Willie Mullins’ only hope of a Group 1 win in Melbourne this spring appears to be in the Melbourne Cup, with confirmation his talented stayer Absurde will miss the Caulfield Cup.
Willie Mullins’ only hope of a Group 1 win in Melbourne this spring appears to be in the Melbourne Cup, with confirmation his talented stayer Absurde will miss the Caulfield Cup.
Boom Perth three-year-old Bustling kicks off Everest campaign in Saturday's The Run To The Rose.
Caulfield Cup 2024 first acceptances have been released today.
In seven years in Australia, having arrived in 2017 for a friend’s wedding and deciding to stay on, she has worked her way up from racing novice to Racing Manager for the Michael Freedman stable.
Fangirl made an in-campaign cameo at Monday’s trials with Chris Waller taking the opportunity to stretch the star miler’s legs on the Randwick course proper.
Course specialist Life’s a Party could further enhance her Bathurst record when she tackles next Sunday’s $110,000 The Panorama (1300m).
Tassort fillies ran the quinella in the Group II ATC Darley Furious Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday after both placing two weeks ago in the Group II ATC Silver Shadow Stakes, but this time the placings were reversed with Manaal a head in front of Ameena.
A gelding procedure appears to have done the trick for European import Buckaroo, who has taken out the Group 2 Chelmsford Stakes at Randwick to land his first win in Australia.
Under-rated sprinter I Am Me has claimed several high-profile scalps to score a brilliant first-up win in the Concorde Stakes at Randwick, putting herself in the frame for an Everest slot.
Australian jockey Kyle Wilson-Taylor reckoned a favourable barrier will be the key to Golden Monkey’s chances of winning in the $300,000 Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup (1800m) on Saturday.
A carbon copy of Manaal’s second-up performance in the autumn at Randwick on Saturday would suit trainer Michael Freedman nicely and give him a bit to think about heading further into the spring.
I Wish I Win has had a different lead-up to his return run in the Moir Stakes at The Valley.
Tips from NSW trainers Joseph Pride, Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott, Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou, Todd Payne, James Cummings, Michael Freedman and Annabel Neasham for today's City Tattersall's Club Cup at Randwick (Sat, 7th Sept).
Nobody was more surprised than Inverell trainer Todd Payne when Team McDonald rang in early for the ride on ultra-consistent Highway performer Lisztomania ($5.50 on TAB) for Royal Randwick on Saturday.
Remarque will be bidding to become the second horse in the past 25 years to win the Concorde Stakes in consecutive years.