Fierce Impact

Smith Keeps Options Open For Max Impact

Posted on September 28, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Matthew Smith has nominated Fierce Impact for three feature races in two states and will decide later this week which one he contests.

Posted on September 12, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Fierce Impact has recorded his third Group One win over 1600 metres when fending off the exciting Russian Camelot to claim the Makybe Diva Stakes.

Posted on September 7, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Fierce Impact loves 1600 metres and the star Sydney galloper will return to Flemington to take on a top-class field over the distance in the Makybe Diva Stakes.

Posted on August 13, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tulloch Lodge colt Farnan will make his first public appearance since winning the Golden Slipper at a star-studded barrier trial session at Randwick. The three Group and Listed heats were originally scheduled for Tuesday but heavy rain prompted stewards to delay them. Farnan will have nine rivals in Friday’s 850m trial, headed by Group One[...]

Posted on July 31, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

New Zealand mare Melody Belle has continued preparations towards her expected return in the Missile Stakes with a win in a star-studded barrier trial at Randwick. Three heats for Group horses were conducted on Randwick’s Kensington track on Friday morning having been pushed back from Tuesday because of the recent wet weather in Sydney. The[...]

Posted on July 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A number of high profile spring carnival hopefuls are set to ramp up their preparations towards feature races in the new season at a rescheduled barrier trial session on Randwick’s Kensington track. Three heats for Group horses which had originally been scheduled for Tuesday were pushed back three days because of wet weather are set[...]

Posted on July 27, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Three important barrier trials have been pushed back three days because of Sydney’s wet weather. Tuesday’s barrier trial session at Randwick will now be held on the Polytrack with 20 heats scheduled. But the three heats for Group horses that were set down for the Kensington track on Tuesday morning have been rescheduled to Friday.[...]

Posted on July 26, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A host of feature race contenders are scheduled to continue preparations towards their new-season returns at a star-studded set of barrier trials at Randwick. Tuesday’s barrier trials session has attracted several Group One winners among the entries along with a number of other well-performed horses being readied for feature races in the new season which[...]

Posted on June 15, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A spring program for dual Group One winner Fierce Impact is taking shape and while it is yet to be set in stone, one thing is certain. Warwick Farm trainer Matthew Smith is excited. The biggest races on the calendar are most often the domain of the major stables, or increasingly, the international raiders. So[...]

Posted on March 2, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Fierce Impact, Black Heart Bart and Superstorm are the last wild card entries for the 15-horse All-Star Mile. They join Streets Of Avalon, winner of the Futurity Stakes, and Fifty Stars who won Saturday’s Blamey Stakes, in the race at Caulfield on March 14. Last month the 10 most popular horses voted by the public[...]

Posted on February 25, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Dual Group One winner Fierce Impact heads the list of provisional emergency runners for the All-Star Mile at Caulfield and is also in line for a wild card. Last week the 10 most popular horses voted by the public were announced leaving five spots open. Streets Of Avalon cemented his berth with his win in[...]

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

Te Akau Shark has opened favourite for the Chipping Norton Stakes as he attempts to record his second Group One win in two summer starts. Runner-up in the Epsom Handicap and third in the Cox Plate, Te Akau Shark claimed a first Group One win in the BCD Sprint at Te Rapa on February 8.[...]

Posted on February 16, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A crucial track gallop at Warwick Farm will determine immediate plans for Fierce Impact as trainer Matt Smith weighs up Group One options in Sydney and Melbourne. The horse resumed with a slashing second to three-year-old Alabamba Express in the Group One C F Orr Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on February 8, signalling he was[...]

Posted on February 5, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A field of 12 is set to contest the first Group One race of the year, the CF Orr Stakes at Caulfield. Saturday’s weight-for-age contest over 1400m will see six Group One winners, Avilius, Hey Doc, Scales Of Justice, Fierce Impact, Kings Will Dream and Begood Toya Mother, race for the $300,000 first prize. The[...]

Posted on February 3, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Having recorded two Group One handicap victories during the spring, Fierce Impact will now try to add a weight-for-age victory at the highest level. Trained at Warwick Farm by Matthew Smith, Fierce Impact is one of 17 horses nominated for the first Group One race of 2020, the weight-for-age C F Orr Stakes (1400m) at[...]

Posted on January 4, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Lightly raced mare Lashes has made a winning return at Randwick to maintain trainer Matthew Smith’s momentum. Smith enjoyed a stellar spring with stable star Fierce Impact winning two Group One races in Melbourne. Lashes and co are not in that class, but Smith believes the mare can build on Saturday’s win in he Schweppes[...]

Smith Keeps Options Open For Max Impact

Fierce Impact Holds Off Russian Camelot

Fierce Impact On Song For Makybe Diva

Golden Slipper Winner To Trial At Randwick

Star Mare Melody Belle Wins Randwick Trial

High-Profile Horses To Trial At Randwick

Weather Prompts Changes To Randwick Trials

Stars Set To Step Out At Randwick Trials

Smith Keen To Make An Impact During Spring

Last Wildcards Announced For All-Star Mile

Fierce Impact Tops All-Star Emergency List

Fierce To Make Chipping Norton Impact

Shark Opens Favourite For Chipping Norton

Smith Facing A Fierce Group One Decision

Orr Stakes Lures Field Of 12 At Caulfield

Fierce Impact Ready For C F Orr Challenge

Lashes Makes Eye-Catching Winning Return

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