Cherry Tortoni News Today

By NATHANIEL BANE

Training double to Patrick Payne and Symon Wilde along with riding doubles to Billy Egan and Damien Thornton were the highlights on Golden Mile Day at Bendigo.

We look at some of the Victorian riders hoping to follow Ben Allen in landing a first elite-level win

SIRE REVIEW: Standinng at Kildangan Stud: Night Of Thunder 2022-02-18

Link to Share After so often threatening to be best suited over longer trips as was his famous relation Tie The Knot, Cherry Tortoni has finally found his distance after breaking through for a deserved win in the Listed Adelaide Guineas (1600m) at Morphettville on Saturday. Trainer Patrick Payne said the Australian Guineas runner-up was, in his mind, a 1600-metre horse of quality and so he will be set on a path for such a horse that could possibly take him to the Group 1 Cantala Stakes over tha...

Race caller Brett Davis summed up the Listed Adelaide Guineas the best when he said as CHERRY TORTONI (Night Of thunder – Tortoni) eased down near home, “he is a different class.” Todd Pannell rode the Victorian who was a $2 chance with Sportsbet and he rode him as if he was Winx. After jumping out well Pannell then allowed him to just find his rhythm without any urgings at all. He stayed out of trouble in the three wide lane all the way and when the confident hoop kicked him up, he circl...

Link to Share The paddock beckons for Anthony and Sam Freedmans filly, Agreeable, but not before one last crack at banking some black type. A dual acceptor for Saturday, Sam Freedman confirmed she will line up at Morphettville in the Listed Adelaide Guineas, rather than a handicap at Caulfield, with prestige outweighing prizemoney. The handicap is worth almost $35,000 more. "It looks the right sort of race for her," Freedman junior said on Thursday. "Her run in the Thousand Guineas (1600m) was ...

The Australian Derby will be Grandslam’s next target after jockey Jamie Kah produced another masterclass in the Group 2 Alister Clark Stakes. Kah’s terrific frontrunning ride gave Grandslam’s rivals no chance of running him down from the 600m before the brother to Caulfield Cup winner Jameka strode to a 6-1/4 length win. Trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace booked Kah with the aim of sending Grandslam forward after the three-year-old was well held after racing back in the field from wi...

Jamie Kah has produced a superb ride to guide exciting colt Grandslam to a dominant victory in the Group 2 Alister Clark Stakes.

RSN927 GATELY KEEN ON CHERRY TORTONI IN ALISTER CLARK March 11, 2021 1:54 pm By Conor Walsh David Gately says Cherry Tortoni is his most confident bet of the weekend ahead of his assignment in the Group 2 Alister Clark Stakes at Australian Guineas, storming home from last to just miss blowout winner Lunar Fox at Flemington. He also closed off nicely when fourth in the Group 3 CS Hayes Stakes fresh and Gately is expecting the Patrick Payne-trained gelding to be ready to break through rising...