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Aspect Ratio Heads To Vinery On Oaks Path

Posted on March 24, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

John Sargent will be pleasantly surprised if Aspect Ratio can cause a boilover in the Vinery Stud Stakes but believes the filly can be a genuine contender in the ATC Australian Oaks. Aspect Ratio is scheduled to run against star fillies Funstar and Probabeel in Saturday's Group One Vinery, with that duo dominating the early[...]

Posted on March 23, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Star fillies Funstar and Probabeel are set for their next Group One stoush with the score at one-all ahead of the Vinery Stud Stakes. Both step into unknown territory in Saturday's 2000m-race at Rosehill with neither having been to the distance before. Funstar beat the New Zealand filly in the Flight Stakes in spring while[...]

Posted on March 14, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

James McDonald has starred on a soggy Coolmore Classic day at Rosehill booting home five winners, four of them at stakes level. However, it was a ride he did not win on that he came to the races most confident about. McDonald had been upbeat about the prospects of Coolmore Classic favourite Pohutukawa but the[...]

Posted on March 14, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Funstar and Probabeel have renewed their rivalry at Rosehill with the former coming out on top to deliver Chris Waller a fourth successive win in the Phar Lap Stakes. Starting the $1.55 favourite, Funstar made the ledger three-one in her favour on Saturday after James McDonald took up the running on a deteriorating Rosehill track.[...]

Posted on March 12, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

If Spend bypasses the Group Two Phar Lap Stakes at Rosehill, it will not be because his trainers are afraid to take on gun fillies Funstar and Probabeel. Co-trainer Michael Hawkes says they will decide as late as possible if Spend makes the trip to Sydney for Saturday's Group Two feature based on track conditions[...]

Posted on February 28, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

New Zealand filly Probabeel returns to the scene of her best Australian performance with a sense of unfinished business when she tackles the Group One Surround Stakes at Randwick. The three-year-old is arguably unlucky not to have snared the Tea Rose Stakes over Saturday's 1400-metre course in the spring when she was momentarily held up[...]

Posted on February 27, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Hugh Bowman has declared he would not swap Flit for any other filly in the Group One Surround Stakes despite his healthy respect for favourite and chief rival Funstar. The pair is set to clash for the first time at Randwick on Saturday after pursuing different spring paths with Flit winning the Group One Thousand[...]

Posted on February 2, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

While trainer Chris Waller has an anxious few days waiting for tests on star colt Yes Yes Yes, the best filly in his stable is ready to race. Funstar is likely to begin her campaign earlier than planned with Waller citing the Group Two Light Fingers Stakes on February 15 as a new starting point.[...]

Posted on October 5, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Chris Waller continues to break records in the post-Winx era, becoming the first trainer to win four Group One races across two states in a single afternoon. The champion horseman made a clean sweep of the three Group One races at Randwick winning the Flight Stakes (1600m) with Funstar, Epsom Handicap (1600m) with Kolding and[...]

Posted on October 5, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Funstar has managed a feat that Winx could not and delivered trainer Chris Waller his first Group One Flight Stakes victory at Randwick. The filly made a one-act affair of a race that had been billed as a two-horse joust between Funstar and Probabeel but the winner had the New Zealand filly off the bit[...]

Posted on October 5, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Funstar has given trainer Chris Waller his first win in the Flight Stakes after leading all the way in the Group One race at Randwick. Ridden by James McDonald, Funstar made her own terms and raced away to beat New Zealand filly Probabeel and Foxborough over 1600m. Funstar provided Waller and McDonald with wins in[...]

Posted on October 2, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

As the boss of New Zealand's Te Akau Racing operation, David Ellis is used to success at home and abroad but takes nothing for granted. Te Akau has New Zealand champion Melody Belle vying to become the first horse to win the Hastings triple crown on Saturday and Te Akau Shark and Probabeel racing for[...]

Posted on October 1, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Two of the fillies involved in a thrilling finish to the recent Tea Rose Stakes are again expected to be the major players in the Group One Flight Stakes. The Chris Waller-trained Funstar defeated New Zealand filly Probabeel by a nose in the Group Two Tea Rose (1400m) at Randwick on September 21 with short-priced[...]

Posted on September 21, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

He didn't win the major race on the program, but Chris Waller has taken out training honours on George Main Stakes day at Randwick with a quartet of winners. Three of those came in stakes races with Funstar a narrow winner of the Group Two Tea Rose Stakes (1400m), Kolding taking out the Group Three[...]

Posted on September 21, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Libertini has had her colours lowered for the first time as a three-year-old but has gone down fighting in a three-way finish to the Tea Rose Stakes with Funstar on top. Splitting the pair in Saturday's Group Two race was New Zealand filly Probabeel. The margins were a nose and a short head and although[...]

Posted on June 22, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A little luck and a load of class have helped Funstar build on a winning start to her career at Randwick. A half-sister to Group One winner Youngstar, Funstar was the $2 favourite to add Saturday's Two-Year-Old Handicap (1200m) to her debut win at Canterbury on June 5. The horse viewed as the most likely[...]

Posted on June 5, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Cox Plate hero Adelaide has sired his first winner with Funstar making an impressive debut at Canterbury. A member of champion Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien's all-conquering Ballydoyle stable, Adelaide won 2014 Cox Plate for jockey Ryan Moore. Adelaide stayed in Australia after the Cox Plate but was retired after racing once for Chris Waller when[...]

Aspect Ratio Heads To Vinery On Oaks Path

Next Round For Funstar And Probabeel

High Five For James Mcdonald At Rosehill

Funstar A Shining Light In Rosehill Mud

Star Fillies Don’t Scare Hawkes’ Spend

Probabeel Out To Spoil The Fun In Surround

Bowman Backs Flit In Surround Face-Off

Group Two Light Fingers Likely For Funstar

Waller Sets Group 1 Record With Metrop Win

Funstar Delivers Waller Maiden Group 1 Flight

Funstar Wins The Group One Flight Stakes

Probabeel And Funstar To Take Flight In Group 1

Funstar To Take Flight At Randwick

Waller Cleans Up With Four Randwick Winners

Funstar Wins Group 2 Tea Rose In Tight Finish

Funstar Finds Gap To Win Again At Randwick

Plate Winner Adelaide Off The Mark As Sire

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