Group Two winner and VRC Oaks placegetter Moonlight Maid headlines the nominations for the inaugural The VOBIS Sires Guineas at Caulfield. Saturday’s $427,500 race over 1600m is for three-year-old progeny of Victorian stallions and has attracted 29 nominations. The VOBIS Sires Guineas is the second richest race on Saturday’s Victorian Owners and Breeders Raceday behind The Showdown for two-year-olds, which was run for the first time last year. The Mitchell Freedman-trained Moonlight Maid won the Group Two Edward Manifold Stakes (1600m) at Flemington in spring before finishing second in the…
Month: April 2020
Perth Winter aims for Humidor
Triple Group One winner Humidor. Photo: Bruno Cannatelli Triple Group 1 winner Humidor will headline a trio of Group 1 winners trainer Lindsey Smith intends racing in Perth this winter after revising plans to campaign in Queensland. The COVID-19 outbreak has significantly reduced Queensland’s winter carnival and with a doubt remaining on any interstate participation, Smith said Western Australia’s winter weight-for-age trio of stakes races was now the plan for Humidor, Trap For Fools and the retiring veteran Black Heart Bart. “Perth might have the best racing in Australia over…
Golden Sixty camp mulls QEII Cup, Derby form on show at the Valley
Golden Sixty is unbeaten this season. A final decision is yet to be made on Golden Sixty’s participation in the Group 1 FWD QEII Cup (2000m) on 26 April but trainer Francis Lui is pleased with the Medaglia d’Oro gelding following his sparkling BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) win last month. “He seems good, he looks fine, everything is fine and his trackwork hasn’t shown anything wrong, it’s just I don’t want to push him,” Lui said. Regular rider Vincent Ho partnered the gelding in a gallop yesterday morning (Tuesday,…
Colette holds onto favouritism in 2020 Australian Oaks betting
Last Saturday’s Adrian Knox Stakes winner Colette is holding onto favouritism in the betting for the 2020 Group 1 $500,000 Australian Oaks (2400m) at Randwick on Day Two of The Championships on Saturday. Colette, above, is the favourite for the 2020 Australian Oaks at Randwick. Photo by Steve Hart. Colette was elevated to the top of the betting at $3.10 with Ladbrokes.com.au for the Australian Oaks after a decisive win in the Group 3 $200,000 Adrian Knox Stakes (2000m) at Randwick on Day One of The Championships. Colette made it…
Fernhill Mile winner Untamed to back up in 2020 Champagne Stakes
Team Snowden are likely to back up tough two year old Untamed in next week’s Champagne Stakes after the colt scored a narrow win in the Listed $150,000 Cellarbrations Fernhill Mile (1600m) at Randwick on Day Two of The Championships today. Untamed, above, is set to back up in the Champagne Stakes after winning the Fernhill Mile at Randwick. Photo by Steve Hart. Untamed was a drifter in the betting for the Fernhill Mile with his price easing from $3 to start at $3.60 but he was able to defy…
Hawkesbury Guineas Up Next for South Pacific Winner Indy Car
The Anthony Cummings-trained Indy Car has gone back-to-back with a big win in Saturday’s Listed South Pacific Classic (1400m) at Royal Randwick. The three-year-old son of Sebring was second-up after winning at Kensington a fortnight ago and seemed to relish the quick step up to the 1400m trip. Jockey Tom Marquand made full use of barrier 7 running on from the widest part of the track and found plenty of clean air before kicking clear of the very unlucky Icebath who ran second. Indy Car was largely undervalued in the…
Verry Elleegant can give Waller a 6th win in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes
A win by in-form mare Verry Elleegant in today’s Group 1 $2m Longines Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) at Randwick will give premiership winning trainer Chris Waller his fourth straight win and sixth overall win in the glamour weight for age race on Day Two of The Championships. Verry Elleegnt, above, is one of the main chances in the 2020 Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick. Photo by Steve Hart. Champion mare Winx made the Queen Elizabeth Stakes her own with a hat trick of wins over the last three years while…
Away Game reproduces Golden Slipper form to win 2020 Percy Sykes Stakes
Golden Slipper runner up Away Game raced up to her best Autumn form with a dominant win in the Group 2 $500,000 Heineken 3 Percy Sykes Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on Day Two of The Championships today. Away Game, above, was rewarded for her consistent form with a win in the Percy Sykes Stakes at Randwick. Photo by Steve Hart. Away Game took her prizemoney earnings to just over $2.5 million with today’s win against the two year old fillies and the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace trained filly will…
Splintex gets the judge’s decision in Arrowfield 3yo Sprint
Improving colt Splintex got the judge’s decision by the narrowest of margins to take out the Group 2 $500,000 Arrowfield 3yo Sprint (1200m) at Randwick on Day Two of The Championships today. Splintex, above, scores a narrow win in the Arrowfield 3yo Sprint at Randwick. Photo by Steve Hart. Splintex was stepping up to Group 2 company for the first time after winning a Saturday three year old Handicap at Rosehill on February 22 and trainer Mark Newnham was certainly happy with the result. “That was terrific, he hadn’t been…
Colette Wins 2020 Australian Oaks on Short Backup
Godolphin trained filly Colette silenced her doubters at Randwick on Saturday by winning the $500,000 Group 1 Australian Oaks (2400m) in another dominant staying performance. The three-year-old daughter of Hallowed Crown was backing up on short rest after winning the Group 3 Adrian Knox Stakes and fluctuated in the market all morning. At the jump, the punters had backed her into favouritism once again, and champion jockey Glen Boss did not disappoint by steering the filly into another comfortable victory. The race started quickly with second-elect Probabeel getting back and…