Category: Australian Racing

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…

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…