Godolphin takes out Maribyrnong Trial Stakes

The 575k Sale-Topper By St Mark's Basilica | Tattersalls By Friday marked a breakout result for five-time Group 1-winner St Mark's Basilica (Fr) as a filly by Coolmore's freshman sire out of the Oaks winner Talent (GB) (New Approach {Ire}) topped the December Foal Sale at Tattersalls on 575000gns. The aggregate fell 11% compared to this day 12…

In Secret has provided Dean Holland with his biggest victory, taking out the Newmarket Handicap. Win, lose or draw, Dean Holland wanted to keep his emotions in check having landed the ride on In Secret in the Newmarket Handicap at Flemington. Holland picked up the ride in Saturday's Group 11200m sprint after Jamie Kah was transferred to Royal…

Ben Melham has gone close to winning the Caulfield Cup and even though he is booked to ride Gold Trip is none the wiser as to whether the horse will run. The track condition on Saturday will be key to whether Gold Trip runs in the Group 1 Handicap over 2400m in which he has 58.5kg and is the current $5.00 favourite with online…

A colt by GHAIYYATH topped the opening day of Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, one of two lots to sell for one million guineas or more. The average and median were both up on the corresponding session last year whilst the turnover was narrowly down. The GHAIYYATH half-brother to the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf winner…

Friday, September 8, 2023 at 12:55 pm |Back to: By With just around 100 homebred yearlings every year, WinStar Farm puts a particular importance on the Keeneland September Sale, this year selling four-fifths of their annual crop over 12 days starting on Monday, September 11. That importance could be about to pay off, as by all accounts the…

Anamoe is the first champion racehorse James Cummings has trained. It won't be his last. Cummings has managed Anamoe superbly over three seasons of racing and it has been fascinating to watch the evolution of the trainer and his elite thoroughbred. As his famous surname suggests, this is what Cummings was born to do. His great grandfather, Jim,…

With the race set up to be a race between two gun three-year-olds in the Sunlight Classic, and the colt What You Need from the Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr yard got the better of the filly Benedetta as she could only manage a third-place finish, with the Godolphin gelding Renosu splitting the two favourites in the betting. Coming into the Sunlight…

Godolphin's James Cummings dismissed any suggestion he may never train another horse as good as Anamoe. "Notionally, that's a cynical take on it,'' Cummings said. "I wouldn't fall into that as you never know what the future holds. "All I know, in the here and now, Anamoe is a horse for us to enjoy and for his fans to enjoy. He's the absolute jewel…

On Thursday, two fascinating divisions of the Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Previews at Sandown-Hillside take place, with numerous first starters adding to the intrigue. Seven of the ten acceptors for the colts and gelding preview will be making their career debuts. The likely favourite is the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained The Instructor. The son…

An exciting prospect who scored an impressive debut win at Flemington on January 14, Veecee lines up for his second race appearance on Saturday. Veecee heads to the Group 3 Chairman's Stakes (1000m) at Sandown on Saturday, a race that is 100m shorter than his Flemington debut victory. It is the timing of Saturday's race that the colt's trainers…

A simple victory in a modest maiden special weight at Tampa Bay Downs on Wednesday meant more than first meets the eye. The winner, a two-year-old Frosted filly named Froshado, is the 11th foal out of champion Ashado, whose broodmare days have come to an end at age 21. Michael Banahan, bloodstock director for Godolphin USA, shared the news on…

James Cummings has plenty of respect for Saturday's The Gold Rush rival Kissonallforcheeks. Picture: Michael Klein Godolphin trainer James Cummings is having his best feature race season since joining the international racing superpower and he has his sights on more success this Saturday in Western Australia's new feature - the $1.5m The Gold Rush…

Godolphin entire Paulele has broken his Group 1 hoodoo by scoring a thrilling win in the Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) at Ascot. It was the four-year-old's ninth attempt at elite level success, with the son of Dawn Approach adding the final touches to his already impressive record. He was narrowly beaten in the Group 1 Doomben 10000 and the Group 1…

Rothfire is the narrow Winterbottom favourite Queenslander Rothfire is the narrow favourite for Saturday's Group One Winterbottom Stakes at Ascot prior to Tuesday afternoon's barrier draw. A full field of 16 runners and one emergency have accepted for the $1.5 million sprint over 1200m. The field includes five interstate contenders, with the…

Ingratiating is in career-best form and isn't just making up the numbers as the might of Godolphin seek their first win in the $15m The TAB Everest at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Trainer James Cummings believes Ingratiating's racing pattern of closing with a late rush will be suited by the frenetic tempo of The Everest. "He gets a huge test this…

From a $21 winner to now being favourite for the Caulfield Cup, that's the rise of Turnbull Stakes winner Smokin' Romans but can he repeat the effort in a fortnight? FIVE TO FOLLOW SMOKIN' ROMANS (Race 7) How could you not? History says Group 1 Turnbull Stakes winners usually go on with it in the spring and Smokin' Romans, apart from being in the…

Godolphin and James Cummings will be hoping to add another Group 1 trophy to the vast number in the cabinet when Cascadian lines up at Flemington. Cascadian faces seven opponents in the Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) on Saturday, a race Godolphin and Cummings is yet to win since it was elevated to Group 1 status in 2013. While Cascadian maybe winless…

The money hasn't stopped coming for Eskimo Prince Stakes favourite Paulele. Picture: Getty Images Paulele, the plunge horse with punters, can preserve his perfect track record in the Group 3 $160000 Eskimo Prince Stakes (1200m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. The brilliant Godolphin three-year-old has won each of his four starts at the famous track…

James Cummings covets the Golden Slipper with a zeal that borders on religious fervour. The Godolphin trainer gave an insight into just what this race means to him by revealing a telling conversation he had with one of his stable staff earlier this week. "My foreman said to me the other day this is just a race,'' Cummings said. "I said it is not…

James Cummings covets the Golden Slipper with a zeal that borders on religious fervour. The Godolphin trainer gave an insight into just what this race means to him by revealing a telling conversation he had with one of his stable staff earlier this week. "My foreman said to me the other day this is just a race,'' Cummings said. "I said it is not…

James Cummings does not expect Ranier to follow the Everest path of his past two Luskin Star Stakes winner but he does believe he has an ideal Strabroke Handicap horse. Godolphin claimed the race for the third year in succession when Ranier joined Trekking and Osborne Bulls on the honour roll at Rosehill on Saturday While that pair went on to…