Nik's Horse Racing Blog

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The autumn in Sydney is all about Group One racing and jockey Tommy Berry is hoping to play a major role. But he isn’t taking his eye of the premiership prize. Berry set a goal at the start of the season to improve his consistency and in doing so, make a concerted bid for the […]

No Warwick Farm-based trainer has won the Guy Walter Stakes since the race was named in honour of the late horseman and Matt Smith would dearly love to be the first. A gifted trainer, Walter had a procession line of top horses including champion Tie The Knot, Streama and Defier but his kindness and generosity […]

Connections of Mugatoo remain intent on gaining a start in the All-Star Mile and have bypassed the Chipping Norton Stakes to concentrate on the Melbourne feature. The Australian Bloodstock galloper narrowly missed out on securing his spot among the top 10 gallopers in the public vote and now has to sweat on receiving a wildcard […]

Mike Moroney doesn’t run horses in Group One races for the sake of it and he thinks three-year-old Poland can give the Australian Guineas a shake. Poland has started once at the highest level when he failed to fire in last year’s Caulfield Guineas, finishing eleventh. Moroney admitted he erred by running Poland in that […]

During his three decades as a leading trainer in South Africa, David Payne won Group One races almost at will. When he relocated to Australia in 2002, he quickly established himself among Sydney’s top echelon of horsemen, and the feature race winners continued to flow. Over the past few years, Payne has made a conscious […]

Trent Busuttin believes they may have stumbled on the style of galloper Tagaloa really is after his return to form in the C S Hayes Stakes. On that occasion, Tagaloa used his speed from the outset and kept going to win his first race since last year’s Blue Diamond Stakes. Busuttin said the Group Three […]

The Golden Slipper campaign of exciting filly Four Moves Ahead is back on course after she impressed trainer John Sargent in a crucial trackwork gallop at Randwick. The daughter of Snitzel was scratched from last Saturday’s Silver Slipper after she kicked out and injured a knee while in her box just days before the race. […]

Team Snowden is preparing to take the shackles off its leading Golden Slipper candidate with Captivant to launch his autumn in the Skyline Stakes at Randwick. Visiting Englishman Tom Marquand, who will emerge from quarantine early this week, has been snapped up for the ride. Co-trainer Peter Snowden said the stable was keen to get […]

The Team Edmonds stable have been buoyed by the official confirmation on Friday that cult hero The Harrovian had gained a start in the $5 million All-Star Mile (1600m) at Moonee Valley on March 13. Part-owner Stephen Massingham phoned Trent Edmonds at trackwork at the Gold Coast on Friday to deliver the good news. “It […]

Tom Dabernig doesn’t have to be told that Aysar has made a habit of running second. But the Lindsay Park head trainer is keeping the faith when it comes to the three-year-old’s next start in the Group One Australian Guineas (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday. Dabernig has some compelling reasons why the son of Deep […]