Alligator Blood

Alligator Blood claims Group 1 Might And Power

Posted on October 14, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

Alligator Blood () has become the fourth horse in the 21st century to claim the Underwood Stakes/Caulfield Stakes (Might And Power) double after taking out the Group 1 Might And Power, defeating Vow And Declare () by two lengths eased down. The Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained galloper recorded his seventh Group 1 success with[...]

Posted on October 11, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

The first of the three Group 1 feature races on the Caulfield program will be the $1 million Might And Power Stakes, where the 2000m contest has attracted 10 runners. The current race favourite Alligator Blood () has drawn perfectly in barrier three and will go into the 2023 edition considerably shorter and more of[...]

Posted on September 23, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

Damien Oliver has kicked-off his farewell tour with a bang, taking out the Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) aboard Alligator Blood (), giving one of the greatest jockeys his 129th Group 1 victory in the process. The Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained galloper was on the one-week backup after running a bold second behind Mr[...]

Posted on February 25, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

Alligator Blood take out the Group 1 Futurity Stakes on his racetrack return over 1400m at Sandown, defeating the fast finishing Mr Brightside and I'm Thunderstruck by just over a length. With Nugget taking up the lead, Blake Shinn chose to sit on his girth and settle in second in front of I'm Thunderstruck, who[...]

Posted on February 22, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

Group 1 winners Alligator Blood and I'm Thunderstruck headline the eight-horse field for Saturday's Group 1 Futurity Stakes at Sandown in Melbourne, Australia.

Posted on November 5, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Alligator Blood has taken out the Champions Mile for Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott, capping off a successful spring campaign for the much-maligned galloper. Alligator Blood was kept safe in the market as a $5.50 second favourite with online bookmakers, following Private Eye who was heavily backed into a short favourite, who ultimately didn't fire a shot in[...]

Posted on October 20, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Alligator Blood is under an injury cloud heading into the Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m) on Saturday at Moonee Valley.

Posted on September 25, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Alligator Blood has won an Underwood Stakes that is set to shake up the Cox Plate markets with both of the two market fancies, I'm Thunderstruck and Zaaki finishing third and fourth, respectively. Tim Clark took Alligator Blood to the lead with Zaaki eventually sitting on his girth as the six horse field ran in three pairs for the[...]

Posted on August 22, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Multiple Group 1 winner Alligator Blood has been given the green light to race in Victoria in the upcoming Melbourne Spring Carnival, with Gerry Harvey purchasing a 60% majority share in the horse.

Posted on June 14, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Comeback horse Alligator Blood's Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) triumph has Cambridge trainer Tony Pike hoping that one of that horse's most notable rivals can have a similarly successful return to racing next spring. Alligator Blood's Stradbroke victory was his first trip to the winners circle since he took out the Group 1 Australian Guineas[...]

Posted on June 11, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Nobody's perfect, including star sprinter Alligator Blood. But he's not far from perfect now. That was the message from the triumphant Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable after the five-year-old's classy one-length victory over quality galloper Private Eye in the $1.5 million Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) at Eagle Farm. Make no mistake, Alligator Blood – named Queensland's 2020[...]

Posted on December 22, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Queensland galloper Alligator Blood is set to join the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott stable in Sydney after a failed stint with the Sunshine Coast’s Billy Healy.

Posted on August 26, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Leading Brisbane jockey James Orman is looking forward to a big weekend of riding as he partners cult figure Alligator Blood in Friday’s Goldmarket Handicap at the Gold Coast before shooting for three straight wins aboard London Banker at Doomben on Saturday.

Posted on August 6, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Popular Australian horse Alligator Blood is nearing his racetrack return, but it will not be with Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott like first expected.

Posted on November 25, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Alligator Blood has found a new home in Sydney after his former trainer David Vandyke split with the horse's owners.

Posted on October 28, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Alligator Blood's trainer David Vandyke admits the horse would probably be in Melbourne if not for the lure of the rich Golden Eagle at Rosehill.

Posted on October 8, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Group One winner Flit will be Godolphin's only runner in the Silver Eagle and trainer James Cummings expects her to give the race a shake.

Alligator Blood claims Group 1 Might And Power

Alligator Blood heads Might And Power Stakes field

Alligator Blood claims Group 1 Underwood Stakes

Alligator Blood prevails in Group 1 Futurity Stakes

Group 1 stars line up for Futurity Stakes at Sandown

Alligator Blood reigns supreme in Champions Mile

Alligator Blood facing fitness test for Cox Plate

The Gator reigns supreme in Underwood Stakes upset

Alligator Blood free to race in Victoria as Endresz sells up

Pike hoping Catalyst can find old zest

Alligator Blood salutes in the Stradbroke Handicap

Alligator Blood joins Waterhouse & Bott yard in Sydney

Orman eyeing big double on Alligator Blood and London Banker

Healy locked in to train Alligator Blood in comeback campaign

Tulloch Lodge Snaps Up Alligator Blood

Crunch Time For Alligator Blood In Eagle

Distance Right For Flit In Silver Eagle

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