Category: Australian Gallops

What Geelong Races Where Geelong Racecourse – 99 Breakwater Rd, Breakwater VIC 3219 When Thursday, December 5, 2024 First Race 1:30pm AEDT Visit Dabble Racing in Victoria this Thursday heads to Geelong, where a competitive nine-race meeting is set down for decision. A perfect summer’s day is forecast, with the track conditions set to replicate those in the sky. The rail is out 5m, with racing set to get underway at 1:30pm AEDT. Best Bet at Geelong: Universal Harmony Somehow, Universal Harmony is still a maiden through nine starts. The…

12 of the world’s best jockeys will contest the International Jockeys’ Championship at Happy Valley. Several returning heroes were among the galaxy of stars present at the International Jockeys’ Championship (IJC) press conference at Tai Kwun in Central, Hong Kong on Tuesday. Among them was Rachel King, who will be hoping to emulate her flawless start to last year’s competition after striking in the opening leg on her Happy Valley debut aboard Oversubscribed. The rider was born in Britain but has reached the pinnacle of Australian racing, and it is…

Without A Fight exercises at Sha Tin. Already the winner of two significant Group 1 races – Caulfield Cup (2400m) and the Melbourne Cup (3200m), both in 2023 – young Australian trainer Sam Freedman is confident Without A Fight can topple a class field of local and international runners in Sunday’s Group 1 Hong Kong Vase (2400m). Freedman, who trains in partnership with his father Anthony, describes the seven-year-old as a world-class galloper with an amazing will to win who can add a third Group 1 to his imposing career,…

What 2024 Northerly Stakes Where Ascot Racecourse – Perth, Western Australia When Saturday, December 7, 2024 Prizemoney $1,500,000 Distance 1800m Conditions Weight For Age 2023 winner Dom To Shoot (1) | T: Sean & Jake Casey | J: Jarrad Noske (59kg) Visit Dabble The Group 1 Northerly Stakes (1800m) will be the feature event on the nine-race card at Ascot this Saturday afternoon. With 18 runners accepting for the 16-horse contest, a full field is expected to take their place in the final Group 1 of the calendar year. Western…

Babylon Berlin will contest Saturday’s Group 3 Concorde Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Well-performed speed merchant Babylon Berlin will strip a fitter mare for Saturday’s assignment at Ellerslie. The daughter of All Too Hard will bid to add to her impressive black-type sprinting record when she steps out in the Group 3 Concorde Stakes (1200m), a race she won in 2022. Babylon Berlin opened her current preparation in convincing fashion when she romped away with the Listed Legacy Lodge Sprint (1200m) at Te Rapa last month…

Ryan Moore is chasing a third IJC title. Ryan Moore was playing it typically cool over his chances in Wednesday’s International Jockeys’ Championship (IJC) at Happy Valley. Moore was among the 12 superstar riders at the IJC Press Conference in Tai Kwun, the culture and heritage venue in Central, Hong Kong. The 41-year-old has put his hands on the IJC trophy on two occasions in 2009 and 2010 and has been virtually an ever-present in intervening years as well as winning most of the calendar’s noteworthy races. He will be…

Democracy Manifest. Photo: Bradleyphotos.com.au Mark Zahra is determined to claim Group 1 success in Perth this weekend after falling short in the Group 1 Railway Stakes (1600m). Zahra rode Democracy Manifest in the feature race, with the Chris Waller-trained gelding finishing 14th, just four lengths off the winner. Now, Democracy Manifest will take on Saturday’s Group 1 Northerly Stakes (1800m) at Ascot. “He’s not the best horse away, so I ended up in a position where I was back. I got onto the back of Light Infantry Man, but he…

Angel Capital ridden by Ben Melham winning the Caulfield Guineas Prelude. (Photo by Pat Scala/Racing Photos) Clinton McDonald’s promising three-year-old colt, Angel Capital, has an ambitious autumn campaign lined up, with the Group 1 CF Orr Stakes (1400m) and Group 1 Futurity Stakes (1400m) identified as key targets. McDonald revealed that the son of Harry Angel will kick off his campaign in the Group 2 Australia Stakes (1200m) on January 24, before progressing to the two Group 1 contests at Caulfield in February. Last seen finishing sixth in the Group…

Mark Twain. (Photo by Ross Holburt/Racing Photos) Mark Twain is nearing the end of his rehabilitation from a tendon injury, with connections setting their sights on a Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) campaign in 2025. OTI Racing director Terry Henderson shared this week that the rehabilitation program, successfully utilised by other stablemates with similar injuries, boasts a comeback success rate of approximately 70 percent—offering strong hope for Mark Twain’s return to racing. “He’s close to the end of his rehabilitation with Matty Williams, and he looks good as he finishes…

Ben Allen returns to the mounting yard aboard Bittercreek after winning the Red Anchor Stakes at Moonee Valley. (Photo by George Sal/Racing Photos) Talented three-year-old colt Bittercreek is set to return to Queensland, aiming for the Magic Millions 3YO Guineas (1400m) at the Gold Coast this January. Trained by Leon and Troy Corstens in partnership with Will Larkin, Bittercreek will embark on his second Queensland campaign following his runner-up finish behind Broadsiding in the Group 1 J.J. Atkins (1600m) at Eagle Farm earlier this year. That performance came just two…