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Australian raid for New Zealand’s Platinum Invador

Posted on April 30, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand Group One performed stayer Platinum Invador has crossed the Tasman for a three-start Australian campaign. The five-year-old gelding has joined Barry Lockwood’s Queensland stable and will have a 1815m pipe-opener at Eagle Farm on Saturday. “He went over on Monday night and got there Wednesday morning,” part-owner Neville McAlister said. “He will have[...]

Posted on August 29, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Kris Lees believes Mugatoo has the scope to reach Group One level this spring and has pinpointed the Metropolitan Handicap as a likely goal. The staying import took his record to two wins from as many starts this campaign with a classy victory in Saturday’s Premiers Cup (1900m) at Rosehill. While Lees is keeping[...]

Posted on August 28, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The form around unbeaten colt Peltzer has been standing up and Kerrin McEvoy says that is an encouraging signal that the three-year-old can be a spring force. Peltzer will bid to deliver the newly minted training partnership of Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou its first black-type success when he contests the Group Three San Domenico[...]

Posted on August 27, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

At nine, Grey Lion has entered the veteran bracket but trainer Matt Smith says the stayer is showing no signs of slowing down. If anything, Smith feels the gelding is in the best shape of his career as he prepares to take on a talented field in the Group Three Premier’s Cup (1900m) at Rosehill[...]

Posted on August 27, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Talented four-year-old Dragon Leap will travel to Sydney on Monday as he looks to target spring riches. The Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott-trained galloper won twice at Group 2 level as a three-year-old and finished fourth in the Group 1 New Zealand Derby (2400m). The lightly-tried gelding is expected to be best suited to a[...]

Posted on June 27, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jockey Luke Dittman can expect more rides from the powerful Chris Waller stable after producing a top effort to give Another Dollar the win in the Group Three Premiers Cup at Doomben. Another Dollar ($5.50) gave Waller a clean sweep of the limited Brisbane winter feature staying races when she beat La Pulga ($6) by[...]

Posted on June 26, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

La Pulga is closely related to one of Australia’s best sprinters in the past decade but the Gold Coast-trained gelding gets a chance to confirm his rating as a future top stayer at Doomben. The winner of seven of his 21 starts, La Pulga will contest his first stakes race in the Group Three Premiers[...]

Posted on June 25, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

While many of her rivals are on their way to the breeding barn, Sydney mare Tricky Gal will be have her spring claims put under the microscope at Doomben. Tricky Gal will make a belated appearance in Brisbane to tackle the Group Three Sapphire Stakes (1600m) at Doomben. The Sapphire Stakes, which was formerly known[...]

Posted on June 25, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Apprentice Adin Thompson’s growing maturity as a race tactician has earned him a ride in a black-type race at Doomben. Despite being unable to use his 2kg claim, Thompson has been booked for Fighting Teo in the Group Three Premiers Cup (2200m). It will be Thompson’s fourth ride in a stakes race and he is[...]

Posted on June 24, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Champion trainer Chris Waller has split his forces for Saturday, but still has a strong chance to secure a complete set of Queensland’s staying races. Waller has won 17 individual staying feature events in Queensland though he has never won the Group Three Premier’s Cup, which is run at Doomben on Saturday. A win would[...]

Posted on June 22, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Wu Gok has already played a starring role in recent Sydney staying races and he headlines the nominations for another winter feature at Rosehill. The six-year-old Chris Waller-trained gelding has been allocated top weight of 61kg for Saturday’s Listed WJ McKell Cup (2000m) for which eight of his stablemates are also among the 19 nominations.[...]

Posted on August 31, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Heavy-track specialist Wu Gok has come to the fore at Rosehill to win his first stakes win and set up a tile at another. One of seven Chris Waller-trained horses in the 10-horse field for the Group Three Premier’s Cup (1900m), Wu Gok ($6.50) kept his new stablemate, former Perth horse Come Play With Me[...]

Posted on August 27, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Like many Australian trainers, Matthew Smith has developed an affinity for overseas stayers and is looking forward to the Premier’s Cup at Rosehill with Grey Lion and Sweet Thomas. Grey Lion is tried and tested under local conditions while German import Sweet Thomas will be having his first Australian start in Saturday’s Group Three race.[...]

Posted on August 7, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

In-form gelding Silvera will be kept to Listed and Group Three races if he earns a Sydney spring carnival trip with a win at Doomben. Formerly trained by Tony McEvoy, Silvera has been in fine touch since heading north to Tony Gollan at Eagle Farm in May. Silvera has won the Rockhampton Cup and Listed[...]

Posted on June 7, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Igraine has proven to be an astute purchase for Brent and Cherry Taylor of Trelawney Stud. The Taylor’s purchased the Galileo mare as a broodmare proposition for 65,000 Guineas in England through bloodstock agent Paul Moroney and she has quickly added to her value under the care of Robert Priscott. Igraine has won four of[...]

Posted on May 25, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A Class Five win at the Gold Coast one week, a win in the Group Three Premier’s Cup at Eagle Farm the next. That’s the dramatic transition The Candy Man completed in the space of seven days when he successfully rounded off his Brisbane Cup preparation at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Trainer Barry Baldwin acknowledged[...]

Posted on May 24, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Eagle Farm trainer Barry Baldwin knows his grey star The Candy Man will get beaten one day but he hopes it won’t be in the Premier’s Cup. The Candy Man will be aiming for his seventh win in a row when he tackles the Group Three race over 2200m at Eagle Farm. Baldwin sent The[...]

Australian raid for New Zealand’s Platinum Invador

Mugatoo Too Classy In Premiers Cup Win

McEvoy Confident Peltzer Can Measure Up

Grey Lion Roaring Towards Cup Assignment

Dragon ready to leap the Tasman

Dittman On The Money For Waller In Cup Win

La Pulga Out To Confirm Staying Prowess

Tricky Gal Set To Shine In Sapphire Stakes

Apprentice Called Up For Premiers Cup Ride

Waller Set For Another Feature Staying Win

In-Form Wu Gok Heads McKell Cup Weights

Wu Gok Claims Stakes Win In Premier’s Cup

Smith Stayers Start Out In Premier’s Cup

Silvera To Stick To Listed Class In Sydney

Igraine seeks further Cups success

Popular Grey The Candy Man Wins Group 3

Big Ask For The Candy Man In Premier’S Cup

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