The Galaxy

Libertini to skip Randwick barrier trials

Posted on March 10, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Libertini will bypass a scheduled barrier trial in favour of a race day excursion as she prepares for her autumn return in The Galaxy on Saturday week. The top sprinter was given a quiet trial at Canterbury last month and was due to have another hitout at the Randwick trial session on Thursday, but trainer[...]

Posted on March 7, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Eduardo has upstaged Nature Strip in the Group 2 Challenge Stakes and in the process smashed the 1000m Randwick track record previously held by Redzel. Fresh off claiming the Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning Stakes (1000m) down the Flemington straight, it looked like business as normal for Nature Strip from the 400m as he swung[...]

Posted on February 13, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Godolphin's Tailleur has posted her first black-type win at Randwick and trainer James Cummings could set his sights even higher this autumn.

Posted on February 10, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Group One Galaxy will be the short-term goal for rejuvenated speedster Eduardo, who will continue his build up in a Rosehill barrier trial.

Posted on February 8, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Chris Meagher has his speedy mare Pippie primed for the Black Caviar Lightning where she will try to protect her undefeated first-up record.

Posted on March 21, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

I Am Excited has delivered David Pfieffer his first Group One win in a thrilling finish to The Galaxy at Rosehill. But the Warwick Farm trainer admitted there was also a strange feeling to the biggest victory of his career, with no crowds or owners allowed on course for Saturday's Golden Slipper meeting because of[...]

Posted on March 20, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Greg Hickman has left no stone unturned in preparing Pierata for what is likely to be his final racing preparation before he is retired to stud. The top sprinter resumes in Saturday's Group One Galaxy (1100m), a year after he was narrowly denied by Nature Strip in the corresponding race. Since then he has won[...]

Posted on March 19, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Mike Moroney reckons jockey Michael Dee will be out to make amends in the Group One Galaxy on Tofane after a luckless unplaced run in the Newmarket Handicap. Tofane finished seventh in the recent Group One Newmarket (1200m) but Moroney believes the mare should have finished closer after striking traffic issues and being shuffled[...]

Posted on March 18, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Champion trainer Chris Waller has thrown his support behind Kathy O'Hara who rides lightweight hope Madam Rouge in the Group One Galaxy. Madam Rouge, the winner of three of her past four starts, has 51kg and Waller says O'Hara can get the job done. “I thought long and hard about what jockey to put on[...]

Posted on March 18, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Star New Zealand gelding Te Akau Shark headlines a field of nine for the George Ryder Stakes, one of five Group One races on the Golden Slipper program at Rosehill. While the Golden Slipper field was announced on Tuesday, acceptances for the remaining races on Saturday's program were taken on Wednesday with the Jamie Richards-trained[...]

Posted on March 17, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Mark Newnham would like to run three-year-old colt Splintex in the Group One Galaxy but could be forced to start him in a Listed race on the Rosehill program. Splintex won the Spark Of Life Handicap over the same 1100m course as Saturday's Galaxy at his most recent start but the three-year-old sits equal 22nd[...]

Posted on January 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

If Miss Leonidas can recapture her spring form, it will take her a long way to a first–up victory in the W J Adams Stakes at Caulfield. The mare shocked punters when she split star sprinters Nature Strip and Sunlight in a Group One race at The Valley in September before winning at Group Two[...]

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[...]

Libertini to skip Randwick barrier trials

Eduardo Breaks Randwick Track Record In Challenge

Cummings Considers Galaxy For Tailleur

Trial Tune-Up For Flying Sprinter Eduardo

Pippie Ready For Flying Flemington Finale

I Am Excited Wins Group 1 Galaxy Thriller

Star Sprinter Primed For Galaxy Challenge

Tofane Gets Another Group 1 Chance In Galaxy

Madam Rouge A Lightweight Chance In Galaxy

Star-Studded Fields For Rosehill Features

Splintex Entered For Two Rosehill Sprints

Miss Leonidas Ripe For Caulfield Return

Ball Of Muscle Nearing Return With Pride

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