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Australian mission accomplished with Levante

Posted on March 15, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand trainers Ken and Bev Kelso and the connections of top mare Levante can look forward to the Melbourne spring carnival with confidence following her bold showing in her Australian debut. They were on a fact-finding mission with the daughter of Proisir and she responded positively to finish fourth down the Flemington straight in[...]

Posted on March 12, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Group One winner Levante has touched down in Melbourne ahead of her debut run on Australian soil this Saturday in the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington. Fresh off wins in the Group 1 Telegraph (1200m) and Group 1 BCD Group Sprint (1400m), New Zealand trainers Ken and Bev Kelso decided to test their[...]

Posted on February 19, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Enver Jusufovic-trained Pinstriped has made it a hat-trick of wins to claim the Group 3 C.S. Hayes Stakes (1400m) at Flemington on Saturday. The unbeaten gelding started favourite for the event after pre-race favourite Lightsaber was scratched at the barriers. This came after the Peter Moody-trained Lightsaber missed the start badly in last week's[...]

Posted on July 1, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand horseman Daniel Miller has taken little time to establish his place in the country's training ranks and now he's looking forward to the next stage of his burgeoning career. At age 24, Miller has already saddled up 23 winners in less than three seasons' training, a figure that matches his number of wins[...]

Posted on March 27, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

The casting of a plate pre-race couldn't stop Starry Legend keeping his record intact with another explosive victory at Bendigo. A debut winner at Sandown last month, Starry Legend repeated that effort in the $250,000 VOBIS Gold Rush (1000m) on Saturday. Starry Legend has had to overcome adversary to make it to the racetrack after[...]

Posted on February 27, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Lunar Fox has become the longest-priced horse to win a Group One race in Melbourne in more than 30 years with his Australian Guineas victory.

Posted on January 15, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Horses emanating from New Zealand made an impact at Caulfield on Wednesday, winning four of the eight races. Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr unearthed yet another New Zealand-bred Melbourne metropolitan winner as I'm Thunderstruck arrived in the shadows of the post to win on debut in the Neds Filter Form Plate (1200m), a three-year-old[...]

Posted on December 12, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Profiteer raced up to the expectations of his trainers when he led throughout to win his debut at Flemington in a style signalling he could be a future star.

Posted on November 25, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

John Sadler isn't happy about the weight scale for gifted sprinter Sartorial Splendor but says he has no choice but to run him in the Carlyon Stakes.

Posted on November 21, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A couple of years ago, John Sargent identified the Clockwise Classic as a race he'd like to win and he finally found the right horse to do it.

Posted on September 24, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Hall of Fame trainer Murray Baker has won the Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) at Caulfield four times already so he well knows the formidable task he has set for The Chosen One on Saturday. Baker's previous four winners – The Phantom (1990), Lion Tamer (2011), Dundeel (2013) and Bonneval (2017) – would easily find[...]

Posted on September 14, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Mike Moroney is hoping to have two runners in the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes at Caulfield in boom galloper Buffalo River and smart ex-Kiwi Harlech.

Posted on July 6, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Group One-winning jockey Michael Dee is set for a stint on the sidelines after breaking a collarbone in a fall at Pakenham which requires surgery. Dee won the fifth race on Sunday's program on the synthetic track but was injured when the horse he was riding, Heroic Fighter, fell on pulling up after the race.[...]

Posted on May 26, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Two-year-old colt Kahaylaan has shown co-trainer Calvin McEvoy enough to take him to town for his debut. Kahaylaan is one of 36 nominations for Saturday's 1100m handicap for two-year-olds at Caulfield where there will be a field limit of 14 plus emergencies – acceptances are due on Wednesday. A son of Pride Of Dubai, who[...]

Posted on May 25, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Savaheat was cherry ripe ahead of the Brew's Anniversary Plate (1800m) at Flemington on Saturday, according to trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent (Jr), and he duly delivered. The five-year-old son of Savabeel settled midfield for jockey Michael Dee before he asked his charge to improve from the 800m mark. Savaheat took control of the[...]

Posted on May 2, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Injury-prone galloper Rising Red has made a return to the winner's list with an emphatic win on testing ground at Sandown. Trained by Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young, Rising Red on Saturday scored his first win in almost two years in taking out the Ladbrokes Switch Handicap (2100m). Ridden by Michael Dee, Rising Red ($11)[...]

Posted on April 18, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer John Price says the stars had to be aligned for William Thomas to take out the Listed Bel Esprit Stakes at Caulfield. Coming back in distance, combined with a quick back-up and a fast pace has enabled William Thomas to come from last place before the turn to claim Saturday's 1100m sprint. Ridden by[...]

Australian mission accomplished with Levante

Levante to make Australian debut

Pinstriped shines in taking out C.S. Hayes Stakes

Miller looking confidently to the future

Legend The Star In VOBIS Gold Rush

Boilover Of Lunar Proportions In Guineas

Kiwi recruits make presence felt at Caulfield

Profiteer Capitalises On His Pure Speed

Weight Isn’t Splendid For Sadler Sprinter

Sydney Colt Swoops Home To Win Classic

Baker chases fifth Underwood crown

Moroney Faces Anxious Wait With Buffalo

Dee To Have Surgery On Broken Collarbone

McEvoy Colt To Debut At Caulfield

Savaheat cherry ripe at Flemington

Rising Red Prevails On Wet Sandown Track

William Thomas Charges Home In Bel Esprit

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