Trainer David Harrison says he will instruct jockey Paul Harvey to try and take a sit off the speed with Jericho Missile in the 3YO Classic at Ascot’s season-opening meeting on Saturday. Harvey reunites with Jericho Missile for his first official outing since the Smart Missile gelding won the Crystal Slipper Stakes (1100m) on debut…
DetailsJockey Chris Nicoll has shelved plans to return to Melbourne and will extend his stay in Western Australia. For the past three years the Victorian-born hoop has crissed-crossed the Nullarbor and called Broome home during the northern WA winter months. At the end of the Broome season his habit has been to go back to…
DetailsThe remainder of Angelic Ruler’s Melbourne campaign is in doubt after her run in last Saturday’s Group 2 Blazer Stakes (1400m) at Flemington. The Universal Ruler mare pulled up sore after finishing third to Haut Brion Her and a start in the Group 2 Tristarc Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on October 19 remains uncertain. “She…
DetailsChampion trainer Chris Waller says he owes much of Come Play With Me’s success in the Group 1 Metropolitan (2400m) at Randwick on Saturday to leading Perth trainer Adam Durrant. Durrant sent the five-year-old to Waller’s Rosehill stable following his win in the Swan River Vase at Belmont in July, where he beat subsequent Group…
DetailsTrainer Simon Miller’s Ascot carnival stocks received a lift when Dance Music and Flirtini scored impressive trial wins at Lark Hill on Monday. Dance Music, who boasts six wins from seven starts, was having her second public outing since winning both her races in the autumn. Ridden by Chloe Azzopardi, the War Chant mare cruised…
DetailsOwner Elio Galante has flagged an eastern states campaign for Tellem We’re Comin after his sizzling Hannans Handicap (1400m) victory at Kalgoorlie on Thursday. Validating favouritism and aided by a gun William Pike ride, Tellem We’re Comin, co-trained by Grant and Alana Williams, broke a 23 year track record in the Listed sprint. “If all…
DetailsJockey Mitchell Pateman believes two key factors could deny him scoring his first Kalgoorlie Cup (2200m) success on Saturday. Pateman partners Touch Of Silver and says a distance query and the presence of Group 1 champion Ihtsahymn are the biggest dangers to the Saxon gelding. Touch Of Silver has won ten races up to 1800m…
DetailsHANNANS HANDICAP OVERVIEW Kalgoorlie’s feature sprint race, the Hannans Handicap, was first run in March 1897 and won by Laura. There were two Hannan races staged in 1897 with Common going on to win five months later in August. Notable winners include Lorna’s Nuisance who won the race in three consecutive years: (1977-78-79). Saltilo and…
DetailsTrainer Martin Allan remains confident he can shape the outcome of Thursday’s Tabtouch Hannans Handicap (1400m), despite the scratching of stable pin-up, Neurological. A winner of the Farnley Stakes (1400m) last month, Neurological has been denied an opportunity of going back-to-back in feature races after suffering a foot abscess. “If the race was on Saturday…
DetailsTrainer Neville Parker is not underestimating First Among Equals in tomorrow’s $100,000 Birthday Stakes (1200m). The eight-year-old is a $20 chance to score an upset victory in the Listed sprint, his first run under the guidance of Parker. Parker says he finds it difficult to discount First Among Equals’ record in big races, a multiple…
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