Fifty Stars

Brisbane campaign beckons for Fifty Stars

Posted on April 6, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Lindsay Park galloper Fifty Stars will bypass the prize money on offer for The Doncaster to tackle a shorter race at weight-for-age two weeks later. Fifty Stars has 55kg in Saturday's $3 million Group 1 handicap over 1600m at Randwick, but the Lindsay Park team are instead eyeing off the Brisbane Winter Carnival with the[...]

Posted on March 11, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

All Star Mile favourite Arcadia Queen and fellow Group 1 winning mare Shout The Bar will need further veterinary inspections before being declared fit to start in the $5 million race at The Valley. Both mares presented with lameness following compulsory Racing Victoria veterinary checks to assess the suitability of all runners to line up[...]

Posted on March 5, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Lindsay Park co-trainer Ben Hayes has warned punters not to dismiss Harlem in the Group 1 Australian Cup despite saddling up race favourite Fifty Stars in the feature at Flemington. Hayes and his cousin Tom Dabernig hope to provide Lindsay Park their fourth straight success in the Australian Cup, and fifth in seven years. Spillway[...]

Posted on February 1, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Three-year-olds have had a good record in the Orr Stakes this century and Tom Dabernig is hoping his under-rated galloper Crosshaven can add to it.

Posted on November 4, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tom Dabernig is approaching the Mackinnon Stakes with a degree of confidence in his two proven Group One performers, Fifty Stars and Harlem.

Posted on October 2, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tom Dabernig believes stable veteran Harlem has a lot in his favour in the Turnbull Stakes, which is run at a track and distance he loves.

Posted on June 7, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

An unchanged Victorian spring program will force leading stable Lindsay Park to revise carnival plans for two stars due to return from injury. Tom Dabernig, who with Ben Hayes takes over the reins at Lindsay Park after David Hayes' departure to Hong Kong, had tentatively worked out a spring program for Fifty Stars and Furrion,[...]

Posted on March 4, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Harlem has drawn an inside barrier for his attempt at an historic third-straight Australian Cup at Flemington. Trained by David and Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig, eight-year-old gelding Harlem has barrier two in a field of 14 for Saturday's 2000m weight-for-age feature and is one of four runners for the stable along with Fifty Stars[...]

Posted on March 2, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Lindsay Park senior trainer David Hayes has drawn inspiration from champion Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien in accepting the wildcard entry for Fifty Stars in the All-Star Mile. Fifty Stars will run in the Group One Australian Cup (2000m) at Flemington on Saturday with Lindsay Park planning to start the horse in the $5 million All-Star[...]

Posted on February 29, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A second consecutive Blamey Stakes win for Fifty Stars has given the horse's connections something to think about. The five-year-old entire's victory in Saturday's Group Two 1600m race at Flemington has earned him a wild card into the world's richest mile race, the $5 million All-Star Mile (1600m) at Caulfield in two weeks. The lure[...]

Posted on February 23, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Stablemates Fifty Stars and So Si Bon are set to clash again in the Blamey Stakes at Flemington after running the quinella a year ago. Saturday's Group Two race over 1600m guarantees the winner a wildcard entry to the $5 million All-Star Mile (1600m) at Caulfield on March 14 which could be an option for[...]

Posted on November 17, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Lindsay Park will have a two-pronged attack on the new look Ballarat Cup which this year carries record prize money of $500,000. Fifty Stars and Alfarris will represent David and Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig in the Listed race over 2000m on Saturday. This year the race has been shortened from 2200m to 2000m following[...]

Posted on November 8, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Co-trainer Ben Hayes cannot split So Si Bon and Fifty Stars as the stable's best chances of ending the Melbourne Cup carnival with a Group One win. The pair will be one half of a quartet of Mackinnon Stakes (2000m) runners for Lindsay Park on Saturday, along with Caulfield Stakes winner Cape Of Good Hope[...]

Posted on November 1, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Lindsay Park co-trainer Ben Hayes believes the stable's hopes of a Group One Cantala Stakes win would be enhanced if forecast rain hits Flemington. The Lindsay Park stable has at least one runner in each of the nine races on Saturday's program and Hayes believes its best chance to claim a feature win could come[...]

Posted on September 4, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The John F Feehan Stakes at The Valley affords the winner an automatic Cox Plate start but senior Lindsay Park trainer David Hayes is looking at an even bigger spring picture. Lindsay Park has four runners in Saturday's weight-for-age race – Harlem, Fifty Stars, Sikandarabad and Neufbosc – after the quartet raced against each other[...]

Posted on August 16, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Ben Allen is looking forward to reuniting with Fifty Stars when the five-year-old tackles a stellar field in the P B Lawrence Stakes. The Irish-bred horse is the third favourite in Saturday's Group Two race behind star mare Mystic Journey and Godolphin stalwart Hartnell. Allen, who has won three races on the horse, two for[...]

Posted on August 12, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Lindsay Park will begin to unveil its extensive array of spring prospects with four runners in the P B Lawrence Stakes at Caulfield. Cox Plate favourite Mystic Journey heads the 15 nominations for Saturday's race and has been installed the $1.75 favourite from Godolphin's Hartnell at $5.50. Ben Hayes, who trains in partnership with his[...]

Brisbane campaign beckons for Fifty Stars

All Star Mile pair face further vet inspections

Harlem aiming for third Australian Cup success

Orr Test To Start Crosshaven’s Autumn

Mackinnon Attack With Proven Performers

Harlem Is Ready To Shuffle In Turnbull

Unaltered Spring Hinders Lindsay Park Duo

Group 1 Australian Cup Attracts Field Of 14

Hayes Takes Inspiration From Aidan O’Brien

Fifty Stars Wins Second Blamey Stakes

Blamey Quinella Pair Back For Another Shot

Lindsay Park With Two Ballarat Cup Hopes

Group 1 Mackinnon Quartet Ready To Fire

Three Hopes For Lindsay Park In Group 1 Cantala

Lindsay Park With Four Hopes In Group 2 Feehan

Allen Back Aboard Stars In Lawrence Stakes

Four From Lindsay Park For Lawrence Stakes

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