Horse Racing News
Via Sistina rebounds in the Turnbull Stakes
Emerging gelding Ceolwulf has turned trainer Joe Pride’s afternoon on its head with a barnstorming victory in one of Randwick’s most famous mile races. Pride was downtrodden after deciding to have Everest champion Think About It ridden quietly in the Premiere Stakes (1200m), only for his stablemates Coal Crusher to lope in front at...
Randwick trainers dominate Breeders Plate and Gimcrack Stakes
Tulloch Lodge has produced the Breeders’ Plate trifecta for the second year in succession with King Kirk, the first runner for freshman sire Ole Kirk, putting his hat in the ring for a Magic Millions campaign with a come-from-behind win. A $300,000 buy, King Kirk ($8) got back from a midfield...
Via Sistina rebounds in the Turnbull Stakes
After a below par effort at her Flemington debut, Via Sistina has bounced back to winning form and in the process provide the Chris Waller stable with a Group 1 quinella. Via Sistina was sent out the $2.60 betting site favourite at her Melbourne debut but was comfortably held behind Mr Brightside and...
No Glow, but Waller finds right Lady for Flight Stakes
Chris Waller lost his top seed for the Flight Stakes on race eve, but it hasn’t stopped him from claiming the Group 1 fillies’ feature with another richly talented three-year-old in Lady Shenandoah. Odds-on favourite Autumn Glow was found to be lame on Friday, ruling her out of the race and the spring,...
Quinella for Cranbourne pair in the Danehill Stakes
Cranbourne trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr produced almost the perfect result when their colts ran the quinella in a Stakes race at Flemington. Only a half-head separated First Settler and Reserve Bank at the end of the Group 2 Danehill Stakes (1100m) on Saturday with the pair expected to clash again in...
Tremonti scores fighting win in the Maribyrnong Trial Stakes
The decision by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott to send Tremonti to Melbourne produced an immediate result with the colt scoring at Flemington. Waterhouse and Bott have a strong team of two-year-olds and filled the placings in the Group 3 Breeders’ Plate (1000m) at Randwick on Saturday and collected the prize...
The Little Dance goal for St Lawrence
The Little Dance on Melbourne Cup day at Randwick is the mission for the Ciaron Maher-trained St Lawrence, who has ended a 15-month drought from the winner’s list with his victory in Saturday’s Alinta Energy Handicap (1600m). Starting at $10, the six-year-old passed the qualifying clause for the Little Dance with...
Swiftfalcon soars towards Spring Champion Stakes
Promising three-year-old Swiftfalcon has stamped himself as a genuine Spring Champion Stakes contender after posting the second impressive win of his current campaign, this time in the Dulcify Stakes. Stepping out for just his fifth career start, Swiftfalcon backed up a convincing performance at Flemington first-up last month in a 1420m...
Airman claims The Everest scalps in Premiere Stakes
The Hawkes Racing-trained Airman has scored a boilover win in the Premiere Stakes at Randwick, upstaging Everest contenders Bella Nipotina and Giga Kick, along with reigning champion Think About It. Starting a $41 bookmakers outsider in the seven-horse field, Airman charged along the rails for Zac Lloyd and survived a late surge from...
Autumn Glow ruled out of the spring racing carnival
Glamour filly Autumn Glow is injured and will miss Saturday’s Group 1 Flight Stakes at Randwick. Trainer Chris Waller broke the news on Friday morning, revealing that the undefeated daughter of The Autumn Sun was suffering from a leg injury that requires surgery. “Unfortunately, Autumn Glow was found to be slightly lame this morning...
