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Graeme Rogerson won a Golden Slipper, Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup in five years from 2003 with Polar Success, Savabeel, and Efficient (2007). Rogerson permanently shuttered his Randwick stable in 2013 because to family issues and moved back to New Zealand to train, but he returns on Saturday to try to win the Gr 1 Spring Champion Stakes with Sharp ‘N' Smart. “We won a Golden Slipper, a Cox ...
David Eustace's Caulfield Cup runner-up Gold Trip may run in all three of Melbourne's premier spring races on November 1. After Durston ran him down in the shadows of the post at Caulfield last week, training partners Ciaron Maher and Eustace paid up for the 6YO horse for Saturday's $5m Centenary Cox Plate. However, they still believe Gold Trip can win the Melbourne Cup after a tough Cox Plate ...
When Eleven Eleven runs in the Manikato Stakes at Moonee Valley, he will be the first horse trained by Greg Hickman to compete in the event. Friday night's Gr.1 sprint 1 will be Eleven Eleven, 6YO, first start racing left-handed in his 30-race career. He has nine wins to his name. Until recently, Eleven Eleven only competed in races in New South Wales and Queensland; she hasn't been seen since ...
After a strong showing in a prep race, Emissary is now a serious contender for Australia's most prestigious event, the Melbourne Cup. On Wednesday, the $17 underdog gelding trained by Michael Moroney, Surefire, was defeated by a full length to win the Geelong Cup. Although the Geelong Cup does not grant automatic ballot exemption to the Melbourne Cup, it serves as a valuable form reference in ...
Ascot Racecourse announces today that Chief Executive, Vivien Currie, has stood down from her position in order to return to Scotland for family reasons. Sir Francis Brooke, His Majesty’s Representative and Chairman at Ascot, said, “We understand Vivien’s decision and she leaves with our best wishes for the future.” Ascot’s Managing Director, Alastair Warwick, has been appointed Acting Chief ...
The 39th running of the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic will be held Nov 5 at Keeneland Race Course, and the $6 million race serves as the anchor of a powerful two-day, 14-race slate of World Championships races. This year’s classic drew a strong group of older racehorses, led by unbeaten Flightline and multiple G.1 winner Life Is Good, and talented 3YO Epicenter, Taiba, and Kentucky Derby ...
Stunning Rose, a filly at the age of three, won the Shuka Sho, the final leg of the Triple Crown. The King Kamehameha filly made her debut as a two-year-old in June of 2021; in her second career start, she broke her maiden, but in her subsequent three grade-race starts, she never finished higher than third. Stunning Rose got off to a quick start, settled into a comfortable position behind the ...
In a repeat of the G1 QIPCO British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes that appeared to be wide open, Emily Upjohn displayed a wonderful turn of foot to leave her competitors in the dust. Thunder Kiss and Insinuendo, two Irish raiders, overcame significant odds to place second and third, respectively. The runner-up in the Cazoo Oaks bounced back with a three-length victory while wearing a hood for ...
Stormbuster, trained by Andrew Balding, is about to compete in the Gr.1 Vertem Futurity Trophy at Doncaster. After four tries, the son of Dubawi finally broke his maiden in a difficult Newbury conditions race, defeating the likes of Highbank and Classic by five lengths. The colt will be well prepared for Saturday's trip to Town Moor, where he will have a clear idea of how he should be campaigned ...
For Saturday's Vertem Futurity Trophy at Doncaster, 17 horses have been entered throughout the course of the five days, including the exciting Nottingham victor King Of Steel. David Loughnane's youngster was a giant amongst his peers in the Colwick Park paddock and made quite an impression in his first race, which he won by a comfortable margin of five lengths. The Derby hopeful has "have a ...
The Vertem Futurity Stakes, a Gr 1 race for 2YO, is the weekend's main event, giving horse racing fans a chance to see some of the sport's future stars in action at Doncaster. Despite the fact that many people still refer to it as the Racing Post Trophy, the Vertem Futurity Trophy has been a reward that the formidable Aidan O'Brien stable has consistently targeted and won ten times. The ...
Trainer Joe Pride confirmed Group 1 winner Eduardo (Host-Blushing, by Fantastic Light) has been passed fit by vets and will run in the $3 million Nature Strip Stakes at Rosehill next week, reports punters.com.au. “Eduardo ran well below par in The Everest but the vets have gone right over the horse and there is nothing to hang my hat on to explain his run,'' Pride said. "I took on board what ...
