Golden Slipper

Berry warms up for Slipper with juvenile double

Posted on March 26, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tommy Berry has tuned up for the postponed Golden Slipper meeting with a juvenile double on the Kensington track, although it wasn't enough to peg back the premiership lead of arch rival James Mcdonald. Berry made a clean sweep of the two-year-old races, taking out the opening event aboard Chris Waller-trained debutant Kalino and snaring[...]

Posted on March 26, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Eight months after taking out her trainers' licence, Annabel Neasham is pinching herself at the prospect of having two Group One runners on one of the biggest race days of the Sydney autumn carnival. Neasham will saddle up Queen Of Wizardry in the $3.5 million Golden Slipper (1200m) and Mo'Unga in the Rosehill Guineas (2000m).[...]

Posted on March 25, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

James Cummings admits the belated running of the Golden Slipper is not ideal for Todman Stakes winner Anamoe, who already faces a tough task from the outside draw. The Godolphin youngster is a chance for the $3.5 million showcase, which has been pushed back to this Saturday after last weekend's wash-out. Cummings said he would[...]

Posted on March 24, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sam Freedman is unsure what the wait of an extra week will do to the chances of Artorius in the Group 1 Golden Slipper at Rosehill. But one thing Freedman does know, is that he and his father Anthony, who co-trains Artorius, are not alone. Heavy rain in Sydney last week caused the postponement of[...]

Posted on March 24, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Leading trainer Chris Waller's hopes of claiming a first Golden Slipper success have been reduced with O'President being withdrawn with an elevated temperature. O'President, a winner of two starts this preparation leading into Saturday's delayed Golden Slipper (1200m) at Rosehill, was an chance with TAB at the time of his scratching. The two-year-old was found[...]

Posted on March 23, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

A change in the Sydney Autumn Carnival dates has brought about a change in races for Group 1 Melbourne-trained filly Odeum. With Saturday's Golden Slipper meeting a washout, which in turn has pushed the whole autumn carnival back a week, Odeum is now likely to run in the Group 3 Birthday Card Stakes (1200m) at[...]

Posted on March 22, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Michael Kent Jr says it will be interesting to see how the week unfolds in Sydney after the big wet pushed back the Golden Slipper meeting by a week. The entire Golden Slipper meeting will be run this coming Saturday after the Rosehill track was deluged with rain last Friday night. Kent Jr prepares Slipper[...]

Posted on March 20, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

While most Sydney trainers were restricted to putting their Golden Slipper contenders through some last-minute pace work on Saturday, bush trainer Scott Spackman found himself in the enviable position of giving Rocket Tiger a course proper gallop. Spackman is based in Wagga Wagga, which missed the worst of the weather event that forced racing officials[...]

Posted on March 20, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer John Sargent is hoping the decision to postpone the Golden Slipper meeting by seven days is an omen for third favourite Four Moves Ahead. Racing officials made the call to shift the entire Sydney autumn carnival back a week when heavy rain washed out Saturday's nine-race Slipper program. The last time a feature autumn[...]

Posted on March 20, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Racing NSW and the Australian Turf Club have determined that all race meetings forming part of the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival will be run seven days later than originally scheduled. This was necessary after the postponement of today's Longines Golden Slipper meeting at Rosehill Gardens due to continued heavy rain and following a track inspection[...]

Posted on March 19, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Gerald Ryan has saddled up some strong chances in Golden Slippers but his hopes of finally claiming the world's richest juvenile race hinge on a filly with a point of difference. Ryan's runners have included now-champion sire Snitzel, who was unplaced from a wide draw as favourite in 2005, and Snitzerland, who was runner-up to[...]

Posted on March 19, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Golden Slipper is likely to be run seven days later and some other races on the program merged if Sydney's predicted downpour forces the postponement of Saturday's showcase Rosehill meeting. The track was downgraded to a heavy nine on Friday with Racing NSW stewards, led by Marc Van Gestel, set to reinspect the surface[...]

Posted on March 19, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. That is the adage trainers Anthony And Sam Freedman are sticking to as they plot a Golden Slipper victory with Blue Diamond Stakes hero Artorius. The youngster came off a four-week break to win the Victorian Group One and has followed the same pattern leading into Saturday's $3.5[...]

Posted on March 18, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Golden Slipper winner Farnan has been retired after suffering a training setback and will stand at Kia Ora Stud this spring. Trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott were hoping the colt would resume in the Group One Galaxy this Saturday ahead of a possible overseas campaign but Bott said they had run out of time[...]

Posted on March 16, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Rosehill-based trainer Gerald Ryan knows a good thoroughbred when he sees one and he lines up the promising Mallory in partnership with Sterling Alexiou in this Saturday's running of the $3.5 million Golden Slipper. The Not A Single Doubt filly was up and going early finishing second in the Gimcrack Stakes last October before being[...]

Posted on March 16, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Mick Price is expecting Golden Slipper co-favourite Profiteer to bounce back to his winning ways in the world's richest two-year-old race at Rosehill on Saturday. A winner at his first two starts, including the Inglis Millennium (1200m) at Randwick last month, Profiteer was run down in the final stages by Golden Slipper opponent Anamoe in[...]

Posted on March 16, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sky Racing's Lizzie Jelfs was at Rosehill Gardens for Golden Slipper day 15 years ago, but it was in a vastly different capacity to how she'll attend this year's running. Jelfs was part of the David Hayes team that prepared Miss Finland to a four and a half length romp in the 2006 version, but[...]

Berry warms up for Slipper with juvenile double

Group One breakthrough beckons for Neasham

Slipper delay another hurdle for Anamoe

Extra week no problem for Artorius

Raised temperature forces O’President out of Slipper

Meeting Washout Brings About Plan Change For Odeum

Balancing act for two-year-olds in delayed Slipper

Wagga trainer gets a leg-up on Slipper rivals

Sargent Banks On Slipper Delay Proving A Lucky Move

Golden Slipper and Sydney Autumn Carnival back a week

Ryan banking on backmarker to deliver Slipper breakthrough

Nervous wait as rain threatens Slipper wash-out

Freedmans follow Blue Diamond template with Artorius

Golden Slipper winner retired to stud

Mature Mallory on target for the Slipper

Profiteer to strip in perfect shape for Golden Slipper

Lizzie’s Queen is in the Slipper

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