Benedetta primed for first-up G1 assault in Oakleigh Plate

If smooth sailing is anything to go by, then Benedetta is set to give Jason Warren victory in the Oakleigh Plate at Caulfield. Warren said Benedetta has had a faultless preparation leading up to the Group 1 sprint over 1100m on Saturday which was topped off by a nice...

Pride pair facing different challenges in Millie Fox Stakes

An extended spell in the Queensland sunshine is being pinpointed as a career turning point for late-blossoming mare Lekvarte and trainer Joe Pride is convinced she can continue her trajectory into the autumn. One of the form horses of the summer, Lekvarte strung...

Blue Diamond Stakes foaling dates, do they matter?

If you looked at the birth dates of Tony Mcevoy’s two guaranteed starters in Saturday’s Blue Diamond Stakes, you’d expect him to say Dublin Down was destined for the $2 million Group 1 and Rue De Royale was the surprise packet. The McEvoy pair are at the opposite ends...

Russian Alliance back in action at Doomben

The Kevin Kemp trained Whiskey Dream played his part in what could be a very satisfying week for his trainer when he claimed a third successive win at the midweek meeting at Ipswich on Wednesday, a sequence which has kept the son of Dream Ahead unbeaten in the three...

Two for the notebook from Ipswich

They were both only shedding their Maiden tickets, but the efforts of two fillies … the David Vandyke trained Moszur and the Tony Gollan trained Torabella … at Ipswich on Wednesday are well worth noting. Moszur was second up in his fourth career start and,...