Category: Australian Racing

Bright, shiny, dappled, and if you were able to list golden as a colour of a horse’s coat, Abounding looked just that when paraded at Robert Heathcote’s stable before the Stradbroke Handicap.That race, though, was not to be the one as the Group 1 Tattersall’s Tiara (1400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday for fillies and…

Biologics might have been beaten almost 10 lengths when second-last at her most recent outing, but it wasn’t a completely wasted run to Grahame Begg.It proved to the Cranbourne trainer that three-year-old daughter of I Am Invincible does not perform on Heavy tracks.The Pinecliff Racing-owned filly took no harm from the 1200-metre Flemington run on…

The prestigious Tattersalls Tiara at Eagle Farm Racecourse provides the perfect stage for Fangirl to add another Group 1 triumph to her already glittering resume. The Chris Waller-trained mare has long been regarded as one of Australia’s elite performers, and this final Group 1 event of the Queensland Winter Carnival presents an ideal opportunity to…

Few horses arrive at the Winx Stakes with stronger credentials than Via Sistina, the reigning queen of the race and a mare chasing another chapter of history.Her victories in recent editions of the event showcased exceptional class, professionalism and an ability to perform when it matters most. Time and again she has demonstrated why she…

The Lindsay Park team of Ben, Will and J D Hayes are hoping to cash in with an in-form stayer at Flemington.The Western Front will bid to continue his consistent form in a 2500m handicap tomorrow.The New Zealand-bred galloper was a last start winner of the Listed Sandown Cup (3200m) on May 31 and will…

Mornington trainer John McArdle is already planning an early season Group 1 assault, and a part of his planning is in Queensland.Regal Zeus heads to the Listed Eye Liner Stakes (1350m) at Ipswich tomorrow, the first of two potential runs in Queensland.McArdle wants to return home to Melbourne early in the new season to have…

The Lindsay Park team of Ben, Will and J D Hayes are hoping to cash in with an in-form stayer at Flemington.The Western Front will bid to continue his consistent form in a 2500m handicap on Saturday.The New Zealand-bred galloper was a last start winner of the Listed Sandown Cup (3200m) on May 31 and…

Mornington trainer John McArdle is already planning an early season Group 1 assault, and a part of his planning is in Queensland.Regal Zeus heads to the Listed Eye Liner Stakes (1350m) at Ipswich on Saturday, the first of two potential runs in Queensland.McArdle wants to return home to Melbourne early in the new season to…

The decision to return Coeur Volante to training has paid a dividend with the mare being successful at Sandown.Success in the IVE> Handicap (1400m) on Wednesday came at the second outing for the mare’s new connections after she was purchased for $500,000 last spring by Widden Stud and Bangaloe Stud.Coeur Volante was sent to stud…

A trip north or a break to get ready for the spring is what trainer Lloyd Kennewell must weigh up after Straand Deal made it a winning hat-trick at Sandown.Success in the Sportsbet Same Race Multi Handicap (2400m) on Saturday was Straand Deal’s first at the trip after victories over 2014m at Morphettville and 2100m…