Trainer Tips Sparkling Autumn For Mare
Emeralds will kick off her latest preparation in the first Sydney Group race of the year with the Coolmore Classic her major goal.
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Cummings Duo Ramp Up Autumn Preparations
Feature race winners Prince Fawaz and Mizzy are looking to make up for lost time as they prepare to resurrect their respective careers this autumn.
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Con Caps Comeback With Coolmore Triumph
If not for the persuasive powers of Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, Con Te Partiro would have been in a paddock rather than winning the Group One Coolmore Classic. The training duo guided the mare's Australian career before she was retired to stud last year, failing to get into foal to Zoustar. Re-enter Waterhouse and[...]
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Con Te Partiro Wins The Coolmore Classic
Imported mare Con Te Partiro has relished a rain-affected track to win the Group One Coolmore Classic at Rosehill. Trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, Con Te Partiro camped in the first half of the field and reached the front before holding in resolute style in the $600,000 race. The former American mare defeated[...]
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Weight Of Numbers No Guarantee In Coolmore
Between trainers Kris Lees and Chris Waller they have almost half the field for the Coolmore Classic but none of their combined seven runners are in the top three market leaders. The Hawkes Racing-trained Dawn Dawn and Sweet Deal from the John Thompson stable are the equal $4.40 favourites with Godolphin's Pohutukawa ($5.50) the only[...]
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Sylvia’s Mother On Song For Coolmore
There is likely to be some singing and dancing from the owners of Sylvia's Mother if she can win the Group One Coolmore Classic at Rosehill. Sylvia's Mother will be one of two Coolmore runners for the Tamworth-based couple, along with last-start Guy Walter Stakes winner Dawn Dawn. The Crosbys, whose main business is cattle,[...]
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Dawn Dawn Earns Group One Coolmore Start
Talented mare Dawn Dawn has come from near-last to land a superb win in the Group Two Guy Walter Stakes, underlining her credentials for a Coolmore Classic start. Given time to find her feet by Tommy Berry, Dawn Dawn ($13) unleashed down the outside to nail leader and $2.50 favourite Sweet Deal by a short[...]
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Sylvia’s Mother Adds Another Stakes Win
Talented mare Sylvia's Mother has handled a step up in distance at Flemington with aplomb to claim the second straight stakes win of her preparation. Sylvia's Mother stepped up to 1400m for the first time in Saturday's Group Three Frances Tressady Stakes for fillies and mares and the $2.40 favourite got the job done by[...]
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Lees To Test Coolmore Waters With Mares
The Coolmore Classic is a race close to trainer Kris Lees' heart and he hopes at least two of the stable's mares can confirm their credentials for the Group One race when they clash at Rosehill. His father and champion trainer, the late Max Lees, had a special affinity with the Coolmore Classic, winning it[...]
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Mare Delivers Sweet Win For John Thompson
The Group One Coolmore Classic is the goal for Sweet Deal this autumn with trainer John Thompson adamant the mare has gone to a new level. Nash Rawiller bounced the $14 chance to the front in Saturday's Group Three Triscay Stakes (1200m) at Randwick and she went to the line full of steam, scoring by[...]
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Clark Confident Ruby Can Shine This Autumn
The Triscay Stakes has been a happy hunting ground for jockey Tim Clark who will bid for a hat-trick of wins aboard emerging mare Reelem In Ruby. Clark first won the Group Three sprint 11 years ago aboard the brilliant Hot Danish and has added the past two editions on Faraway Town and Alassio. “It's[...]
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