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Aristia Aims For Another Flemington Group 1 Win

Posted on October 30, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A year after winning the VRC Oaks at Flemington, four-year-old Aristia is set for another of the Group One features during the Melbourne Cup carnival. Trained at the course by Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra, Aristia runs in Saturday's Group One Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) when she will be striving to register her first win[...]

Posted on October 5, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Co-trainer Simon Zahra acknowledges impressive first-up winner Zoutori faces a mammoth test when he races in the Gilgai Stakes at Flemington. Zoutori won the Group Two Bobbie Lewis Stakes (1200m) at Flemington on September 14 but lines up against tougher opposition in Saturday's Group Two race over the same distance. Carrying 53kg first-up, Zoutori raced[...]

Posted on September 14, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

After a disappointing end to his previous preparation, promising gelding Zoutori has made an impressive start to his spring campaign at Flemington. Zoutori resumed in Saturday's Group Two Bobbie Lewis Quality (1200m) and powered home under jockey Linda Meech near the outside fence in the straight-track sprint to land his first stakes victory. It was[...]

Posted on September 1, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Oakleigh Plate winner Booker's return in the McEwen Stakes at The Valley will also act as an audition for the Group One Moir Stakes. The Mat Ellerton and Simon Zahra-trained Booker resumes in Saturday's 1000m Group Two weight-for-age McEwen, her first start since failing in the Group One Goodwood in Adelaide in May. “I'm very,[...]

Posted on August 31, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Crystal Dreamer has defied his starting price to spring a surprise in the Group Three The Heath at Caulfield, upstaging a field of well-regarded sprinters in his first start for almost a year. Seven-year-old Crystal Dreamer had been off the scene for 51 weeks because of a suspensory injury but returned in style to defeat[...]

Posted on August 2, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A physically stronger Age Of Chivalry will step out for the first time at The Valley as he embarks on a campaign towards rich spring handicaps. The Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra-trained gelding runs in Saturday's Four'N Twenty Handicap (1200m), his first outing since March. A veteran of six starts which have yielded two wins,[...]

Posted on July 27, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Mathew Ellerton says Parmie is still a raw talent but the filly is starting to put it together on the racetrack, having capped her juvenile season with a second-straight city win. After breaking her maiden at her fourth start at Sandown recently, Parmie stepped out in Saturday's Steph Hunter VOBIS Gold Ingot (1400m) at[...]

Posted on July 20, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A cause of frustration to his trainers, Prezado has returned to winning form with victory on the straight track at Flemington. Prezado looked to have a promising career in front of him when he broke his maiden status with victory at Flemington on Melbourne Cup day in 2017, but wins since have been few and[...]

Posted on July 10, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Connections of Parmie will weigh up whether to give the rising three-year-old her shot at spring carnival races after the talented filly broke through for her first win at Sandown. Co-trainer Simon Zahra said they had initially thought Parmie, a daughter of stallion Snitzel, would be best-suited to sprint races but have discovered she has[...]

Posted on May 17, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra will saddle a couple of straight track winners as they look to boost their winning numbers at Flemington. Old timer Rock ‘N' Gold, in the twilight of his career, and Smart Coupe tackle each other in Saturday's Pat Lalor Hall Of Fame Trophy (1000m). Rock ‘N' Gold is a stakes[...]

Posted on May 13, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Mathew Ellerton is hopeful rather than confident Booker is back to the form that carried her to a first-up win in the Group One Oakleigh Plate. Ellerton, who trains in partnership with his cousin Simon Zahra, has Booker aimed at a first-up tilt at Adelaide's premier sprint, the Group One Goodwood (1200m) at Morphettville on[...]

Posted on May 11, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A trip to Brisbane for the winter carnival is the likely next stop for Zoutori after the three-year-old completed a winning hat-trick at Caulfield. Carrying the steadier of 60kg in Saturday's Rod Fenwick Handicap, Zoutori, the $2.40 favourite, gave Craig Williams the second leg of an early double with his 1-1/4 length win. Co-trainer Mathew[...]

Aristia Aims For Another Flemington Group 1 Win

Weighty Task For Zoutori In Gilgai Stakes

Zoutori Resumes With Group 2 Win At Flemington

Booker Set To Resume In Wfa Mcewen Stakes

Crystal Dreamer Causes Upset In The Heath

Age Of Chivalry Springs Into Valley Test

Parmie Posts Back-To-Back City Victories

Prezado Back In Form With Flemington Win

Parmie Breaks Through In Sandown Victory.

Stablemates To Tackle Flemington Straight

Booker Freshened For G1 Goodwood Assault

Brisbane Carnival Awaits In-Form Zoutori

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