fav) has proven no exception, doing...
Unusual Culture earns shot at VRC-CRV Winter Championship Final
The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained Unusual Culture has earned herself a shot at a Stakes race with her win at Flemington. Victory in the David Bourke Handicap (1620m) at Flemington on Saturday was the final heat of the VRC-CRV Winter Championship with the final, at Listed level, run over 1600m...