Month: May 2025

After a luckless end to his Sydney campaign, the focus for talented stayer Warmonger (NZ) (War Decree) is firmly on the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups. Co-trainer Michael Kent Jnr said the rising five-year-old gelding has been sent for a quick break before he returns to work to be set for the spring majors. The runaway winner of the 2024 Gr.1 Queensland Derby finished second in the Listed Randwick City Stakes (2000m) behind Alalcance, before running 10th in the Gr.1 Tancred Stakes and 13th in the Gr.1 Sydney Cup. Kent Jnr…

A Gr.1 Queensland Derby mission is on the radar for trainer Cliff Brown with last Saturday’s Caulfield winner Rogan (NZ) (Super Seth). Under jockey Patrick Moloney, Rogan finished well from back in the field to narrowly win Saturday’s 2000m handicap for three-year-olds. It was a second career win, at his ninth start, and first city success for Rogan, who is by Super Seth and is a half-brother to stakes-winning stablemate Von Hauke. “He’s a natural young stayer horse and he was really pleasing (yesterday),” Brown said on Sunday. “I thought he…

Trainer Andrew Bobbin joined Michael Felgate on Racing Pulse on Tuesday to chat about Duke Of Bedford’s double at The ‘Bool.  Andrew Bobbin reflects on Duke Of Bedford’s incredible week at Warrnambool – Racing Pulse with Michael Felgate – Omny.fm

Trainer Dan Meagher is set to unveil the second highest horse he brought back from Singapore in a 1400m contest at Caulfield.  Meagher elected to keep Lim’s Saltoro (NZ) (Shamexpress) in Melbourne for a 1400m benchmark 100 contest at Caulfield on Saturday rather than make the eight-hour journey to Adelaide to contest the Gr.1 The Goodwood (1200m) at Morphettville on Saturday.  The trainer also had his star Trelawney Stud bred galloper Lim’s Kosciuszko (Kermadec) entered over in Adelaide but has decided to wait a little longer before unveiling him.  Meagher said he would have preferred a 1200m contest for Lim’s…

Westbury Stud have announced the 2025 service fees for its high performing stallion roster, providing breeders with an accessible source of proven bloodlines at excellent value. With three new stakes winners this season to date, the successful young stallion Tarzino will head the stallion roster at Westbury Stud in 2025 at a fee of $25,000 + GST. Tarzino sired his third classic winner from just four crops of racing age when his son Willydoit scored an emphatic victory in the Gr.1 Trackside NZ Derby on Champion’s Day at Ellerslie and is quickly…

Foxton trainer Gail Temperton scored a popular result at Hawera on Tuesday when taking out the quinella in her local cup, the Foxton New World Foxton Cup (2100m).  Group Three performer Royal Flower (NZ) (Proisir) was dropping back from stakes grade after placing in the Gr.3 Manawatu Breeders’ Stakes (2050m) last month and was sent out a $4.40 second favourite at the mid-week meeting.  She duly delivered for punters, scoring a half-length victory over stablemate Never Look Back (NZ) (Shocking), and Temperton was over the moon to get the quinella…

Group Three performer Oneira (NZ) (Contributer) will have her first appearance at the races in eight months when she heads to Ellerslie on Wednesday. The talented daughter of Contributer was a debut juvenile winner and finished fourth in the Listed Futurity Stakes (1400m) before making an impression at three when placing behind subsequent Group One winner Quintessa and Chantilly Lace in the Gr.3 Gold Trail Stakes (1200m). That Gold Trail was run in early September in 2023 and Oneira has raced just three times since, her most recent showing an…