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  • Grateful Neasham announces Zaaki’s retirement

    Nine-year-old top-level weight-for-age performer Zaaki has been retired from racing after a 48-start career and amassing more than $11 million in prizemoney. Annabel Neasham made the announcement on Friday praising the gelding who she attributes as a catalyst to her own success overall as a trainer. “It is a bittersweet day… Read More »

     
  • Switzerland out of autumn, springtime the aim

    A chance for redemption after finishing outside of the placings in the Golden Slipper will go be the wayside as talented two-year-old Switzerland will undergo surgery to remove bone chips. Trainer Chris Waller announced on Friday that the valuable Coolmore-owned colt will forgo the remainder of his two-year-old season to remove the… Read More »

     
  • Hedged along path to Sunlight Classic claims

    With three wins in six starts plus a minor placing on debut, three-year-old Hedged has done just about everything asked of him by co-trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr. The last start track and distance winner takes on his biggest challenge to-date in the $500,000 Listed Sunlight Classic (1100m) at Flemington… Read More »

     
  • Boom colt Switzerland to undergo surgery

    Boom colt Switzerland will undergo surgery to remove a small chip in his fetlock. Switzerland who finished 8th in the Golden Slipper on the weekend will require surgery before racing again after a post race scan uncovered a chip in the horses fetlock. Trainer Chris Waller announced the news on… Read More »

     
  • Pressure off stronger Legarto in the Australian Cup

    Legarto is a horse that veteran trainer Ken Kelso says is flying under the radar as the likes of Mr Brightside and Pride Of Jenni dominate the spotlight towards the Australian Cup on Saturday. Not that Kelso minds as the 2023 Group 1 Australian Guineas (1600m) winner returns to Flemington less talked about… Read More »

     
  • Tom Kitten on the rise in Tancred Stakes

    Despite finishing outside of the placings in the Rosehill Guineas last start, James Cummings is looking for the quick back-up to be a telling difference for Tom Kitten as the colt steps up to the 2400-metres for the first time in the Group 1 Tancred Stakes on Saturday. The three-year-old by sire… Read More »

     
  • Price gives unheralded filly a Vinery Stud Stakes Hope

    Co-trainer Robert Price can’t take much credit for selecting Our Gold Hope as a yearling, but he will be happy if she can reward the judgement of her owners in the Vinery Stud Stakes. The filly is raced by the Noble family, who also enjoyed success with two-time Group winner Jamaea,… Read More »

     
  • Luke Nolen set for racing comeback

    After a two-month hiatus, jockey Luke Nolen is poised for his racing comeback this Friday night. Nolen, a 39-time Group 1 winner, will ride Linas Reel, a 3-year-old gelding trained by Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman, in the Ladbrokes Southside Challenge. His absence stemmed from injuries sustained in a trackwork… Read More »

     
  • More Felons to Lodge serious Tancred Stakes bid

    Chris Waller’s vision to utilise Macedon Lodge as a training facility for a selection of his stayers continues to reap rewards with Tancred Stakes contender More Felons the latest benefactor. Waller acquired boxes at the Victorian property last year and has been using the former base of leviathan owner Lloyd Williams… Read More »

     
  • Money talks for another Star

    As Easter racing sees Oakbank in the Adelaide Hills take centre stage, trainer Phillip Stokes has consistent South Australian performer Celsius Star hoping to emulate the victory of stablemate Climbing Star last weekend. Celsius Star takes on the Listed Hills Stakes (1100m) on Saturday and has been a notable market mover since… Read More »

     
  • Four-time G1 winner Zaaki retired from racing

    Zaaki, the four-time Group 1 winner with over $11 million in prize money, has retired from racing. Annabel Neasham Racing announced the news, thanking Zaaki’s owners. His legacy includes four Group One victories in Australia, including the Doomben Cup, Underwood Stakes, and two Mackinnon Stakes wins. Zaaki, under the guidance… Read More »

     
  • Rosehill win would be a tonic for Brad Widdup

    Brad Widdup heads to Rosehill with one proven campaigner and two young talents on the rise. A week after talented mare Tintookie suffered a fatal race day injury, trainer Brad Widdup will head back to Rosehill with three stakes runners who he hopes can give his stable a timely boost. Tintookie had… Read More »

     
  • Tom Marquand excited for Vinery Stud Stakes showdown

    Tom Marquand has been involved in some heavyweight match ups during his Sydney autumn carnival visits and the star UK jockey has invariably come out on top. However, the big race scenario he finds himself in for this weekend’s Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) is a little different. Whereas Marquand has previously… Read More »

     
  • Katsu chasing another straight win

    Grahame Begg is looking forward to seeing Katsu running back on the straight course at Flemington. The Listed Bob Hoysted Handicap (1000m) on Saturday will be Katsu’s second appearance over the straight course having won the Listed Kensington Stakes (1000m) in December. Katsu has been seen only once since, finishing fourth… Read More »

     
  • Distance right for Athabascan in Tancred Stakes

    A return to his pet distance is expected to help Athabascan bring his A-game to Rosehill where he will take on William Haggas’ latest Sydney autumn carnival star, Post Impressionist, in the Group One Tancred Stakes. Athabascan has won two black-type races in Australia, both of them over 2400 metres, including… Read More »

     
  • WFA star Think It Over has been retired

    Less than a month after capping his remarkable comeback from a career-threatening tendon injury with a Group One win, Think It Over has been retired. Trainer Kerry Parker advised Racing NSW stewards on Thursday that the decision had been made to close the curtain on the eight-year-old’s decorated racing career following veterinary assessments…. Read More »

     
  • Orchestral the family’s latest star filly

    Few New Zealand fillies have come to Australia with the boom that Orchestral carried across the Tasman earlier this week. It is well-earned with eight starts producing five wins, the last four in a row including wins in the Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m), Group 2 Avondale Guineas (2100m) and Group 1… Read More »

     
  • Daqiansweet Junior out to shore up Melbourne Cup start

    Daqiansweet Junior has contested the past two Melbourne Cups and will chase another start in the race at Flemington on Saturday. The Roy Higgins (2600m) offers the winner a ballot exemption into the Melbourne Cup 2024, one of four staying races run at Flemington that has ‘win and you’re in’ status…. Read More »

     
  • All Aged Stakes target for resuming Shinzo

    Shinzo will make a belated start to his autumn campaign at Rosehill before connections set their sights on one of the carnival’s major sprints. The 2023 Golden Slipper winner resumes in Saturday’s Group 3 Star Kingdom Stakes (1200m) having recovered from an early setback that put trainer Chris Waller on the back… Read More »

     
  • Matthew Smith aiming for Australian Cup blowout

    Trainer Matthew Smith knows his charge Esti Feny faces a difficult assignment when he lines up in the Australian Cup at Flemington. The Hungarian-bred import is the $126 rank outsider with betting apps for the Group 1 contest over 2000m on Saturday, but the Australian Cup has been known to throw up… Read More »

     
 
 
 
 
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