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Ciaron Maher has strengthened his hand on the A$5m Caulfield Cup with favourite Smokin' Romans to be joined by Gold Trip in Saturday's spring major. The pair will gallop at Caulfield on Tuesday, their final hitout before the 2400m Group One. Smokin' Romans had been aimed at the Melbourne Cup initially, but winning the Gr.3 Foundation Cup, a Caulfield qualifier, prompted a minor change of plans. ...
Kiwi visitor She’s Licketysplit will face ten fillies in Wednesday’s Gr.1 Thousand Guineas at Caulfield as she attempts to provide Cambridge trainer Andrew Forsman with a slice of history. The Thousand Guineas remains unconquered since the race was first held in 1946 for New Zealand stables even though they have routinely won Australia’s premier three-year-old events. She’s Licketysplit’s ...
The Sydney-trained filly of The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable, North Star Lass, has been dispatched to Melbourne to contest the Gr.1 Thousand Guineas on Wednesday and potentially race on a good track for the first time. To date, North Star Lass has competed in six races, all of which took place on the impacted surface. She debuted in August on a Soft 5 track at Randwick and finished ...
The progressive 3YO Alflaila spotlights the list of entries for the 2022 running of the £600,000 Group Three Bahrain International Trophy on November 18. There are a total of 43 entries from nine different nations for the Group Three Bahrain International Trophy on November 18. : Britain (16), Ireland (6), France (5), UAE (7), Bahrain (3), Germany (3), Norway (1), Turkey (1), and Sweden (1). The ...
Big things are in store for the start of the 2022/23 UAE racing season on Saturday, September 17 at the iconic Meydan Racecourse. The Emirates Racing Authority and Tattersalls, Europe's leading bloodstock auctioneers, will once again host the September Racing in Dubai Sale at 6:45 p.m. inside Meydan Quarantine (NOFA Stables), with the magnificent Meydan Grandstand as a backdrop. The lots can be ...
For Michael Hawkes, The Everest has been a race full of “what-if” moments. He, along with legendary father John and brother Wayne, prepared the great Chautauqua for the first Everest, where the three-time TJ Smith winner finished fourth in a leader-dominated race. But it’s last year that hurts the most. In the same silks, Masked Crusader delivered the same late-charging style before falling a ...
Nature Strip's only real competition in the $15 million The TAB Everest is Eduardo, an old foe he's faced before. Nature Strip has a solid advantage over Eduardo in their previous 11 meetings. Others who have challenged Nature Strip for the Everest have found it futile to try and defeat the super sprinter. Nature Strip has a perfect record against Masked Crusader, going 6-0, a perfect record ...
When A$15 million in prize money is at stake, every fraction of a second counts, and the horses and jockeys must leave no stone unturned. In last year's race, the world's best sprinter, Nature Strip, won by a slide-ahead margin after taking out the A$15 million Everest. He did so by nipping ahead of a fast-closing Masked Crusader and Eduardo. Whoever wins Saturday's The Everest at Royal Randwick ...
Vin Cox, the boss at Godolphin Australia, is confident that Ingratiating won't disappoint the "Blue Army" in the $15 million race. On Saturday, they will be holding the TAB Everest at Royal Randwick. Despite having high-profile stablemates like Paulele and veteran racehorse Kementari, Ingratiating was the unexpected choice for the Godolphin slot. Cox, however, claimed that Godolphin was ...
Dual Breeders' Cup winner Golden Pal, the 4YO, may go back to the dirt for his next start, trainer Wesley Ward. The 4YO son of Uncle Mo, who has made 10 of 11 career starts on the turf, made his racing debut in the spring of 2020 with a runner-up finish sprinting 4 1/2 furlongs on the main track at Gulfstream Park. "We wanted to give him a nice easy workout with Julio Garcia, who has been ...
Rob Atras-trained Maracuja, has been retired from racing as she sustained a non-surgical small fracture to her right front ankle in her last start, when she was eased by jockey Kendrick Carmouche in the listed Lady Jacqueline Stakes at Thistledown, according to Atras' wife and assistant, Brittney Atras. Maracuja proved herself last summer when she ran ahead Malathaat, the champion 3YO filly of ...
Reigning Gr.1 Cox Plate champion State Of Rest will not return to defend his title at Moonee Valley in October and has been retired after an MRI scan revealed an issue . A statement released yesterday by trainer Joseph O’Brien read: “State Of Rest will not travel to Australia to defend his title this year. An MRI scan conducted by Racing Victoria has found an issue and as such he will not pass ...
