Mystery two-year-old in Giga Kick colours unleashed at Doomben
It is a mystery even to her connections how two-year-old filly Not Surprised will fare when she steps up to Stakes company at Doomben on Saturday.
It is a mystery even to her connections how two-year-old filly Not Surprised will fare when she steps up to Stakes company at Doomben on Saturday.
There are a few good plays at Sandown Hillside on Saturday, including one runner at $15 who can run a big race.
Punters rally for talented French import Cawdor set to make Australian debut at Sandown on Saturday.
With Group 1-winner Manaal and a host of black type performers, it’s been an excellent season for the Murrurundi-based Emirates Park. But another flying filly is about to hit the track.
Molly Bloom is an exciting star filly from New Zealand but her trainers say Saturday’s test in the Group 2 The Roses at Doomben will be her toughest assignment yet.
Corey Brown has adopted the role of mentor for Tyler Schiller and believes he is destined for bigger and better things as he prepares to tackle the Group 1 Doomben Cup on Fawkner Park.
Super stayer Valpolicella can become just the fourth female greyhound to add her name to the million-dollar earners club in the Sandown Cup on Friday.
Trainer John Price is daring to dream of another win with William Thomas on Saturday at Sandown.
An unplaced first-up run and moderate trackwork won’t be any impediment to an improved run from the Mark and Levi Kavanagh-trained Lounge Bar Rubi at Sandown.
Trainer David Payne has two Queensland Winter Carnival contenders ready to put themselves in the frame for a trip up north.
Hezashocka has earned a crack at the Group 1 Doomben Cup on Saturday in Brisbane before attention turns to the Premier’s Cup.
Rockhampton trainer Clinton Taylor was once aiming up at the $3m Magic Millions in January, but the $1m prize on Saturday will be a nice enough consolation.
A Patrick Payne-trained galloper can improve on a solid first-up effort while a $12 chance can build on a breakthrough win at Friday night’s Cranbourne meeting.
With only one runner locked in for this year’s $20 million The Everest, trainer Bjorn Baker is keen for several of his sprinters to put their hand up for the world’s richest race on turf.
A Ciaron Maher-trained galloper can improve sharply rising in trip second-up while an $18 chance could produce a big finish for punters at Pakenham on Thursday night.
Form analyst Brad Waters looks at every race at Sandown Hillside on Saturday where he has come up with a $7 best bet.
Kris Lees knows his mare Amokura is better than what she showed in her first-up run, and need to see her put her best foot forward if she is to tackle the likes of the Caulfield Cup in the spring.
Opie Bosson is a 98-time Group 1 winner and he’s enthused about the Queensland winter carnival prospects of Yellow Brick who will aim to storm into the Stradbroke Handicap by winning at Doomben on Saturday.
Trainer Bjorn Baker will be giving Rachel King, the rider of Iknowastar and Passeggiata, a licence to thrill on the “catch-me-if-you-can” front-runners at Randwick on Saturday.
The second favourite for the three-year-old staying test will go on the market regardless of the result in the Group 1 Queensland Derby (2400m) next week.
Matty and Benny chat about I Wish I Win becoming costly for punters, the injuries sustained by jockeys in race falls, female hoops riding the card in Adelaide, plus they look towards Doomben Cup Day on Saturday.
Victoria Racing Club has broken with 155 years of tradition and rescheduled the Melbourne Cup-qualifying Archer Stakes from Victoria Derby Day.
Cranbourne trainer Gavin Bedggood has a great record with online buys and he will attempt to match previous deeds with injury-plagued talent Windstorm.
Giga Kick’s three-quarter brother Pantoja had to settle for third in a sound debut outing at Bendigo on Wednesday.
One of the biggest racehorses you will ever see will be chasing a Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap golden ticket at Doomben on Saturday.
Angel Capital is prominent in all two-year-old futures markets throughout the winter and trainer Clinton McDonald believes the colt could be one of the best he’s got his hands.
Trainers Tony and Calvin McEvoy have scrapped a Queensland trip for South Australian Derby winner Coco Sun.
Jason Collett, who suffered multiple rib fractures in a fall at Kembla Grange last month, has tested his fitness at trackwork and been pleased with his recovery.
The $20 million The Everest is at Royal Randwick on October 19 and it is unprecedented that by this time of the year not one slot-holder has secured their sprinter.
Wee Nessy’s Sydney and Brisbane form shows she deserves a Group 1 shot so trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr will give her a crack at the highest level in Saturday’s Doomben 10,000.
Annabel Neasham has been in form on the track in Queensland, but her stayer Port Lockroy has been struck down by horrible barriers this campaign as they aim up at the Queensland Derby next month.
An impressive last start winner can post another win while a $14 chance can go one better at Tuesday’s Moe meeting.
Queensland will be the third state in Australia to host a World Pool meeting, with the Hong Kong Jockey Club sealing the deal with the Brisbane Racing Club.
Private equity firm tycoon John Stewart has a bold plan to buy super mare Imperatriz at the upcoming Magic Millions mares sale and potential bring her out of retirement if she checks all the boxes.
Queensland-bound galloper Shock ‘Em Ova produced the most impressive win of the day but punters can follow several other runners out of Saturday’s Caulfield meeting.
The trip from Wangaratta to Mornington could pay off for a consistent galloper while a couple of local gallopers should be hard to beat at Monday’s Mornington meeting.
The star sprinter produced a huge first-up performance in the TJ Smith Stakes, but the gun jockey says he has only improved as he is set to start a hot favourite in the Doomben 10,000 on Saturday.
A couple of quality gallopers ran very well at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday, pressing their claims for the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap.
A Melbourne Cup start could be on the agenda for Let’sbefrankbaby after her win at Caulfield on Saturday.
The Jason Warren-trained mare Benedetta gave Jamie Kah her second Group 1 win in two weeks in her home town by winning the Group 1 The Goodwood at Morphettville.
Co-trainer Sam Freedman says the son of Too Darn Hot could find himself in one of Australia’s top stallion-making races after his win at Caulfield.
Numerian has won the $500,000 Hollindale Stakes (1800m) at the Sunshine Coast, marking a whirlwind 16 hours for winning jockey Jamie Mott.
Adam Hyeronimus has little recollection of his father’s riding days but paid him a special mention after winning the Gold Coast Bracelet on Amazonian Lass.
McDonald and wife Katie welcomed their second daughter, Mia, into the world during the week and backed it up with riding winners on his first four rides on Saturday.
Having done the bullocking work outside the leader and being headed in the straight, Victorian gelding Magnaspin found a second wind to fight back and win The Coast at Newcastle.
It had been a long time between drinks for Semillion but the gelding made full use of a good draw to score an all-the-way win in the Listed Takeover Target Stakes at Newcastle.
Victorian gelding Hezashocka relished the heavy conditions to run down a brave Sir Lucan and claim the Gosford Gold Cup at Newcastle on Saturday.
Godolphin two-year-old Pisces has returned a different horse since being gelded and could have earned himself a trip to Brisbane after a smart win at Newcastle on Saturday.
Racing Victoria’s executive general manager — customer, Ben Amarfio, who was previously the CEO of North Melbourne Football Club, has quit.
Will she or won’t she stand up and be counted? Glamour mare Amelia’s Jewel headlines a great day of racing around Australia on Saturday, highlighted by the Group 1 The Goodwood in Adelaide.
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