An enhanced Global Sprint Challenge now taking in elite sprint races across five nations will commence in spectacular style this Saturday at Flemington with the Group 1 $750,000 Coolmore Lightning Stakes (1000m).
Third time has proved lucky for Zenyatta as the brilliant mare was voted USA 2010 Horse of the Year on Monday eveing at the Fontainebluea Hotel in Miami Beach.
La Bella Roo showed plenty of ‘zoom -zoom’ when the daughter of Bel Esprit nailed Netra in the Essendon Mazda 55 Second Challenge at Moonee Valley on Friday night.
Although the rain was falling and the sky grey, Rick Worthington’s smile said it all after his five-year-old gelding Whitefriars delivered a tough knock out blow to his rivals in the Group 2 Seppelt Salinger Stakes at Flemington on Derby day.
Just day’s after siring his 66th stakes winner, Redoute’s Choice had another stakes winner when Rekindled Interest won the Group 2 Mooney Valley Vase (2040m) on the Cox Plate under card Saturday afternoon.
The petite filly with a big heart and motor, Yosei won her second Group 1 feature at Caulfield today when she claimed the $500,000 Thousand Guineas at Caulfield.
A beautiful spring day at Flemington saw more than 15,000 racegoers turn up for the Victoria Racing Clubs 150th Melbourne Cup Carnival ‘Preview Day’ where the Turnbull Stakes was the feature event on the nine race card.
Starspangledbanner is flying aloft in both the Cartier Sprinter and Cartier Older Horse divisions after a thrilling victory under Johnny Murtagh in one of Europe’s premier races, the Group One July Cup at Newmarket on Friday, July 9, and enters Cartier Horse Of The Year calculations.
Classy sprinters Alverta and Nicconi have left Australia and have safely completed the first leg of a journey that will see them touch down in England.
The reasons to be on course at AAMI Golden Slipper Day at Rosehill on Easter Saturday and at David Jones AJC Australian Derby Day at Randwick on April 10th just became even more compelling with the announcement that punters who attend either meeting will have the chance to win a $50,000 share of a racehorse chosen by Racing Hall of Fame trainer Bart Cummings at this year’s Inglis Australian Easter Yearling sales.
Caulfield based trainer Tony Vasil had the Group I VRC Oaks runner-up, Valdemoro, nice and sharp for her second run this campaign at Moonee Valley on Friday night and she duly saluted.
Sacred Kingdom demolised his rivals in Hong Kong at Sha Tin on Sunday night when he took the second leg of the Hong Kong Speed Series with an easy victory in the Group 1 Chairman’s Sprint (1200m).
Widden Stud have announced the acquisition of high class three year-old colt Wanted, who finished fourth beaten less than a length, in the Group One MRC Oakleigh Plate (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday afternoon.