Category: Australian Racing

Fine FormBo Zenith SN – 2.25has yet to fully fire since joining Nicky Henderson but is worth sticking with in the Betfair Imperial Cup at Sandown.The six-year-old began his career in a most promising manner, beating the useful Blood Destiny in France before switching to Gary Moore, for whom he won twice and finished a…

Chris Waller has already won one Group 1 this year with a member of his glamour group of three-year-old fillies and he will chase another this Saturday at Randwick.Castelvecchio filly Aeliana will again take on some of Australia’s highest-profile colts and geldings in the $1million Group 1 Randwick Guineas.The Thousand Guineas runner-up has been on…

Hoysted’s 2023 Oakleigh Plate champion will leave the River City on Wednesday for Sydney, where Uncommon James has been slated to run in Saturday’s $500,000 Group 2 Challenge Stakes (1000m) at Randwick.“The only deterrent is the weather,” said Hoysted, who wants to leave Brisbane before Cyclone Alfred reaches southeast Queensland on Thursday.“He won’t be running…

Queen Of A Hand was only narrowly beaten by an Evergreen Turf Country Championships aspirant last start and is well placed to go one better at the Taree race meeting today.The three-year-old filly, trained by Glen Milligan at Taree, will contest the Ray White Taree Class 1 Handicap over 1000m.It’s a drop in distance from…

Blueblood colt Format from the Waterhouse-Bott stable travels to Newcastle for the NJC’s Beaumont Track race meeting on Monday with connections hoping for better luck than his last start appearance in the city on January 21.The horse has been a big go on TAB firming from his opening price of $13 into $3.90 and second…

In-form gelding Accredited will have a chance to prove how patience can be rewarded in racing on several fronts as he prepares for a belated black-type debut in the Southern Cross Stakes at Rosehill.The sprinter was set to start a short-priced favourite for the Listed Carrington Stakes (1400m) at Randwick last week but the event…

Grahame Begg has been forced into starting two of his mares in a Stakes race at Sandown, a scenario the inform trainer says is not ideal.Miraval Rose and So Glamorous head to the Group 3 Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes (1200m) on Saturday.Begg would have preferred the race to remain at Caulfield, however it was moved late…

Last year’s $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) runner-up Damask Rose (NZ) (Savabeel) will jump from an awkward position in gate 12 in her quest to go one better in the $1.5m TAB Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m) at Ellerslie on today.This will be the eighth running of the Karaka Millions 3YO, and the mighty Probabeel…

Melbourne Racing Club chairman John Kanga has announced plans to have Caulfield ready for CF Orr Stakes Day on February 8, following last Tuesday’s fire in the Norman Robinson Stand.“At the moment, we are still under emergency orders from the local council, so we haven’t been able to get access to the building other than…

Cherish Me will be given the chance to take up the guaranteed berth in this year’s Blue Diamond Stakes she earned herself via her impressive debut win at Geelong on Saturday.The Ciaron Maher-trained daughter of Brazen Beau launched her career in style, sweeping past her rivals in the straight to take out the $150,000 Geelong…