I’m Thunderstruck will be out to improve on his last two runner-up results when he heads to Randwick on Saturday to contest the Gr.1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m). The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained gelding was second in both the A$5 million All-Star Mile (1600m) and Gr.1 Doncaster Mile (1600m) last Saturday. Price was pleased with the way the Kiwi-bred pulled up after the race and has elected to press on for one more run this preparation. “He pulled up good (from the Doncaster),” Price told RacingHQ. “Hugh (Bowman,…
Month: April 2022
Probabeel’s date with Almanzor locked in
Multiple Group One winner Probabeel is set to visit Cambridge Stud’s Almanzor next season. The daughter of Savabeel exceeded all expectations on the track under trainer Jamie Richards’ guidance with four Group One victories in Australia and made history at home as the only horse to win the Karaka Million as a two and three-year-old. After careful thought, Cambridge Stud principals Brendan and Jo Lindsay decided her first mating will be to Wootton Bassett’s son Almanzor, who has made an outstanding beginning to his stallion career. “Probabeel going to Almanzor…
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Jamie Richards catches up with Probabeel at Brendan and Jo Lindsay’s Karaka property with the star mare set to visit Almanzor this spring.
Beach working wonders for Murdoch duo
Astute trainer Moira Murdoch heads to Rotorua this weekend with two horses raced by prominent owners that she’s been able to turn around through her successful beach training operation near Auckland. Murdoch, who trains with her daughter Kieran, is set to start Sherrif in an open 1400m handicap and Splash Of Red in a Rating 65 event over 1215m, both of which are coming off last-start wins. Sherrif and Splash Of Red were both trained by Roger James and Robert Wellwood before finding their way to Murdoch for different reasons.…
Hasabro’s future prospects up in the air
The immediate future for Hasabro has been locked in, but the longer-term options for the genuine son of Savabeel is cause for consideration for connections. Trained by Andrew Carston for Albert Bosma’s Go Racing syndication company, the six-year-old will run in Saturday’s Listed Avon City Ford Easter Cup (1600m) on his home track at Riccarton ahead of the Gr.3 Coca Cola Canterbury Gold Cup (2000m). Hasabro has won eight races, including multiple black-type successes, and has risen to a prohibitive place in the handicap with placement in suitable races becoming…
Yonce after crowning glory
Cambridge horseman Ross McCarroll has resisted the urge to head to Sydney this weekend to watch his mare Yonce line-up in the Gr.1 Queen of the Turf Stakes (1600m). The four-year-old daughter of Proisir takes a picket fence form line into the race, having been unbeaten in her six starts to date, with the winning streak commencing back in December. McCarroll has been delighted with the mare’s performance since joining trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace, who have placed her to perfection to bank A$366,750 this campaign, but he acknowledges…
‘Audacious’ Ballarat Cup bid
“Next big thing” Mr. Audacious will make a bold bid for Group 2 Ballarat Cup glory on Friday night. Mr. Audacious is the dog on everyone’s lips and was the ‘talk of the town’ after an intrepid performance in last week’s heats. Prepared at Kilmany (near Sale) by Rachael Busuttil, Mr. Audacious is one of those rare greyhounds which bursts onto the scene and makes an immediate ‘world is my oyster’ impact. That was obvious on debut (January 29) over 395m at Traralgon when he scored by 7.8L and clocked…
Foujita San shows Group potential with maiden romp
Foujita San ridden by Jye McNeil wins the The Big Screen Company Handicap at Sandown Lakeside on April 6, 2022 in Springvale, Australia. (Pat Scala/Racing Photos) Two-year-old colt Foujita San stamped himself as a group-class galloper with a dominant 5.75-length victory in the opening race at Sandown-Lakeside on Wednesday afternoon. The Team Hawkes-trained galloper was sent out as a $1.26 favourite in the 2YO Handicap over 1400m under Jye McNeil and never looked like losing at any stage, despite a three-wide run in the early stages of the race. The…
Richard & Will Freedman embark on new training partnership
Trainer Richard Freedman has teamed up with his son Will. (AAP) A new chapter in the Freedman family started on Monday when father and son duo Richard and Will officially commenced their training partnership. Will Freedman didn’t have any ambition to become a racehorse trainer in his younger years. In fact, music was more his thing. But as part of the Freedman dynasty, the thoroughbred is in his DNA. “I can’t say I ever encouraged him. I actually discouraged him, but he decided of his own volition to do it…
Hinged Heads 2022 Australian Oaks Field & Odds
Trainer Chris Waller chases his fifth win in the Group 1 $1 million Australian Oaks (2400m) on Saturday saddling-up the narrow favourite Hinged in a big field on Day 2 of The Championships. Surround Stakes winning filly Hinged is one of the best in 2022 Australian Oaks betting at Randwick this weekend. Photo: Steve Hart. One of four elite level races on the Royal Randwick card this weekend, the Australian Oaks field features 18 three-year-old fillies and the bookies have Hinged on top in gate 10 for jockey Brenton Avdulla.…