Horse Racing News
Melbourne Cup favourite Circle Of Fire has Valley spin
Trainer Ciaron Maher took advantage of giving Melbourne Cup favourite Circle Of Fire a look at Moonee Valley as the imported galloper builds his fitness ahead of the Melbourne Spring Carnival. Circle Of Fire sits on the fourth line of Caulfield Cup betting while he is the $11 Melbourne Cup favourite ahead of...
French Group 1 winner eyes The Golden Eagle
Sunday night’s impressive Group 1 Prix Maurice de Gheest hero Lazzat could be set for a trip across the globe as trainer Jerome Reynier earmarked the Golden Eagle at Rosehill as a potential target. Trained by Jerome Reynier in Marseille, the three-year-old gelding has gone from strength to strength this season, winning three...
Rocket nears Spring launch
Chris Waller is still not 100 percent sure what Riff Rocket’s entire Spring campaign will look like, but the dual Derby winner will be given his chance to prove he can be an elite-level open-age stayer. The four-year-old American Pharoah gelding will be among the entries for the Cox Plate (2040m) and Caulfield...
Victorian HOTY finalists announced
Two of Victorian racing’s biggest names continued their spring preparations on Monday morning, just hours before being revealed as finalists in the year Victorian Racehorse Of The Year. Pride Of Jenni and Mr Brightside had jumpouts 60km apart prior to being announced as Horse Of The Year rivals alongside Imperatriz, Romantic Warrior and Without...
Lady Of Camelot, Storm Boy build up for spring racing carnival
Two of the highest-profile two-year-olds from last season, Lady Of Camelot and Storm Boy, took their spring preparations to a new level on Monday with trials at Randwick. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott -trained duo made their first public appearances of the campaign in the trials that was originally scheduled for last...
Spring racing carnival stars set for jump-outs
The return run of Pride Of Jenni is now less than four weeks away and the mare is set to step up her program with another jump-out at Cranbourne. The Ciaron Maher-trained mare had a jump-out over 800m at Cranbourne on July 22 and will have the second of her preparation over...
Stern Idol scores emphatic Crisp Steeplechase victory
Champion jumps jockey Steven Pateman is likely to recommend Stern Idol head to the Grand National Steeplechase at Ballarat following his easy victory at Sandown. Stern Idol ran away with the Crisp Steeplechase (4200m) at Sandown on Sunday, his fourth win in a steeplechase this year. Pateman said what weight Stern Idol received would...
Improved Williamsburg to target The Five Diamonds and The Big Dance
The decision to geld Williamsburg has produced an immediate result with the dual Group 1 placegetter breaking a 22-month drought from the winner’s stall to post a decisive victory at Rosehill. The five-year-old hadn’t got his head in front since taking out the Dulcify Quality (1600m) in October 2022, although he had...
Affluential brave in Grand National Hurdle win
Jockey Will Gordon has ticked off one glaring omission from his record after Affluential took out the Grand National Hurdle at Sandown. While Gordon had won plenty of feature races over jumps since making the move from Ireland while also making a name for himself on the flat, he had not...
Grand National Hurdle target for Affluential
Affluential may not have the same flat ability as his older sister, but one thing he can do is jump. Trainer John Leek (Jnr) has transformed Affluential into one of the state’s up-and-coming jumpers and he will put that on show in the Grand National Hurdle (4200m) at Sandown on Sunday. Affluential is the...
