Category: Australian Racing

There’s a sense of history repeating itself for Bjorn Baker after his filly O’ Ole drew barrier three for Saturday’s Magic Millions 2yo Classic, the same gate his sole winner in the race, Unencumbered drew in 2014, and Baker has followed a similar path this time around.Both Unencumbered and O’ Ole won the Wyong Magic…

Having conquered the 2800-metre of the Bagot Handicap trip at Flemington, trainer Jason Warren wants to see if Grand Pierro ramp it up again over the two miles of the Adelaide Cup in March.After missing the win by a narrow margin last start in the Listed Pakenham Cup (2500m), this win in the traditional listed…

A field of 20 runners plus a sole emergency has been declared for the $1.5 million Group 1 Epsom Handicap at Randwick on Saturday.Saturday marks the 159th running of the time-honoured Randwick handicap run over the famed 1600m course.Hall of Fame trainer Gai Waterhouse will be chasing a record eight win in the race when…

Gai Waterhouse has confirmed the intention is to run brilliant three-year-old Storm Boy in Coolmore’s slot in the $20m The TAB Everest.Racing’s first lady, speaking to News Corp from Flemington trackwork, said Storm Boy has come through his close fourth in the Golden Rose in good order and will come back in distance to 1200m…

Father-and-son training combination Tony and Calvin McEvoy are at the stage where they cannot wait to see Veight make his return to racing.Meticulous planning has gone into the preparation of Veight’s return run in the Group 1 Manikato Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley today.Soon after his victory in the Group 1 Ryder Stakes (1500m) at…

A 3am wakeup call while on holiday is not normally the ideal start to a day.But for Mornington trainer Jerome Hunter he was willing to make the sacrifice to watch Wonder Boy in his debut win at Flemington and today the gelding steps out for the second time in the Group 3 Vain Stakes (1100m)…

Pinstriped has been a good money spinner for trainer Enver Jusufovic and connections and now it may be the time the gelding can go to another level.Now a six-year-old, Pinstriped has won six times in his 21 starts and collected just shy of $1.2 million in prize money, and Jusufovic believes the gelding is now…

Arabian Summer has been a beneficiary of some excellent prize money on offer from Magic Millions through her first season on the racetrack.And trainers Tony and Calvin McEvoy would like to add some more Magic Millions money early in the New Year, but first there are some early spring assignments in Melbourne.One of those is…

Top Godolphin galloper Pericles is the opening favourite for Saturday’s Group 2 PB Lawrence Stakes at Caulfield.Pericles, who ran second to Celestial Legend in the Group 1 Doncaster Mile at his last outing, is one of 15 entries for the $300,000 contest, which is the unofficial start of the spring’s weight-for-age program. TAB installed Pericles…

New Zealand trainer Ken Kelso is thrilled with the resuming trial of multiple Group 1 winner Legarto. The star mare won her 900m heat against a quality field, prompting Kelso to nominate her for the Cox Plate.Jockey Ryan Elliot has been impressed with Legarto’s improvement, noting she is better and more forward than last year.…