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Richards Has Sights On Group 1 Oakleigh Plate

Posted on February 20, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

South Australian trainer Gordon Richards hopes the euphoria of a Group One win at Flemington can be repeated when Bold Star runs in the Oakleigh Plate at Caulfield. Richards won his first Group One race when Gytrash took out the Lightning Stakes at Flemington last week and admitted he was still on cloud nine ahead[...]

Posted on February 19, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Three years after finishing second to stablemate Sheidel in the Oakleigh Plate, noted fresh sprinter Faatinah is set for another crack at the Group One handicap at Caulfield. Faatinah will be first-up since November in Saturday's Oakleigh Plate (1100m) and the multiple stakes winner takes in an enviable fresh record as he chases an elusive[...]

Posted on February 19, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A full field of 18 plus one emergency has been declared for the Group One Oakleigh Plate with favourite Bivouac drawing barrier seven. Bivouac, winner of the Group One Golden Rose last spring, will be first-up from a spell in Saturday's $500,000 handicap over 1100m and is one of four three-year-olds in the field with[...]

Posted on February 18, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

South Australian trainer Chris Bieg does not see a lack of race experience counting against three-year-old Free Of Debt in the Oakleigh Plate. Free Of Debt will be having his sixth start in Saturday's 1100m-scamper at Caulfield, but that is offset by the minimum weight of 50kg. A ligament issue to a hind leg kept[...]

Posted on February 17, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A better-than-expected win by Anaheed in the Rubiton Stakes has co-trainer Peter Snowden optimistic about the filly's chances in the Group One Oakleigh Plate. Anaheed resumed from a spell with a 1-1/4-length win in quick time in the Group Two Rubiton Stakes (1100m) against older horses at Caulfield on February 8, confirming plans for Saturday's[...]

Posted on February 16, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer James Cummings is confident Bivouac is on song for his bid to become the latest three-year-old to win a feature open-class sprint this season. The Group One Golden Rose-winning colt pleased his trainer in a jump-out at Flemington on Friday in preparation for his return in Saturday's Group One Oakleigh Plate (1100m) at Caulfield.[...]

Posted on February 14, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer James Cummings is confident Bivouac is on target for a first-up tilt at the Oakleigh Plate after continuing his preparations in a Flemington jump-out. This season's Golden Rose winner, three-year-old Bivouac settled back in his 800m-heat on Friday and worked home well under Craig Williams. “I was delighted with him,” Cummings said. “He's going[...]

Posted on February 10, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Lightly raced Free Of Debt is out of the running for the All-Star Mile and will be kept to short-course racing for the rest of his three-year-old year with the Group One Oakleigh Plate his next start. Connections of the Adelaide-trained colt had been chasing a start in the All-Star Mile (1600m) at Caulfield but[...]

Posted on February 8, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Peter Snowden can head towards the Group One Oakleigh Plate with some confidence about three-year-old Anaheed being a major player after the filly resumed in style with a win in the Group Two Rubiton Stakes. Anaheed was able to sit just off leader Sartorial Splendor in Saturday's 1100m sprint at Caulfield before charging to[...]

Posted on February 5, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Adelaide trainer Gordon Richards is raising the bar again with progressive sprinter Bold Star who could earn a crack at the Group One Oakleigh Plate if he steps up in the Rubiton Stakes at Caulfield. Bold Star has done all of his racing in Melbourne during his current campaign, notching three wins and a second[...]

Posted on January 29, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Group One Oakleigh Plate is again a target for Bons Away, with the sprinter's connections hoping it will be third time lucky. Six-year-old Bons Away begins his latest preparation towards an Oakleigh Plate tilt in Saturday's Listed WJ Adams Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield, a race he won last year when also resuming from a[...]

Posted on January 28, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Joe Pride knows Ball Of Muscle is coming to the end of his career but he believes the nine-year-old still has something to give. From a family dear to the trainer's heart, Ball Of Muscle is a brother to Tiger Tees and a half brother to Terravista, both Group One-winning sprinters. They are all sons[...]

Posted on December 22, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Smart Adelaide sprinter Gytrash is back in work after missing a spring campaign because of a knee injury. Trainer Gordon Richards hopes to target Melbourne's rich autumn sprint races with the four-year-old but will not lock in a program until he assesses the gelding in the early stages of his campaign. A dual winner up[...]

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