Fred Best Classic

Cummings delighted following Vilana’s victory in Fred Best Classic

Posted on May 28, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

It's better late than never. That was James Cummings' assessment after his three-year-old colt Vilana saluted by a length in the $250,000 Fred Best Classic (1400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Cummings will now have to pay a late nomination for the $1.5 million Stradbroke Handicap on June 11 because this feature sprint over the same distance[...]

Posted on May 25, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Andrew Forsman was far from disappointed when last Saturday's Doomben meeting fell foul of the big wet in Queensland. The New Zealand trainer had voiced serious reservations about The Chosen One's heavy track prospects in the Group 1 Doomben Cup (2100m) before the meeting was abandoned. Take two of the Cup will now be held[...]

Posted on May 6, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Andrew Forsman will be represented by his first runners in his own right on Saturday following a long and successful training partnership with Murray Baker. The New Zealand horseman enjoyed multiple Group One successes with the now retired Baker and will mark the next phase in his career with black-type runners at home and away.[...]

Posted on May 30, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Promising New Zealand galloper Dawn Parade showed he will be a force to be reckoned with next season when he downed a handy field of three-year-olds over 1400m at Ellerslie on Saturday. The Tony Pike-trained son of Dawn Approach has taken his time to get his head around the racing game but has now put[...]

Posted on May 26, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Australian three-year-old star Ayrton had his first look around Eagle Farm on Tuesday morning before the Fred Best Classic, which he needs to win to ensure a start in next month’s Stradbroke Handicap.

Posted on May 18, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand trainer Tony Pike got his attack on the Queensland Winter carnival off to a good start with exciting three-year-old Not An Option resuming in fine style from a lengthy layoff with a fast finishing fourth over 1350m at Doomben on Saturday. A Group Two winner as a juvenile, the Not A Single Doubt[...]

Posted on May 3, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Tony Pike knows how to make an impact at the Queensland Winter Carnival, having saddled the likes of The Bostonian, Sacred Elixir and Provocative to Group One success in the Sunshine State. The New Zealand horseman is again plotting a raid in search of Aussie dollars, with four young members of his team venturing across[...]

Posted on May 31, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A quick back-up holds no fears for Tulloch Lodge as the celebrated Sydney stable puts the finishing touches on Dawn Passage's Stradbroke Handicap campaign. Trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, Dawn Passage will go into the Stradbroke after an easy win in the Fred Best Classic at Doomben on Saturday. The win helped Dawn[...]

Posted on May 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Champion trainer Gai Waterhouse has her best chance to win one of the few Group One races to elude her after Dawn Passage qualified for the Stradbroke Handicap with a clear-cut win at Doomben. Sent out the popular elect, Dawn Passage ($2.15) needed to win the Group Three Fred Best Classic over 1350m to get[...]

Posted on May 29, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Kelly Schweida admits he is worried about the race pattern for the Group Three Fred Best Classic after The Odyssey drew an outside barrier. The Odyssey has proven one of the best three-year-olds in Queensland at distances up to 1200m but is an unknown quantity at the 1350m of the Fred Best. The gelding[...]

Posted on May 29, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jockey Matt McGillivray will be in a neck brace for a fortnight after a fall at the Sunshine Coast. McGillivray was taken to hospital after falling from Bel Strider at the 150m in the sixth race on Wednesday night. He was knocked unconscious and suffered facial and neck injuries. Queensland Jockeys Association boss Glen Prentice[...]

Posted on May 28, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Stewart Barr has had plenty of success as an owner and breeder but the renowned Queensland horseman has a good chance to become a stakes-winning trainer. Barr has been training from his Lilivale Stud, northwest of Brisbane, and in the Burnett region for several years but recently moved his base to Caloundra where he has[...]

Posted on May 27, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Group Three Fred Best Classic at Doomben will take on even more importance with several horses needing to win it to make the Group One Stradbroke Handicap field. First acceptances were taken for the Stradbroke on Wednesday with 44 horses currently in the field. The field for the June 6 race will be trimmed[...]

Posted on May 27, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Improving three-year-old Scathing is primed to give Chris Munce a chance to complete the unusual double of training a stakes winner after riding a stakes winner for the same owners. Munce will saddle up Scathing in the Group Three Fred Best Classic (1350m) at Doomben on Saturday. Scathing is owned by the Gold Coast's Henderson[...]

Posted on May 25, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

In-form Sydney colt Dawn Passage is the early favourite to win the Fred Best Classic at Doomben and clinch his spot in the Group One Stradbroke Handicap. The Group Three Fred Best Classic (1350m) on Saturday features a number of three-year-olds who also hold nominations for the Stradbroke a week later at Eagle Farm. The[...]

Posted on May 24, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Godolphin will use a proven strategy with accomplished filly Exhilarates in anticipation she can add further depth to the stable's Stradbroke Handicap team. Exhilarates is campaigning in Queensland, where she first made a name for herself, and returned to racing with a Gold Coast Guineas placing. She will run in the Fred Best Classic on[...]

Posted on May 24, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Toowoomba trainer Steve Tregea has a tough decision between a stakes race or QTIS bonus money to end rising star Command'n'conquer's first campaign. Command'n'conquer has been one of the finds of Queensland racing this year and won his first three starts in impressive fashion. He was beaten at his past two starts at the Gold[...]

Cummings delighted following Vilana’s victory in Fred Best Classic

Cup delay a blessing for The Chosen One

Business as usual for Forsman

Victory parade for Kiwi Tony Pike at Ellerslie

Ayrton prepping well for Fred Best Classic at Eagle Farm

Pike buoyed by positive start to Queensland campaign

Pike quartet Australia bound

Bott Tips A Smooth Passage Into Stradbroke

Dawn Passage New Stradbroke Handicap Favourite

Fred Best Pattern A Puzzle For Schweida

McGillivray In Neck Brace After Race Fall

Stewart Barr Breaks New Ground As Trainer

Fred Best Classic To Form Stradbroke Field

Scathing Targets Unusual Double For Munce

Stradbroke Places Up For Grabs At Doomben

Exhilarates Set To Stake Stradbroke Claim

Tregea In Tough Call On Command’n’conquer

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