Horse Racing News
Damian Lane booked to partner 2024 Turnbull Stakes favourite
Damian Lane will be aboard when Via Sistina looks to get her Spring campaign back on track in this Saturday’s $750,000 Turnbull Stakes. Champion trainer Chris Waller has turned to Melbourne’s reigning premiership jockey for the 2000-metre Group 1 with Kerrin Mcevoy and James Mcdonald, who have ridden Via Sistina at her two starts this...
Tuesday gallop key for Place Du Carrousel on path to Melbourne Cup
A gear change together with an important track outing on Tuesday morning will help Anthony and Sam Freedman decide whether Place Du Carrousel will head to Flemington on Saturday for a redeeming tilt at another Spring Carnival feature, and keep a Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup path on course. The Group...
Bjorn Baker still Everest dreaming with Overpass
It might be a case of out of sight, out of mind, but Bjorn Baker hasn’t given up hope of Overpass joining stablemate Stefi Magnetica in the $20 million The Everest. An outstanding fresh performer who has twice claimed the scalp of Amelia’s Jewel in The Quokka first-up, Overpass hasn’t raced since capturing the...
Broadsiding leads home quinella for Godolphin in Golden Rose
Ten years after James Cummings celebrated his first Group One win alongside his legendary grandfather Bart, he has brought up his 50th in the same race, producing Broadsiding for an historic Golden Rose victory. The champion juvenile became the first horse to win the Golden Rose (1400m) first-up, unleashing his trademark whirlwind finish...
G1 Toorak Handicap next for dashing Desert Lightning
Desert Lightning has taken three runs to break his Australian winning duck but the Group 1 winner in New Zealand could be in line to snare one at the highest level at Caulfield next start in the Toorak Handicap. The five-year-old did just what co-trainers Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman wanted to...
Perspiration lands first stakes win in Heritage Stakes
Perspiration has overcome a tardy start to score an upset win in the Listed Heritage Stakes at Rosehill. Sent out an $11 chance with betting apps in Saturday’s 1100m race for three-year-olds which was reduced to just five runners after scratchings, Perspiration was slowly away and a few lengths off his rivals...
Makarena has right moves in the Golden Pendant
Talented mare Makarena has put a valuable Group win on the board, claiming the scalp of Amelia’s Jewel to win the Golden Pendant at Rosehill. The mare was forced to do the bullocking work behind runaway leader Belclere first-up in the Sheraco Stakes (1200m) and did a good job to fight on for...
Berkeley Square stakes Geelong, Moonee Valley Cups claim at Sandown
Berkeley Square’s resurgence to winning form over longer trips at the right time of year has trainer Dan O’Sullivan weighing up which rich ‘secondary’ Cup is the right one for his talented stayer. Berkeley Square ($4.40 betting favourite) stamped himself back on the winners’ list at Flemington two weeks ago over...
Group 1 Caulfield Guineas hopes for Ndola after Sandown win
A Saturday metro three-year-old victory in late September is handy in any instance but Ben Hayes has aspirations for a blue riband classic start for Ndola after a confidence boosting win at Sandown. Though main contenders Daggers and Detroit City were scratchings after starting at Moonee Valley the night before, Hayes said...
Amor Victorious too good in the Shannon Stakes
A return to the winner’s stall has been a welcome turnaround for trainer and horse, as the Bjorn Baker-prepared Amor Victorious outlasted his rivals to capture the Group Two Shannon Stakes at Rosehill. Baker has been frustrated by a series of placings over the past few weeks, including Stefi Magnetica’s narrow second...
