Surprise Baby

Australian Cup tilt for Surprise Baby

Posted on March 9, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

One time Melbourne Cup (3200m) favourite Surprise Baby will return to Flemington on Saturday to contest another Group One feature, the Australian Cup (2000m). The son of Shocking has had just two runs since finishing 13th in the 2020 Melbourne Cup, resuming just over a year later at Caulfield for just the one run in[...]

Posted on December 30, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Phill Cataldo's connection with Melbourne trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr. is looking set to pay some serious dividends through two unbeaten horses in 2021. Cataldo brokered deals which resulted in Ayrton and Kurabui both making their way to the Price-Kent stable this year, and they have started their careers in perfect style. Ayrton[...]

Posted on November 11, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Surprise Baby will miss the Zipping Classic as his trainer Paul Preusker says he hasn't recovered from a torrid Melbourne Cup run.

Posted on November 10, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Glen Boss has no doubt beaten Melbourne Cup favourite Surprise Baby can recapture his best form when he chases a consolation win at Sandown.

Posted on November 2, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Rich Hill Stud's John Thompson knows what it takes to breed a Melbourne Cup winner. In 2015, the Walton nursery, near Matamata, was represented by outsider Prince Of Penzance, who famously combined with Michelle Payne to triumph in the great race. On Tuesday, the stud will be represented by another feel-good Cup runner in Surprise[...]

Posted on November 2, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Paul Preusker believes Surprise Baby is a more mature and furnished horse than when he finished fifth in last year's Melbourne Cup.

Posted on October 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jordan Childs' spring began with a blow when he found out he had lost the Melbourne Cup ride on Surprise Baby but he's gained the mount on Stratum Albion.

Posted on October 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A trio of New Zealand's Rich Hill Stud graduates will be vying for top honours in Group 1 features in Australia this coming week. Riodini and Albarado will be in action at Rosehill and Flemington respectively on Saturday while Surprise Baby will have a second crack at the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington[...]

Posted on October 8, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Paul Preusker is hoping a last-minute decision to run Lunar Fox in the Caulfield Guineas will pay off as he believes he's fresh enough for the 1600m race.

Posted on September 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Paul Preusker will decide after Surprise Baby runs in the Turnbull Stakes whether he will contest the Cox Plate or head straight to the Melbourne Cup.

Posted on September 5, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Chris Waller has resurrected the career of Humidor, which was close to over, producing him for a debut win for the stable in the Feehan Stakes.

Posted on September 2, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Paul Preusker believes his star stayer Surprise Baby can secure a start in the Cox Plate by winning the only race which carries a golden ticket into it, the Group Two Feehan Stakes at The Valley. Preusker said even if Surprise Baby didn't win he wanted to see enough to justify running him in[...]

Posted on April 24, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

Melbourne Cup Day 2020 will be like Christmas Day for Horsham trainer Paul Preusker with New Zealand-bred galloper Surprise Baby. The laconic horseman has purposely not raced the bargain basement purchase through the autumn, with a view to once again peaking his brilliant stayer for the Group 1 two-mile feature. Preusker will hope to unwrap[...]

Posted on November 4, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jordan Childs is counting on a commitment to ride Surprise Baby at a weight below his comfort zone will pay off in the Melbourne Cup. Childs won The Bart Cummings on Surprise Baby at Flemington a month ago which clinched the lightly raced stayer his spot in Tuesday's Cup. And when Surprise Baby was given[...]

Posted on November 3, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Paul Preusker says his job is done with local hope Surprise Baby ahead of the Melbourne Cup. His focus now is keeping the stayer safe ahead of Tuesday's $8 million race at Flemington with the fitness work all complete. Surprise Baby is one of only three runners in the 24-horse field to have done[...]

Posted on November 3, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A handful of Australian trainers will bid to repel one of the strongest international challenges in a Melbourne Cup but ironically, the majority will do so with overseas-bred horses. Australian trainers will saddle up half the 24 Melbourne Cup runners. Of those, only three – Vow And Declare, Youngstar and Surprise Baby – have done[...]

Posted on October 5, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Melbourne Cup dream is alive for connections of Surprise Baby who has stormed into favouritism after booking his place in the race with victory in The Bart Cummings. Trained by Paul Preusker at Horsham in country Victoria, this year's Adelaide Cup winner was sent out the $2.50 favourite in Saturday's Bart Cummings (2500m) and[...]

Australian Cup tilt for Surprise Baby

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Sandown Surprise With No Baby In Zipping

Boss Picks Up Plum Ride On Surprise Baby

Second Cup win for breeder would be nice surprise

Surprise Baby Ready For Second Tilt At Cup

Jordan Childs Gains Cup Ride On Raider

Rich Hill graduates chasing feature prizes

Preusker Looks To Outfox Rivals In Guineas

Surprise Baby Ready For Flemington Fight

Waller Gets Humidor To Turn Back The Clock

Surprise Baby On Track For Winning Return

Surprise Baby handled with kid gloves

Childs Believes Cup Ride Worth The Effort

Surprise Baby A Local Hope In Cup

Locals Out To Repel International Raiders

Surprise Baby Books Spot In Melbourne Cup

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