Wandering Eyes

Sulaiyma (GB) (Kingman {GB}), a 4-year-old half-sister to G3 Munster Oaks heroine Sumiha (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), topped Thursday's Goffs Online Sale, which consisted of seven lots from the draft of the Aga Khan Studs. The horses were scratched out of the Goffs February Sale proper as a mark of respect following the recent passing of His Highness The Aga Khan. The bay went to Tally-Ho Stud on a bid of €150,000. Sold as lot 381, the filly is from the extended family of Sinndar (Ire). All seven lots offered sold for a gross of €338,500. The average was €48,358 and the median was €30,000. Lot 336, the 5-year-old Harzand (Ire) mare Kayhana (Ire). brought €65,000 from Thoroughbred Investments. She was last seen finishing fourth in the Listed Knockaire Stakes. Muzina (GB) (Teofilo {Ire}) (lot 352) was snapped up by Middlelane Farm for €55,000. The 4-year-old counts G2 Prix de Royallieu heroine Mouramara (Ire) (Kahyasi {Ire}) as her second dam. The latter has thrown a trio of black-type winners under both codes anchored by G1 Sydney Cup hero Mourayan (Ire) (Alhaarth {Ire}). Pat Downes, Aga Khan Studs manager, said, “I thought the sale went well and we are more than happy with the results. The Goffs Online process was highly efficient and well run so I can envisage us making more use of it in the future.” Goffs Group chief executive Henry Beeby said, “Goffs was pleased to accommodate the wishes of the Aga Khan Studs by conducting a special one-off online sale of their February Sale draft and are delighted with the results headed by a top price of €150,000 and a perfect clearance rate of 100%. The bloodlines that His Highness nurtured with such skill and care over the last 65 years are always highly prized and we wish the new owners the best of luck with their purchases. “Today's sale went seamlessly and clearly demonstrated the customer friendliness of Goffs Online. We have been relatively quiet in this space recently but are working on something a little different about which more in due course.” The post Aga Khan’s Sulaiyma The €150k Star Of Goffs Online appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Needless to say, Dornoch didn't look as shocked as Jayson Werth had felt when someone once said much the same to him. But somehow he got the message, because next day he went out there as a longshot and came back the winner of the GI Belmont Stakes. It had just been the two of them, in his stall, Werth literally giving the horse a pep talk. So he wanted to be a stallion, a lot of pretty mares lining up? Wanted to be somebody in this game? Well, here's how it was. “This,” Werth told him, “is your last chance in horseracing.” A heartless phrase that went back to a time when he, too, had been written off; when nobody wanted to hear excuses–like Dornoch getting stranded by the rails draw in the Derby–and perhaps even suspected that he was malingering. After a superb debut season with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Werth was hit by a fastball on the first day of spring training in 2005. He holds up the wrist, the bone still pretty messy even now. The medics gave him some routine treatments, including surgery when it stubbornly wouldn't clear up, and told him time and again that he was good to resume. “Except I couldn't even open a door,” he says. “It was that painful. And they're trying to tell me there's nothing wrong with me. Because all I had to do was get on the field for one inning, and they could send me down to the minor leagues and not pay my insurance. It was a time of ultimate turmoil, just bad, bad juju, bad vibes. People thinking that I was just trying to collect unemployment, essentially. When all I wanted to do was play.” He played a little in 2005, not at all in 2006. Finally he was released by the Dodgers. For an athlete in his prime, on the brink of stardom, it was purgatory. At one point, Werth had flown over to consult yet another doctor in Atlanta. On the way, he called home: his high school sweetheart Julia was raising their young kids, suffering in her own way from the whole saga. But it was only because he happened to visit that day, and went to the mailbox when he did, that he spotted the father of a boyhood teammate walking his dog over the street. Werth called out a greeting. Jayson Werth touches them all following a 2-run home run in the 2009 NLCS | Getty Images “Hey, Jayson, what's up? What are you doing here?” Werth explained about his wrist. “Man, you're still having problems with that?” “Yeah, I'm going to go see another specialist. This is like my eighth.” “Have you been to the Mayo Clinic?” “Never even heard of it.” Werth now remembered that this guy was an orthopaedic surgeon. “Their hand department up there is amazing. You should call them.” He gave Werth a name to ask for. Werth ran straight in and dialed the number. “I don't want to call back. I'll wait. Tell him this is important.” He was three hours on hold, in total, the first doctor having redirected him to a more relevant specialist. Finally he was talking with Dr. Berger's assistant. “Okay,” she said. “Let's make an appointment. How about Aug. 16?” This was May. He thought the Dodgers might get him moved up, but they didn't. Finally the day came. “Well,” Dick Berger told him. “You've got one of two things. One, I can fix it. If it's the other, you'll never play again.” So they did an MRI, and Werth braced himself for sleepless nights of waiting. But as he left the scanning room, there was Berger in the doorway. “Surgery tomorrow. I'll get you in early, be there at six. I got you. I can fix this.” Nearly 20 years later, Werth still chokes with emotion. Julia, too, has her eyes brimming. “We literally just sat on the phone and bawled our eyes out until six o'clock the next morning,” Werth recalls. “This was the only guy in the world that was doing this surgery, that was identifying and repairing what I had [an ulnotriquetral split.] Oh, man. I mean, I was done. My career was over before it started.” Not that his comeback was easy, even then. The Phillies had taken him on, but he was rusty and it was only because two of his new teammates got injured right at the trade deadline that he got his chance. The GM called him in. And that's when he heard those words: “This is your last chance in professional baseball.” Getty Images “And I'm like, my last chance? What the ****! I mean, I was just almost Rookie of the Year. I get hurt, and now this is my last chance?” He shakes his head, still incredulous. “So I get two hits that night. Four hits the next night. I end up hitting .420 for August. We run down the Mets in '07, we win the World Series in '08. I don't come off the field for 10 years. And that was my last chance.” Hence his words to this uncomprehending Thoroughbred, soon after discovering a surprising new stimulus for his retirement. There's a parallel, after all, between what he did during his own career and the preparation of Dornoch: endless, repetitive honing and rehearsing, all coming down to a fleeting moment of performance. “That part, I totally get,” Werth says. “They're the athlete. They're the pro. How much work you put into something. Plus the fact that he was pigeon-toed like I was! But yeah, the blood, sweat, and tears goes into it. You get so invested, owning these horses, it's crazy. It becomes as big a deal as when I was playing.” He had first become intrigued through golf buddies in Florida, who raced the occasional state-bred. “It's the same, whatever level you've played sports,” he says. “When you stop, you miss that competition. So having a horse leave the gate, it's like you're back on the field. I kind of tiptoed into it, at first, with a piece of some fillies. But all of a sudden it's Tuesday at Tampa Bay Downs, a $16,000 claimer I own a leg of, and I'm as fired up as I get. I'm alive again. I didn't even realize that there was a void to fill, that there was a huge piece of me missing.'” He was soon raising the bar with R Calli Kim (Revolutionary), whose thrilling off-the-pace style won two graded stakes. And then he walked into a bar at the Keeneland September Sale of 2022. “Could have gone left, could have gone right,” Werth recalls. “But I saw Danny [Gargan, trainer] and Conor [Foley, agent] and all those guys, who I knew, so I went over and talked. And next thing Danny's convinced me to take 10% percent of a Good Magic yearling they just bought [for $325,000]. First colt I ever had. Looking back, Danny was so full of it! And I was so green. I mean, like we're going to buy one colt and chase the Derby dream? But he even said, 'It'd be cool to have a guy like you in the game, get a celebrity involved. If this horse turns into something, it could become…' Really, become what it has. So he had a vision, and he was right.” And so the mutual attraction between horseracing and this usefully conspicuous convert–all that hair, all that open, buoyant engagement–began to intensify. Hoisting the Belmont Stakes trophy at Saratoga | Getty Images “Fountain of Youth day, I brought Max Scherzer, a first-ballot Hall of Fame pitcher, and some other baseball buddies,” he recalls. “We get a suite at Gulfstream. And R Calli Kim wins a Grade III, and then Dornoch wins, and it's starting to hit me: 'All right, guys. The dream is on.' I've won the World Series, I know what it's like, I get it. And I'm playing big games again.” The Derby itself proved an anti-climax, but the experience–the walkover, all the rest of it–was indelible. Going into the Belmont, Werth was affronted to see how quickly Dornoch had been forgotten. “We really, legitimately thought he was going to win the Derby,” he says. “But that one post, he's dead before it starts. Never had a chance. And now he's 17-1, the outcast. 'Come on, this is my guy. Don't trash my guy.' I knew how good this horse was. I believed in him. And I mean, he's like a family member. So that's when I go in and give him a full pep talk. Tapped him on the head, told him, 'This is it, dude, your last chance at horseracing.'” The delirium he shared with a watching nation, during and after the race, measured the revelation that horseracing had become. If anything, however, too much of a revelation. “As it started coming together, we thought, 'This is remarkable,'” he says. “My wife's fallen in love with it, too: the dresses, the hats, the big days, events before and after. And we were like, 'This is such a cool sport. How does nobody know about this?' “I mean, we lucked into this whole thing. I don't think the average American fan has any idea how cool this can be, above all from an ownership side. Because that's where you can differentiate: you're not just sports fans, but sport owners. That's where horseracing's missing the mark. That's how to change and grow the sport, through ownership. Because now these horses become your story, your reality. And you start peeling back the layers.” For too long, he suggests, ownership has been the preserve of the privileged few. “No offense, because it's these people, these families, that have stood the sport up to this point,” he acknowledges. “But the sport isn't growing. Why? Not because it hasn't evolved, started to do great things for the people and horses involved, to erase the stigmas. I mean, it's a way better sport than 20, 30, 50 years ago. And my challenge has been explaining that to people. So why is little old me having to tell them all this stuff? “The industry's done a poor job of storytelling, explaining, outreach. Granted, we've had unbelievable luck in what we've done. But without that success, I wouldn't be here. So that's driven me to see this soft spot: to share the experiences we've had, bring people in. Everybody I've invited to the track, to see a day through the lens of an owner, straightaway it's: 'How do I get involved?'” Werth is not naïve. He knows that many a novice has had a bad experience, maybe been taken for a ride. But as one who thrived because baseball cleaned up its act, leveling the playing field for those who had always played straight, he implores us to recognize the stakes. “Without new people coming in, I don't think the sport can sustain itself,” he says. “Look at the industry right now: it's addition by subtraction. We should be gaining tracks, not losing them. Yes, there's stuff that needed sorting, that people are doing a great job to get rid of. But you can talk about the bad parts of any industry. You want to talk about the low levels of minor league baseball? I mean, it sucks. And we're talking about human beings that can talk. So, of course we need to protect these horses that can't stand up for themselves. But if Aunt Tammy, Aunt Sally and Uncle Chad owned a piece, fewer would fall into the hands of people that don't care.” So what does addition by addition look like? Well, a lot like Icon Racing. While Werth admires the impact of fractional ownership entities, his evolving partnership is pitching a higher level of risk and reward. So far they've raised over $3 million from a typical stake of $100,000. “But I tell people not to look at it as an investment,” he says. “This is like buying season tickets, and taking your family to Disneyland, and going to Vegas, and buying Lotto tickets, all in one. With season tickets, you have your memories–but that's it. You own nothing. With this, you have all that, too, the great times with your families, the winner's circle pictures. But sometimes–not always, but sometimes–at the end you also have an investment that has value. “You don't need to own 100% of a horse to get 100% of the experience. I own 10% of Dornoch. Like, it was enough. I mean, it was life-changing. People will say, 'What a joke, the dude acts like he owns the whole thing.' I'm here to tell you that if I owned one percent, I'd have acted the same. That's the point.” Werth recognizes the challenge, even with $100,000 investors, in competing against the superpower programs. Werth at last year's Keeneland September Sale | Keeneland “But so what?” he says. “That's what's fun. We can still play the same game as the billionaires. Sure, there's going to be more people in the winner's circle, in the paddock. So what? Where's the hang-up?” Werth grabs his phone and holds it aloft. “This thing should be revolutionizing horseracing,” he says. “You can be anywhere in the world, in a meeting, at work, whatever. 'Excuse me. One second. I got a race.' I want to put cameras in the stalls. So any time of day you can go on your phone and, 'Hey, look at this. There's my guy.'” This zeal is now being infectiously communicated through a podcast with fellow MLB veteran Shawn Kelley, Off The Rail. Meanwhile Icon recruited six yearlings at Keeneland last September and have further capital for the juvenile sales. That's their trading window, that's putting a team together: horses, trainers, riders, above all partners. Because Werth always relished how a gladiatorial showdown between individuals, pitcher and batter, derived its meaning from the teams around them. “Oh yeah, that camaraderie,” he says. “I played on so many good teams. There was only one that wasn't, and the difference was obvious: chemistry. We had good players, but didn't win because the inside was toxic. “And that's the thing about horseracing that's so unique. This whole industry is a team. Yes, everyone's trying to win purses. But we're all pulling in one direction, to not let our sport die. It's been going the wrong way for so long. That's not where I'm going.” Werth's own journey remains in its early stages. He has been involved barely as long as those cruel three years when he was all but lost to baseball. But this time everything–the emotion, the intensity, the high stakes–have all been positive. “This is an incredible sport,” he says. “And I believe in it. I think we can grow the sport, despite itself. That's why we're going forward with this whole thing. To show people how amazing, how compelling, it can be. How it can rip your god-damned heart out of your chest.” The post Jayson Werth: A Home Run For Racing appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Tickets for the 42nd running of the Breeders' Cup World Championships will go on sale to the general public April 23, with the event returning Oct. 31-Nov. 1 to Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, Calif.View the full article

Tickets for the 42nd running of the Breeders' Cup World Championships will go on sale to the general public on Wednesday, Apr. 23 for the two-day event scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, 2025, at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. Fans may click here to enroll for special pre-sale ticket access. Beginning in 2025, fans must have an account on SeatGeek in order to purchase tickets to the Breeders' Cup. Accounts may be created free of charge by clicking here. More than $34 million in purses and awards will be distributed across the 14 Grade I events that comprise the Breeders' Cup. Del Mar, which also hosted the 2024 championships, will be staging the event for the fourth time. Breeders' Cup Experiences is the official ticket, hospitality, and travel provider for the 2025 Breeders' Cup World Championships at Del Mar. For more information, visit BreedersCupExperiences.com. The post 2025 Breeders’ Cup Tickets On Sale Apr. 23 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Following a couple of notable performances in the last seven days, the time has come for a long overdue trip to France and a dive into an all-weather scene which is just as vibrant nowadays as that on this side of the Channel. For every Notable Speech (GB) there's been an Ace Impact (Ire), who made a successful debut on the all-weather at Cagnes-Sur-Mer in January 2023, before retiring at the end of that year as the unbeaten winner of the Prix du Jockey Club and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. It was on the polytrack at Deauville that last year's Poule d'Essai des Pouliches heroine, Rouhiya (Fr), registered her first career victory the previous November, while fellow Classic scorers Castle Lady (Ire) and Marhaba Ya Sanafi (Ire), as well as dual Group 1 winner Junko (GB), feature among the star names to have shed their maiden tag on the polytrack at Chantilly. It was at the last-named venue that we witnessed perhaps the most striking display on the all-weather last week, courtesy of the Carlos and Yann Lerner-trained Godspeed (Fr), a six-length winner of the one-mile heat for unraced fillies on Friday's card. Settled in mid-division in the early stages, the daughter of Hello Youmzain (Fr) was still hard on the bridle as the 14-strong field turned into the straight. From there she made serene progress to challenge the long-time leader entering the final furlong, before drawing right away for an effortless debut defeat of the well-touted, Juddmonte newcomer Temptable (GB) (Kingman {GB}), the second foal out of the GI Natalma Stakes heroine Capla Temptress (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}). An €80,000 purchase at the Arqana August Yearling Sale, Godspeed is the fourth winner from five runners out of Listed scorer Mary's Precedent (Fr) (Storming Home {GB}), a half-sister to Lovemedo (Fr) (Zafeen {Fr}), the Listed-placed dam of the G3 Prix Cleopatre winner and G1 Prix Saint-Alary third Crown Princesse (Fr) (Zarak {Fr}). Mary's Precedent's other winners include the Listed-placed Mary's France (Fr) (Acclamation {GB}). Last year the Lerners tasted Classic success for the first time as a training duo, with their Prix du Jockey Club winner Look De Vega (Fr), and they're entitled to be thinking of a trial now with this filly, ahead of a potential tilt at the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches. It would certainly be another feather in the cap of Hello Youmzain if she can make that step up, after the Haras d'Etreham resident was crowned the leading first-season sire in France in 2024. New winner by #HelloYoumzain ! GODSPEED wins on debut by more than 6 lengths in the Prix des Gazons de Coye over 1600m at Chantilly for trainers @CYLerner ! Congratulations to everyone involved @FOhinderzerace @RonanThomass @HCadran pic.twitter.com/Nt6vuxa1Ix — Haras d'Etreham (@Haras_d_Etreham) February 7, 2025 'The Little Princes' Makes Big Impression Around 600 miles south of Chantilly at Cagnes-Sur-Mer, Les Petits Prince (Fr) was also being talked about in Classic terms after his last-to-first victory in the one-mile maiden on Monday's card, with his trainer, Nicolas Perret, reporting that the son of Bated Breath (GB) is likely to be given an entry in the Poule d'Essai des Poulains. Admittedly, it probably wasn't the deepest race of its type, but the runner-up was a solid yardstick, having finished placed in each of his four previous starts. Les Petits Prince ultimately took care of that rival in relatively straightforward fashion after fluffing the start, hitting the front entering the final furlong and just needing to be kept up to his work from there to land the spoils by a length and a quarter. Bred by Haras du Mont dit Mont, Let Petits Prince is one of three winners from six runners out of the unraced Hurricane Run (Ire) mare Hurbling (Ire), from the family of the multiple Group 1 winners Hermosa (Ire) and Hydrangea (Ire), both by Galileo (Ire). Their dam is the G2 Prix du Gros-Chene heroine Beauty Is Truth (Ire) (Pivotal {GB}), a half-sister to this colt's winning grandam. The three winners out of Hurbling to date include a full-brother in Summiter (Ire), who was Group 3-placed as a three-year-old when he finished third in the Prix de Fontainebleau. That race, won in recent years by the subsequent Poulains winners Brametot (Ire) and Persian King (Ire), would look a suitable target for this colt if his connections feel like putting his Classic credentials to the test. Either way, the €14,000 it cost to secure Les Petits Prince at the Arqana v.2 Yearling Sale already looks a very shrewd piece of business. He's also a potential flagbearer for Perret who, in just his fifth year with a licence, leads the trainers' championship in France at this very early stage with 13 winners and nearly €290,000 in total prize-money won. Prix Des Issambres @hippocotdazur Cagnes Sur Mer – Maiden – 3 ans – 1600m – 8 Pts – 23 000 € Les Petits Princes (m) Anthony Crastus @CrastusAnthony (Bated Breath (Gb) @JuddmonteFarms – Hurbling (Ire) par Hurricane Run (Ire)) Nicolas Perret Ecurie… pic.twitter.com/RwX4KLd5Ve — French and International Horse Racing (@Vincenzo0612) February 10, 2025 Powerhouse Stables Lock Horns Back in Britain, Tony Carroll has been by far the most prolific trainer since the turn of the year, with his tally of 29 winners putting him well clear of Andrew Balding (16) and Karl Burke (13) in the podium positions. The last-named pair have both enjoyed their fair share of success in recent days, but it was Balding who had the final say in what was arguably the most interesting race run on the all-weather in Britain last week, namely the class 2 handicap run over six furlongs at Southwell on Friday. Burke was responsible for the 10/11 favourite in the hitherto unbeaten Rebel's Gamble (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) but, in the event, the concession of 15lb to Balding's Humam (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) was simply too much on their respective handicap debuts. Humam dominated from the front and kept going well to win by a length and three-quarters from his chief market rival, who was held up before making late headway to snatch second in the final strides. Both horses had received positive mentions in previous editions of Winter Watch and it's fair to say that they each enhanced their reputations with the way that they performed at Southwell. Humam, who opened his account in a seven-furlong maiden at Lingfield on his previous start, seems to be improving with every race and should be up to winning again from a revised mark of 86. Certainly, his pedigree is an ongoing recommendation, as a half-brother to three black-type performers, headed by the G3 Bengough Stakes and G3 Palace House Stakes winner Vadream (GB) (Brazen Beau {Aus}). As for Rebel's Gamble, this was the first blemish on his record after a pair of victories at Southwell and Newcastle, but he didn't lose much in defeat from a lofty opening mark of 95. He remains one to be positive about, already not too far off the sort of level required to make him competitive in minor stakes company. Baker's Dozen Up for Burke Burke went on to saddle his 12th and 13th winners of the year with an across-the-card double in the space of around 20 minutes on Saturday, with Nordic Norm (GB) (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}) making a winning debut in the one-mile maiden at Newcastle, before The Watcher (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) maintained his unbeaten record with a smooth success in the seven-furlong novice at Wolverhampton. The Middleham trainer is likely to saddle few easier winners this year than The Watcher, who simply did what was expected of him as the 1-5 favourite, ultimately winning by five lengths, having dictated a steady gallop in the early stages. He now finds himself in the same boat that stable-mate Rebel's Gamble did before his Southwell run on Friday, with handicaps now an option after he was allotted an opening mark of 89. He's clearly a promising sort, but stiffer tasks lie ahead for Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum's homebred, the third winner from as many runners out of an unraced Lope De Vega (Ire) mare. As for David and Yvonne Blunt's homebred Nordic Norm, he's the first foal out of an unraced Exceed And Excel (Aus) mare. His second dam is the multiple Group 2 runner-up Fraloga (Ire) (Grand Lodge), a half-sister to a pair of Group 1 winners by Linamix (Fr) in Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud scorer Fragrant Mix (Ire) and Prix Jean Romanet heroine Alpine Rose (Fr). The official winning margin for 10-11 favourite Nordic Norm was just a head, though he always looked like he was doing enough once hitting the front inside the final furlong. He is open to more improvement and looks a likely candidate for another novice on the all-weather if Burke wants to give him more experience before the start of the turf season. Winning debut! Nordic Norm (Saxon Warrior x Fracherette) fends off Royal runner Warrant Holder, getting the job done nicely for Sam James and @karl_burke at @NewcastleRaces… pic.twitter.com/g85DStwkub — At The Races (@AtTheRaces) February 8, 2025 Tremorgio Takes Care of Business Of the trainers who have saddled 10 or more runners on the all-weather in Britain in 2025, seven of them have a strike rate of at least 30% at the time of writing. Burke is one of them, having saddled his 13 winners from 42 runners (31%), but you won't be surprised to hear that it's Charlie Appleby who leads the way by that metric with six winners from 12 runners (50%). The latest winner for Appleby was Tremorgio (GB), who made it two from two for the Godolphin team when sent off the 1-7 favourite for the novice run over a mile and a half at Southwell on Friday. Admittedly, champion jockey Oisin Murphy didn't enjoy an entirely stress-free outing on the son of Dubawi (Ire), briefly facing a wall of horses entering the final two furlongs, but his mount responded well once getting clear sailing as he lengthened away to win by three and a quarter lengths under his penalty. In truth, we probably didn't learn anything new about Tremorgio in what was a thin-looking contest, but he got the job done in a professional manner, not necessarily a given for a horse who was gelded before his debut at Newmarket in October and has now worn cheekpieces in both of his racecourse appearances to date. At Newmarket he'd been very weak in the betting, doubling in price from 9-2 to 9-1, with stable-mate Arabian Poet (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) clearly expected to fare better as the 15-8 favourite. The first foal out of the winning Invincible Spirit (Ire) mare Spring Of Love (GB) who, in turn, is out of the G2 Rockfel Stakes third Desert Blossom (Ire) (Shamardal), Tremorgio almost certainly isn't one of the leading lights at Moulton Paddocks, but he should at least make up into a useful handicapper for his powerful connections. He's been given an opening mark of 89. Favouritism justified!@oismurphy overcomes traffic problems aboard Tremorgio, getting the job done in the @godolphin blue for Charlie Appleby at @Southwell_Races… pic.twitter.com/glEiDk3dT9 — At The Races (@AtTheRaces) February 7, 2025 More to Come from Crack On Boys Les Petits Prince wasn't the only bargain buy to impress in recent days, with the Tom Clover-trained Crack On Boys (GB) also deserving a mention after his wide-margin victory in the one-mile maiden at Newcastle last Tuesday. The son of Cracksman (GB) went unsold at 8,000gns when first offered at the Tattersalls December Yearling Sale, before being purchased for €35,000 at last year's Tattersalls Ireland Breeze-up Sale. That already screams value for the group who now own Crack On Boys, The Galivanters, as he looks a colt with the potential to give them plenty of fun days out in the coming months judged on the style of his Gosforth Park success. Held up last of the five runners in the early stages, he made smooth headway to lead entering the final furlong, before drawing right away to beat the subsequent winner, Orangesandlemons (GB) (Mayson {GB}), by four and a quarter lengths. Beaten just a length when finishing fourth on his debut at Lingfield in December, Crack On Boys also became the third next-time-out winner to come out of that one-mile maiden, after the runner-up Solar Pass (GB) (Phoenix Reach {Ire}) and third Mdawi (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}). Their subsequent exploits all pay a handsome compliment to the narrow winner on the day, Baridi (GB) (Sergei Prokofiev), who sprung a mild surprise at odds of 14-1 and was later bought by bloodstock agent Alessandro Marconi for 100,000gns at the Tattersalls February Sale. What Crack On Boys is worth now is hard to know, but he's certainly bred to do better still when he steps up in trip, for all that he didn't look short of pace at Newcastle. He is a half-brother to Eagle's Foot (GB) (Free Eagle {Ire}), a dual winner over an extended two miles, while his unraced dam is a half-sister to the G3 Prix du Prince d'Orange hero and Prix du Jockey Club runner-up Best Name (GB) (King's Best). Winners in Waiting Dancing Teapot (Ire), runner-up at Dundalk (November 22) since publication Padua (Ire), seventh at Kempton (December 4) since publication Marhaba Ghaiyyath (Ire), winner at Lingfield (December 3) since publication Safe Idea (GB), third at Wolverhampton (December 21) since publication Indian Springs (Ire) Spanish Voice (GB) Noble Horizon (GB) Dixieland Blues (GB) City Of God (Ire), winner at Southwell (January 17) since publication War And Love (GB), runner-up at Chelmsford (January 11) and fifth at Newcastle (February 4) since publication Cupola (GB) Lady Lilac (Ire) The post Winter Watch: Godspeed on Road to the Classics appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

By Renee Geelen It was revealed on Thursday by 7news.com.au that Anthony Cummings has been given an eviction notice by the Australian Turf Club (ATC) from Leilani Stables. Additionally, he has had his training licence revoked by Racing NSW and this is going through an appeals process which is understood to be concluded on Friday by the Racing Appeals Tribunal. These are two separate issues but are related to each other, as only a licenced trainer can hold a lease on ATC-owned stables. Australian Racing has a couple of rules around bankruptcy, but they don't necessarily apply to Cummings, as it is his business which is in liquidation, not himself as a person. In October 2024, Racing NSW issued a show-cause notice to Cummings with regards to his business, Rosscarbery Holdings, being liquidated, and the process around his licence has been ongoing since then. When Racing NSW revoked his licence last Friday, this triggered a clause in his lease from the Australian Turf Club for Leilani Lodge. Cummings now awaits the outcome of his appeal to the Racing Appeals Tribunal. “As it stands, Anthony has issued an appeal notification to the finding and sought a stay of proceedings which will likely be decided over the weekend or on Monday,” said Cummings' son Edward. “In the meantime, both of us have asked the ATC to give permission for me to take over the lease at Leilani so the horses' preparations aren't interrupted by this. “It's a little bit chicken and egg because only a licenced trainer can hold a lease, and I'm a licenced provisional trainer, not metro. I need Racing NSW to upgrade my licence to metro so I can take over the lease on Leilani Lodge, and we need the ATC to agree to this as well. “What I've been able to achieve on my own over the last few years is worthy of the upgrade, and the lease at Leilani. I'm an excellent candidate to take over the stables given our results on the track. We currently have a full barn with a full suite of staff and highly skilled riders, and owners who are supportive of our process.” The famous stables on High Street in Randwick have been occupied by a member of the Cummings family for over 40 years. Bart Cummings trained there until his death in 2015 when his grandson James took over. When James was given the opportunity to become head trainer at Godolphin in 2017, the stable lease was transferred to James' brother Edward and father Anthony. Anthony and Edward trained in partnership from Leilani Lodge until Edward formed Myrtle House at Hawkesbury Racecourse in 2019 where he trained on his own until August 2024. The post Cummings’ Training License Revoked, Given Eviction Notice from Leilani Lodge appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Trainer Michael Hickmott will look to enhance the already impressive record of Fancify (NZ) (Niagara) when she runs in a Stakes race at Flemington. Fancify has won seven of her 14 starts and has an imposing record at Flemington, registering two wins and a second from three starts at the track. The Group 3 Frances Tressady Stakes (1400m) on Saturday will see Fancify attempt to add a third win over the course and distance. Fancify scored at the track and trip last June before leading throughout to claim the Group 3 HKJC Stakes on Melbourne Cup Day. “She seems to enjoy the track and it’s probably clearly her pet distance and we’re very happy with the race that we’ve found,” Hickmott said. Todd Pannell is making the trip over from Adelaide to partner Fancify on Saturday, replacing Joe Bowditch who won on the mare at Murray Bridge and Flemington last year and partnered her when a first-up second at Sandown on February 1. “Todd and Jessica (Tzaferis) ride most of my horses over here and he has done a lot of work on the horse in the background,” Hickmott said. “Unfortunately, in the last preparation she got 54 kilos on Murray Bridge Cup Day and 55 kilos on Melbourne Cup Day when she won those two races. “Todd and I discussed it, and as Joe was over here riding for me that day, he held the ride. “Joe certainly hasn’t been taken off and if she doesn’t happen to get Todd’s weight again, Joe will go back on her.” Hickmott said with the trial schedule in South Australia he was unable to get the fitness into Fancify ahead of her first-up assignment. He said Fancify had made improvement from running second to She’s Bulletproof at Sandown. “I know she has a lot of improvement left in her just with the trial schedule over here as we weren’t able to get an official trial into her and she went into the race not wound up,” Hickmott said. “This race, or the Mannerism Stakes at Caulfield next week, were always going to be her target, so I decided to run in this rather than wait for the Mannerism.” Past Saturday, Hickmott is undecided on where to head. Saturday’s 1400m trip is her preferred journey and Hickmott thinks the 1200m of the Group 1 Sangster Stakes in April may prove a bit sharp. “I just want to get through Saturday,” Hickmott said. “I would love to find 1400-metre race while her rating is around that 100 range and I think finding a nice 1400-metre handicap would be ideal.” View the full article

Numbers are tracking at a rate that would mark a 46 per cent year-on-year increase after 55 suspensions through the first 45 meetings.View the full article

Harness racing is heading into new territory next year, with the first ever meeting at Taupo on January 26, 2026. “We are all about growing our sport and Taupo as a hugely popular summer destination fits the bill perfectly,” says Harness Racing New Zealand’s Head of Racing and Wagering Matthew Peden. “We are very keen to engage with new people and we know that there is a real demand for more grass track racing in the North Island.” Peden believes the new initiative will be well supported by trainers, drivers and owners. The meeting will be run by Waikato Bay of Plenty Harness Inc (Cambridge). After being approached by HRNZ, Racing Taupo was very receptive to the idea. It will be the first time in its 60-year history that it will host harness races. “It’s a novelty for us,” says Taupo Racing Club President Terry Campbell, “it’s exciting and we will give it a try and see how it goes.” The January date is seen as critical. The meeting will be held on Auckland Anniversary Day, a public holiday in the region and it also coincides with Taupo’s huge annual concert weekend which sees thousands flock to the popular tourist town. “The challenge for us is to capitalise on that big crowd in Taupo at the time and get them to the races,” says Peden. The timing also works well for the Taupo Racing Club, according to Campbell, who was awarded a King’s Services medal for services to horse racing and governance in the 2025 New Year Honours “Our biggest meeting is at the end of December and then it’s a month before the next one in February.” Taupo often gets a big crowd at its meetings and prides itself on relaxed family-friendly race days . “Our best crowd on our Cup day is 5000.” So how does he think the idea of harness racing in such a galloping heartland will be received? “Not too many people know about it now but the committee all decided in favour of it,” says Campbell, “and it’s another string to our bow.” “I’m keen to get a mini grass track circuit around the North Island,” says Peden, “and hopefully this is the start of something.” View the full article

Harness racing will be represented by three finalists at the 2025 Ford New Zealand Rural Sports Awards in Palmerston North on Friday, March 7. The country’s top driver Blair Orange has made the cut for the PTS Logistics New Zealand Rural Sportsman of the Year, the record-breaking Sam Ottley is a finalist for the RX Plastics New Zealand Rural Sportswoman of the Year and Next Gen driver Carter Dalgety is a finalist for Fonterra Young New Zealand Rural Sportsperson of the Year. Orange secured his seventh consecutive Drivers’ Premiership with 196 wins and over $3.5m in stakes in 2024, while Ottley became the first woman to drive 100 winners in a 12 month season. She’s also the first and only female to have driven 800 winners in this country. Dalgety had a stellar 2024. He became the fastest junior driver to reach 100 career wins and after winning a scholarship he travelled to North America where he won a number of races including a treble in Philadelphia. On returning home he then secured two Group 1 victories with Republican Party in the Invercargill and Auckland Cups. There are three finalists in each of the categories. To see the media release for the Ford New Zealand Rural Sports Awards click here View the full article

There are just two heats left before it’s determined who will make the $30,000 Seddon Shields Trotting Championships Final at Addington on March 21. The series, targeting R51-70 trotters, kicked off at Kaikoura last November and so far there have been eight heats around the top half of the South Island. The last two heats were at Blenheim in mid January. The final two heats will be at Westport on March 7 and then at Reefton two days later. A capacity field of 16 trotters will make the final. To qualify for the final trotters must have started four or more times during the series. If they win a heat, and have also had four or more starts, they will automatically qualify for the final if nominated. So far three heat winners (Masterly, Regal Sierra and Helloveamoment) have sealed their places in the field having met both qualifying criteria, and three others (Tu Tangata, El Conqueror and Eurokash) have also had four or more starts and have already accrued enough points during the series to be guaranteed a start. All horses, including automatic qualifiers, will of course need to be nominated for the final. Ready Set Jet, who won at Nelson on January 10, will qualify as long as he starts at both Westport and Reefton as he has had just two starts in the series so far. Three other heat winners High Step, Premium Player and Knowing Me have only had the only one start in the series so far. The qualification criteria for the Final has required clarification, as many connections believed they only had to win a heat to automatically be in the field at Addington. This is not the case. To see the latest points table click here View the full article

Magnifique and Spirit Of Peace among strong chances Australian rider gains from champion jockey.View the full article

Benji King guided Mid Ocean (NZ) (Ocean Park) through every stage of her young life and the exciting filly has kicked off her racing career with a flourish, aiming to add another win to her record in Saturday’s Ancroft Developments (1400m). The diminutive daughter of Ocean Park won on debut at Taupo in late December, kicking clear of subsequent winner Cypher (NZ) (Darci Brahma), and then stepping up against the older horses in Rating 65 grade, she held her own finishing third behind Pax Mundi. While King had faith in her ability, he was pleasantly surprised with her first two appearances on raceday. “She had certainly shown enough but you can never be fully confident at their first start,” he said. “From our point of view, she had done everything right so far and trialled up nicely, so we were expecting a good run, but probably didn’t expect her win the way she did. “In her second start, there were five wins between the first two horses, so it gives you some confidence going forward. It’s not easy at the second start either, but she’d improved a lot and has since then. “She’s matured up both physically and mentally which is always a good sign. She’s pretty exciting.” On Saturday, Mid Ocean will carry the colours of her co-owner Henrietta, Duchess of Bedford, who afforded King with an opportunity early in his training career, which resulted in Mid Ocean. “There’s a long-term relationship there from my parents running the stud farm at Brighthill,” King said. “All of her (Henrietta) mares are there and their foals are raised with Dad (Nick King). “When I started training, Henrietta was very kind in offering me a pick of some out of the paddock and Mid Ocean was always one that caught my eye. I was keen to have a go with her. “I was there when she foaled, which was quite late, that’s why I remember it so well. She always had athletic attributes, although she was very small, and she’s got a bit of character and personality as well. I broke her in and she did all of her early preparation at the stud, so it’s been awesome to watch her develop, particularly physically. “It does make things rewarding, you spend a lot of time and effort over the winter months getting them going as younger horses and she did have her moments, but that was probably her telling me that she needed more time. “Looking at her now, she’s really turning into a little racehorse.” The MAAT contest at Matamata is a fair distance shorter than the Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m), which King has put in a nomination for. While it is not completely out of the question, he suspects Mid Ocean will be looking for targets around the 1400-1600m range. “Any three-year-old filly that is showing a bit, you want to be prepared, but I’m not sure she would quite stay the trip,” he said. “But every time we’ve asked something of her, she’s stepped up and done it. “While I think she’s more of a sprinter-miler, crazier things have happened.” The Duchess’ well-recognised colours will feature later in the card at Matamata in the Listed Lisa Chittick Champagne Stakes (1400m) aboard Bedtime Story (NZ) (Per Incanto), a four-win mare prepared by Guy Lowry and Leah Zydenbos at Hastings. View the full article

Liam Howley might have resisted the temptation in spring to take on the challenge of the Victoria Derby with Opening Address (NZ) (So You Think), but the trainer feels no hesitation to go down that path should his campaign fall that way this autumn. Instead, Howley opted to bank a Stakes win with the Vase runner-up in spring, winning the Listed TAB Trophy (1800m) on Melbourne Cup Day. In 2022, he also had the Vase runner-up in Virtuous Circle, who was highly thought of by many, but also didn’t contest the Victoria Derby before also finishing second in the ATC Derby later that season. “He is strong enough now,” Howley said of the son of So You Think taking a similar path. “I felt he wasn’t quite there mentally in the spring for a Derby – if he stays, he is probably physically and mentally capable of going down that path now.” Opening Address will start his autumn campaign with Ethan Brown aboard in Saturday’s G3 C.S. Hayes Stakes (1400m). A recent trial at Geelong behind Here To Shock (NZ) (Shocking) has the Macedon Lodge-based trainer confident he can take the next step this campaign. “I am very happy with him,” Howley professed. “He hasn’t grown any, but he is a lot stronger and more mature. “I think 1400 metres is going to be too short for him, but he went very well at Flemington and if he’s a Guineas horse, so be it, otherwise we will shift focus.” Part-owned and bred by Windsor Park Stud, the $160,000 yearling purchase is also being considered as a potential starter in The Kiwi, a NZ$3.5 million slot race restricted to New Zealand-bred three-year-olds over 1500m in March at Ellerslie. Opening Address is a $13 chance with Sportsbet for the C.S. Hayes Stakes. View the full article

Quality filly Kitty Flash’s (NZ) (Ace High) quest for Australian honours is likely to be put on hold for a week. The daughter of Ace High has settled in well at trainer Andrew Forsman’s Flemington stable and was to have debuted from her new quarters in Saturday’s Listed Desirable Stakes (1400m) at Flemington. However, an outside gate (11) has cast doubt on her participation, with Forsman switching attention to another upcoming opportunity. “It’s frustrating that she didn’t draw well, but there’s a race for her on Saturday week so we’re probably better not to panic and wait for that,” he said. The Gr.2 Angus Armanasco Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield is the race pencilled in for Kitty Flash’s Australian debut. “She travelled over well and has settled in, there’s not really a target race over there for her and we just felt the options were a bit limited at home,” Forsman said. “We thought trying to gain some Australian black type would be more beneficial, so it’s race by race with her at this stage.” Kitty Flash won twice in the spring and was runner-up in the Gr.2 Soliloquy Stakes (1400m) behind Alabama Lass before she finished midfield in the Gr.1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) after an interrupted run. After a freshen-up, the filly returned to beat all but star colt Savaglee (NZ) (Savabeel) in the Gr.2 Levin Stakes (1400m) and was then unplaced in the Gr.3 Almanzor Trophy (1200m). “We probably made a mistake in dropping her back to 1200m off the back of that run at Trentham,” Forsman said. “She just wasn’t sharp enough off a wide draw at Ellerslie the other night and got left a bit flat-footed so back up to 1400m will be better for her.” The stable will have a quiet few days on the domestic scene with two runners at Friday’s Taranaki meeting and a couple at Matamata on Saturday. Autumn Breeze will debut in the Guize Mens & Womenswear Maiden (1400m) off the back of a pair of lead-up trials and fellow three-year-old Magnastar (NZ) (Magna Grecia) runs in the Nicci Goodin Designer Florist (1800m) with George Rooke to ride the pair. At Matamata, Unequivocal (NZ) (Eminent) is in the Gavelhouse Handicap (2000m) with Michael McNab booked and Ryan Elliot will be aboard Hard Roca (NZ) (El Roca) in the Price Racing Handicap (1400m). View the full article

Talented Central Districts colt Daylight Robbery (NZ) (Super Seth) will bid to turn his northern fortunes around at Matamata on Saturday. The son of Super Seth secured a berth in last month’s $1 million Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) off the back of two placings and a victory at New Plymouth but ran out of luck in the Ellerslie feature. He finished seventh and just over three lengths from the winner La Dorada (NZ) (Super Seth) after interference in the straight in an incident that resulted in Vega For Luck’s (NZ) (Lucky Vega) rider Vinnie Colgan copping a six-day suspension and a $2,000 fine. “He should have finished a lot closer, but I’ve been really happy with him and what he’s done,” Stratford trainer Gavin Sharrock said. “I gave him a week in the paddock after that and he had a jump-out at Stratford on Monday and ran second to an open handicapper under a hold, I’m rapt with him.” Warren Kennedy partnered Daylight Robbery in the Karaka Millions and will retain the ride in the Gr.3 Fairview Matamata Slipper (1200m) at Matamata. “The further he goes the better he’ll be, so the plan after this is to have a go at the Sires’ Produce (Gr.1, 1400m) at Trentham at the end of next month and then go out,” Sharrock said. “He will definitely lap up the distance, he’s such a big, strong bull and that’s why he can handle everything so well.” Sharrock said Daylight Robbery had also coped admirably with the long trip to Ellerslie last month. “We got home at 1 o’clock in the morning after the Millions and he licked the bowl clean,” he said. Daylight Robbery has a strong pedigree with his dam the O’Reilly mare Villifye, a talented mare who won four races including the Gr.2 Japan-New Zealand International Trophy (1600m) and her half-sister Miss Keepsake won an edition of the Gr1 Queensland Oaks (2400m). As his name suggests, he was purchased for just $10,500 out of co-breeder Waikato Stud’s draft at New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2024 National Online Yearling Sale. Sharrock will also have a runner closer to home at Friday’s New Plymouth meeting where Derryn filly Porotene Bubbles (NZ) (Derryn) lines up in the Entain/NZB Insurance Pearl Series Race (1600m). “She’s got a chance, she’s been working well and ran a good third at her second start over 1800m,” he said. “She didn’t do much at Waverley, but when I got her home she was sore in a front foot with a stone bruise so I’m hoping that’s the reason why she didn’t fire.” View the full article

What Pinjarra races Where Pinjarra Park – Racecourse Rd, Pinjarra WA 6208 When Saturday, February 15, 2025 First Race 12:29pm AWST Visit Dabble Pinjarra Park will host its annual WA Magic Millions meeting this Saturday afternoon, with the Magic Millions WA 2YO Classic and Magic Millions WA 3YO Trophy headlining the nine-race card. With warm and dry weather forecast in the lead-up, the track is expected to remain in the Good 4 rating that was posted at the time of acceptances. The rail will be in its true position for the entire circuit, with the first race scheduled to jump at 12:29pm AWST. Magic Millions WA 2YO Classic tip: Da Generals Son Da Generals Son recorded an impressive debut victory at Ascot when the David Harrison-trained colt missed the jump but rattled home down the outside of the field to claim a narrow victory over 1000m. The son of Snippetson was made to settle towards the rear of the field after missing the start, but tracked up smartly behind the speed before peeling wide to storm home. If Joseph Azzopardi can get this guy out of the gates with the field and hold a closer position, Da Generals Son will prove very hard to hold out late. Magic Millions WA 2YO Classic Race 7 – #3 Da Generals Son (5) 2yo Colt | T: David Harrison | J: Joseph Azzopardi (57kg) Magic Millions WA 3YO Trophy tip: London’s Image Although London’s Image has been racing for the last five months, the Ryan Hill-trained filly couldn’t have been going any better, claiming victories in her last two starts over 1100m and 1200m. The tough frontrunning daughter of Headwater led every step of the way at Bunbury in her most recent start, and even though she started to tire, she was able to fend off her rivals and claim victory by just under a length. Drawing barrier 14 shouldn’t be a worry, as Brad Parnham will push forward on London’s Image and take up the lead, up the ante on the home turn, and give her rivals something to chase. Magic Millions WA 3YO Trophy Race 8 – #1 London’s Image (14) 3yo Filly | T: Ryan Hill | J: Brad Parnhan (55kg) Best Bet at Pinjarra: Stormageddon Stormageddon was a horrible watch for punters in his most recent start at Ascot, when the Michael Grantham-trained gelding was held up behind runners for the length of the straight and never got a crack at running on. After being heavily backed with horse racing bookmakers, the son of So You Think settled behind the leaders for most of the 2100m; however, that was where he stayed and finished a luckless fifth. Drawing barrier 13 is much better for Stormageddon, as Clint Johnston-Porter can settle worse than midfield and make a searching run around the outside of runners in the final 500m to claim a deserving win. Best Bet Race 4 – #10 Stormageddon (13) 4yo Gelding | T: Michael Grantham | J: Clint Johnston-Porter (55kg) Next Best at Pinjarra: Angel Undercover Angel Undercover was a strong winner of a 1200m contest second-up before stepping up to 1400m last start, when the Sean & Jake Casey-trained mare ran on well to finish third, beaten by half a length. The daughter of Harry Angel will have taken good fitness benefit in her first run over 1400m, and now that she draws a better gate (4), Jade McNaught can settle this mare closer to the speed. If Angel Undercover is less than four lengths off the leader and can find a back to follow around the home turn, she can bounce back. Next Best Race 6 – #7 Angel Undercover (4) 4yo Mare | T: Sean & Jake Casey | J: Jade McNaught (56.5kg) Saturday quaddie tips for Pinjarra Park races Pinjarra quadrella selections Saturday, February 15, 2025 1-7-8-10 1-3-6-8 3-4-6-11 3-4-9-14 | Copy this bet straight to your betslip Horse racing tips View the full article

Legarto will return in Saturday’s Listed Lisa Chittick Champagne Stakes (1400m) at Matamata. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Multiple Group One winner Legarto will make her long-awaited return to racing when she heads to her home track at Matamata on Saturday to contest the Listed Champagne Stakes (1400m). Last sighted on raceday when sixth in the Group 1 Australian Cup (2000m) at Flemington in March last year, the daughter of Proisir was making pleasing progress towards a spring campaign before she strained a muscle following her trial victory over 900m at Te Rapa last August. Trainers Ken and Bev Kelso have taken a patient approach with her return, with her first public appearance of the year being in an exhibition gallop at Tauranga last week prior to her resuming run on Saturday. “I would have preferred to have gone to a trial, but I didn’t think there were any suitable trials to go to, so she had a good exhibition gallop at Tauranga and Ryan (Elliot, jockey) came and rode her and he came over again on Wednesday morning and gave her the thumbs up,” Ken Kelso said. While pleased with his mare ahead of Saturday, Kelso is realistic with his expectations following an extended period away from the track. “She hasn’t raced for a long time, she hasn’t raced since the Australian Cup this time last year, so she could be vulnerable first-up, but she is forward enough,” he said. All going well after Saturday, a return to Ellerslie could be on the cards for an elite-level target. “It is just one race at a time, but the obvious one is three weeks later to the Thoroughbred Breeders (Group 1, 1600m) at Ellerslie (on March 8), but we are just taking one race at a time and we will just get through Saturday and plan from there.” Stablemate Alabama Lass is also on track to head to Champions Day, where she will target the Group 3 Haunui Farm King’s Plate (1200m) before a possible Australian campaign. The Kelsos have fond memories of competing at Flemington, with Legarto winning the Group 1 Australian Guineas (1600m) at the Melbourne track two years ago, and they are keen to test her younger stablemate’s talent across the Tasman in the Listed HKJC World Pool Sprint Classic (1100m) on March 29. “She is heading to the King’s Plate at Ellerslie and then we will decide after that where we go from there,” Kelso said. “We have got an option of maybe going to Flemington to an 1100m three-year-old race on Australian Cup Day, but we will get through Auckland first.” Horse racing news View the full article

What DAY Where Flemington Racecourse – 448 Epsom Rd, Flemington VIC 3031 When Saturday, February 15, 2025 First Race 12:15pm AEDT Visit Dabble The Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning (1000m) headlines a stacked 10-race meeting at Flemington this Saturday. Despite some scorching temperatures throughout the week, a top of 18 degrees is forecasted with showers expected throughout the day. The track will likely be around the Soft 5 range, with the rail will be in its true position, and the first race is set to go at 12:15pm AEDT. Race 1: BM78 Handicap (2000m) Revelare will be looking for a fourth-straight win when he steps up to 2000m for the first time this weekend. The son of So You Think has impressed at Sandown in his last two starts, winning over 1600m and 1800m. He savaged the line in both runs, which suggests the extra 200m he gets on Saturday should be no issue. Selections: 3 REVELARE 2 LE ZEBRA 11 SHINY NEW DEEL 8 MISS TARZY Next Best Race 1 – #3 Revelare (5) 4yo Gelding | T: Robert Hickmott | J: Ryan Hurdle (59.5kg) Race 2: Listed Talindert Stakes (1100m) Sword Of Legacy did all but win the Group 3 Chairman’s Stakes (1000m) on February 1, going down by the barest of margins. The Too Darn Hot filly produced a strong turn of foot only to miss out in a driving finish behind Inkaruna. The 1.7-length margin back to third suggests the Dominic Sutton-trained juvenile will be hard to beat next time around. Selections: 7 SWORD OF LEGACY 1 SHINING SMILE 5 BRAVE DESIGN 3 AMMO Race 3: Group 3 Frances Tressady Stakes (1400m) Returning from a three-month spell, the Symon Wilde-trained Plenty Of Ammo looks well placed to return a winner in the Group 3 Frances Tressady Stakes (1400m). The six-year-old mare is already a first-up winner, and the small field of nine should suit the Rebel Raider mare perfectly. If Mark Zahra can land his mount in the one-one, Plenty Of Ammo’s strong finishing burst should prove too much for this lot. Selections: 2 PLENTY OF AMMO 3 FANCIFY 4 MIRAVAL ROSE 9 BIZOT Frances Tressady Stakes Race 3 – #2 Plenty Of Ammo (8) 6yo Mare | T: Symon Wilde | J: Mark Zahra (58.5kg) Race 4: BM84 Handicap (1600m) My Brothers Keeper caught the eye first-up from a 19-week spell over 1400m at this track. The son of Fiorente was held up for a run twice in that race, yet he finished only 1.3 lengths off the impressive Name Dropper. He will need a touch of luck from barrier two, but if he finds clear air at the right time, My Brothers Keeper is worth a play at the $12 quote with horse racing betting sites. Selections: 14 MY BROTHERS KEEPER 12 ARQANA 2 SMOKIN’ PRINCESS 6 VERDAD Best Value Race 4 – #14 My Brothers Keeper (2) 5yo Gelding | T: Stephen Brown | J: Jye McNeil (54kg) Race 5: BM90 Handicap (1200m) Wiggum has raced well without winning in his two starts at Flemington this campaign. The son of Rich Enuff has been settling towards the rear of the field before launching late only to find one or two better than him. Drawn perfectly out in barrier 13, if Craig Williams can find a bum to follow approaching the clock tower, Wiggum has the turn of foot to be overpowering his rivals late over 1200m. Selections: 8 WIGGUM 6 SHESALLSHENANIGANS 1 EXTRATWO 5 BOSSY NIC Race 6: Listed The Elms Handicap (1400m) Rise At Dawn returns to the racetrack for the first time since August 31, when his winter campaign culminated in a victory in the Listed Heatherlie Stakes (1700m). The four-year-old gelding has seven wins from 12 starts and is bombproof when fresh, winning twice in as many first-up starts. With only Buffalo River known for his early speed, Rise At Dawn will be in a prominent position out of barrier six and will take some beating. Selections: 6 RISE AT DAWN 4 CHORLTON LANE 5 AZTEC RULER 2 JUST FOLK Best Bet Race 6 – #6 Rise At Dawn (6) 4yo Gelding | T: Ben, Will & JD Hayes | J: Michael Dee (55.5kg) Race 7: Group 3 CS Hayes Stakes (1400m) The Group 3 CS Hayes Stakes (1400m) opens Saturday’s quaddie, and the Group 1-placed Feroce looks to get the race run to suit. The three-year-old gelding chased home the likes of Angel Capital, Private Life and Aeliana last prep, all of whom would be a short-priced favourite in Saturday’s feature for three-year-olds. Billy Egan will likely take up the running from barrier four, and in a 1400m race where he should have an easy time of it out in front, Feroce looks to hard to run down. Selections: 6 FEROCE 3 ROYAL INSIGNIA 10 HENLEIN 14 SEPALS CS Hayes Stakes Race 7 – #6 Feroce (4) 3yo Gelding | T: Dominic Sutton | J: Billy Egan (57kg) Race 8: Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning (1000m) A star-studded field will duke it out down the Flemington straight in the Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning. With five Group 1 winners amongst the field, will someone else etch their name into the record books? Or will one of the proven sprinters send out an early autumn statement? Click here for HorseBetting’s full preview of the 2025 Black Caviar Lightning Race 9: Listed Desirable Stakes (1400m) Despite an indifferent effort first-up in the Group 1 Railway Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie on January 25, Captured By Love comes over from New Zealand with top-tier form lines. The track rating may have been a Soft 5 that day, but there was enough water on the surface to prevent the Written Tycoon filly from producing her best from the rear of the field. Flemington should suit this girl perfectly, and as long as Blake Shinn can have her in clear air when the time is right, Captured By Love should prove too hard to hold out. Selections: 2 CAPTURED BY LOVE 4 SNEAKY SUNRISE 1 ANOTHER PROPHET 8 GOOD SORT Race 10: BM84 Handicap (1400m) Sunshineinmypocket could not have been any more impressive when winning first-up at the Sandown 1200m after a 41-week layoff. The four-year-old gelding will make his Flemington debut on Saturday, but from everything he has shown, the famous home straight will suit him perfectly. Jaylah Kennedy will need some luck in finding clear air from barrier one, but if the son of Proisir can build through his gears, he should be putting money in your pocket. Selections: 9 SUNSHINEINMYPOCKET 12 PORTER 3 IS IT ME 14 EUGENIUS Saturday quaddie tips for Flemington Flemington quadrella selections Saturday, February 15, 2025 1-3-6-10-14 10-11 1-2-4-8 3-9-12 | Copy this bet straight to your betslip Horse racing tips View the full article

Odds Bookmakers News Field Past Winners Frances Tressady Stakes Group Three Betting Guide Date: Saturday, February 15, 2025 Location: Flemington Racecourse – Melbourne, Victoria Prize Money: $200,000 Distance: 1400m The Frances Tressady Stakes is a Group 3 race for fillies and mares, run over 1400m under set weights and penalties at Flemington. Conducted by the Victoria Racing Club, The Frances Tressady Stakes was first held in 1975 and, while not a major form race in recent years, it has produced some standout winners. Notably, Typhoon Tracy (2009) and Aloha (2011) went on to win the Group 1 Coolmore Classic (1500m) at their next starts. In 2023, the Frances Tressady Stakes was temporarily renamed the Tony Bourke Memorial to honour the respected Melbourne journalist who passed away the week prior. The 2024 edition, worth $200,000, was won by Revolutionary Miss, defeating Forbidden City and Fortunate Kiss. 2025 Frances Tressady Stakes odds Revolutionary Miss ridden by Michael Dee winning the 2024 Frances Tressady Stakes. (Photo by George Sal/Racing Photos) Odds for the Frances Tressady Stakes as of February 13, 2025 – Courtesy of Neds Fancify Win $3.50 Place $1.50 Plenty Of Ammo Win $4.80 Place $1.80 Miraval Rose Win $6.00 Place $2.05 Molly Bloom Win $6.50 Place $2.15 Wishlor Lass Win $9.00 Place $2.60 Bizot Win $9.00 Place $2.60 Wrote To Arataki Win $9.50 Place $2.70 Flying Fizz Win $13.00 Place $3.40 Capricorn Star Win $51.00 Place $9.00 How to bet on the Frances Tressady Stakes All Australian online bookmakers featuring horse racing will have Flemington races available to bet on. Like most Group 3 races, Frances Tressady Stakes betting opens when nominations come through, typically on the Monday prior to the Frances Tressady Stakes. 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Check out HorseBetting’s full … Read More Annavisto destroys her rivals in Tony Bourke Memorial Australia horse racing news 2 years ago Traditionally known as the Frances Tressady Stakes, this year’s edition of the Tony Bourke Memorial has been taken out in … Read More Flemington full racing tips & quaddie | Saturday, February 18 Horse Racing Tips 2 years ago HorseBetting’s James Herbert presents his full race-by-race preview for the nine-race card at Flemington for Black Caviar Lightning Day … Read More Annavisto impresses in the Frances Tressady Stakes Australia horse racing news 3 years ago The Mick Price & Michael Kent Jr-trained Annavisto has returned with a dominant win in the Group 3 Frances Tressady … Read More Flemington race-by-race betting preview | Australian Guineas Day Horse Racing Tips 4 years ago HorseBetting’s punting experts bring you the breakdown of every race – including our best racing tips, value bets, top odds … Read More 2025 Frances Tressady Stakes Final Field No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 Molly Bloom Chris Waller James McDonald 3 58.5kg 2 Plenty of Ammo Symon Wilde Mark Zahra 8 58.5kg 3 Fancify Michael Hickmott Todd Pannell 2 58kg 4 Miraval Rose Grahame Begg Craig Williams 9 57kg 5 Wrote to Arataki Matthew Williams Dean Yendall 7 56kg 6 Wishlor Lass Symon Wilde Ms Jamie Melham 4 56kg 7 Flying Fizz Matthew Williams Ethan Brown 1 56kg 8 Capricorn Star Julius Sandhu Beau Mertens 5 56kg 9 Bizot Archie Alexander Declan Bates 6 56kg Previous Frances Tressady Stakes Fields 2024 Frances Tressady Stakes field No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 Revolutionary Miss Peter & Paul Snowden Michael Dee 1 58.5kg 2 Foxy Frida Andrew Noblet Billy Egan 7 58kg 3 Wishlor Lass Symon Wilde Damian Lane 6 58kg 4 Vagrant Mitchell Freedman Ben Melham 2 58kg 5 Sparkle Danny O’Brien Craig Williams 3 56kg 6 Treasured Star John Leek (Jnr) Jamie Mott 4 56kg 7 Fortunate Kiss Daniel Bowman Jordan Childs 10 56kg 8 Forbidden City Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman Ms Jamie Kah 9 56kg 9 Running By Ciaron Maher John Allen 12 56kg 10 Eternal Flame Michael Kent Ethan Brown 5 56kg 11 Rivaport Grahame Begg Luke Currie 8 56kg 12 Terrestar Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes Jye McNeil 11 56kg 2024 Frances Tressady Stakes result https://horsebetting.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Flemington-2024-Group-3-Frances-Tressady-Stakes-17022024-Revolutionary-Miss-Peter-Paul-Snowden-Michael-Dee.mp4 1st – Revolutionary Miss (+450) 2nd – Forbidden City (+200) 3rd – Fortunate Kiss (+240) Recent runnings of the Frances Tressady Stakes: 2024: Revolutionary Miss surges to victory Revolutionary Miss produced a strong late surge to claim the 2024 Frances Tressady Stakes at Flemington, showcasing her class over the 1400m trip. Settling midfield under a patient ride, she hit top gear in the final furlong, charging past her rivals to secure a well-deserved victory under the guidance of Michael Dee. 2023: Annavisto defends crown It was a front-running demolition job by the returning Annavisto in the Frances Tressady Stakes, after missing the spring having failed in the Tatts Tiara in Brisbane on June 25. With just one jump out in the lead up, punters were still confident last year’s winner could make it back-to-back wins and she obliged in brilliant fashion to score in a scorching time. She started an even money favourite and ran to her price accordingly as Jamie Kah started well, and despite being pressured by the in-form Wrote To Arataki, was able to find the rail and drop her rival turning for home. Kah and Annivisto left them all chasing and proved far too good against the girls in Melbourne as Wrote To Arataki stuck on well for second, while Excelida was clearly the best of the closers. 2022: Annavisto spaces rivals Jamie Kah booted home another Flemington feature win when scoring in the Group 3 Frances Tressady Stakes (1400m) aboard Annavisto. The Mick Price & Michael Kent Jr-trained mare made it three wins from four first-up runs with what was an impressive performance. Kah wasn’t able to cross and lead with the front-running mare, as Damian Oliver booted up to hold the rail and the lead aboard his mount Electric Girl. That didn’t worry neither horse nor jockey though, as they were happy to settle just off the leader. When Kah asked the daughter of Reliable Man to quicken at the 400m, she quickly took care of Electric Girl before exploding away from the rest of the field to go on to score by three-and-a-quarter lengths. [/dc-accordion-tab] Previous winners of the Frances Tressady Stakes Frances Tressady Stakes Past Winners Year Horse Jockey Trainer 2024 Revolutionary Miss Michael Dee Peter & Paul Snowden 2023 Annavisto Jamie Kah Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) 2022 Annavisto Jamie Kah Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) 2021 Chaillot Declan Bates Archie Alexander 2020 Sylvia’s Mother Dwayne Dunn Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes 2019 Oregon’s Day Damien Oliver Mick Price 2018 Flippant Damian Lane Peter & Paul Snowden 2017 Turbo Miss Craig Williams Darren Weir 2016 Wawail Damien Oliver David & Ben Hayes & Tom Dabernig 2015 Madam Gangster Craig Williams Lee Hope 2014 Five All Michelle Payne Darren Weir 2013 Tavarnelle Glen Boss Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes 2012 Raspberries Kerrin McEvoy Peter Snowden 2011 Aloha Glen Boss Mick Price 2010 Be Positive Danny Nikolic Tony Noonan 2009 Typhoon Tracy Luke Nolen Peter Moody 2008 Coniston Gem Corey Brown Robert Smerdon 2007 Laura’s Charm Chris Symons Shane Fliedner 2006 Breezy Stephen Baster Danny O’Brien 2005 Skewiff Brad Rawiller Darren Weir 2004 Demographic Luke Currie Dan O’Sullivan 2003 Galapagos Girl Brett Prebble Brian Mayfield-Smith 2002 Shelbourne Lass Damien Oliver Nigel Blackiston 2001 Ticket to Rome Nash Rawiller Dan O’Sullivan 2000 Northern Song Nash Rawiller Peter Hayes Frances Tressady Stakes winners pre-2000 Frances Tressady Stakes Past Winners Pre 2000 Year Horse Year Horse 1999 Fuss 1998 Blue Storm 1997 New Smyrna 1996 New Smyrna 1995 Tolanda 1994 Not Related 1993 Tarare 1992 Aushla Marie 1991 O’Deputy 1990 Thelma Josephine 1989 Riva Gleam 1988 Aussie Consul 1987 Playful Princess 1986 Deedle 1985 Sweet Gem 1984 Kalimna Queen 1983 Lemon Princess 1982 Winter Flower 1981 Parisian Romp 1980 Palace Gossip 1979 Minuetto 1978 Pushy 1977 Brett’s Honour 1976 Hartshill 1975 Half A Moment Recommended! 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What Apollo Stakes Day 2025 Where Royal Randwick Racecourse – Alison Rd, Randwick NSW 2031 When Saturday, February 15, 2025 First Race 12:30pm AEDT Visit Dabble Metro racing returns to Royal Randwick Racecourse on Saturday afternoon, with a bumper 10-race program lined up for Group 2 Apollo Stakes (1400m) Day. A quality field of nine are expected to take their place in the $300,000 feature, including the world’s highest-rated galloper on turf, Via Sistina, returning after a historic spring campaign. The weight-for-age feature is supported by a terrific undercard, with the sprinters striding out in the Group 2 Expressway Stakes (1200m), while the three-year-old fillies step out in the Group 2 Light Fingers Stakes (1200m). The rail moves out +4m the entire circuit for the meeting, and although some rainfall appears set to hit the course proper on Friday afternoon, punters can expect the track to be improving from the Soft 6 rating as racing gets underway at 12:30pm AEDT. Apollo Stakes Tip: Via Sistina Although she may be vulnerable, it’s hard to go past Via Sistina as she kicks off her autumn campaign in the 2025 Apollo Stakes. She was a sensational winner of the Group 1 Winx Stakes (1400m) at this course and distance first-up last preparation before producing a near-unblemished record in the spring, claiming four Group 1 victories across her five starts. There’s a lack of tempo engaged in this field of nine, so it may turn into a sit-and-sprint in the final 400m; however, if Kerrin McEvoy can have the champion seven-year-old hitting top gear turning for home, Via Sistina must be considered the one to beat. Apollo Stakes Race 8 – #5 Via Sistina (3) 7yo Mare | T: Chris Waller | J: Kerrin McEvoy (57kg) Expressway Stakes Tip: Joliestar The Chris Waller-trained Joliestar returns after a 105-day spell and brings a formidable first-up record into the 2025 Expressway Stakes. The daughter of Zoustar has won three of her four starts when resuming from a break, including last preparation when storming clear by three lengths in the Group 3 Show County Quality (1200m) at Randwick on August 24. She has the best turn-of-foot in this field, and although Kerrin McEvoy may drag back to last in this compact field of six, watch for Joliestar to round them up stylishly in the concluding stages to justify favouritism with horse racing bookmakers. Expressway Stakes Race 5 – #5 Joliestar (6) 4yo Mare | T: Chris Waller | J: Kerrin McEvoy (55.5kg) Light Fingers Stakes Tip: Lady Shenandoah Lady Shenandoah went to another level last preparation, culminating in a dominant 3.2-length victory in the Group 1 Flight Stakes (1600m) at Randwick on October 5. She appears to be returning in supreme order after claiming a recent barrier trial victory at Warwick Farm on January 30, making every post a winner with ease as the Snitzel filly never came off the bridal. Zac Lloyd will drag back in search of cover from stall seven, and provided the pair can stalk the genuine tempo, Lady Shenandoah should get every chance to add another win to her growing resume. Light Fingers Stakes Race 7 – #3 Lady Shenandoah (7) 3yo Filly | T: Chris Waller | J: Zac Lloyd (56kg) Triscay Stakes Tip: Commemorative Commemorative returns after 147 days off the scene and appears set to announce herself as a potential mare on the rise. The daughter of I Am Invincible got within a half-length of Kimochi in the Group 3 Toy Show Quality (1100m) first-up last campaign, and although she subsequently failed to figure heading to Victoria in the spring, she may have run into a smart one in the form of Jimmysstar. She trialled like a bomb heading into this first-up assignment, and with Adam Hyeronimus set to gain an economical run from gate one, Commemorative should make a statement in the Group 3 Triscay Stakes (1200m). Triscay Stakes Race 6 – #2 Commemorative (1) 4yo Mare | T: James Cummings | J: Adam Hyeronimus (57kg) Best Bet at Randwick: Yorkshire Yorkshire has been placed to perfection by the John O’Shea & Tom Charlton barn, with the Snitzel gelding going in search of a hat-trick in this BM88 contest. The four-year-old copped a 3.5kg penalty for his latest victory in the same grade at Rosehill on February 1, however, with the appointment of apprentice hoop Anna Roper, he only needs to carry an extra 0.5kg to victory. The pair will look to settle in the front half of the field from barrier nine, and provided this guy can maintain his rich vein of form, Yorkshire should take a power of beating. Best Bet Race 4 – #1 Yorkshire (9) 4yo Gelding | T: John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | J: Anna Roper (a3kg) (61kg) Best Value at Randwick: Lavish Empire Lavish Empire caught the eye returning at the Gold Coast on January 17, with the Peter Snowden-trained galloper making strong inroads late in an on-speed dominated affair. He navigated a passage along the inside running rail to get within 4.2 lengths of Zarastro, and although he was never in contention, he produced some impressive closing sectionals to suggest it’s worth following the son of Spieth into this second-up assignment. He drops significantly in grade, and although it’s been a long time between drinks for Lavish Empire, the $14.00 available with Bet365 warrants an each-way ticket. Best Value Race 9 – #3 Lavish Empire (9) 5yo Gelding | T: Peter Snowden | J: Joshua Parr (59kg) Saturday quaddie tips for Randwick Randwick quadrella selections February 15, 2025 1-2-3-8-9-12 1-5 1-3-7-9-14 5-6-7-14 | Copy this bet straight to your betslip Horse racing tips View the full article

What Eagle Farm Races Where Eagle Farm Racecourse – 230 Lancaster Rd, Ascot QLD 4007 When Saturday, February 15, 2025 First Race 12:13pm AEST Visit Dabble Racing returns to Eagle Farm on Saturday afternoon for a massive 10-race program, with the first event scheduled to jump at 12:13pm AEST. The track was rated as a Soft 5 at the time of acceptances, and with rain forecast on raceday, a downgrade before or during the meeting is possible. The rail will be in the +0.5m position for the entire circuit. Best Bet at Eagle Farm: Just Precious Just Precious has been impressive when winning both of her starts this preparation, with her last start win over 1200m at Doomben showing her class against her own age group. The Stuart Kendrick-trained filly settled in the box seat from barrier one and burst through a gap at the 300m mark to run away with a dominant 2.1-length win. From barrier two, Cody Collis can attempt to replicate his ride on Just Precious from last start and prove too good once again. Best Bet Race 3 – #12 Just Precious (2) 3yo Filly | T: Stuart Kendrick | J: Cody Collis (a2) (57.5kg) Next Best at Eagle Farm: Mogo Magic Mogo Magic will return from a 32-week spell to compete in his first start at Eagle Farm, following a strong trial victory at Goulburn on January 28. The Scott Collings-trained gelding failed to win in his last campaign; however, his trial showed that he has returned in much better condition and will be ready for a big run first up. From barrier 14, expect Nick Heywood to push forward and settle on the speed before asking Mogo Magic to quicken and sprint clear at the 300m mark. Next Best Race 9 – #4 Mogo Magic (14) 5yo Gelding | T: Scott Collings | J: Nick Heywood (58.5kg) Best Value at Eagle Farm: Maragical After finishing last preparation with two victories, Maragical will return from a 20-week spell for her first start at Eagle Farm. Tony Gollan sent this daughter of Better Than Ready to Doomben for a quiet barrier trial where she went around untested over 1000m. With both of her wins coming over 1350m, kicking off over 1400m is expected to suit Maragical and the +1400 on offer with PlayUp is very appealing. Best Value Race 6 – #5 Maragical (7) 3yo Filly | T: Tony Gollan | J: Emily Lang (a2) (58.5kg) Saturday’s quaddie tips for Eagle Farm races Eagle Farm quadrella selections Saturday, February 15, 2025 2-3-4-5 5-6-7-13 4-10-12 5-8-12-15 | Copy this bet straight to your betslip More horse racing tips View the full article

Via Sistina is the favourite for the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes. Photo: Bradleyphotos.com.au Chris Waller is confident that Via Sistina is fully acclimated and well-prepared for her bid to maintain an unbeaten Australian first-up record in Saturday’s $300,000 Group 2 Apollo Stakes (1400m). The seven-year-old mare claimed the Group 1 Ranvet Stakes (2000m) at her first start in Australia last March and kicked off her last preparation by winning the Group 1 Winx Stakes (1400m). She then travelled to Melbourne, where she added the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m), Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m), and Group 1 Champions Stakes (2000m) to her resume. “In her first prep she was just off the plane and last prep her coat didn’t come right until after the Cox Plate,” Waller told Racing NSW. “It’s a short break from the spring now to Apollo Stakes Day so they don’t get too far away from you in terms of fitness. “She’s had two trials and an exhibition gallop so she’s well prepared. She’s at the right weight and mentally she’s great.” The Group 1 Verry Elleegant Stakes (1600m) on March 1 will be the next step for the mare before either the Group 1 George Ryder Stakes (1500m) or Ranvet Stakes, before heading to the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m). “I’d be leaning to the Ranvet but she’s pretty versatile, I’ll see what she needs to go into the Queen Elizabeth which is the grand final,” Waller said. Waller also has defending champion Fangirl, plus Atishu and Lindermann in Saturday’s contest. “Fangirl is very effective over 1400 metres, so if there’s a chink in Via Sistina’s armour it’s probably first-up,” he added. Horse racing news View the full article

Lady Shenandoah winning the Group 1 Flight Stakes. Photo: bradleyphotos.com.au With high-profile stablemate Autumn Glow still a couple of weeks away from resuming, Lady Shenandoah has a chance to make an early mark in the Group 2 Light Fingers Stakes (1200m) at Randwick this Saturday. The traditional kick-off race for the three-year-old fillies has come too soon for the undefeated Autumn Glow, who is recovering from bone chip surgery to a knee. She only had her first barrier trial at Warwick Farm on Tuesday. Despite Autumn Glow’s absence, trainer Chris Waller will still be strongly represented in the 1200-metre race, with four runners, led by the daughter of Snitzel. A dominant winner of the Group 1 Flight Stakes (1600m) at just her fourth start, Lady Shenandoah has impressed in two recent trials, and Waller believes she can continue to build on her already strong record. “Lady Shenandoah has come back pretty sharp so we’re excited by that,” Waller said. “She’s pretty good. I think she did it all on raw ability (last campaign). “It was the early part of the three-year-old year, she did a pretty amazing job.” The $3.20 second-favourite with horse racing betting sites will be joined in the race by Waller’s Group 2-placed Snitzel fillies Declichy Boulevard and Lazzura, as well as Group 3 winner Amelita. Horse racing news View the full article

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