All Star Mile

Fierce To Make Chipping Norton Impact

Posted on February 24, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sydney's first top tier weight-for-age race of the year will define the rest of dual Group One winner Fierce Impact's campaign. The winner of the Toorak Handicap and Cantala Stakes in Melbourne in the spring, Fierce Impact made an impressive return when second in the C F Orr Stakes to three-year-old Alabama Express. Trainer Matthew[...]

Posted on February 24, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Caulfield track manager Jason Kerr admits he was disappointed and surprised by the way the track played on Blue Diamond Stakes day. Kerr says he will not be reinventing the wheel when he prepares the surface for its next major meeting featuring the $5 million All-Star Mile in three weeks. The one difference will be[...]

Posted on February 23, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Shane Nichols is likely to tinker with the headgear on Futurity Stakes winner Streets Of Avalon ahead of the $5 million All-Star Mile. Streets Of Avalon was not nominated for the All-Star Mile but his upset win in Saturday's Group One Futurity (1400m) at Caulfield guaranteed him a start in the race. Nichols did[...]

Posted on February 22, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Streets Of Avalon has upset some established stars of Australasian racing in the Futurity Stakes at Caulfield, justifying his connections decision to run in the Group One weight-for-age race. On a day when the track was favouring horses up on the pace near the rail, it played to the strengths of the Shane Nichols-trained gelding[...]

Posted on February 21, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Confirmed All-Star Mile contenders versus those looking for a start in the $5 million race will clash in the Futurity Stakes at Caulfield. Saturday's Group One race affords the winner a start in the All-Star Mile (1600m) at Caulfield on March 14. The top three in the market for the Futurity Stakes, Super Seth ($2.80),[...]

Posted on February 20, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Glen Boss insists Kolding will not peak until next month's $5 million All-Star Mile but the champion jockey still expects him to take plenty of beating in the Futurity Stakes. Kolding forms part of a select field of eight for Saturday's weight-for-age Group One Futurity (1400m) which will be the Sydney gelding's first start at[...]

Posted on February 20, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The plan to target Mr Quickie at the $5 million All-Star Mile without a lead-up race is on track after the four-year-old secured his spot in the field through the public vote. Mr Quickie is one of six individual Group One winners among the top 10 vote getters revealed on Thursday. Last year's Queensland Derby[...]

Posted on February 20, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Star Queensland three-year-old Alligator Blood has streeted the opposition to top the polling for the second edition of the $5 million All-Star Mile. And his connections are hopeful the gelding can also come out on top when the rich race is run at Caulfield on March 14. The top 10 vote getters who have secured[...]

Posted on February 18, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Star New Zealand mare Melody Belle may be vulnerable when she makes her return to racing in the Futurity Stakes at Caulfield. The warning comes after Paul Richards, father of the mare's trainer Jamie, rode Melody Belle in a gallop on the course proper at Caulfield on Tuesday. The work-out was Melody Belle's first look[...]

Posted on February 14, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

Trainer Clayton Chipperfield cannot fault star New Zealand three-year-old Catalyst ahead of the Group One winner's introduction to Australian racing in the C S Hayes Stakes at Flemington. But Chipperfield hopes the outside draw in the seven-horse field does not play against Catalyst because he does not want to have to spot Queensland star Alligator[...]

Posted on February 13, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Co-trainer Calvin McEvoy is hopeful Pretty Brazen can carry her spring form over to the autumn when she returns at Flemington. After two less than flattering runs in Sydney to start her spring campaign, Pretty Brazen returned to Melbourne to win three of her next four starts, culminating in the Sandown Guineas (1600m). On Saturday,[...]

Posted on February 13, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Alligator Blood's growing popularity is evidenced by his lead in the voting for the All-Star Mile and his trainer David Vandyke says it is a privilege to have the budding star in his care. The winner of eight of his nine starts, Alligator Blood is back in Melbourne for a three-run campaign beginning in Saturday's[...]

Posted on February 10, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The Kiwi assault on next month's A$5million All-Star Mile (1600m) has begun, with contenders Catalyst and Melody Belle arriving in Melbourne on Sunday. The pair have settled in well according to their connections and are getting ready for their respective first-up targets in Australia. Catalyst's trainer Clayton Chipperfield has crossed the Tasman with his charge[...]

Posted on February 5, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Star Queensland three-year-old Alligator Blood is settling into Melbourne ahead of a planned three-run campaign including the Group One Australian Guineas and All-Star Mile. Trained by David Vandyke at the Sunshine Coast, Alligator Blood arrived in Melbourne early on Wednesday morning after being flown from Queensland before heading to the Flemington stables where he will[...]

Posted on February 4, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Epsom Handicap and Golden Eagle winner Kolding is sitting pretty among the top 10 in voting for the $5 million All-Star Mile and trainer Chris Waller hopes he can pick up another Group One win on the way to the rich race. Kolding, who resumed from a spell with a closing fourth in the Group[...]

Posted on February 3, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Star Tasmanian mare Mystic Journey has been ruled out of a defence of the $5 million All-Star Mile with trainer Adam Trinder considering giving the mare a long spell. The trainer has contacted Racing Victoria stewards to advise Mystic Journey will be withdrawn from the All-Star Mile (1600m) at Caulfield on March 14. Trinder told[...]

Posted on January 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Queensland racegoers will get their last chance to see star three-year-old Alligator Blood at the track this season when he runs in a barrier trial at the Sunshine Coast. Trainer David Vandyke had originally considered giving Alligator Blood a track gallop but accepted the club's offer of a barrier trial between races on Sunday. “We[...]

Fierce To Make Chipping Norton Impact

Kerr Surprised By Blue Diamond Day Pattern

Gear Change Possible For Streets’ Mile Bid

Streets Of Avalon Wins WFA Futurity Stakes

All-Star Line-Up Chase A Start In Futurity

Boss After More Feature Wins On Kolding

Mr Quickie On Target For All-Star Mile

Alligator Blood Tops All-Star Mile Poll

Caulfield Hosts Futurity Stakes Workouts

Catalyst Set For First Australian Test

Sharp Pretty Brazen Ready For Vanity

Alligator Blood On Song For Melbourne

Kiwi invaders touch down in Melbourne

Alligator Blood Set For Melbourne Showdown

Futurity Then All-Star Mile For Kolding

Mystic Journey To Miss The All-Star Mile

Alligator Blood To Trial At Sunshine Coast

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