Category: Australian Racing

Manaal has been pencilled in to return to racing on the opening Group 1 day of the season, but trainer Michael Freedman won’t test the Tassort filly in that company just yet, opting to keep the Group 1 Inglis Sires (1400m) winner in her own age company for now.The Group 2 Silver Shadow Stakes (1200m)…

Recommendation’s recent victories in Melbourne’s black-type sprints have earned him a shot at Group 1 success this spring. Trainer Ciaron Maher is optimistic about his potential, stating the best is yet to come.Stablemates Bella Nipotina and Estriella are also gearing up for the spring. Bella Nipotina, a superb sprinter, is freshening up after a successful…

Bjorn Baker’s decision to ignore a potential free pass into this year’s $3 million The Big Dance (1600m) was vindicated to the tune of $82,500 after the stable’s Pierro son War Eternal posted his third win at Royal Randwick.The five-year-old War Eternal was the designated TAB Fixed Odds favourite to take out Sunday’s South Grafton…

Fresh from his greatest win, champion pacer Leap To Fame will delight fans by racing again at Albion Park over the next two Saturday nights.Leap To Fame turned a long-awaited third clash with arch rival and older sibling Swayzee into a display of equine supremacy in last Saturday night’s Mr Feelgood Open at Albion Park.In…

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…