Just Horse Racing News
Stablemates Flamberge, Prezado in Rubiton
By AAP Training partners Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra will saddle the oldest runner in the Group Two Rubiton Stakes and one of the youngest. Eight-year-old Group One winner Flamberge will represent the stable in Saturday’s feature sprint at Caulfield ... Read More »
Bjorn Baker can’t split Breeders’ Classic pair
By AAP Trainer Bjorn Baker is struggling to separate the stable’s two highly rated mares chasing the Group Two Breeders’ Classic at Warwick Farm. Bookmakers also have the pair tight in the market with Egyptian Symbol ($3.60) shading Bonnie O’Reilly ... Read More »
Black Heart Bart out of G1 Orr Stakes
By AAP Defending champion Black Heart Bart has been scratched from the Group One C F Orr Stakes with a foot issue. It leaves premier Victorian trainer Darren Weir with two runners in Saturday’s 1400m weight-for-age feature at Caulfield, headlined ... Read More »
Kerrin McEvoy to gauge promising Plague Stone
By AAP In-form jockey Kerrin McEvoy will run the rule over another promising two-year-old when he rides Godolphin colt Plague Stone for the first time in the Blue Diamond Prelude at Caulfield. Since returning last week from a hand injury, ... Read More »
Winx Rehearsal race announced
By AAP There will be no prize money involved and she can’t add to her winning streak but Winx will run in a race of sorts on Apollo Stakes day. The champion’s program has been altered because of Hugh Bowman’s ... Read More »
Ballistica to begin career in Classic
By AAP Bjorn Baker will have a clearer indication on Ballistica’s potential to be his first Golden Slipper runner since 2014 when she makes her debut in the Inglis Classic at Warwick Farm. A $40,000 yearling by Triple Crown Syndications, ... Read More »
Nature stripped field no joy for Portelli
By AAP The absence of your perceived closest rival is usually welcomed, but Gary Portelli has another take on Nature Strip’s absence from She Will Reign’s comeback. Far from buoyed by trainer John Sadler scratching the rising sprinter, Portelli reckoned ... Read More »
Thronum to step up again in G1 Orr
By AAP With a weight-for-age win under his belt, lightly raced Thronum now gets his chance to chase a valuable first Group One win in the C F Orr Stakes at Caulfield. The four-year-old entire pressed his claims for a ... Read More »
Boom 3YO out of Warwick Farm feature
By Morgan Payne Boom 3YO gelding Nature Strip will not line-up in Saturday’s $250,000 Inglis Sprint due to a bug the horse is currently fighting. Nature Strip will be scratched from the Inglis Sprint where he was the $2.60 favourite ... Read More »
Bjorn Baker dominates Breeders Classic
By Adam Page Punters are undecided as to which of Bjorn Baker’s classy mares will take out the Breeders Classic (1200m) at Warwick Farm this Saturday. Holding the favourite tag at the moment is the proven performer Egyptian Symbol, who ... Read More »
