She's Extreme wins $1 million VRC Oaks

As racing clubs such as Flemington's Victoria Racing Club continue to grapple with the balance of tradition and innovation, Thursday's time-honoured VRC Oaks reminded punters of bygone eras. For the 12th time, a Cummings trained the winner. This year, it was James, grandson of nine-time winner Bart and son of last year's winner Anthony, who claimed…

Edward Manifold Stakes winner Zardozi will attempt to bounce back to winning ways in Thursday's VRC Oaks. Picture: Racing Photos via Getty Images. Godolphin filly Zardozi will have plenty in her favour in Thursday's $1m VRC Oaks at Flemington. History is one of those things. Zardozi prepared for the Group 1 staying test with a fast-finishing second…

Trainer Richard Freedman has questioned the form of boom New Zealand filly Prowess as he plots her downfall with promising Pavitra in the Group 1 $600000 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. Prowess is making her Sydney debut but she has impeccable recent form winning four races in succession including the Group 1 Bonecrusher…

Tommy Berry had a big few days with a two-state feature double taking out the VRC Oaks and the Five Diamonds. Picture: Daniel Pockett-Getty Images Star jockey Tommy Berry's VRC Oaks-Five Diamonds feature race two-state double last week is a sign of the changing times in Australian racing. Sydney's extended spring carnival has encroached on…

Thousands of glamorous revellers let their hair down at the Oaks Day races where fashionistas are invited to strut their stuff trackside before kicking off their heels and partying the night away. The Ladies Day or'Pink Day' as it has become more recently known is a draw card for punters who appreciate both racing fashion as well as the opportunity…

She's Extremely good: Favourite wins Oaks to add another Cummings to record books Another Oaks, another Cummings - this time it was Anthony Cummings who saddled the winner She's Extreme, to claim a race his father Bart won a record nine times, and his son James won last year. Despite being a hot favourite, punters were either firmly with or against…

An elated Anthony Cummings extended the family's rich connection to the VRC Oaks to four generations after his classy filly She's Extreme silenced the doubters that she would be too brilliant to stay the 2500m journey. In the most popular win on a memorable Oaks Day, the daughter of sprinting star Extreme Choice started a hot $2.30 favourite and…

We have expert betting tips for the Kennedy Oaks this Thursday at Flemington where a field of 11 line up in the biggest stayer fillies race of the year. The Oaks is always a classic contest and an intriguing field line up in 2022, including She's Extreme, Zennzella, and Queen Air. We have a runner-by-runner betting guide available for Kennedy Oaks,…

Zougotcha has been the early firmer with Ladbrokes.com.au for the Group l Flight Stakes (1600m) this Saturday at Randwick. The Chris Waller trained filly was a strong winner of the Tea Rose two weeks ago and looks primed for the 1600m assignment. Opened $3.10 and has been crunched, into $2.70. Fireburn opened the $2.70 favourite but with the…

Godolphin trainer James Cummings won't be trying to avoid a Golden Rose clash between his boom three-year-olds In Secret and Golden Mile after their outstanding wins at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. In Secret created her own piece of racing history by becoming the first filly to win the Group 2 $250000 Run To The Rose (1200m). Her brilliant win…

There is an art and a timing to finding and training a Golden Slipper contender, and Anthony Cummings hopes he has got the final flourishes right with She's Extreme heading to Rosehill on Saturday. A man with an eye for finding the right horse at the right time, Cummings wanted to take a speedy two-year-old prospect home from last year's Inglis…

Golden Slipper favourite Coolangatta. Photo: Mark Evans/Getty Images. The Golden Slipper favourite Coolangatta was dealt a less than favourable gate and for Saturday's $5 million contest over 1200 metres at Rosehill. This year will be the 66th running of the world's richest two-year-old race. A field of 16 plus four emergencies was declared. The…

At Tuesday's Golden Slipper barrier draw, a handful of trainers were asked who was the horse to beat in Saturday's $5m race at Rosehill and, interestingly, none said it was Coolangatta. And that was before she drew wide in barrier 14. Since her slashing win on debut in the Gimcrack Stakes at Randwick in October, she's been a clear favourite for the…

Tim Clark sends Rise Of The Masses into next week's Golden Slipper after winning the Pago Pago Stakes at Rosehill. Picture: Getty Images Rise Of The Masses and She's Extreme squeezed into the $5m Golden Slipper field with their strong wins at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. And Sweet Ride, a runner-up to Rise Of The Masses, has enough prizemoney to…

Another Cummings has added his name to the honour roll of the Kennedy Oaks winners when She's Extreme took out the Classic race for three-year-old fillies at Flemington. Anthony Cummings joins his grandfather Jim, father Bart and son James as a winner of the Group 1 race after he trained She's Extreme to win the 2500m showpiece on Thursday. With…

Class came to the fore in spades in the Kennedy Oaks (2500m) at Flemington on Thursday with She's Extreme justifying the weight of support in winning her second Group l race. Read on for the 2022 Kennedy Oaks Post Race Horse Ratings. 2022 Kennedy Oaks Replay 2022 Kennedy Oaks Race Horse Ratings 1. She's Extreme: The tempo of the race ensured the…

As one of the better two-year-old fillies of last season, Anthony Cummings would like to see She's Extreme end her spring campaign with a win on the board. It is for that reason that Cummings has sent She's Extreme to Melbourne to contest the Group 1 Kennedy Oaks (2500m) at Flemington on Thursday. She's Extreme won the Group 3 Magic Night Stakes…

Willowy could be headed for the Kennedy Oaks after her victory in the Wakeful Stakes at Flemington James Cummings has labelled lightly-raced Willowy as a promising stayer after her victory in the Wakeful Stakes at Flemington. Now the daughter of Kermadec is likely to be given her chance in the Group 1 Kennedy Oaks (2500m) at Flemington on Thursday…

Following the 162nd edition of the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday, the Flemington Carnival rolls on with another exciting edition of the Kennedy Oaks on Thursday afternoon. Just eleven three-year-old fillies will step out in the Group 1 feature, but some of the age group's best are engaged, and there is value to be found in Kennedy Oaks betting. No. 4…

From a debut defeat at Goulburn to Flemington Group 1 placegetter, VRC Oaks runner-up Pavitra came a long way in a short time at her first preparation. Co-trainer Will Freedman is bullish about the filly's chances of again featuring in the three-year-old classics this autumn, although he admits his confidence has been tested along the way. "Before…

From a debut defeat at Goulburn to Flemington Group 1 placegetter, VRC Oaks runner-up Pavitra came a long way in a short time at her first preparation. Co-trainer Will Freedman is bullish about the filly's chances of again featuring in the three-year-old classics this autumn, although he admits his confidence has been tested along the way. "Before…

The clash between New Zealand's best middle-distance filly Prowess and Sydney's leading light Pavitra is shaping as one of the match-ups of the afternoon at Rosehill. A last-start Group 1 winner against the older horses, Prowess arrives in Sydney with quite the reputation while Pavitra, runner-up in the VRC Oaks last spring, is coming off an…