Grahame Begg

Fresh Beauty Bolt To Tackle Older Mares

Posted on June 5, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Grahame Begg thought he had ticked all the boxes before sending Beauty Bolt to Adelaide for a Group One assignment. Unable to travel to South Australia, or send one of his staff, Begg loaded up the truck with all the required feed to make Beauty Bolt's trip to the Australasian Oaks as normal as[...]

Posted on May 21, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Grahame Begg would like a quick resolution to possible changes for the Victorian spring so he can map out a proper carnival program for his team. While the Victoria Racing Club is steadfast in not changing the date of the Melbourne Cup carnival and the Moonee Valley Racing Club is keen to run the[...]

Posted on May 20, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Not suited to racing on firm tracks during the warmer months, Romancer will commence a winter campaign on preferred ground in a stakes race at Flemington. Trainer Grahame Begg has picked out Saturday's Listed Straight Six (1200m) as a suitable starting point for Romancer that the trainer hopes can lead to a successful winter and,[...]

Posted on May 1, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Grahame Begg has done his job to prepare Beauty Bolt for the Australasian Oaks, the rest is now up to the filly. Beauty Bolt left Begg's Caulfield stable on Thursday night for Adelaide where local trainer John Hyam will stable her until Saturday's Group One race over 2000m for three-year-old fillies at Morphettville. Because of[...]

Posted on April 7, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

After going close to winning the Coolmore Legacy Stakes at Randwick a year ago, Miss Siska is back in Sydney for another crack at the Group One race for fillies and mares at Randwick. Trained in Victoria by Grahame Begg, Miss Siska hit the front in the straight in last year's edition but was swamped[...]

Posted on March 31, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

With movement across state borders restricted by coronavirus, trainer Grahame Begg has had to rethink Beauty Bolt's program. The first-up Sandown winner is being aimed at the Group One Australasian Oaks at Morphettville in May and Begg had planned two starts in Adelaide leading into the race. One was on Saturday, the Listed Laelia Stakes[...]

Posted on March 17, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Grahame Begg's Golden Slipper hopes have taken a hit with Mildred drawing wide for the two-year-old showpiece at Rosehill. Mildred has barrier 17 in a capacity field of 16 plus four emergencies and will jump from gate 14 if the reserves fail to gain a start in Saturday's $3.5 million race over 1200m. “It's not[...]

Posted on March 3, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Her famous relative Hay List excelled as a sprinter but Miss Siska is making a name for herself as a middle distance performer. And, eight years after her late half-brother Hay List set a metric era weight-carrying record to win the Group One Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington, the Grahame Begg-trained mare Miss Siska will[...]

Posted on February 22, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Miss Siska has continued her path towards the Australian Cup with another fighting win at Caulfield to remain unbeaten for the campaign. After a first-up win at Caulfield on February 8, Miss Siska added Saturday's Group Two Peter Young Stakes (1800m) to her record. Trainer Grahame Begg said the mare would now head to the[...]

Posted on February 21, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Progressive three-year-old Nonconformist faces his biggest test when he steps up to stakes grade for the first time in the Autumn Classic at Caulfield. The three-year-old confirmed his spot in Saturday's Group Two 1800m-race when he backed up a six-length maiden win at Pakenham with a city victory at Caulfield over 1600m three weeks ago.[...]

Posted on February 10, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Grahame Begg is keeping his options open with talented filly Mildred as Victoria's autumn feature two-year-old race approaches. Mildred will be an acceptor in the Listed Talindert Stakes (1100m) at Flemington as Begg and his father Neville, the filly's owner, weigh up whether to run her on Saturday or wait a week for the Group[...]

Posted on February 8, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Miss Siska has scored an important win for her future as a broodmare with a tough victory in the TS Carlyon Cup at Caulfield. Having her first run following a spring campaign that saw her register three second placings at stakes level, Miss Siska was forced to race three wide over the 1600m of Saturday's[...]

Posted on February 1, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Grahame Begg's decision to wait for the Chairman's Stakes with Mildred has been vindicated, with the two-year-old filly racing to a satisfying victory in the Group Three race at Caulfield. Begg had initially planned to kick off the stakes-winning filly's preparation a week earlier in the Blue Diamond Preview but the trainer thought she was[...]

Posted on February 1, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Grahame Begg believes Nonconformist can keep stepping up after the progressive three-year-old backed up a recent big-margin maiden win with a first city victory. Nonconformist broke his maiden at his third start with a six-length win at Pakenham last month over 1600m before accounting for a small field by 2-1/2-lengths at a rain-sodden Caulfield[...]

Posted on January 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Grahame Begg hopes to keep raising the bar with lightly raced three-year-old Nonconformist on the back of the gelding's recent dominant performance to break his maiden. Nonconformist did his best work late for minor placings in his first two starts in maidens over 1200m at Pakenham and 1400m at Caulfield earlier in the summer.[...]

Posted on January 27, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

After deciding to wait an extra week with stakes winning filly Mildred, trainer Grahame Begg is confident she is now up to the mark and ready to return in the Group Three Chairman's Stakes at Caulfield. In her three starts to date, Mildred has won Melbourne's first two-year-old race of the season over 900m in[...]

Posted on December 5, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The past 12 months have not been plain sailing for Galaxy Raider and his trainer Grahame Begg. Just as the gelding was building to a win in his last campaign, Begg was forced to abandon the preparation. Galaxy Raider has raced only three times in the past 18 months and runs for the first time[...]

Fresh Beauty Bolt To Tackle Older Mares

Spring Uncertainty Puts Begg Plans On Hold

Romancer Set For Return Race At Flemington

Begg Apprehensive Ahead Of Bolt’s Group 1 Test

Miss Siska Set For Coolmore Legacy Again

Beauty Bolt Has Adelaide Lead-Ups At Home

Wide Draw Not Ideal For Mildred: Begg

Miss Siska Chasing Australian Cup Glory

Miss Siska Takes Out Group 2 Peter Young Stakes

Two Feature Race Chances For Begg Stable

Begg Playing A Waiting Game With Mildred

Wide Caulfield Course No Problem For Siska

Mildred Returns With Chairman’s Stakes Win

Nonconformist Notches His First City Win

Progressive Nonconformist Chasing City Win

Chairman’s Stakes Return For Mildred

Galaxy Raider Ready For Pakenham Return

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