Category: Australian Racing

Trainer Chris Waller is aware of the task awaiting Birdman when he confronts Sheza Alibi at Caulfield.Birdman and Sheza Alibi clash in the Group 1 Might And Power (2000m) on Saturday and on ratings Waller says Sheza Alibi has Birdman’s measure.In Birdman’s favour though is the gelding has been to 2000m previously while the Peter…

Mitch Freedman’s focus at Flemington last Saturday was on the Group 2 Gilgai Stakes, which he won with Skybird, but he was an interested observer of the Turnbull Stakes.The Ballarat trainer was excited to see Cosmic Crusader score a dominant 1-3/4-length win in the 2000-metre Group 1.The Freedman-trained Attrition was a similar margin off Cosmic…

Trainer Ciaron Maher has been waiting for the right time to apply blinkers to the race day gear of Jimmysstar.That day has finally arrived with Jimmysstar down to run in blinkers for the first time in the Group 1 Manikato Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on Sunday.Jimmysstar won a trial in the headgear on September 14…

Avery Anna showed she has a bright future in registering a debut win at Geelong.The Ladbrokes Popular SRM Maiden Plate (1125) on Wednesday was fought out by three debutants in a thrilling finish.The Leon and Troy Corstens and Will Larkin-trained filly was the least popular of the trio, easing from an opening quote of $3.80…

Chris Waller is set to saddle up five runners in the $1 million Golden Rose and while early markets rate St Gotthard as his best chance, the champion trainer says there is little separating his quintet.A full brother to Switzerland, St Gotthard suffered his first defeat when a close second to Warwoven in the Run…

Tom Dabernig is excited about getting Oliveanotherday back to Caulfield for this Sunday’s Manikato Stakes, but the Warrnambool trainer admits to one existing niggle ahead of his Group 1 debut.The four-year-old heads into the $2 million event off the worst finish of his career – a fifth placing in the Group 2 Bobbie Lewis Quality…

Deakin may have surprised a few with his first-up placing at Caulfield, but it was no shock for trainers Phillip and Tommy Stokes.The imported galloper ran third at $51 in the Heatherlie Stakes (1700m) on August 29 and returns to the track on Saturday to contest the Group 3 Naturalism Stakes (2000m).The win provides a…

Lake Forest will have the opportunity to make his mark on one of Sydney’s biggest spring stages when he targets the King Charles III Stakes at Royal Randwick.The Group One feature, formerly known as the George Main Stakes, has established itself as one of the most prestigious mile contests on the Australian calendar. The 2026…

Buckaroo will return to Caulfield with the opportunity to revive memories of his outstanding Underwood Stakes victory when he takes aim at one of the spring’s most important weight-for-age contests.The talented galloper has already shown his affinity for the race, having captured the Underwood Stakes in 2024. That success over 1800 metres provided Buckaroo with…

Racing over 1000 metres is not exactly new territory for Tempted, but the star mare will do it for the first time in a while this weekend.The Ciaron Maher-trained four-year-old will resume in the $1 million Group 2 Concorde Stakes at Randwick, which will be just her second start over 1000m.Her only start over that…