Roll On High enters Thousand Guineas reckoning
Roll On High (Shamus Award) propelled herself into the picture for the Thousand Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) at Caulfield on November 18 when she landed yesterday’s Desirable Stakes (Listed, 1400m) at Flemington. Having only the fourth start of her career, the Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman-trained filly ran on strongly down the centre of the... Read More
Rupert Clarke on the horizon for Skew Wiff
New Zealand Group 1 winner Skew Wiff (Savabeel) put her barrier troubles firmly behind her as she bounced back to winning form in yesterday’s Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes (Gr 3, 1400m) at Flemington, her first win in Australia. Winner of September’s Tarzino Trophy (Gr 1, 1400m), the Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson-trained four-year-old was... Read More
Vintage result for Vinery with Exceedance colt Dublin Down
Vinery Stud was celebrating yesterday the Maribyrnong Plate (Gr 3, 1000m) performance of Dublin Down, an important milestone win for the two-year-old colt’s young sire Exceedance (Exceed And Excel). The fact the victory of Dublin Down – the first winner and maiden stakes winner for Vinery’s first crop stallion – occurred at Flemington up the... Read More
Without A Fight shows his staying prowess with Melbourne Cup redemption
Son of Teofilo adds to record books for Freedmans and Zahra in dominant display Without A Fight entered modern Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) history yesterday when he produced an emphatic performance to land Australia’s biggest race at Flemington and in doing so added further weight to his sire, Teofilo’s (Galileo), growing reputation as a... Read More
Becker hoping Soul-searching mission can pay off
Agent also has respect for Mullins’ favourite Vauban in 163rd Melbourne Cup A 24–hour window more than two years ago could prove the difference between winning and losing this year’s Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) and agent Mathew Becker hopes the near miss on Vauban (Galilway) doesn’t come to bear. Becker’s clients have Soulcombe (Frankel)... Read More
No substitute for luck
A slow getaway did the damage for Legarto (Proisir) and her connections’ bold mission in Saturday’s rich Golden Eagle (1500m). That is her pattern but at Rosehill you don’t want to be four and five back on the fence before the straight. Legarto’s bad luck was the winner’s good luck. Japan’s Obamburumai (Discreet Cat) was... Read More