Horse Racing News
Baraqiel stretches unbeaten run to four
Troy Corstens issued himself some homework after remarkable gelding Baraqiel on Saturday added another picket to the fence he has constructed to start his career. The late-starter made it four wins from as many starts when he won the $130,000 Lamaro’s Hotel Handicap (1200m). Cortens is unsure if he has had a horse...
Melbourne Cup champ wins the Tatt’s Cup
Vow And Declare added another chapter to his remarkable career when he won Saturday’s $200,000 Group 3 Tattersall’s Cup (2400m) at Eagle Farm The Danny O’Brien-trained galloper etched his name onto the honour roll for the second time, five years after his initial victory, which came in its final edition as a...
First Settler sets sights on Coolmore Stud Stakes
Mick Price added another job to his winter to-do list on Saturday, after First Settler launched his career in devastating style at Caulfield. The Cranbourne trainer and his partner Michael Kent Jnr will now prioritise working out how best to give the high-priced colt his best shot at establishing himself as one of Australia’s...
Chris Waller breaks Australian prizemoney record
Chris Waller has become the first Australian trainer to break the $50 million prizemoney barrier in a season and fittingly, he has achieved the feat with a filly owned by long-time clients the Ingham family. Waller started the day needing just over $210,000 to reach the mark and got off to a...
Pride-Ford partnership in full Flight at Rosehill races
Jay Ford and Joe Pride have continued their purple patch of form at Rosehill, the jockey and trainer combining to strike a double blow with Anagain and emerging filly In Flight. It comes a week after Ford travelled to Melbourne to guide Pride’s promising three-year-old The Black Cloud to a Flemington victory and Pride says...
Blake Shinn to replace James McDonald in G1 Tatts Tiara
Blake Shinn did not last long on the Tattersall’s Tiara interchange bench with the star Melbourne hoop called up to replace the indisposed James Mcdonald aboard C’Est Magique. Shinn thought his Group 1 season had come to a premature end on Thursday, when Mike Moroney scratched his original mount Coeur Volante from the $700,000...
Chad Schofield to grasp Golden opportunity in the WJ McKell Cup
Fresh from combining to claim the Gosford Cup with Hezashocka, jockey Chad Schofield and training partners Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr are preparing to team up for another black-type bid. Schofield has formed a strong partnership with the Victorian-based horsemen and of his last 100 rides, 11 have been for them, including...
Vienna Princess aided with inside draw in Tatts Tiara
She is the roughest of Chris Waller’s three Tatt’s Tiara runners but from the inside draw, Vienna Princess is capable of landing a Group 1 upset if she can reproduce her best form. The winner of the Silver Eagle in the spring, Vienna Princess wasn’t disgraced when sixth to Japanese raider Obamburumai in...
Milford poised to make amends at Caulfield
It did not take long for Milford’s recent drought-breaking long-odds win to be forgotten by the Mike Moroney stable. The Savabeel gelding got home at $31 at Flemington on May 31 but was then desperately unlucky at the same track three weeks later. The six-year-old got shuffled back to last on the home...
Next phase starts for Miss Icelandic
Gavin Bedggood believes he’s been set a task with recent stable acquisition Miss Icelandic, but he is excited about trying to take the Deep Field mare’s career to the next level. The four-year-old will have her first run for the Cranbourne trainer in Saturday’s Sportsbet Bet With Mates Handicap (1100m) at Caulfield. Miss...
