Premiere Stakes

Think About It returns a winner in Premiere Stakes

Posted on September 30, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

Think About It () has continued his extraordinary winning run by claiming the Group 2 Premiere Stakes at Randwick, which has seen his career record improve to 10 wins from 11 starts. After being sent around as an odds-on favourite with online bookmakers, punters that took the short odds would have been worried when the[...]

Posted on October 1, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

There's no doubt Lost And Running needs to find some improvement to challenge the great Nature Strip in The Everest on October 15, but John O'Shea is delighted with the form he's in. That was after he hung on to win the Premiere Stakes over 1200m at Randwick on Saturday. The six-year-old – with Hugh Bowman aboard – looked[...]

Posted on March 29, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

In sad news out of the Anthony Cummings stable, star mare Libertini has suffered from a heart attack and passed away during track work this morning.

Posted on October 3, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Anthony Cummings-trained Libertini has claimed the scalps of Classique Legend and Nature Strip to win the Premiere Stakes at Randwick.

Posted on October 1, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Anthony Cummings has put all his eggs in one basket as he prepares Libertini for a last-ditch bid to secure one of two remaining slots in The Everest.

Posted on September 28, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Nature Strip has passed an important barrier trial test at Rosehill and is clear to continue his Everest build up in the Group Two Premiere Stakes.

Posted on September 23, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Joe Pride is still hopeful of having a runner in The Everest and he is happy to be patient as the final five slot holders weigh up their options.

Posted on September 21, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The new-season juveniles stepped out at the official two-year-old trials at Randwick but it was a mishap by Nature Strip that attracted attention.

Posted on September 19, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Les Bridge has trained several star horses during his 60-year career but he regards Classique Legend as the best of them after the sprinter's stunning return.

Posted on September 12, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Bonny mare Fituese has given trainer John Thompson a sentimental win in the Vale Rick Worthington Handicap at Rosehill.

Posted on September 3, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Punters that took the $1.30 about talented three-year-old The Irishman would have had their hearts in their mouths when the son of Tavistock stepped slowly from the barriers on debut over 1100m at Avondale on Wednesday on a Heavy10 surface. But the Tony Pike-trained colt flagged himself as a horse with a bright future after[...]

Posted on September 2, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Multiple Group One winner The Bostonian is a notable absentee from the Chelmsford Stakes meeting at Randwick after trainer Tony Pike opted to rejig his spring plans. Pike is in New Zealand and unable to travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic but he has sent stable foreman Chris McNab to Sydney to oversee his carnival[...]

Posted on June 14, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A big believer in following proven templates, Chris Waller will stick to a tried-and-tested formula for Nature Strip's Everest quest. The first horse confirmed for a slot in this year's $15 million October sprint, Nature Strip is due back in Waller's Rosehill yard at the end of the month. Waller still needs to cement a[...]

Posted on October 5, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Everest picture has changed significantly with Brutal now a leading market contender despite Hawkes Racing refusing to count him in the mix after his Premiere Stakes win at Randwick. The Doncaster Mile winner made his return and a big impression in Saturday's Group Two race over the 1200m of the $14 million Everest. Brutal[...]

Posted on October 5, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Doncaster Mile winner Brutal makes his highly anticipated spring return in the Premiere Stakes at Randwick and he is not there to make up the numbers. The Hawkes Racing four-year-old takes on Classique Legend, one of the top fancies for the $14 million Everest, and Osborne Bulls who will be out to stake his claims[...]

Posted on October 2, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Last year's third placegetter Osborne Bulls will press his claims for the Godolphin slot in the $14 million Everest when he runs in the Premiere Stakes at Randwick. His biggest stumbling block in Saturday's Group Two 1200m-sprint appears to be Classique Legend who is already an Everest runner for his Hong Kong owner Bon Ho[...]

Posted on September 22, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

After aborting Plan A for Santa Ana Lane's Everest preparation, connections of the star sprinter remain optimistic it will not negatively impact on his chance to win the $14 million sprint. Santa Ana Lane was scheduled to head to Sydney to run first-up in Saturday's Group Two Shorts (1100m), won by Pierata, but after more[...]

Think About It returns a winner in Premiere Stakes

Lost And Running takes out Premiere Stakes

Star mare Libertini dies after heart attack

Libertini Stakes Claims For Everest Slot

Libertini Puts Everest Cards On The Table

All Clear For Nature Strip In Trial Hitout

Pride Still Hopeful Of Everest Call-Up

Nature Strip Drama Overshadows 2YO Trials

Bridge Says Legend The Best He Has Trained

Fituese Emerges As An Everest Wildcard

Classy colt gets the job done

The Bostonian To Be Freshened For Sprint

Nature Strip To Follow Proven Spring Path

Brutal Stakes Big Claim For Everest Slot

Hawkes Bullish Over Brutal Return

Everest Spot On The Line For Osborne Bulls

Two-State Options For Santa Ana Lane

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