Category: Australian Racing

Hong Kong superstar Romantic Warrior remains the top target for Racing Victoria’s international recruiter Paul Bloodworth for the Cox Plate 2024.However, Bloodworth is cautious about the gelding’s return to Melbourne.Bloodworth recently met with trainer Danny Shum in Hong Kong and has had several exchanges with him since Romantic Warrior’s historic win in the Group 1…

In the end, it was fairly simple and maybe a little daunting for apprentice jockey Holly Durnan to work out what she needed to do to win the Narrandera Cup.She rode last year’s winner Prince Of Helena ($5 on TAB), but with that ride gone she did the next best thing and picked up the…

Ciaron Maher strengthened an already-powerful Melbourne Cup hand via Berkshire Breeze at Flemington on Saturday, further elevating himself in a market that is headed by a Group 1-winning stablemate.Circle Of Fire is advancing in his work towards providing Maher with a second win in Australia’s most famous race, two years after Gold Trip won the…

Gary Nickson has contemplated rare interstate excursions in the hope of find of finding a dry track for Felix Majestic, but the frustrated Warwick Farm trainer is giving Sydney’s weather one last chance.His stable star’s lone nomination this weekend is for the $160,000 benchmark 88 over 1400 metres at Saturday’s Randwick meeting.The four-year-old’s only start…

Trainer Daniel Bowen is excited about the prospect of having his glorious old warrior At Witz End contest the Listed Glasshouse Handicap at the Sunshine Coast … and even the constant rain that has fallen at the track over the last few days hasn’t dampened his spirits. In fact, it might just have boosted them.“No,…

Anthony and Sam Freedman surprised many when Post Impressionist appeared in the entries for today’s $300,000 Caloundra Cup and while the import is among the final field, a start is not yet guaranteed.The father/son training duo is reluctant to run the gelding, who has 60kg and barrier 16, on a particularly heavy Sunshine Coast track.The…

Explosive colt First Settler opened his account with a stylish win at Caulfield on Saturday.The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr-trained son of Written Tycoon was a $750,000 yearling purchase for Yulong at last year’s Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale and on debut he surged clear inside the last 200m of the Two-Year-Old Open…

Champion jockey Nash Rawiller gave his endorsement of former English galloper Bear On The Loose after his Australian debut win at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday.Bear On The Loose led most of the way and held off another import Don Diego De Vega to win the Petaluma Handicap (1800m).“I thought it was a good effort by…

Staying marvel Vow And Declare has wound back the clock to achieve the incredible feat of winning the same race five years apart in a thrilling Group 3 Tattersall’s Cup at Eagle Farm on Saturday.The 2019 Melbourne Cup winner arrived in Queensland as a three-year-old to win the race after running second in the Derby…

Bella Nipotina has reaffirmed her credentials for an Everest slot, capping an outstanding winter carnival with victory in the Tattersall’s Tiara.A campaign that began in Melbourne in February and encompassed trips to Sydney, Perth and Brisbane has had a fitting finale with incredible mare Bella Nipotina outclassing her rivals to claim the final Group 1…