Owners Bob and Sandra Peters will be hoping to put the disappointment of Arcadia Queen’s unplaced run in last Saturday’s Everest behind them when they saddle up three runners in tomorrow’s Listed Belgravia Stakes (1200m) at Ascot. Celebrity Queen ($4.20) and Special Choice ($3.40) occupy to the top two spots in the TABtouch market for…
DetailsMajinika is the best backed runner in the Guineas Handicap (1400m) at Ascot on Saturday. Punters have high expectations for the eight-year-old after an eye-catching run against quality opposition two weeks ago. Under Jade McNaught, Majinika was in front for a long way and it was only in the final 50 metres that he was…
DetailsSIMON MILLER Simon Miller’s Ascot fortunes took a big hit with Lady Cosmology retired, Rio Del Mar’s future uncertain and Dance Music’s Winterbottom Stakes campaign in doubt. Sadly, Lady Cosmology ran her final race at Ascot last Saturday when she finished a slashing fourth to The Velvet King in the Group 3 Northerly Stakes (1400m).…
DetailsTrainer Lindsey Smith is confident he has veteran galloper Black Heart Bart primed to cap his comeback to racing with a win in Saturday’s Group 1 W.S. Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley. Connections paid the $200,000 late nomination fee to the Weight-For-Age classic for the son of Blackfriars and was among the final field…
DetailsSimon Miller’s Ascot carnival stocks has been rocked following a horror 48 hours for the stable. Star mare Lady Cosmology has been retired, Rio Del Mar’s future is in grave doubt and Dance Music’s Winterbottom hopes have been dashed. Sadly, Lady Cosmology ran her final at Ascot last Saturday when she finished a slashing fourth…
DetailsTodd Harvey believes his talented mare Misty Metal can take the next step and be competitive against top line sprinters in the Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) at Ascot next month. The speedy daughter of Oratorio came of age last campaign when she reeled off a hat trick of wins including three Listed events: the…
DetailsShe may have had to share the spoils in the last event at Ascot on Saturday, but the spotlight was well and truly shining on comeback jockey Natasha Faithfull as the curtain came down on the meeting. Faithfull steered Minus Looks to dead-heat for first with Little Fish in the Seppelt Wines Handicap (1200m), her…
DetailsThe Velvet King stamped his Ascot carnival aspirations with a hard-fought win in the Group 3 Northerly Stakes (1400m) at Ascot on Saturday. But for Darren McAuliffe the win means so much more than just automatic entry in the Group 1 Railway Stakes (1600m) on November 23. It’s the story of a top horseman and…
DetailsTiarnna Robertson is someone who shuns the spotlight. She is no braggart. She prefers to focus on her work training thoroughbreds. Robertson would rather take a step back from the media glare and allow her horses to do the talking for her. But despite her modesty and humbleness there was nowhere to hide for Robertson…
DetailsEmerging stayer Cockney Crew reignited his Ascot carnival ambitions when he powered back to the winners list in determined fashion at Ascot on Saturday. The Kieran McDonagh-trained four-year-old cast aside the disappointment of his shock last-start defeat when as the short-priced favourite he was nailed on the line by Taxagano at Belmont. But he rebounded…
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