Trainer Brendan Corver is giving Cut Snake a great chance to score back to backs wins in the $70,000 Esperance Cup (2000m) on Sunday. Corver prepared Cut Snake to win last year and believes the gelding’s Esperance track experience can propel him to a second victory. With seven wins and six placings from 17 Esperance…
DetailsLeading trainer Neville Parnham is almost certain to dodge the Group 1 Australian Guineas (1600m) at Flemington on the weekend with his talented filly, Ellicazoom. The daughter of Testa Rossa went close to landing her second major win after running a brave second in the Angus Armanasco Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield last Saturday. It was…
DetailsGangbuster became the 36th stakes winner for Blackfriars in the $100,000 Lex Piper Stakes (1600m) at Ascot on Saturday. Settled on the rails behind a steady pace, he finished far too well to score quite comfortably from the Peters Investments pair Western Temple (Dream Ahead) & Final Salute (Not A Single Doubt). Trainer Trevor Andrews…
DetailsA Darren Weir-trained runner looked set to take out the Group I Futurity Stakes at the 100m mark but it didn’t look like it was going to be the horse most punters wanted. Japanese-bred galloper Tosen Stardom had peeled out from behind the leaders and fought his way to a narrow lead at the 100m,…
DetailsBy his own high standards Trevor Andrews experienced a lean summer carnival, but his autumn campaign looks highly promising following the win of Gangbuster in the Listed Lex Piper Stakes (1600m) at Ascot on Saturday . Gangbuster took his first major step towards the WA Derby (2400m) in April when he stormed home from sixth…
DetailsGangbuster’s WA Derby campaign steps up another gear in the $100,000 Listed Lex Piper Stakes (1600m) at Ascot on Saturday. The promising Blackfriars gelding is on the quick back up after running a slashing third in last weeks Listed Challenge Stakes (1500m). On a day that favoured on pace runners Gangbuster stormed home from near…
DetailsBACKGROUND • A field of nine starters contested the first running of the Listed Pinjarra Classic in 1998. • The fancied runners included Cash In The Bank and Jacks Or Better who battled out favouritism. • But Sounds Of Legend, trained by Jim Taylor and ridden by Paul Harvey, proved too strong, scoring by a…
DetailsAscot trainer Dan Morton says Man Booker’s class is set to prevail when he tackles the $120,000 Listed Pinjarra Classic (1300m) on Sunday. Morton doesn’t hide his admiration for Man Booker who made a spectacular return to racing at Pinjarra’s Magic Millions meeting two weeks ago. A track work accident kept Man Booker off the…
DetailsApprentice Jordan Turner is slowly recovering from the effects of a nasty accident at Flemington last week, but the promising young rider is determined to bounce back and return to Melbourne. Perth-born Turner is likely to be away from the saddle for a number of weeks after fracturing his shoulder and dislocating his collarbone in…
DetailsRhys Radford’s burgeoning training career received another big boost when Great Shot won the Cyril Flower Stakes (1200m) at Ascot on Saturday, but the young horseman conceded he had major trepidation before tackling the $100,000 feature. The Cyril Flower Stakes launched Great Shot’s summer and autumn campaign and he appeared on target for his first…
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