Sejardan tunes up for the rich Inglis Millennium

James Mcdonald could not have been anything but impressed after steering Storm Boy to a sizzling barrier trial win at his first sit on the Golden Slipper favourite. The unbeaten colt put more than 6-1/2 lengths on his nearest chaser Majorca Sunset in Thursday's heat, covering the 900 metres in a slick 53.47 seconds, his final 600 metres in 33.96…

There's still 175 days to the $5 million Golden Slipper and this season's juveniles haven't even started racing yet but already punters can start betting on who will win the world's richest two-year-old race. TAB Fixed Odds has released the first market on next year's Golden Slipper with Scampi at the top of betting at $17. The Ciaron Maher and…

Mark Smith - Saturday August 12 The Hallowed Crown gelding Kintyre claimed a few notable scalps when landing a solid betting plunge in Saturday's Inglis Pink Bonus (Bm72) at Rosehill. Ridden by Tyler Schiller, Kintyre had the short-priced favourite Caballus locked away on the inside, and by the time James McDonald found an out, the bird had…

Red Resistance, described by part-owner Henry Field as a "machine", can continue his winning momentum in the Group 2 $300000 Todman Stakes (1200m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott are fielding inevitable comparisons between Red Resistance and the former brilliant colt, Farnan, winner of the 2020 Golden…

Kundalini (left, green and gold cap) finished a close third behind Learning To Fly in the Inglis Millennium. Picture: Jeremy Ng-Getty Images Ciaron Maher, trainer of Kundalini, isn't about to concede unbeaten filly Learning To Fly has a mortgage on the Group 2 $300000 Reisling Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday. "Kundalini is great, she had an…

Trainer Gerald Ryan's promising filly Facile has the opportunity to prove she is a legitimate Golden Slipper contender when she takes on a talented field of two-year-olds in the $2 million Inglis Millennium (1100m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. "We have probably seen the Golden Slipper winner already this season but we just don't know which one it…

Justify with the Ferrari which could be won by Coolmore filly Learning To Fly if she contests the Inglis Millennium. Picture: Coomore Coolmore Stud supremo Tom Magnier has laughed off suggestions he will be presenting keys for a new Ferrari to himself if his brilliant filly Learning To Fly wins the $2m Inglis Millennium at Royal Randwick next…

If there is an art to training two-year-olds, Peter and Paul Snowden have mastered it. They have trained the winners of all the feature juvenile races including two Golden Slippers, three Blue Diamonds, five ATC Sires Produce Stakes, five Champagne Stakes, two JJ Atkins Stakes and a Magic Millions. "I enjoy training any horse but we are lucky to…

Fireburn could back up in the Flight Stakes Gary Portelli will make a decision on Monday on whether he backs up flying filly Fireburn in this Saturday's Group 1 Flight Stakes at Randwick after declaring the dual Group 1 winner'would have won' the Golden Rose had she drawn a gate. The Golden Slipper and Sires' Produce Stakes victor produced an…

Gary Portelli will make a decision on Monday on whether he backs up flying filly Fireburn in this Saturday's Group 1 Flight Stakes at Randwick after declaring the dual Group 1 winner'would have won' the Golden Rose had she drawn a gate. The Golden Slipper and Sires' Produce Stakes victor produced an eye-catching fifth to finish less than two…

Quality colt Sejardan has reaffirmed his Golden Slipper claims while unheralded filly Seven Veils has announced hers with the pair taking out the two juvenile races at Randwick. Sejardan bounced back from his sole defeat in the Inglis Millennium, coming with a sweeping run to overhaul Boyfriend and win the Todman Stakes (1200m) by a half-length…

Gary Portelli's sliding doors moment came as Clarry Conners was singing "New York, New York" on the dance floor. Conners had just won his fourth Golden Slipper with Belle Du Jour and invited Portelli to join the celebrations that night. The year was 2000 and as Conners was doing his best Frank Sinatra impersonation, Portelli realised what he needed…

Trainer Gary Portelli says there is a bit of "deja vu with She Will Reign" about brilliant colt Sejardan going into the $5m Golden Slipper in two weeks. "When you've got one of the best two-year-olds, you can do different things with those horses,'' Portelli said. "What Sejardan has done today shows me he is the real deal. He is still a bit…

Trainers Peter and Paul Snowden are keen for Cythera to enhance her reputation and Ebhaar to restore hers when they clash in the Group 2 $250000 Silver Slipper Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. Cythera is out to prove she is a legitimate Golden Slipper contender after making a winning start to her race career with a tough effort to…

Gary Portelli's unbeaten colt Sejardan is favourite for the $2 million Inglis Millennium at Randwick on Saturday. Picture: Grant Guy Trainer Lauri Parker's penchant for producing upset results provides hope for her bolter Russian Assassin in the $2 million Inglis Millennium (1100m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Russian Assassin is going to the…

The juvenile season is still in its infancy, but trainer Gary Portelli is confident he has a genuine contender for the Golden Slipper in unbeaten colt Sejardan. The youngster was given a break after securing his place in the world's richest two-year-old race when he followed a debut win in the Breeders' Plate with victory in the $1 million Golden…

Jason Collett rides El Padrino (right) to victory in the Inglis Nursery at Randwick. Picture: Getty Images Trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace are aiming El Padrino and the luckless Boldinho at the Golden Slipper - but they still have to catch brilliant stablemate Coolangatta. The Maher-Eustace stable claimed their second successive…

Sejardan and his strapper after winning the Golden Gift at Rosehill last month. Photo: Mark Evans/Getty Images. Warwick Farm trainer Gary Portelli knows what it takes to win a Golden Slipper but things are different with his latest juvenile star. Portelli won the world's richest two-year-old race in 2017 when glamour filly She Will Reign glided…

Warwick Farm trainer Gary Portelli knows what it takes to win a Golden Slipper but things are different with his latest juvenile star. Portelli won the world's richest two-year-old race in 2017 when glamour filly She Will Reign glided across the Rosehill mud to score the biggest win of her trainer's career. Portelli's gun colt Sejardan has already…

They say sometimes you have to lose one to win one. Trainer Gary Portelli is a firm believer in that old sporting adage now after Time To Reign rebounded from a shock loss to thrash some high profile rivals in the Group 2 $250000 Silver Slipper Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill Gardens. Portelli, acknowledged as a master trainer of juveniles, was…

Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott have the early Golden Slipper favourite in unbeaten colt Storm Boy, but Bott admits their Breeders' Plate winner Espionage might just be the forgotten horse. The son of Zoustar was put away after leading home a stable trifecta in the early-season feature, but he is back in the fold and being prepared for a Slipper…

Gary Portelli admits an outside barrier draw has dealt Fireburn's Golden Rose chances a crushing blow and if not for her gate, he would have been heading into the Group 1 race supremely confident. With the scratching of Best Of Bordeaux, who instead tackles the Heritage Stakes (1100m), the Golden Slipper heroine will jump from barrier 15 of 16 in…