Articles by: Noah Strang

Kris Lees’ Rivellino started his career off with a bang. The two year old put in a stellar performance at Randwick on Saturday in the Drinkwise Plate. He now has eyes on the $2 million Inglis Millennium next month.

Hemlock Stone was a surprise winner on Wednesday in the Group 2 Perth Cup at Ascot. The Grant and Alana Williams-trained gelding finished first, despite having just $61 odds to win from the horse racing betting sites.

Ciaron Maher’s Interpretation is set to race in this Wednesday’s Listed Bagot Handicap at Flemington. The race will be one of the final bits of preparation before the seven year old heads to New Zealand for a pair of 3200m races.

Michael Freedman says he is debating whether to enter his five-year-old Time To Boogie in this Wednesday’s Listed Canterbury Sprint. The gelding could instead run in another benchmark race on Saturday, should he not race on Wednesday.

Field Of Play has won his first ever race as a winner. The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young-trained two-year-old gelding finished three- and a quarter lengths ahead of Tom in the Drummond Golf Handicap at Moonee Valley on Saturday.

Tony Gollan’s Hi Barbie finished 13th in the Group 3 BJ McLachlan Stakes and was diagnosed with a cardiac arrhythmia after the race. The trainer says she is 50/50 to return now and could run in next month’s Magic Millions.

The Lindsay Park training team of Ben, J.D. and Will Hayes celebrated a stable quinella after Saturday’s The Supernova at Pakenham where their gelding Here To Shock finished first, while Arkansaw Kid ended the race as runner-up.

Bjorn Baker’s Robusto came away with a major upset victory this weekend after winning the Group 2 The Ingham at Randwick on Saturday. The betting sites gave the five-year-old just $26 chances of winning the $2 million race.

Trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr. talked about their The Supernova chances this week. The duo have entered two horses into the race, Welwal and Robrick. The former is one of the betting favourites for the inaugural showcase.

Racing Victoria has announced that jumps racing will continue in Victoria. RV confirmed this decision this week after completing a comprehensive review of Victoria jumps racing. Specifically, RV looked at the factors that led to the terrible end to last season at Ballarat.