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The 4-year-old Maurice gelding Mazu was a gallant third in The TAB Everest this month, and co-trainer Peter Snowden has confirmed the horse will relish the 1300 metres of this Saturday’s $3 million Nature Strip S. at Rosehill. “The last 200 metres of his races are getting to be the best part of him,” Snowden said. “We’re going to back his ability to front up again and put in a run like he did ...
The barrier draw for this Saturday’s $10 million Golden Eagle (1500 metres) at Rosehill Gardens took place on Tuesday evening, with the fourth emergency Kiss Sum (Shamus Award) drawing the rail. Should he not get a berth, the Peter Moody-trained Chain Of Lightning (Fighting Sun), the choice mount of Jamie Kah, will jump from barrier one in the 20-horse field. Market fancy Light Infantry (Fr) ...
Star international jockey Jamie Spencer believes he's on the best horse in Light Infantry and just hopes for a smooth race to win the $10m Golden Eagle (1500m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. Spencer rode Light Infantry in a fast gallop at Canterbury on Tuesday morning and said the English raider is fit and well for Saturday's rich Rosehill race. Light Infantry, who is in the care of trainers ...
Lost And Running's Everest misfortune might result in a monstrous payday in the $3m Nature Strip Stakes (1300m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. Trainer John O'Shea had to withdraw Lost And Running from The Everest on race morning when the six-year-old gelding had a skin irritation on a fetlock joint. It was a cruel blow for Lost And Running's connections as the sprinter was in top form with a ...
The world's best sprinter, Nature Strip, will get his chance for revenge over unbeaten Everest winner Giga Kick with confirmation the three-year-old will next target the $3 million Group 1 Darley Champion Sprint at Flemington on the final day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival. It was initially planned that Giga Kick would go to the $2m G1 Coolmore Stud Stakes over the same 1200-metre journey against ...
Champion sprinter Nature Strip will attempt a third win in Group 1 $3m Darley Champions Sprint at Flemington next month – setting up a possible return clash with his The Everest conqueror. Trainer Chris Waller released a statement on social media on Wednesday afternoon confirming plans to send Nature Strip to Melbourne for his next start. This rules out the world's No.1 ranked sprinter lining up ...
To get in the mood for the Breeder's Cup races at Keeneland, there are many activities happening in and around Lexington. The WKYT-sponsored Issac to Oliver Family Stroll kicks off the CHI Saint Joseph Breeders' Cup Festival 2022 and allows attendees to retrace the steps of legendary African-American jockeys Oliver Lewis and Issac Murphy. The International Block Party at Greyline Station and the ...
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 ...
