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Talented filly Manaudou did everything right in her maiden win at Eagle Farm to convince trainer Kelso Wood bigger things might be in store during the Brisbane winter carnival.Manaudou, named after...
Exciting colt Dr Doute's is set to emerge from the shadow of his celebrated stablemate Whobegotyou after benefiting from a soft spring campaign.After taking a planned low-key path with the son of R...
The forecast heatwave conditions at Rosehill on Saturday are expected to rob the Group Two Expressway Stakes of at least one runner - Utzon.The eight-race program has been put back more than an hou...
A determined MacO'Reilly held off a strong challenge from three-year-old Tell A Tale to win the Group One International Stakes at Te Rapa.Jockey Hayden Tinsley took MacO'Reilly to the front about 1...
A tilt at the Doncaster Mile at Randwick is on the cards for star sprinter-miler Mufhasa after his dominant victory in the Group One Waikato Sprint at Te Rapa in Hamilton.Mufhasa sat outside the le...
The David Hayes stable will launch a two-pronged attack on Monday's Hobart Cup with in-form gallopers Acosta and Hidden Wonder, but the stable is not overly confident that it can bring home the pri...
Toowoomba mare Dance Girl Dance may have booked herself a trip to Sydney following her victory in the Fujitsu Australia Handicap at Doomben.Dance Girl Dance took another step towards being Queensla...
Revitalised stayer Zavite's Hobart Cup mission could signal the beginning of an ambitious three-state campaign.Trainer Anthony Cummings said a good performance from the six-year-old in Monday's $40...
Champion jockey Damien Oliver remains cautious about Real Saga's chances of beating Rostova in the Blue Diamond Stakes despite the colt running nearly a second faster than the filly in their respec...
GET WELL BART!Bart is in hospital again, this time with a broken pelvis.Let's just use this blog to wish The Master of the Australian Turf a speedy recovery.Go Bart!
Hawkesbury Race 6 - TAB No. 6 (Mr Unforgettable) Caulfield Race 5 - TAB No. 5 (Arinosa)Caulfield Race 6 - TAB No. 3 (Vivid Vixen)Eagle Farm Race 3 - TAB No. 5 (Heartshaker)Morphetteville Race 6 - T...
RAIN, RAIN and MORE RAIN.Sydney's had the worst July week of rain in years and years. It means, for the punter, one word.It means DON'T.Two words?DON'T BET!!!IF they race, and personally I couldn't...
KEEPING THE FAITHAs promised, just a note here; and we can compare our thinking after the races are run.I've restricted myself to three. One's at Flemington and two are on the Gold Coast. As mentio...
You Wanted to KnowFor most of last year, we regularly received requests to stay with the progress of the pure white Newcastle filly, THE OPERA HOUSE.She races early on the program today at her home...
TRY THIS FOR FUN.But not for money! Let's just watch and learn (maybe) something useful.Certain well-fancied and spruiked horses can try the patience of a saint.Every week you see one of their ilk ...
QUADS? TRY EIGHTThere are twelve acceptors for the fifth race at Mackay.They are:CRAIGLEA MUSTANGCRAIGLEA MACCRAIGLEA ROMEOCRAIGLEA VIPERCRAIGLEA COBRACRAIGLEA SHANIACRAIGLEA FAITHCRAIGLEA PRISTINE...
THAT WAS INTERESTING.Here are the horses we identified (check my last blog to see why):Race 3: Zelsnitz and Sayahailmary (second at $8.00).Race 5: More Joyous (won, no prizes for that!) and King Mu...
SO WHAT HAPPENED?Check back on my blog, if you've forgotten.OK? Here we go then.UATE won, but that $4 was closer to the truth. A lip in it, but a win is a win to a punter! The caller got it wrong.P...
FIVE ALARM WARNINGIt's become crystal clear.DO NOT BET PREPOST.WHY???Well, let's take the Adelaide Cup. The market was out to blazes. Almost disgracefully so.Most of the more favoured horses were a...