Nik's Horse Racing Blog

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After racing his way out of handicaps, Dreamforce steps up to a weight-for-age campaign starting with the Apollo Stakes at Randwick. The John Thompson-trained seven-year-old is a consistent quiet achiever, winning more than $1.5 million for his syndicate of owners headed by Tony Crisafi. Like many trainers, Thompson is hoping the rain does not return […]

Leading Victorian jockey Craig Williams is taken with the transformation Loving Gaby has made from spring to autumn. Loving Gaby runs first-up in the Group One Lightning Stakes (1000m) at Flemington on Saturday with Williams looking forward to the clash with Nature Strip. Williams had his first ride on Loving Gaby when victorious in the […]

Flemington specialist Gytrash faces his most serious test on the straight course when he tackles the Group One Lightning Stakes. The South Australian visitor is among 13 nominations taken on Monday for Saturday’s Lightning Stakes over 1000m. Six of the 13 entries have been prepared, or raced, interstate in the lead-up to Saturday’s race which […]

Libertini has opened the short-priced favourite for the Light Fingers Stakes at Randwick but also holds an entry to the Lightning Stakes in Melbourne. The Anthony Cummings-trained filly has not raced since her third in the Group One Coolmore Stud Stakes on the Flemington straight course in November behind Exceedance and Bivouac. Cummings favours the […]

A plan to target the CF Orr Stakes with Alabama Express has been rewarded for his connections with the colt upstaging the older horses in the Group One weight-for-age race at Caulfield. The Mike Moroney-trained Alabama Express had to do it the tough way from a wide draw in Saturday’s 1400m feature but he was […]

Miss Siska has scored an important win for her future as a broodmare with a tough victory in the TS Carlyon Cup at Caulfield. Having her first run following a spring campaign that saw her register three second placings at stakes level, Miss Siska was forced to race three wide over the 1600m of Saturday’s […]

The $2 million Inglis Millennium meeting scheduled for Warwick Farm has been postponed because of heavy rain with more forecast. Racing NSW stewards conducted an inspection of the surface on Saturday and found two sections near the 1200 metres and 1400 metres unsuitable for racing. Two of the feature races – the $2 million Inglis […]

James McDonald will ride star New Zealand three-year-old Catalyst in his first Australian start, replacing the suspended Damian Lane. Catalyst will have his first run in Melbourne in the Group Three C S Hayes at Caulfield on Saturday week. The engagement of McDonald is a one-off with Lane committed to the gelding in both the […]

Edward Cummings has a surname famous in racing circles but it was a different kind of family knowledge that led him to buy $2 million Inglis Millennium hopeful Sunborn Having just dissolved his training partnership with father Anthony, Cummings was taking his first steps as a trainer in his own right when he came across […]

The lure of a future as a stallion against money offered in a sales-restricted race has contributed to Tagaloa contesting the Blue Diamond Prelude at Caulfield. Connections had to weigh up a start in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic at the Gold Coast last month, or chase victory in the Group One Blue Diamond Stakes […]