Horse Racing News
Bjorn Baker looking to keep momentum rolling
Fresh from training half of the 10-race program at Randwick, Bjorn Baker will bid to keep his momentum rolling this weekend, albeit with a much smaller contingent of runners. Baker took seven horses to headquarters last Saturday and came away with five wins and a close third and while he was confident...
Party For One racing for three successive wins
Who would have thought Party For One would be racing for three successive wins when she started her campaign with the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr yard. But after wins over 1400m at Flemington on May 13 and June 3, Party For One is back at Flemington on Saturday to contest the...
Trainers search for Brayden Star’s best trip
The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young stable are still trying to ascertain what is the best trip for their imported galloper Brayden Star. Having won over 1994m in the UK at his last start before shipping to Australia, Brayden Star has won over 1500m at Cranbourne and most recently over 1600m at...
Benaud looking to build confidence in WJ McKell Cup
Benaud has been consistently competitive against some of Australia’s best horses, but remarkably his only win is in a maiden at Nowra. Group placed in the Gloaming Stakes at just his second start and runner-up to Hitotsu in the 2022 ATC Australian Derby, Benaud has run boldly against the likes of Anamoe,...
James McDonald gives Coolangatta tick of approval
In preparation for the upcoming Group 1 King’s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot, star jockey James McDonald has given Australian filly Coolangatta his tick of approval after a significant track work on Wednesday. McDonald, who rode last year’s King’s Stand Stakes victor, Nature Strip, partnered the promising three-year-old in an 800m...
Apprentices dominate midweek at Kensington
The depth in Sydney’s apprentice ranks has again been underlined with one of the newer kids on the block, Jett Stanley, posting a midweek double to move within three wins of outriding his full claim. Indentured to Annabel Neasham, Stanley opened his account aboard Kapunda for Ciaron Maher and David Eustace...
NZ apprentice Wiremu Pinn puts claim battle behind
New Zealand apprentice Wiremu Pinn joked his mount Born Hustler would have won by 10 lengths had he still been able to claim 3kg in the Melbourne metropolitan area. Pinn had his claim reduced from 3kg to 2kg for Wednesday’s meeting at Sandown after an audit of his New Zealand wins...
Spring Carnival aspirations for Coeur Volante
The Mike Moroney stable has Spring Carnival aspirations with Coeur Volante after the filly broke through for her maiden win at Sandown. The Group 1 Thousand Guineas at Caulfield in mid-November has been touted as the possible target for the filly after her win in the Ladbroke It! Handicap (1300m) on Wednesday. Settling second-last...
Trainers weigh up options for Shaiyhar
Last start winner and early favourite Shaiyhar is not guaranteed to be a starter in the staying race at Flemington on Saturday. The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young -trained galloper is among acceptors for the Murray Cox Handicap (2540m), but Busuttin said he was not sure whether to start the stayer. Shaiyhar recorded an impressive win over 2000m...
Weight and gate ideal for Berdibek
Berdibek might be rising ten, but John O’Shea says his forms points to him being a superior horse to 12 months ago and expects him to give the Listed Ipswich Cup a mighty shake. O’Shea has replicated the path Berdibek followed to Ipswich last year, coming through the Hawkesbury and Scone Cups in...