Newmarket Handicap

Williams chasing big Super Saturday double

Posted on March 5, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Super Saturday, as the Australian Cup and Newmarket Handicap meeting at Flemington is known, has not been that kind to Craig Williams. The nine-time Melbourne premiership winning jockey is winless in the Newmarket and has only one win in the Australian Cup, Niconero in 2009. But Williams has the chance to remedy that on Saturday[...]

Posted on March 5, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Newmarket Handicap hope Celebrity Queen will undergo a veterinary examination before scratching time on Saturday after pulling a front shoe during the week. A $13 chance in TAB markets for the Group 1 1200m sprint on Saturday, Celebrity Queen will race in bar plates on Saturday. Co-trainer Grant Williams reported to Racing Victoria stewards the[...]

Posted on March 5, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

James Cummings watched as the Royal Blue colours of Godolphin were carried to victory by Bivouac in last year's Group 1 Newmarket Handicap and is hoping that colt's stablemate Flit can achieve the same result at Flemington on Saturday. Bivouac was entered to repeat his victory of 12 months ago, but handicapped with 58.5kg the[...]

Posted on March 5, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

The raising of weights for the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap has made the task for Zoutori a little tougher according to his co-trainer Simon Zahra. Training in partnership with Mathew Ellerton, Zahra said he would have liked to have seen Bivouac and Nature Strip, equal topweights when handicaps were released, remain in Saturday's race. Their[...]

Posted on March 3, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

The racing gods have conspired against Brooklyn Hustle who lines up for another attempt at Group 1 glory in the Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington. Saturday's outing down the famous ‘straight six' will be Brooklyn Hustle's sixth attempt at Group 1 success and while she is yet to fill a place at Group 1 level,[...]

Posted on February 11, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Brilliant four-year-old stallion Bivouac returns to his happy hunting ground of Flemington on Saturday when he takes on a superb Group One field.

Posted on December 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jamie Kah was triumphant on Sirius Suspect at her first ride at Pakenham. They combine again in the Standish Handicap at Flemington on Friday for Saab Hasan.

Posted on March 5, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Stallion credentials go on the line for Kiwi-owned colt Banquo in Saturday's Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington. The Written Tycoon colt goes into the sprint feature having won two of just eight starts but he will take his chance with a featherweight 51kg to carry against the likes of Exceedence, Bivouac, Loving Gaby,[...]

Posted on March 4, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Loving Gaby represents part of a strong three-year-old challenge in the Newmarket Handicap and her co-trainer David Eustace is confident the Group One-winning filly is spot on for the time-honoured sprint. This season's Manikato Stakes winner, Loving Gaby is striving to become the second-straight three-year-old filly to win the Newmarket (1200m) at Flemington after Sunlight[...]

Posted on March 4, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Five three-year-olds feature among a field of 13 for the $1.25 million Group One Newmarket Handicap at Flemington. Group One-winning colts Exceedance and Bivouac have drawn barriers 11 and seven respectively for Saturday's 1200m straight-track sprint while Group One-winning filly Loving Gaby has barrier four. Four-year-old Gytrash has drawn barrier two and is top weight[...]

Posted on March 3, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Adelaide trainer Gordon Richards is convinced his stable star Gytrash has improved since his Lightning Stakes win as he prepares to chase a big sprint double at Flemington. Gytrash upstaged Redzel, Loving Gaby and Nature Strip to win the weight-for-age Group One Lightning (1000m) on the straight track at Flemington last month when first-up from[...]

Posted on March 2, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Nature Strip's absence from the Newmarket Handicap means weights have been raised, giving Andrew Mallyon the chance to reunite with Halvorsen. Now based in Queensland, Mallyon has been in Melbourne to ride Halvorsen in five of his seven victories, the past two on the straight course at Flemington where the Group One race is run[...]

Posted on February 26, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Multiple Group One-winning sprinter Nature Strip will not run in the Newmarket Handicap at Flemington and instead will return to Sydney for his next start in the Group Two Challenge Stakes. Nature Strip was allocated top weight of 58kg for the Group One Newmarket (1200m) on March 7 when weights were released on Tuesday. Trainer[...]

Posted on February 25, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Nature Strip will join an elite group of gallopers if he wins the Newmarket Handicap after being given the top weight of 58kg. The Chris Waller-trained gelding will become only the fourth horse in the past 50 years to carry 58kg or more to win the Group One 1200m sprint at Flemington should he emerge[...]

Posted on February 22, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jockey Damien Oliver will miss the Newmarket Handicap and Australian Cup meeting after being suspended for careless riding at Caulfield. Oliver was suspended for his ride on Harlem in the Peter Young Stakes (1800m) on Saturday after shifting in onto Regal Power near the 1600m mark. His suspension starts after riding at the Australian Guineas[...]

Posted on February 13, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

After saddling Alabama Express to an upset win in the first Group One race of the year, trainer Mike Moroney runs Tofane in the Lightning Stakes. Three-year-old Alabama Express beat the older horses in last Saturday's C F Orr Stakes and the lightly raced Tofane takes on some of the country's best sprinters in the[...]

Posted on February 10, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Flemington specialist Gytrash faces his most serious test on the straight course when he tackles the Group One Lightning Stakes. The South Australian visitor is among 13 nominations taken on Monday for Saturday's dash over 1000m. Six of the 13 entries have been prepared, or raced, interstate in the lead-up to Saturday's race which has[...]

Williams chasing big Super Saturday double

Vet test for Celebrity Queen ahead of Newmarket

Flit chasing second Newmarket for Godolphin

Weighty task awaits Zoutori in Newmarket Handicap

Brooklyn Hustle chasing maiden Group 1 win in Newmarket

Bivouac In Bid To Emulate Black Caviar

Sirius Suspect Is A Serious Sprinter

Banquo chases Newmarket win for Kiwi owners

Loving Gaby On Song For Group 1 Newmarket Tilt

Field Of 13 For Group One Newmarket Handicap

Gytrash On Target For Group 1 Newmarket Handicap

Halvorsen Primed For Newmarket Handicap Assault

Nature Strip To Bypass Newmarket Handicap

Nature Strip Given Newmarket Top Weight

Oliver Cops 10-Meeting Ban At Caulfield

Straight Track Experience To Aid Tofane

Tough Test Awaits Gytrash In Group 1 Lightning

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