Villiers Stakes

Gold Fields Future Hinges On Villiers Run

Posted on December 12, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jockey Nash Rawiller will be able call on his apprentice son Campbell if he wants any advice ahead of his ride on Gold Fields in the Villiers Stakes at Randwick. Sydney-based Rawiller rides Gold Fields for the first time in Saturday's Group Two race over 1600m while his son is indentured to the gelding's trainer,[...]

Posted on December 11, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Traditionally the biggest race day of the Sydney summer, the Villiers Stakes meeting at Randwick holds extra significance for trainer John O'Shea. O'Shea will saddle up Live And Free in Saturday's Group Two race, almost two decades after he won it for the first time with Grey And Gold. That 2000 Villiers victory was an[...]

Posted on December 10, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A long-range plan with Quackerjack comes to fruition in the Villiers Stakes although trainer Mark Newnham admits the four-year-old will carry more weight then he envisaged. The favourite for Saturday's Group Two summer showpiece over the famous Randwick mile, Quackerjack has 56kg. Newnham thought he would get about 2kg less and booked Rachel King with[...]

Posted on December 9, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Talented mare Strome's step up to stakes grade is likely to be delayed with trainer Gary Portelli going cold on the idea of backing her up in the Villiers. Portelli flagged the idea of running her in Saturday's Group Two Villiers Stakes (1600m) seven days after her eye-catching second in a benchmark race at Rosehill.[...]

Posted on December 8, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Premier Sydney trainer Chris Waller is likely to have at least two runners in Randwick's summer showpiece, the Group Two Villiers Stakes. The winner of Saturday's 1600m-race gains an automatic start in the Group One Doncaster Mile in April. Waller has won the Villiers once with Honor In War when the race was held over[...]

Posted on December 5, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Caloundra trainer Natalie McCall has cancelled plans to take veteran Spectroscope to Sydney to concentrate on the Brisbane summer. McCall had planned to take Spectroscope south for the Group Two Villiers (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday week but instead will target Saturday's Listed Brisbane Handicap (1600m) at Doomben. The former Godolphin gelding is now seven[...]

Posted on December 5, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

John Sargent has scrapped Villiers Stakes plans for House Of Cartier but remains hopeful stablemate Tinkermosa can keep her stakes goal on track with a solid performance at Rosehill. Sargent had earmarked the Group Two Villiers at Randwick on Saturday week for House Of Cartier but confirmed that was off the table after her poor[...]

Posted on November 30, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Godolphin's Darren Beadman has been involved in many tight finishes as a jockey and he was not about to put his head on the chopping block when Ranier and Live And Free hit the line together in the Festival Stakes. Just as Brenton Avdulla looked like he had stolen victory by zipping up along the[...]

Posted on November 21, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The first horse Mark Newnham bought when he took out his trainer's licence could also be responsible for delivering one of his biggest pay days. Newham went to $240,000 to secure Quackerjack at the 2017 Magic Millions yearling sale, a sound investment considering the horse has banked more than double that amount in prize money.[...]

Posted on November 21, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Much-travelled Silvera can earn the chance to win a race in a fourth state if he races well in his comeback at Doomben. Silvera will resume in Saturday's Listed Recognition Stakes (1350m) on the back of some impressive barrier trials and jump-outs with next month's Group Two Villiers in Sydney among his options. The gelding[...]

Posted on November 16, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Group One placegetter House Of Cartier has stamped her class with a resounding win at Newcastle, prompting connections to entertain a Villiers Stakes bid. Third behind Princess Jenni in the Schweppes Oaks in Adelaide last May, House Of Cartier relished a distance rise to 1850 metres in Saturday's Australian Bloodstock Handicap, sweeping down the outside[...]

Gold Fields Future Hinges On Villiers Run

O’Shea A Live Chance For Third Group 2 Villiers

Quackerjack Will Not Duck Villiers Task

Strome Unlikely Starter In Group 2 Villiers

Two Villiers Runners Likely For Waller

Spectroscope To Stay In Qld For Summer

No Villiers Stakes For House Of Cartier

Godolphin Gets Festival Feel With Ranier

Villiers Via The Gong For Quackerjack

Silvera Can Earn A Chance At The Villiers

Villiers Stakes Plan For House Of Cartier

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