Category: Australian Racing

New Zealand filly La Dorada will attempt to become the third of her age group to win the Group 1 Moir Stakes at Moonee Valley.A Group 1 winner as a two-year-old, La Dorada joins fellow three-year-old filly Esha when makes her seasonal return in the Moir Stakes (1000m) today, looking to join She Will Reign…

Chris Waller has resisted the temptation of launching Lady Shenandoah’s spring campaign at Group 1 level in foreign territory, electing to keep the glamour mare in Sydney.The three-time Group 1 winner was not among the entries for the $750,000 Moir Stakes at Moonee Valley, which had been mooted as a possible starting point, and will…

A capacity field of 15 plus one emergency have accepted for the Moir Stakes at Moonee Valley.The 1000m Group 1 dash on Saturday is headlined by Queensland galloper Rothfire who will be joined by fellow northern-state gallopers Payline and Golden Boom.Payline was given the opportunity to get a look at the Moonee Valley circuit in…

Agarwood’s week on the training track will determine whether she takes her place in this Saturday’s $300,000 Furious Stakes at Randwick.The daughter of Wootton Bassett was among 20 entries for the 1200-metre Group 2, but trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott are open to lowering their sights with the filly who finished sixth, beaten six…

Caulfield, August 30 … the Group 1 Memsie Stakes … that is the immediate target for the highly talented Tony Gollan trained Antino, a two-time Group 1 winning son of Redwood.Antino will be first-up after a five month break from racing which he earned following a perfect Queensland Winter Carnival Campaign in which he was…

While east of the divide has been ‘deluge city’ all week, Goulburn Race Club has been radar riding the weather in recent days hoping that it won’t spoil their country showcase offering today.The eight-race card offers almost $500,000 in prizemoney with the $200,000 Goulburn Australia Goulburn Cup the prized feature.This year the club’s blue-ribbon race…

Champion Via Sistina is attempting to become the oldest mare to win a Group 1 race in 80 years at Royal Randwick on Saturday.Via Sistina, the Horse of the Year-elect, makes her eight-year-old season debut in the $1 million Winx Stakes (1400m).If the Chris Waller-trained Via Sistina can go back-to-back in the Winx Stakes, she…

Phase two of Lindsay’s Park’s plan to build on the late Mike Moroney’s work with the smart sprinter Oak Hill will occur in Saturday’s Carlyon Stakes at The Valley.Oak Hill was one of a number of horses that moved into the Lindsay Park operation after the Melbourne Cup-winning trainer’s sudden passing earlier this year along…

Chris Waller is full of praise for his star mare Via Sistina as she builds towards another high-profile campaign, with her return to racing slated for the Winx Stakes (1400m) on August 23 at Randwick.The reigning Cox Plate winner, Via Sistina has been a standout performer over the past year, racking up seven Group 1…

The start will be the same but Enver Jusufovic wants a longer journey with stable star Pinstriped in his latest spring campaign.Pinstriped provided Jusufovic with his greatest high in racing when he won last year’s Group 1 Memsie Stakes at Caulfield after a solid second in the Group 2 PB Lawrence Stakes a fortnight earlier.Pinstriped…