Update from
@RacingVictoria
re Racing tomorrow:
"RV, following consultation with the VJA, has determined that tomorrow’s ANZAC Day race meetings at Flemington and Moe will not proceed as programmed out of respect to Dean and the Holland family. A further update on the
How good to see Metro Racing at Belmont bumped from Sky1 to Sky 2 to show them loading into the barriers at Kembla Grange.
@SkyRacingAU
obsession with NSW is disgraceful to Australian Racing. Racing will never progress whilst the coverage stays the same.
After nearly 4 years my time has ended
@Racing
.com as a full-time employee . I thank the management and staff for an enjoyable time doing a variety of roles and am very grateful for the opportunities I was given to further my career. Looking forward to starting new adventures
Late call up to commentate the races today
@Mornington
.
Excited to make my debut at my home track.
Best Bet- R4 7 Air Blue 🐴
Racing action kicks off at 1.30pm with 8 races.
@edward_sadler
and
@WarrenHuntly
to anchor the coverage on
@Racing
Update as many people asking me what has happened. Had a stack today at work when at Flemington down some stairs and unfortunately have fractured my leg.
Big thanks to
@10SportAU
and
@TheRMH
who have looked after me exceptionally well. Thanks everyone for the messages of support.
Got to feel for
@cmaherracing
and connections of Humidor who had been set for the
@CoxPlate
the whole preparation and was showing improvement each time this prep. Still can't get my head around how a 3 time G1 winner and dual Cox Plate placegetter misses out for a hype NZ horse.
The Melbourne Cup was never gone, but gee, it took a hit in that late 2010 period with the deaths in the race and lack of interest with the huge amount of fly-in raiders.
The resurgence of the race in the last 3 years has been outstanding, though, and credit to RV & VRC, showing
He may have been defeated but RUSSIAN CAMELOT certainly lost no admirers today in running 2nd in the
@allstarmile
.
His exactly the horse that Australian Racing needs. His capable at G1 level from 1400m right up to 2500m and in time possibly beyond. Absolute ⭐
Genuinely baffling that Sky Thoroughbred Central didn't show Ascot today. The only metro meeting in the Country on and no mounting yard/ interviews or form comments.
@PerthRacing
should be blowing up deluxe for that treatment. Isn't the whole channel built for turnover
#joke
Nice to hear Adam Crettenden calling the races at Sandown Hillside today.
Absolute professional in the way he goes about his work and good to see that rewarded with a Metro meeting.
#Guncaller
Multiple horses racing at Caulfield have had private jump outs at Ballarat in preparation for today's first up runs.
Given that they were 'Private', Punters can't access results or vision publicly from the J/Outs. Unacceptable that this happens as an industry in 2024.
How's this for a team of horses going into 2021 that Peters Investments Own.
- ARCADIA QUEEN
- INSPIRATIONAL GIRL
- TRULY GREAT
- REGAL POWER
- SUPERSTORM
- WINDSTORM
- PERFECT JEWEL
- CELEBRITY QUEEN
- TUSCAN QUEEN
- WESTERN EMPIRE
- STAGEMAN
- MIDNIGHT BLUE
🐴🏇🏆🥇
#Depth
Group 2 racing returns to
@TheValley
on Friday night with the running of the Australia Stakes and a terrific field is set to lineup including:
• Hey Doc
• Manuel
• Ringerdingding
• Scales Of Justice
• Begood Toya Mother
• Embrace Me
• Microphone
• Fleet Review
@Racing
Everyone was bagging the Dato' after Magic Consol won it at 9. How it was the worst Group 2 and a poor showing of Weight-For-Age talent. 2nd,3rd and 4th in that race have now produced Epsom Winner Hartnell, Underwood winner Homesman and Naturalism winner Night's Watch.
#hotrace
Dec Bates, Tony Ottobre, and Pride Of Jenni will get a lot of praise as they should for the Queen Elizabeth win.
Ciaron Maher, though, has transformed her from a handy mare into the best horse in the Country in 12 months.....
The training effort should not be lost on anyone.
Dean Holland rode 1118 winners according to
@RandSRacing
.
First winner was in 2006 at Ceduna.
2× G1 winners in Small Minds (2010 Australasian Oaks), In Secret (2023 Newmarket Handicap.
2 Adelaide 🏆- Tanby (2015), Surprise Baby (2019).
A great career cut short.
Hot field assembling for the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes over 1600m
@FlemingtonVRC
on Saturday. Likely field includes:
Mystic Journey
Humidor
Hartnell
Scales Of Justice
Oohood
Kings Will Dream
Rostropovich
Yucatan
Qafila
Gatting
Gailo Chop
Mr Quickie
Night's Watch.
@Racing
The WFA group of I'm Thunderstruck, Zaaki, Alligator Blood, Mo'Unga and Mr Brightside have been selling our sport for weeks in Melbourne and all ran well today.
That group define Anamoe's greatness and the Cox Plate was better by having them all there.
Long live the Geldings!
Masked Crusader is likely to continue his preparation in Melbourne.
Probably misses the Manikato at this stage but is a big chance of running in the $2 million Darley Classic
@FlemingtonVRC
on the last day of Melbourne Cup Week.
Sets up another clash with Nature Strip.
@Racing
Mick nailed it here. His full interview was worth a watch as he was very measured, not just pointing the finger or sticking up for his groups (Trainers) self-interest.
As a fan of racing, certainly don't get enough access to the stars on Raceday, let alone outside events,
Linda Meech has been given the job of piloting two
@cmaherracing
horses in the Group 1's on Saturday at Caulfield. She rides Bella Rosa in the Blue Diamond and Bon's Away in the Oakleigh Plate.
@Racing
The Quarterback has been retired following a decision by
@GriffithsRacing
and his owners. The gelding finished up a winner of 9 races, 4 at Group or Listed Level and over $1.5 million in earnings
@Racing
TB when he's on is a top caller. He doesn't sit on the fence, Has flair and genuinely makes racing entertaining. The way he calls races with his predictive style he does leave himself open to the occasional mistake but gee whizz the pile on he gets on here is ridiculous.
Hong Kong's Superstar jockey Zac Purton has offered his services to connections to ride Caulfield Cup winner Durston
@FlemingtonVRC
in the Melbourne Cup.
Mick Dee who rode the horse at Caulfield is locked in to Lunar Flare in the Melbourne Cup.
@Racing
Proper Group 1 field. Proper Group 1 race.
Mr. Brightside is so tough and just wouldn't lie down. Enormous win.
L Nolen a 13/10 ride on I Wish I Win from Gate 1 and he ran well.
SPRING IS HERE.
Deeply saddened by the news of Deane Lester's passing.
A man who impacted the lives of many including myself with his company, mentorship and guidance.
He was the best at his craft and revered by his peers. An Icon of Racing.
Condolences to his Family and many Friends.
Ciaron Maher at 41 has won the Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup, Magic Millions, VIC, QLD, NSW and SA Derby, Tancred, VRC Oaks, Grand Annual's, Grand National Hurdle's/Steeple's, Sydney Cup, Stradbroke, Coolmore, Manikato, Doomben Cup etc all in the past 10 years.
#Freak
"Such a special moment."
An amazing interview with Ciaron Maher & David Eustace after taking out their first Lexus Melbourne Cup 😢
@cmaherracing
@eustacedj
2020 has thrown some curveballs to say the least I lost my job and broke my leg but the support
@NickoNoonan
and I have got with The Racing Show has been unreal.
Shout out to everyone who has come on board for the ride this spring.
#Bigthingscoming
Another Spring Carnival done and what a huge one it was for the TRS team 👊
🎧- 51 podcasts from Memsie Stakes week to the end of Cup week.
💰- Futures bets lobbed in 5 Group 1's.
🎙- In Top 30 Sports Podcasts on Spotify (Only Horse Racing Pod).
Thanks for the Support!
The year is 2002 and this is the
@Allstarmile
field 👇
• Sunline
• Northerly
• Lonhro
• Tie The Knot
• Show A Heart
• Viscount
• Shogun Lodge
• Dash For Cash
• Old Comrade
• Defier
• Excellerator
• Magical Miss
• Umrum
• Ustinov
• Ha Ha
Who wins? Forget anyone?
Big news surrounding the
#MelbourneCup
today with Homesman, Avilius, Yuactan, Verry Elleegant, Mr Quickie and Shraaoh being reported as unlikely to be paid up for the next line of acceptances on Monday. Vow And Declare on my list is now in the field at 22nd in Order.
@Racing
Hot race the Concorde Stakes is shaping up to be on Saturday at Randwick likely field looks like this:
• Pierata- Tommy Berry
• Sunlight- Luke Currie
• Zoustyle- Brad Stewart
• Nature Strip- James McDonald
• Redzel- K McEvoy
• Graff- B Avdulla
• Jonker- N Rawiller
@Racing
Helping people with horses in danger of the fires in the Bunyip area has been the newest Blamey Stakes winner Ben Allen who has been picking up horses with his float and relocating them all day. Shows again how the racing industry rallies when horses are in need.
#bunyipfires
“At times we were pretty close to the fires, ash was raining down it was very serious, but we knew we had to help... I’ve now got a new-found respect for fire fighters." -
@KevinCorstens
Australian Guineas likely line up 👇
• Chenier- D Oliver
• Alligator Blood- R Maloney
• Catalyst- D Lane
• Superstorm- W Pike
• Alabama Express- M Dee
• Dalasan- J Kah
• Soul Patch- C Williams
• Conqueror
Will be a small field.
James McDonald next week is predicted to ride the favourites in all three of the
@FlemingtonVRC
G1's on Derby Day.
• La Crique- Empire Rose
• In Secret- Coolmore
• Sharp'N'Smart- Derby
Plus Loft in the Melbourne Cup.
Could be a big next week for J Mac!
@Racing
Horse Racing needs theatre and Avdulla provides it here.
His proven time and time again that he's not just a great rider but a great showman.
More of it I say
Young Werther will be ridden by
@daniel_moor
in both the Caulfield and Melbourne Cup's.
Has 52kgs in
@CarltonDraught
Caulfield Cup and on my list is secured in the field.
Carries the same weight in
@Lexus
Melbourne Cup and 20th in the Ballot.
@Racing
The takeaway from the past few weeks racing.
This 3yo group across all states in Australia is Good!
Giga Kick, Golden Mile, In Secret, Jacquinot, Best Of Bourdeaux, She's Extreme, Sharp'N'Smart, Zougotcha, Amelia's Jewel, Berkeley Square, Elliptical, She's Licketysplit etc
Finally broken through and won a race as an owner!
Terrific win and to race the horse with family makes it very special.
Great training effort by Dad and everyone
@DNoonanRacing
to get him out to 1600m and calm him down as when we got him he was a handful.
Gun ride by Ben!
First Group 1 of the season will be run on Saturday at Randwick and has a hots of stars returning to the track. Likely field below:
Verry Elleegant- J McDonald
Avilius- K McEvoy
Happy Clapper- H Bowman
Unforgotten- B Avdulla
Kings Will Dream
Youngstar
Le Romain.
@Racing
$1500 fine seems an extremely light on penalty for this. People involved with a stable laying their stable's own horses has to be one of the biggest integrity concerns in Racing surely
Surprise Baby by far the run of the race circled the field from near last off a slow tempo and charges home. Serious horse. Craig Williams though wow from the gate to make that plan
#freak
Super interview this.
Parr often gets dismissed when talking of the great jockeys in this Country but delivers often when it counts. You can truly sense how much this wins means to him, and his emotion is so raw, making for great viewing.
Can't help but smile watching it.
100th running of the
@CoxPlate
will look something like this when Final Field comes out 👇
1. Humidor
2. Fierce Impact
3. Kolding
4. Sir Dragonet
5. Aspetar
6. Armory
7. Russian Camelot
8. Magic Wand
9. Arcadia Queen
10. Probabeel
11. Nettoyer
12. Grandslam
Mugatoo possibly runs
Disappointing that
@QandA
's program on 'The Future Of Sport' brushed over Horse Racing. How does a sport that has continued during
#COVID19
, Employ's more than 70,000 people on a full-time basis, Has 150,000 participants, Public holiday for it's showcase event not get a mention.
TJ Smith Stakes likely field:
• Loving Gaby- G Boss
• Nature Strip- J McDonald
• Bivouac- H Bowman
• Santa Ana Lane- T Clark
• Pierata- T Berry
• Redzel- K McEvoy
• In Her Time- B Avdulla
• Trekking
• Exceedance
• Standout- N Rawiller
• Tofane
• White Moss
@SEN_track
We used to have an Autumn Cox Plate equivalent it was called the Australian Cup. 2000m at Weight For Age and was won by the stars!
Maybe just work on fixing the quality in some actual Group 1 races with history then creating another pop up. 🤷♂️
One of the Disappointing thing's about the RacingNSW vs RacingVIC wars going on all week is that a ripper Group 1 in Perth on the weekend has got minimal coverage. The Kingston Town Stakes is a cracking race this year with 2 up and coming stars sharing favouritism.
#focusonracing
Great Racing
@TheValley
tonight with a proper crowd in attendance.
Amelia's Jewel brilliant on a hot speed in the Stocks and Imperatriz awesome again in the Moir, last 200m absolutely outrageous to reel in Asfoora.
As a fan of the sport, it doesn't get much better than tonight!
Run To The Rose on Saturday at Rosehill will feature some of the best 3yo's in the Country with the likely field to look like this:
Castelvecchio
Exceedance
Bivouac
Dawn Passage
Yes Yes Yes
Prince Fawaz
Hightail
Accession
@Racing
Memsie Stakes is going to be a cracking race with Happy Clapper and Kementari down from Sydney, Vega Magic , Showtime, Grunt, King's Will Dream, Black Heart Bart, Material Man, Mighty Boss, Dollar For Dollar plus maybe Jon Snow and Hartnell to run.
@Racing
Good horse but odd result this he didn't even win a race in NSW all season. Pierata won a Missile Stakes, Sydney Stakes, nose 2nd in a Galaxy and won the All Aged Stakes
#robbed
Newmarket Handicap could have 23 runners up the famous Straight Six course including the likes of Redkirk Warrior, Santa Ana Lane, In Her Time, Osborne Bulls, Sunlight, Brave Smash, Zousain, Lean Mean Machine, Graff, Voodoo Lad, Booker, Eduardo, Bons Away and Encryption.
@Racing
Can't wait to make my Saturday debut as Form Analyst for
@RSN927
tomorrow.
A huge honour to get the opportunity on a feature day.
Looking forward to all the action from Pakenham Cup Day with John Henry, Brendan Delaney, Matt Hill and Maree McEwan.
Tune in live from 12pm 📻
The VRC Sprint Classic is a terrific race with Redzel, Brave Smash, Santa Ana Lane, Spright, Home Of The Brave, Redkirk Warrior, Invincible Star, In Her Time, Pierata, Spirit Of Valor, Jungle Cat and Kementari amongst the likely acceptors. Osborne Bulls maybe as well.
@Racing
James McDonald will keep his association with Champion mare Verry Elleegant in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes on Saturday.
Jamie Kah expected on Zaaki.
@Racing
Unbelievably disappointing news for Members, Owners and General Public.
Hard to fathom that the AFL can have crowds of up to 25,000 at the MCG but at Caulfield can't even allow 1,000 people through the gates.
RV need to sort this out and allow people back on course
ATTENDANCE UPDATE: This Saturday’s Neds Winter Race Day will proceed without spectators or Owners, due to ongoing capacity restrictions. Information about next week’s Ladbrokes Park Race Day will be provided later this week.
Blue Diamond day has got to be up there with one of the best days of the racing year. Three top shelf Group 1's and an outstanding undercard nearly every year. Personally can't wait for Saturday at Caulfield!
Arcadia Queen ranked No.1 for the day with an incredible +7.8 lengths above the IVR Benchmark (Best of any horse in Australia this season) thanks to . If she can run that figure in
#TheEverest
its game over as current best sprinters sit around +7 fully fit.
Connections of Ole Kirk have decided to bypass the Australian Guineas and head down a Weight For Age path.
Next run is in the Futurity Stakes
@Caulfield
and then heads to George Ryder Stakes.
Sets up mouth watering Futurity with Probabeel, Behemoth, Arcadia Queen.
@RSN927
Any chance of getting Futures Markets out for races like the Makybe Diva Stakes, Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes, Moir Stakes, Toorak Handicap, Manikato Stakes and Coolmore Stud Stakes. Some of these races less than 4 weeks away.
@TopSport_com_au
@tabcomaumedia
@sportsbetcomau
@BetEasy
Memsie Likely Field:
• Humidor D Lane
• Alizee- D Oliver
• Despatch- J Kah
• Hartnell- C Williams
• Black Heart Bart- B Rawiller
• Cliff's Edge - M Zahra
• Fundamentalist- M Walker
• Sesar- D Dunn
• Scales Of Justice
• Oohood- L Currie
• So Si Bon- L Nolen 1/2
@Racing
@Rory_Flanagan
Completely disagree re good time to take a break, Especially if you're a punter/ analyst who knows a thing or two.
This period is possibly the best period to bet Good Tracks so horses run to form and Weaker races so less chances.
Shamus Award proving again why he's such a great stallion for the Victorian Breeding Industry.
Incredible that he is two of the best 1600m + horses in this Country in Incentivise and Duais.
Has to be the No.1 Value Sire at only 33k service fee given his results.
Good to see that a very progressive stayer like Il Paradiso will stay in Australia and help bolster the depth of our staying ranks. Looking forward to what he can do next prep with the team
@cwallerracing
.
Picnic Jockey Reece Goodwin has retired from race riding today at Balnarring. Leaves Australia to work for Lee Freedman in Singapore as a trackrider in coming days. Finishes having ridden 120 winners with Career S/R of 23%
@Racing
What a win!
Some story she's been Asfoora. Started with a Maiden win at Colac and Bm58 at Stawell and now look at her.
Well done to
@henrydwyer
and the owners for taking on the world. Great stuff 👊
Here's a list of races in NSW worth less prizemoney then the new $2 million pop up races announced today in 'The Big Dance' and 'The Five Diamonds'
- The Epsom ($1.5m)
- Tancred Stakes ($1.5m)
- George Ryder ($1m)
- Golden Rose ($1m)
- The Galaxy ($700k)
William Buick is heading to
@FlemingtonVRC
on Derby Day to ride for
@godolphin
.
Booked for Pericles in the VRC Derby, Meridius in Coolmore Stud for
@KennewellRacing
.
Also rides Alegron in Lexus Archer.
Will be riding Without A Fight in the Melbourne Cup next Tuesday.
@Racing
Outstanding coverage all Cup Week by
@Racing
. Star Performer for me watching has been
@katewatts_
out and about with owners, connections, sponsors and this interview with Jess Payne.
Brings enthusiasm, warmth and makes her subject comfortable. She's a big asset to Rdc!
Some top Racehorses have Retired in 2020. Including likes of Redzel, Santa Ana Lane 🎅, Black Heart Bart, Happy Clapper, Gailo Chop, Sunlight ☀️, Te Akau Shark 🦈, Pierata, Yes Yes Yes, Castelvecchio, Loving Gaby, Super Seth, Exceedance, Con Te Partiro, Osborne Bulls and Levendi.
Moby Dick- Pakenham R3 Splits from
@Racing
Sectionals 👀
1000-800: 10.86
800-600: 11.22
600-400: 10.90 🥵
400-200: 10.76 🔥🔥
L200: 12.13 (went quick early)
L600m in 33.79
L400m in 22.89
Times back up the eye, he's very good.
The Year is 1996 and this is your
@allstarmile
field
• Octagonal
• Saintly
• Juggler
• All Our Mob
• Mahogany
• Racer's Edge
• Pharaoh
• Danewin
• Poetic King
• Flying Spur
• Saleous
• Jeune
• Shame
• Sharscay
• Catalan Opening
Forget anyone?
Great book for James McDonald at Caulfield Saturday will ride The Autumn Sun in Caulfield Guineas, Smart Melody in Thousand Guineas, D'Argento in Caulfield Stakes and Meryl in Throughbred Club Stakes.
@Racing
I love this vision from the tracking vehicle at the 250m or so when Bivouac cruises up to Nature Strip who is in full flight and he goes into another gear accelerating away from one of the best sprinters of the modern day.
Unbelievable win! 😮😲
The Bletchingly Stakes field at Caulfield Saturday will look something like this when nominations come out tomorrow:
Mystic Journey- A Darmanin
Scales Of Justice
Cliff's Edge
Sesar- M Walker
Jungle Edge
Oak Door
Bandipur- D Oliver
Ken's Dream
@Racing
Willie Pike has committed to riding Arcadia Queen and other Peter's stars in Melbourne this Autumn.
He goes into quarantine this week to be able to ride on Blue Diamond Day and will stay until the All Star Mile. All up he will be based in Victoria for 4 weeks.
@TheRacingShow
Ringerdingding transferred to Chris Waller. His main goal is the Australian Guineas with a hope
from connections that he can sneak in to the field for the All Star Mile.
@Racing
Group 1 racing is back
@royalrandwick
on Saturday with the Winx Stakes at 1400m.
Likely Field 👇
Think It Over
Mo'Unga
Arapaho
Franceso Guardi
Lindermann
Osipenko
Major Beel
Golden Mile
Fangirl
Hinged
Montefilia
Princess Grace
Going Global
@Racing
Gee it would be good to get some markets up on the Group 1 races coming up
@TheRacesSA
. Less than 2 weeks away is the TAB Classic (Robert Sangster), Schweppes Oaks (Australasian Oaks). Week after that is the SA Derby and then The Goodwood. Lift Corporates!
You need alot of patience being a Racehorse Owner. Just when you think you are close to a win the horse runs below par, Then you get a setback and are back to square one again.
#toughgame
Connections of I'm Thunderstruck are heavily considering backing him up into the Queen Elizabeth Stakes on Saturday after his narrow 2nd in yesterday's Doncaster Mile.
@PriceKentRacing
have Mark Zahra booked to ride if they decide to run.
@Racing
Ripping content this.
Using a top Form Student of the game to summarise how good the Cox Plate is by Ratings and still keeping it engaging.
Hats off to all involved in creating it.
The Ladbrokes Cox Plate is Australia’s best race and Racing and Sports Senior Handicapper and Timeform guru Adam Blencowe has the data to prove it!
This is Cox Plate By The Numbers!
ARE YOU SERIOUS ?
What a win. As good as we've seen in the Turnbull Stakes.
West Wind Blows great in 2nd, Romantic Warrior okay should improve in Cox Plate.
Spring just got very interesting.
Masked Crusader is likely to run first up in the Black Caviar Lightning Stakes on February 19th
@FlemingtonVRC
.
He will head to the Jump Outs at Flemington tomorrow.
Nature Strip, Eduardo, Gytrash, Home Affairs, The Inferno, Profiteer and Swat's That are Lightning bound.
@Racing
Year is 2014 and this is the
@Allstarmile
⭐ Field
• It's A Dundeel
• Fiorente
• Boban
• Streama
• Happy Trails
• Shamus Award
• Criterion
• Fawkner
• Dissident
• Red Tracer
• Sacred Falls
• Royal Descent
• Appearance
• Foreteller
• The Cleaner
• Silent Achiever
Massive opportunity given by
@lindsayparkrace
for three young jockeys in this Saturday's Doncaster Mile. They have booked:
Jye McNeil- Fifty Stars 50kgs
Ben Thompson- Fundamentlist 49kgs
Lachie King- So Si Bon 50kgs.
All three will haven't yet rode a Group 1 winner.
@Racing
How gone are Futures when a 2yo has been wound into win the Blue Diamond Stakes to $10 off a Jump Out win and the trainer going on radio and saying it's a nice horse.
Another 15 horses under $21 with 2 of those being unraced also.
#PoisionOdds