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RSN927 PROFITEER STILL IMPROVING AHEAD OF TODMAN March 3, 2021 10:34 am By Conor Walsh Mick Price says star colt Profiteer has continued to improve ahead of his next test in the Group 2 Todman Stakes at Randwick on Saturday. The two-year-old has been devastatingly brilliant in both starts to date, blowing his rivals away in extremely fast time at Flemington on debut before claiming a stunning 5.3-length victory in the $2 Million Inglis Millennium at Randwick last time out. As impressive as thos...

G1 Randwick Guineas: Runner-by-runner preview and tips Aegon heads the betting for the Randwick Guineas Image: Getty Boom Kiwi gelding Aegon will look to keep his unbeaten record intact when he lines up in Saturdays Group One Randwick Guineas.  The Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained galloper made an instant impact in Australia, winning the Hobartville Stakes in style at Rosehill.  Hell face a strong field once again, including six of his rivals from the Hobartville.  Take a ...

Peltzer can prove the “horses for courses’’ theory is fact not fiction when he contests the Group 1 $1 million Randwick Guineas (1600m) at Royal Randwick. The talented colt clearly saves his best for Randwick where he is unbeaten in five starts, including feature race successes in the Stan Fox Stakes, Bondi Stakes and Eskimo Prince Stakes. His only other win came at Kembla Grange on debut. But when Peltzer races at Rosehill Gardens, it all goes horribly wrong. From four starts on his home...

The Colt: RUBICK x SWERTEMO A star in the making, purchased from the well regarded Amarina Farm draft at the Magic Million Gold Coast. We certainly bought him for unders, our bloodstock agent, Sheamus Mills valued the colt at $200,000 and Gerald Ryan thought he was outstanding type. Gerald Ryan (Trainer) comments: When I first saw the colt up at Amarina Park, nice big strong horse, athletic, moves well. Then I saw him a month later up at the sales, same horse but he had improved heaps. He’d g...

Career change? Legendary ex-jockey Jim Cassidy enjoying learning tricks of training trade Horses by Ray Thomas 8th Feb 2021 6:02 AM Hall of Famer Jim Cassidy, one of the all-time great jockeys, is considering a switch to the training ranks. Cassidy has been working at the stables of Randwick trainers Jim and Greg Lee who are keen for the riding legend to join them in a training partnership. After retiring from riding in 2015, C...

Savatiano just might secure that elusive Group 1 win yet. The talented Godolphin mare made a statement at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday that she still has what it takes to win at racing’s highest level. She made winning the Group 2 $200,000 Expressway Stakes (1200m) look routine, leading throughout to score effortlessly. This was Savatiano’s fifth Group 2 win of her career and the third this season after her spring carnival successes in the Lawrence Stakes and Hot Danish Stakes. Savatiano in...

Bandersnatch too good in the Carrington Stakes Posted by: Mediality Racing+ at 7:58pm on 23/1/2021 Bandersnatch who joined the Hawkes yard at the start of his current campaign proved too good in the Listed Carrington Stakes at Randwick. Bandersnatch who was previously trained by Gerald Ryan kicked off his campaign with a Moonee Valley win, he then followed that up with two minor placings. Hawkes said the four-year-old’s record for them should read even better. “...

The Face headed towards stakes races Posted by: Mediality Racing+ at 4:04pm on 23/1/2021 Gerald Ryan will weigh up his options for emerging three-year-old The Face, who has led throughout to comfortably defeat more experienced rivals at Randwick. Runner-up in the Gosford Guineas last start, The Face ($2.30 fav) controlled Saturday’s ANZ Bloodstock News Handicap (1100m) to hold Osamu ($7) at bay by 1-1/4 lengths with Emanate ($5) third. Ryan will see how the geldin...

Newcastle-based trainer Nathan Doyle is hoping to bookend the Randwick card with a new stable recruit and another galloper who is bursting to win a city race.