Colin Little

Cox Plate winner Colin Little retires from horse training

Posted on March 3, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Cox Plate-winning trainer Colin Little has announced his retirement from the sport of kings due to a lack of stable riders. The six-time Group 1 winner has closed the doors on Lord Lodge after a dedicating a lifetime to the sport.

Posted on April 8, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Caulfield-based trainer Colin Little has always held Vegas Knight in high regard but doubts the gelding will fulfill his potential. Vegas Knight has won only two of his 23 starts and Little says the son of Declaration Of War is his own worst enemy. The gelding will attempt the third win of his career in[...]

Posted on January 5, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

It's no surprise Colin Little put a circle around the Chester Manifold Stakes at Flemington on Saturday as it's the perfect fit for Vassilator.

Posted on August 26, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

David Jolly is hoping a win in the Group One Memsie Stakes will prove more than adequate compensation for missing the Queensland winter with his giant galloper Behemoth. Behemoth had two starts during the Adelaide racing carnival for a win in the McKay Stakes and a fourth in The Goodwood in May. Jolly had planned[...]

Posted on August 13, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sublime Diva displayed some of the staying characteristics of her famous mother Makybe Diva when she broke her maiden status at her sixth start at Sale. The four-year-old, who is by sprinter Brazen Beau, became the three-time Melbourne Cup heroine's sixth winner from her eight foals to race. So far, Makybe Diva is yet to[...]

Posted on July 2, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Colin Little is banking on Vassilator's liking for Flemington as a key factor as the gelding chases a second stakes victory. The Listed VRC-CRV Winter Championship Series Final on Saturday is the culmination of a series of races of which Vassilator won a heat of on June 6. Already the winner of a Listed[...]

Posted on June 6, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Vassilator has broken through for a long overdue win by snatching victory in the last stride at his favourite track. Success in the VRC Heritage Handicap at Flemington on Saturday was Vassilator's first in more than two years and his third overall in a career spanning 22 starts. All three victories for Vassilator have come[...]

Posted on April 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Colin Little has always felt Vegas Knight had the potential to win a Derby in Australia. But the chances of Vegas Knight contesting a Derby hinge on his performance at Sandown on Saturday. The South Australian Classic on Saturday week is the final Group One Derby in Australia this season. Little deliberately bypassed the[...]

Posted on April 3, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Colin Little has not lost faith in Vegas Knight despite what looks on paper to be some disappointing recent form. The Caulfield trainer is expecting to see the Vegas Knight he knows when the three-year-old runs in the Neds Handicap (1600m) at Caulfield on Saturday. Little holds Vegas Knight in high regard despite the fact[...]

Posted on January 4, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Three-year-old filly How Womantic has made it two wins from as many starts with a comfortable victory in her city debut at Caulfield. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained How Womantic was coming off a maiden win at Geelong on December 13 and stepped up to benchmark-70 grade against her own age in Saturday's Cathie[...]

Posted on December 20, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Colin Little would love nothing more than to win the Lord Stakes at Caulfield with the race named in honour of the horse whose name also appears on the trainer's stables. But Little is a realist and believes the 1700m of next Thursday's race may be stretching Kazio too far, so instead the trainer has[...]

Posted on August 11, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Colin Little is looking forward to the return of Vassilator despite delaying the Group One placegetter's season kick-off by a week. Little had Vassilator entered for the Aurie's Star Handicap at Flemington on Saturday but has elected instead to start him in the Regal Roller Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield. Vassilator showed his promise as[...]

Posted on August 7, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Colin Little has found it difficult sourcing a suitable race for the lightly raced Vegas Knight. Convinced Vegas Knight wants 1600m, Little had to resort racing the recently turned three-year-old against older horses when breaking his maiden status at Pakenham last month. Little has since pored over the race programs looking for a 1600m[...]

Posted on July 22, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Colin Little has been one of the biggest supporters of synthetic track racing in Victoria and does not want his scratching of a runner at Pakenham to be seen as a knock on the Polytrack. Little sought stewards permission to scratch Peko from a race at Pakenham on Sunday and will undertake an inspection[...]

Posted on May 10, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Colin Little will delay a decision on whether Kazio takes his place at Caulfield until he assesses the significance of any overnight rainfall. Kazio is down to run in the Ian Miller Handicap (1600m) on Saturday but will not take his place if the track is in the heavy range on race morning. “He[...]

Cox Plate winner Colin Little retires from horse training

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