The Vanity

Grinzinger Belle strikes in Flemington Group 3

Posted on February 17, 2024
in Australian Horse Racing News

A decade after saddling New Zealand-bred sprinter Shamexpress for a second placing in the Group 1 Lightning Stakes (1000m) at Flemington, Danny O'Brien returned to the same meeting on Saturday and landed a black-type prize with a daughter of the Windsor Park Stud stallion. Grinzinger Belle overcame a wide gate and double-figure odds to score[...]

Posted on February 18, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

Champion jockey Damien Oliver managed to take out his third edition of The Vanity when claiming the 2023 edition aboard the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained filly Wollombi. She was able to make the impressive leap from benchmark company in Sydney and make her way down south of the boarder to produce a career best in[...]

Posted on February 19, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

The well backed Barb Raider has won the Group 3 Vanity (1400m) at Flemington on Saturday for trainer Jerome Hunter. Barb Raider opened up $5.50 on Sportsbet before being backed into a $2.90 favourite, taking over favouritism from the Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained Socialist. The three-year-old daughter of Rebel Raider settled midfield for jockey[...]

Posted on February 15, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Bonvicini has shown she will be in for a good autumn campaign after a tough first-up win in The Vanity at Flemington. One of two runners for trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace in Saturday's Group Three race for three-year-old fillies, Bonvicini scored an upset win over 1400m. Ridden by Kerrin McEvoy, Bonvicini ($26) ran[...]

Posted on February 13, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Co-trainer Calvin McEvoy is hopeful Pretty Brazen can carry her spring form over to the autumn when she returns at Flemington. After two less than flattering runs in Sydney to start her spring campaign, Pretty Brazen returned to Melbourne to win three of her next four starts, culminating in the Sandown Guineas (1600m). On Saturday,[...]

Posted on February 12, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

After beginning her career with back-to-back wins in NSW, unbeaten filly Katalin is set for her biggest test yet when she makes her Melbourne and stakes debut at Flemington. The James Cummings-trained, Godolphin-owned three-year-old Katalin has tightened from $3.90 to $2.60 favourite with the TAB in an early market for Saturday's Group Three The Vanity[...]

Posted on January 27, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Pretty Brazen beat the colts and geldings in the Sandown Guineas last spring and the filly is on track to do the same in the Group One Australian Guineas. The Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained three-year-old capped her spring with victory in the Group Two Sandown Guineas (1600m) in November and she is scheduled to make[...]

Grinzinger Belle strikes in Flemington Group 3

Sydney raider Wollombi takes out The Vanity

Barb Raider claims The Vanity in impressive fashion

Bonvicini Lands First-Up Win In The Vanity

Sharp Pretty Brazen Ready For Vanity

Stakes Test For Katalin In Flemington Group 3

Pretty Brazen Pleases In Sandown Gallop

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