Trainer Mick Price has elected to run O’Reilly entire Grunt in Saturday’s Gr.1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield after he grew concerned with the four week gap between runs.
Promising O’Reilly mare Our Libretto has kept her undefeated Australian record intact after storming home late to win the Ladbrokes Multiverse Handicap (1600m) by a length at Sandown on Wednesday.
Former New Zealand galloper Patrick Erin is on the cusp of starting in the Gr.2 Chelmsford Stakes (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday, but needs one scratching to make the field.
A day before Group One-winning colt Written By is taken to Sandown for a jump-out, his Grahame Begg-trained stablemate Our Libretto will head to the same course in pursuit of a second Australian victory.
Milseain, a full-sister to Hong Kong Champion Werther, is set to start her spring preparation at Randwick on Saturday, which could potentially result in a tilt at the Gr.1 Cox Plate (2040m).
Michael Walker believes he is in the best physical and mental form of his career and feels he is in a position to better the three Group Ones he won last season.
Classy New Zealand mare Coldplay is coming to hand nicely in her new Sydney environment as she prepares for her last campaign before commencing a breeding career.
Caulfield trainer Mick Price is pleased with the progress of Group One winners Grunt and Mighty Boss after the duo filled the placings behind stablemate Holy Snow in a 990m trial at Cranbourne on Monday morning.
Group One winner I Am A Star is ready to make her first race appearance this year in the Aurie's Star Handicap after impressing her trainer and jockey in a barrier trial at Cranbourne.
Progressive mare Naantali has given the newly formed training partnership of Ciaron Maher and David Eustace a city win at the opening metropolitan meeting of the new season.
