NERODIO TO BOUNCE BACK IN BOLTON SPRINT

Trainer Stephanie Bakranich hopes the racing ‘gods’ are in Nerodio’s favour on Saturday after luck deserted the gelding when he resumed at Belmont two weeks ago. Nerodio ran third to Ghost Who Walks in the Listed Beaufine Stakes (1000m), a race he knows well having won the feature winter sprint two years previously. Bakranich had…

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NO MORE KISSES FOR MORTON

As Ascot trainer Dan Morton ramps up preparation for this year’s Ascot Pinnacles carnival with an array of the stable’s top quality horseflesh, he’ll be doing it without one of his stars who has been retired. Kissonallforcheeks, a multiple stakes winning daughter of Written Tycoon with $1.7 in stake earnings after 10 wins and as…

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DISTANCE RISE NO PROBLEM FOR BITOFMERIT

Bunbury trainer Michael Campbell holds high hopes Bitofmerit can continue his winning momentum when tackling a distance probe at Belmont on Saturday. Campbell flirted with starting Bitofmerit in the Listed Beaufine Stakes (1000m), but opted for the Furphy Handicap (1400m) as a better alternative. Bitofmerit is out to claim his second straight win at his…

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CONDITIONS SUIT MONEY MATTERS SAYS GANGEMI

Six-year-old Money Matters will showcase his winter credentials at Belmont and the Gangemi brothers think he can make a bright start to his campaign on Saturday. The likelihood of a wet track and the 1000m of the Beaufine Stakes has co-trainers Chris and Michael Gangemi believing Money Matters has the right conditions to suit. The…

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