Fierce Impact

Fierce Impact Ready For C F Orr Challenge

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[...]

Posted on November 8, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Matt Smith continues to make a habit of winning races with imported horses, a trend he is keen to build on with latest arrival Artarmon. The Sydney trainer has had a superb spring with two Group One victories in Melbourne courtesy of the Japanese-bred Fierce Impact. It followed a prosperous winter with former French horse[...]

Posted on November 2, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sydney trainer Matthew Smith will give Fierce Impact every opportunity to land a third spring feature after the entire's win in the Cantala Stakes at Flemington. Fierce Impact has now won Melbourne's two Group One mile handicaps having taken the Toorak Handicap at Caulfield last month ahead of Saturday's success. Smith is now looking at[...]

Posted on November 2, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Fierce Impact has completed a spring Group One double with a narrow victory in the Cantala Stakes at Flemington. In a driving finish, Fierce Impact held off Fifty Stars to add the Cantala to his win in the Toorak Handicap at Caulfield in October. Godolphin runner Cascadian took the minor placing.

Posted on November 1, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

THE CANTALA STAKES The $2 million Cantala is a Group One handicap race over 1600m at Melbourne's Flemington Racecourse It will run as race eight at 4.35pm AEDT on Saturday, November 2 HISTORY First run in 1881 over 1600m and won by Courtenay Made a Group One race in 1979 Re-named and switched with the[...]

Posted on May 20, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Warwick Farm trainer Matt Smith has put the disappointment of Fierce Impact's Doomben Cup behind him and is looking ahead with Grey Lion and Tonsor. Fierce Impact, who finished 11th in Saturday's Group One feature will have a spell in Queensland while Grey Lion, winner of the Listed Lord Mayor's Cup at Rosehill on the[...]

Posted on May 16, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jockey Michael Walker's patience has given him a genuine chance to make it back-to-back wins in the Group One Doomben Cup. Walker has picked up the mount on the imported Fierce Impact who was 26th in order of entry when he took the ride. Trainer Matthew Smith was being frustrated in getting a top rider[...]

Posted on May 7, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Talented import Fierce Impact remains on track for his Group One target despite a forced change to his lead-up race. Warwick Farm trainer Matt Smith had planned to run Fierce Impact in last Saturday's Hollindale Stakes (1800m) at the Gold Coast in preparation for the Doomben Cup (2000m) on May 18. With the order of[...]

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