Bodyguard ready to confirm his Everest credentials
Exciting sprinter Bodyguard can carrying off the Listed Heritage Stakes first-up and prove to connections he is worthy to represent their slot in the Everest.
Exciting sprinter Bodyguard can carrying off the Listed Heritage Stakes first-up and prove to connections he is worthy to represent their slot in the Everest.
Katherine Coleman says I Wish I Win saves his best for race day and expects more of the same in the Group 1 Manikato Stakes on Friday night.
Not many trainers can say they have a nickname after a race because they have won it so many times, but Kevin Kemp is an exception and says it is a cut and dry affair at Toowoomba on Saturday.
A brilliant return in last Saturday’s Group 2 The Shorts has seen the Stradbroke Handicap winner snapped up for the $20m TAB Everest.
Jamie Kah is growing in confidence she can land a third Group 1 success in as many weeks in the Newmarket Handicap on Saturday.
It’s a big challenge taking on three-time Group 1 winner Militarize in Saturday’s Randwick Guineas but Kerrin McEvoy is confident the improving Celestial Legend is up to it.
Owner-syndicator Jamie Walter is excited by what Think About It could achieve in a possible four-start campaign that begins with the Group 1 $750,000 Canterbury Stakes (1300m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday.
The stable wasn’t convinced about bringing Sghirripa back to Melbourne but believe he’s ready to go again in the Newmarket Handicap.
Trainer Calvin McEvoy has Rue De Royale poised to strike in the Group 2 Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) at Flemington.
A quiet gelding trainer Gary Portelli describes a “such a dude”, Encap takes on a different persona on the racetrack which could land him a Group 1 Randwick Guineas win on Saturday.
A key jockey booking has enhanced Victorian trainer Patrick Kearney’s belief Yellowbrick Road is “definitely the one to beat” in the Adelaide Cup.
It’s a triple treat of Group 1 racing on Saturday with the Canterbury Stakes and Randwick Guineas in Sydney, and the Newmarket Handicap at Flemington. Check out who our experts are tipping.
Far away from Morphettville, the spirited nature of Group 1-winning sprinter Gytrash remains strong thanks to a prominent SA winemaker and the state’s Thorough Care program.
Matty and Benny discuss a TV blooper inside the jockeys’ room, Imperatriz’s chances in the Newmarket Handicap, the return of Think About It in the Canterbury Stakes, and the Randwick Guineas (is it more wide open than the market suggests?)
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