Eric The Eel

Eric The Eel On Sydney 3yo Crown Trail

Posted on February 13, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Promising three-year-old Eric The Eel will begin his road to the Sydney autumn carnival at Eagle Farm despite drawing wide in a restricted race. The gelding has the outside barrier in Saturday's Class Three Plate (1200m) but trainer Stuart Kendrick does not think it will be a disadvantage. Eric The Eel is nominated for the[...]

Posted on February 6, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Caloundra trainer Stuart Kendrick is planning a Sydney campaign for stakes horse Eric The Eel but another three-year-old Playthefield carries the stable's hopes at Eagle Farm. Kendrick entered Playthefield for the Sunshine Coast on Friday night and the QTIS Three-Year-Old (1600m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The likelihood of a wet track at the Sunshine[...]

Posted on October 16, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Caloundra trainer Stuart Kendrick's roller coaster week continued when his mare Copywriter scored an upset win at Doomben. It was Kendrick's sixth win in a week which was soured by an injury to his top three-year-old Eric The Eel in the Caulfield Guineas on Saturday. “It was terrific to be part of last Saturday at[...]

Posted on September 28, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Spring carnival plans remain unresolved for Eric The Eel after his unlucky defeat at Doomben. Heavily backed with TAB Fixed Odds from an opening quote of $5.50, the gelding officially started the $2.70 favourite for the benchmark 70 on Saturday but had to settle for an unlucky third to Mr Storm after missing the start[...]

Posted on September 18, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Stakes performer Eric The Eel's comeback has suffered another minor setback forcing his scratching from a race at Doomben. Trainer Stuart Kendrick had planned to use a race at Doomben on Wednesday as a launching pad for a possible Caulfield Guineas and Victoria Derby campaign. However, he decided to scratch Eric The Eel from Doomben[...]

Posted on September 16, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Melbourne spring carnival candidate Eric The Eel will make his return to racing at Doomben, more than a week later than expected. Caloundra trainer Stuart Kendrick had planned to run Eric The Eel in a 1400m-race at Eagle Farm on September 7 but decided to wait. Instead Eric The Eel will run in Wednesday's Three-Year-Old[...]

Posted on August 28, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Caloundra trainer Stuart Kendrick has put plans for his Group One prospect Eric The Eel on the back burner as he plans wins for two stablemates. Kendrick had varied luck with the barrier draw at Eagle Farm with Misery getting the tricky gate nine in an open handicap but another of his top horses Jagged[...]

Posted on August 20, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Victoria Derby hopeful Eric The Eel is ready to trial in the first step to what could be a big spring for the gelding. Eric The Eel, who takes his name from Olympic swimmer Eric Malonga from Equitorial Guinea, was one of Queensland's better-performed two-year-olds last season winning two races and emphasising his ability when[...]

Posted on June 7, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Caloundra trainer Stuart Kendrick is not one to worry about bookmakers' prices but he is stunned by the odds of two-year-old Eric The Eel in the Group One J J Atkins Plate at Eagle Farm. Kendrick admits he thought Eric The Eel would be a quarter of his $51 quote in Saturday's 1600m-race. “After his[...]

Posted on May 31, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Caloundra two-year-old Eric The Eel will complete an ugly duckling story if he can win the Listed Phoenix Stakes at Doomben. The youngster goes to Saturday's 1630m-race as a lead-up to the Group One J J Atkins Stakes a week later at Eagle Farm. Eric The Eel has attracted a fan base because of his[...]

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