Funstar

Trainer Wary As Mare Resumes Off Cup Prep

Posted on February 12, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Star mare Verry Elleegant has not raced since the Melbourne Cup but trainer Chris Waller believes she has the class to make a first-up impact.

Posted on February 10, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Twelve months after Dreamforce was narrowly beaten in the Apollo Stakes, the frontrunner will return to Randwick for another bite at the cherry.

Posted on February 8, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Champion trainer Chris Waller is looking forward to seeing what multiple Group One winner Verry Elleegant can achieve now she has finally matured.

Posted on January 27, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Two of the country's fastest horses, Bivouac and Nature Strip, have continued their autumn build up in a barrier trial at Rosehill.

Posted on October 28, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Alligator Blood's trainer David Vandyke admits the horse would probably be in Melbourne if not for the lure of the rich Golden Eagle at Rosehill.

Posted on October 27, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Funstar will have to overcome the outside barrier if she is to deliver trainer Chris Waller a second victory in the rich Golden Eagle at Rosehill.

Posted on October 4, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Star Kiwi mare Probabeel capped another stellar day for outstanding young trainer Jamie Richards when winning the Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) under a positive Kerrin McEvoy ride. The Matamata horseman celebrated a Group 1 quinella in his homeland when Melody Belle narrowly downed stablemate Avantage in the Windsor Park Plate (1600m) at Hastings. The[...]

Posted on October 1, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Arch rivals Funstar and Probabeel will be looking to improve on the surprisingly poor strike rate of mares in the Group One Epsom Handicap at Randwick.

Posted on September 29, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Shooting for back-to-back wins in the Group One Epsom Handicap, Glen Boss is bullish about getting the job done on Funstar despite her outside draw.

Posted on September 12, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The first two horses across the line in the Theo Marks Stakes, Wild Planet and Funstar, are set for a rematch in next month's Group One Epsom Handicap.

Posted on August 21, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Premier jockey James McDonald will be out to capitalise on a stellar book of rides at Randwick where he will be aboard four of the nine early favourites. While his Group One mount Verry Elleegant has been deposed as the top fancy for her return in the Winx Stakes (1400m) on Saturday, Desert Path, New[...]

Posted on August 3, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Chris Waller will roll out his spring carnival big guns when Nature Strip and Verry Elleegant step out in a talent-laden barrier trial session at Rosehill. Nature Strip, one of two horses confirmed for an Everest slot along with the Les Bridge-trained Classique Legend, will make his first public appearance of the new season in[...]

Posted on March 28, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

As a kid, Adam Hyeronimus would watch and marvel as Gai Waterhouse dominated Sydney's biggest races. At Rosehill on Saturday, the hard-working jockey teamed up with the trainer to land his first Group One win aboard Shout The Bar in the Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m). The race was billed as a match-up between Funstar and[...]

Posted on March 27, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

VINERY STUD STAKES 2000m, $500,000 Group One set-weights race for three-year-old fillies run at Rosehill. HISTORY First run in 1979 over 1900m at Canterbury when won by Impede Race is officially registered as the Storm Queen Stakes but is referred to by most as the Vinery Stud Stakes Before 1992 was Group Two and known[...]

Posted on March 27, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Funstar remains the dominant favourite to deliver back-to-back Vinery Stud Stakes wins for the Chris Waller-James McDonald combination. Trainer and jockey claimed the race 12 months ago with Verry Ellegant who was the benchmark filly of the autumn. If Funstar can justify her $1.85 quote with victory in Saturday's Group One Rosehill feature, she will[...]

Posted on March 26, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Two key form lines will converge in the Group One Vinery Stud Stakes at Rosehill as top fillies Funstar and Probabeel enter uncharted waters. The three-year-olds have established a keen rivalry, finishing one-two each time they have clashed with the ledger squarely in favour of Funstar at 3-1. Markets predict another victory by Funstar if[...]

Posted on March 25, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Star fillies Funstar and Probabeel will continue their rivalry in the Group One Vinery Stud Stakes at Rosehill which has attracted a field of 13. The meeting is set to go ahead behind closed gates under strict coronavirus protocols. The Vinery (2000m) for three-year-old fillies is one of two Group One races scheduled along with[...]

Trainer Wary As Mare Resumes Off Cup Prep

Thompson Hoping For Dream Start In Apollo

Elleegant Heads Up Waller’s Apollo Mission

Stars Edge Closer To Lightning Return

Crunch Time For Alligator Blood In Eagle

Favourite Draws Wide In Golden Eagle

Probabeel provides Richards with Group 1 double

Rivals Out To Break Epsom Hoodoo For Mares

Wide Draw No Barrier For Funstar In Epsom

Wild Planet Earns Top Marks At Rosehill

McDonald In Sweet Position At Randwick

Waller’s Biggest Stars Prepare To Trial

No Bar Too High For Hyeronimus In Group 1

Vinery Stud Stakes: What You Need To Know

Top Fillies To Do Battle In Vinery

Lees Filly Could Be A Thorn In The Side

Field Of 13 For Vinery, Nine In Tancred

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