Racing preview: Golden Pendant Day at Rosehill
Race 1 is a typical Sydney staying race and it should come as no surprise that Chris Waller has a very strong hand.
Race 1 is a typical Sydney staying race and it should come as no surprise that Chris Waller has a very strong hand.
Ron Weston and John Nisbet's Inchcape Rock caused a minor boilover at Thoroughbred Park on Friday.
Super Cash will return to the races on Saturday and has opened as a clear favourite in the opening race.
Godolphin, looking good with Impending in today's Stan Fox Stakes at Rosehill Gardens, is a possible target for the desecration of sacred Hunter Valley land.
It seems a lifetime ago that Tim Martin was at the top of his game, training the great Exceed And Excel to group 1 glory. Now he is on the comeback trial.
The Stan Fox will end any debate, which is the best colt between Impending, Divine Prophet and Good Standing in a small but elite contest over the Rosehill 1500m on Saturday.
There is family trait that frustrates Chris Waller when it comes to Counterattack, favourite for Saturday's Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes at Caulfield, it takng him a while to win a group 1.
Winning the apprentice jockeys' title is a tremendous achievement in itself.
Mother and son training partners look to dominate their own race day at Thoroughbred Park.
For the connections of Sydney sprinter Counterattack the $300,000 prizemoney on offer for winning Saturday's Rupert Clarke Stakes at Caulfield will be a small part of a much larger financial windfall if he can take out his first group 1 event.
Oh, for the good old days. Those were the memories that flooded back at the official Randwick two-year-old barrier trials last Monday as we recalled some of the great babies that made their first public racetrack appearances.
Team Hawkes has a group of three-year-olds that would make other stables green with envy, but they still have to put the results on the board at the highest level.
The purple of Star Thoroughbreds has become familiar in the winner's circle of Sydney racecourses again after a lean stretch, and Chris Waller hopes for more black-type success for the syndicate at Rosehill on Saturday.
Joe Cleary isn't worried about the big names as he brings Chaquinta to town for the Queen's Cup at Rosehill on Saturday.
David Pfieffer might not have the biggest stable in Sydney but when he gets the right horse, especially a mare, he has made a habit of finding the right race.
With two major group 1 races – the Underwood Stakes and the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes – at Caulfield this weekend and the spring carnival hotting up its understandable that the focus is on Saturday racing activity.
The Australian Turf Club and Racing NSW have spread the wealth when standard Saturday stakes prizemoney increases to $100,000 from October 1.
Racing Victoria has won a long-running battle against horse trainer Mark Riley after it successfully appealed a decision that cleared him of a doping charge.
Singapore-based jockey Corey Brown jumped at the chance to come back to Australia to be part of group 1 racing when offered the ride on Thames Court in Saturday's Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes and hopes to make a few more time flying visits during the spring.
Milliners are calling out copycats as the spring racing hat wars heat up.
Hugh Bowman will be back for Sydney's biggest day of the spring after a Racing NSW appeals panel reduced a careless riding suspension by a single day.
For decades the group one Underwood Stakes at Caulfield has offered a key insight into the outcome of major races later in the spring and, for the powerful Darren Weir operation, this year's 1800-metre race will provide an early indication of how four of their runners are travelling.
Being a mum comes as naturally to Black Caviar as winning races, as she cares for her third foal, which was born in the Hunter Valley on Sunday morning.
The fate of whether Sydney punters see Hartnell again this spring rests with what the Racing NSW handicapper but a clash between the Godolphin star and Winx will probably have to for The Championships in the autumn.
Newcastle trainer Kris Lees will give Melbourne its first taste of the Winx and Hartnell form this spring when Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner Lucia Valentina runs in Saturday's Underwood Stakes at Caulfield.
There is a certain frustration about First Seal for John Thompson, even though she is a group 1 winner.
October and November are the months when Melbourne's greatest prizes – the Caulfield and Melbourne cups, Victoria Derby and Oaks and the Cox Plate – are decided.
When there's a million dollars up for grabs, especially in a race restricted to three year olds, the temptation is always to go for it.
Black Caviar is a proud mum once again after giving birth to Snitzel filly in the Hunter Valley on Saturday.
The only thing that Godolphin trainer John O'Shea would commit to with Hartnell was his next run will be in a group 1.
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