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Mares gear up for Sangster Stakes at Caulfield

Posted on April 16, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sam Freedman and his father Anthony have Group 1 aspirations for Lyre and Prophet's Thumb, but before that there is a race at Caulfield to sharpen them up. Lyre and Prophet's Thumb run in Saturday's Listed Bel Esprit Stakes (1100m) en route to the Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville on May 1.[...]

Posted on June 21, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Multiple Group One winner Santa Ana Lane will be given the chance to prove he is far from a spent force as one of Australia's best sprinters. The Anthony Freedman-trained Santa Ana Lane went winless during his most recent four-run preparation that included a runner-up finish in his defence of the Group One TJ Smith[...]

Posted on May 14, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

David Jolly is convinced last year's runner-up Behemoth has had a better lead-up into his second attempt to win The Goodwood in Adelaide. But the trainer also believes the four-year-old gelding will be facing a stronger field than he did a year ago in South Australia's premier sprint race at Morphettville on Saturday. Behemoth was[...]

Posted on May 10, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Santa Ana Lane will be trying to secure a rare feat when he returns to Adelaide aiming to win The Goodwood for a second time at Morphettville. The Anthony Freedman-trained gelding won the Group One Goodwood (1200m) two years ago and would become the first horse in more than 100 years to win it twice[...]

Posted on May 8, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Star sprinter Santa Ana Lane has had an easy jump-out at Flemington in preparation for his bid to win the Group One Goodwood for the second time. Santa Ana Lane won the 2018 Goodwood and the Anthony Freedman-trained multiple Group One winner is scheduled to head back to Adelaide for Saturday week's 1200m-sprint. He is[...]

Posted on April 29, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Connections of Blue Diamond winner Lyre are hoping the addition of blinkers will help the three-year-old return to the winner's list for the first time in more than a year in another Group One. Lyre is set for Saturday's Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville and trainer Anthony Freedman has opted to apply blinkers to[...]

Posted on April 27, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Tony McEvoy believes star sprinting mare Sunlight has a fourth Group One win at her mercy in the Robert Sangster Stakes at Morphettville. Sunlight was soundly beaten by Lightning Stakes winner Gytrash in the Group Three R N Irwin Stakes (1100m) last Saturday week in Adelaide but McEvoy has been thrilled with the four-year-old[...]

Posted on April 27, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Victorian jockey Damien Thornton hopes his commitment to self isolate in South Australia for two weeks will be rewarded with Group One glory during the Adelaide carnival. With the lure of some prized rides on offer from the Anthony Freedman stable, 24-year-old Thornton travelled to South Australia and quarantined for two weeks as required under[...]

Posted on February 15, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Blinkers have proven to be a masterstroke for Godolphin filly Flit, who has claimed several high-profile scalps to win the Group Two Light Fingers Stakes at Randwick. The three-year-old led home a Godolphin trifecta, beating the Anthony Cummings-trained Lyre by 1-3/4 lengths with her James Cummings-trained stablemate Kiamichi another half-length back. Libertini was sent out[...]

Posted on February 14, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Anthony Freedman rarely comes away from a Sydney raid empty-handed and he will have two bites of the cherry at the Apollo Stakes day meeting at Randwick. The Victorian trainer will start Blue Diamond Stakes winner Lyre in the Group Two Light Fingers Stakes (1200m) and two-year-old Supreme Idea in the Listed Lonhro Plate (1000m).[...]

Posted on October 3, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Anthony Freedman is set to be two-handed in the two Guineas races on the opening day of the Caulfield Cup carnival. Freedman says Super Seth and Groundswell will contest the Group One Caulfield Guineas with the stable to be represented by Lyre and Southbank in the fillies division, the Thousand Guineas. Both races are[...]

Posted on September 26, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A wide barrier is no concern to connections of Blue Diamond Stakes winner Lyre who will be out to stamp her Thousand Guineas credentials when she steps to 1400m for the first time in the Prelude at Caulfield. After trainer Anthony Freedman opted to bypass the Danehill Stakes a couple of weeks ago with Lyre[...]

Posted on August 27, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Godolphin's dominance of two-year-old racing last season has been reflected in the first order of entry for the $1 million Golden Rose. Four of the top five in the ballot carry Godolphin's famous royal blue colours, headed by Kiamichi, Microphone and Exhilarates for trainer James Cummings and Lyre for Anthony Freedman. Kiamichi won this year's[...]

Posted on August 16, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Given the strength of the Quezette Stakes field, trainer Phillip Stokes knows he will get a guide on the spring prospects of talented filly Sizzlefly in the Group Three race at Caulfield. Sizzlefly has shown promise in her three starts, winning by just over eight lengths on debut in Adelaide in January over 1050m before[...]

Posted on August 15, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The first of last season's Group One-winning juveniles is set to step out as a three-year-old in what shapes as an intriguing Quezette Stakes at Caulfield. Blue Diamond winner Lyre makes her season return in Saturday's 1100m Group Three race for three-year-old fillies, her first start since finishing third in the Golden Slipper in March.[...]

Posted on August 13, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Blue Diamond winner Lyre is set to make her season return in the Quezette Stakes at Caulfield but dual stakes winning colt I Am Immortal will be held back and bypass the Vain Stakes. Lyre headlines the 19 nominations for Saturday's Group Three Quezette Stakes (1100m) for three-year-old fillies which also includes Blue Diamond runner-up[...]

Posted on August 11, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Absolute Flirt will clash with some classy fillies in the Quezette Stakes at Caulfield and her trainer Danny O'Brien hopes the sprinter has better luck than in her season return. Entries for the Group Three Quezette (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday are expected to feature Blue Diamond Stakes winner Lyre and runner-up Lankan Star as[...]

Mares gear up for Sangster Stakes at Caulfield

Everest Potential Target Again For Santa

Behemoth Out To Go One Better In Goodwood

Santa Ana Lane Aims For Second Goodwood

Santa Ana Lane On Track For Goodwood Start

Blinkers On For Lyre In Group 1 Sangster Stakes

Sunlight On Target For Group One Sangster

Thornton Chasing Group 1 Glory In Adelaide

Godolphin Fillies Dominate Group Two Test

Old Fold Hope To Reign Supreme At Randwick

Anthony Freedman Announces Guineas Runners

Lyre Out To Stamp Her Guineas Credentials

Order Of Entry Released For Group 1 Golden Rose

Sizzlefly Faces Test Of Spring Credentials

Quezette Return For Group 1-Winning Filly Lyre

No Vain Stakes Return For I Am Immortal

Classy Fillies To Clash In Quezette Stakes

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