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News.com.au
3 days ago
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Benagil recovered and back on track for Group 1 Queensland Oaks tilt for trainer Glen Thompson
Glen Thompson says Group 1 winner Benagil has recovered well from some minor lacerations when she 'ran up their arses' last start and he feels she is still the horse they all have to beat in Saturday's Group 1 Queensland Oaks. Benagil is the benchmark for Saturday's Oaks at Eagle Farm, having already won the Group 1 Australasian Oaks in Adelaide and boasting a Group 1 runner-up finish behind superstar filly Treasurethe Moment during the Sydney autumn carnival. But a spanner was thrown in the works of best laid Queensland Oaks plans when Benagil finished 10th, beaten seven lengths, in the Group 2 The Roses (2000m) at Doomben on May 23. She pulled up with some cuts on her front and back legs but, after watching her have a spin around Eagle Farm on Tuesday, Flemington trainer Thompson declared his filly cherry ripe for an Oaks (2200m) tilt. • PUNT LIKE A PRO: Become a Racenet iQ member and get expert tips – with fully transparent return on investment statistics – from Racenet's team of professional punters at our Pro Tips section. SUBSCRIBE NOW! 'Taking out that last run, she has got the best form in the race,' Thompson said. 'She has been racing against the best fillies and she ran second to probably the best three-year-old filly in the country (Treasurethe Moment) three starts ago in Sydney. 'If she brings her A game, I think she's going to be the horse to beat in the Oaks. 'You just need to put a line through her last run. 'She's also going to be a lot better going to the big Eagle Farm track and whatever track conditions she gets won't worry her.' WATCH: Ahead of Saturday's Group 1 $700,000 Queensland Oaks, Benagil's trainer Glen Thompson tells @bendorries76 that his filly has recovered from some minor lacerations sustained in the Group 2 The Roses last start. ðŸ'‡ — Racenet (@RacenetTweets) June 2, 2025 * 'It jeopardises the Stradbroke': Benedetta back-up gamble Benagil started the $3.50 favourite in the Group 2 The Roses on May 24 but wasn't a factor behind the David Vandyke -trained Philia, who scored her fourth consecutive victory and rocketed to Oaks favouritism. But Thompson detailed why it was a total forget run for Benagil. 'Last start was a very messy race, she got back in behind the wrong horses and ran up their arses,' he said. 'She just got dragged out of the race at the wrong time when she needed to be building into the race. 'It was a hard watch and not good to see heading into a Group 1 race. 'She pulled up with a few cuts on her front and back legs, just superficial stuff. 'But she seems really good now and I'm really happy with her heading to Saturday. 'If she can bring her best form to Saturday, she is right in the mix. 'She is better ridden quiet in the second half of the field, back out of trouble. 'We will try to ride her like the best horse in the race and hopefully she shows she is.' Benagil was the filly who gave Thompson his first Group 1 win in his own right. He trained in partnership with Melbourne Cup -winning legend Mike Moroney until Moroney's tragic passing in late February.
News.com.au
09-05-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
You Wahng using The Coast as stepping stone to Queensland Oaks
'This is like a $500,000 barrier trial that she could win or run well.'' Trainer Kris Lees made this honest assessment of three-year-old filly You Wahng's chances going into the Listed $500,000 The Coast (1600m) at the Gosford stand-alone meeting on Saturday. But before Lees finds himself in hot water with stewards, the champion trainer qualified his statement. You Wahng is coming off her very good third, beaten less than a length, in the Group 1 ATC Australian Oaks won by Melbourne's wonder filly Treasurethe Moment a month ago. Lees is bringing You Wahng back from 2400m to 1600m for The Coast as he readies his filly for a Group 1 Queensland Oaks campaign. But with the Gosford track rated a Soft 7 – and more rain is forecast for race day – Lees said You Wahng can make her presence felt in the feature Gosford race. 'If we get more rain then You Wahng is right in this race,'' Lees said. 'She's freshened up nicely since the Oaks at Randwick and after she runs in The Coast, she will go two weeks into The Roses and then the Queensland Oaks.'' You Wahng has only had six starts and Lees pointed out that both of the filly's wins have been at 1400m. 'She might be on an Oaks preparation but I do think she will be competitive on Saturday,'' Lees said. You Wahng is at $17 in latest TAB betting on The Coast with Know Thyself, winner of the Country Championships Final earlier this autumn, a firm $3.50 favourite. Lees has some very good chances at Gosford including reliable sprinter Brudenell ($5) in the Group 3 $250,000 Takeover Target Stakes (1200m). Brudenell, a stakes winner at Moonee Valley two starts back, handles all track conditions and impressed Lees with an easy barrier trial win at Wyong late last month. 'We have freshened up Brudenell and he should be very competitive,'' Lees said. 'I like him on this style of track where he can stalk the speed.'' Lees also had last start Group 2 Sapphire Stakes winner Infancy entered for the Takeover Target Stakes but instead has decided to take the mare to the Gold Coast for the Listed $160,000 ATC Trophy (1200m). 'I just felt the Gold Coast race looked a little easier for Infancy,'' he explained. Lees also endorsed Power Of The Brave's chances at the Gosford meeting when he lines up in the $200,000 Thunder Thousand (1000m). Power Of The Brace ($10) goes to Gosford in a rich vein of form and was denied a hat-trick of wins when narrowly beaten by Shall Be at Wyong last start. 'He's an ultra-consistent horse when he gets the right set-up which he should do from the gate (barrier five),'' Lees said. The Lees-trained Memoria ($8.50) is also racing in career-best form and rates as one of the chances in a competitive closer, the Gosford Railway Hotel Handicap (1200m). A striking grey mare, Memoria has won twice and been placed three times in five starts this campaign including her impressive all-the-way win at Randwick two weeks ago. 'She is a beauty,'' Lees said of Memoria. 'She races on speed and gives herself every chance. 'Benjamin Osmond rides Memoria well and his 2kg claim is important as she is not a big mare.'' PRIDE'S RECORD BID IN DOUBT Trainer Joe Pride might have to wait another year to win a record sixth Takeover Target Stakes. Pride revealed he is having second thoughts about starting the brilliant Accredited, the $5 favourite for the Gosford Group 3 sprint. 'I'm watching the weather,'' Pride said. 'Accredited is going really well but he's at his best on a firmer track and I'm reluctant to run him first-up on a wet track. 'I've set him for the Takeover Target Stakes and I'm keen to run but we might save him for Scone next week.'' • 'On at the right time': Bayliss bullish about import at Gosford Pride said the opposite applies to Storm The Ramparts who is entered for the $200,000 Thunder Thousand (1000m). 'Storm The Ramparts loves a wet track,'' the trainer said. 'He is Dragonstone's half-brother and although he is not as good as him, he's a handy sprinter in his own right. 'Their dam, Quick's The Word, is by Shamardal and is a good producer. 'I've had a bit of luck with broodmares by Shamardal. Both Ceolwulf and Private Eye are out of Shamardal mares.'' GIGA CASHED UP Giga Kick, the 2022 The Everest hero, will move to eighth on the all-time list of prizemoney earners if he wins the Group 1 $1m The Goodwood at Morphettville on Saturday. The Clayton Douglas-trained Giga Kick has already earned $12,795,950 and is 10th on the rankings behind mighty mare Winx with $26,451,175. If Giga Kick wins The Goodwood, he will take his earnings to $13,343,200, moving past I Wish I Win ($12,844,303) and Via Sistina ($12,829,989). Giga Kick is the $2.15 TAB Fixed Odds favourite to win The Goodwood where he is extremely well weighted with 54.5kg. KA YING'S WORLD RANKING IS RISING Hong Kong's super sprinter Ka Ying Rising, the early favourite for the $20m The TAB Everest, has moved into equal second position on the 2025 Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings. Ka Ying Rising scored his 12th consecutive win in the Group 1 Chairman's Sprint Prize at Sha Tin last start and improved his official rating to 126 from 124. This moves Ka Ying Rising alongside another Hong Kong champion, Romantic Warrior, on the official world rankings. The only horse rated above the Hong Kong duo is Japan's Forever Young on 127, which he earned after defeating Romantic Warrior in an epic Saudi Cup. The highest Australian-trained horse on the world rankings is Chris Waller's champion mare Via Sistina with 119, ranking her equal 16th. Via Sistina has had a remarkable 2024-25 season winning a record-equalling seven Group 1 races including the Cox Plate-Queen Elizabeth Stakes double and is a certainty for Australian Horse of the Year honours.
Sydney Morning Herald
25-04-2025
- Sport
- Sydney Morning Herald
Laurie looks to build on Sydney success after group 1 autumn blitz
Victorian trainer Matt Laurie is keen to build on his group 1 treble at the Sydney autumn carnival – on and off the track in NSW. Laurie has two runners at Randwick on Saturday, and he hopes to set both on a path to the listed Ortensia Stakes at Scone on May 17. Off the track, the Mornington trainer, still savouring his breakthrough Sydney group 1 wins with Treasurethe Moment (Vinery Stud Stakes and ATC Oaks) and Vinrock (ATC Sires' Produce), hopes to one day have a satellite stable in the state. 'I'd love to have a little barn up there, but God knows where I'd be able to get something,' said Laurie, who has submitted an expression of interest for Newcastle's proposed, but still unfunded, stable development. 'It's something that if the opportunity arose, we'd certainly take it on a small scale to begin with. It's just good to go to other places. You don't want to be stuck in the same zone. 'That's just something we've discussed, but then it's trying to settle on a place, then when you do, there's not much available.' On Saturday, Laurie has Miss Icelandic ($7 Sportsbet) in race four, a benchmark 78 handicap over 1000m, and Sparkling ($8.50) in the seventh, a benchmark 78 over 1200m. The mares, racing in NSW for the first time, are resuming after last-start efforts in Melbourne in early November. Laurie is eyeing a first black-type result for the pair after Saturday's test.
The Age
25-04-2025
- Sport
- The Age
Laurie looks to build on Sydney success after group 1 autumn blitz
Victorian trainer Matt Laurie is keen to build on his group 1 treble at the Sydney autumn carnival – on and off the track in NSW. Laurie has two runners at Randwick on Saturday, and he hopes to set both on a path to the listed Ortensia Stakes at Scone on May 17. Off the track, the Mornington trainer, still savouring his breakthrough Sydney group 1 wins with Treasurethe Moment (Vinery Stud Stakes and ATC Oaks) and Vinrock (ATC Sires' Produce), hopes to one day have a satellite stable in the state. 'I'd love to have a little barn up there, but God knows where I'd be able to get something,' said Laurie, who has submitted an expression of interest for Newcastle's proposed, but still unfunded, stable development. 'It's something that if the opportunity arose, we'd certainly take it on a small scale to begin with. It's just good to go to other places. You don't want to be stuck in the same zone. 'That's just something we've discussed, but then it's trying to settle on a place, then when you do, there's not much available.' On Saturday, Laurie has Miss Icelandic ($7 Sportsbet) in race four, a benchmark 78 handicap over 1000m, and Sparkling ($8.50) in the seventh, a benchmark 78 over 1200m. The mares, racing in NSW for the first time, are resuming after last-start efforts in Melbourne in early November. Laurie is eyeing a first black-type result for the pair after Saturday's test.
News.com.au
24-04-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Four-Play, Quadzilla: $200 betting strategy for Saturday
â– â– â– â– â– FOUR-PLAY: $200 BETTING STRATEGY $50 win NEW YORK LUSTRE (3) at $3.10 New York Lustre has had a freshen up after winning all three runs last campaign, progressing through the grades from a Benchmark 58 to a Benchmark 90. She resumes here in a Benchmark 78 over 1000m, where she is two from two. There is a lot of speed in the race and she is perfectly drawn in barrier four to sit outside the leader or just off the pace. New York Lustre just gets it done in the opener! ðŸ¤� @jamieleekah07 @jusufovicracing — 7HorseRacing ðŸ�Ž (@7horseracing) February 1, 2025 Superazi finished behind Nicolini Vito and Chorlton Lane in the Victoria Handicap where he jumped favourite. He can improve here third-up on a likely soft track, and is probably better suited stepping up in distance then his main rivals, although the wide barrier is some concern. $50 win BENAGIL (2) at $3.80 The Victorian filly stays at the 2000m after chasing Treasurethe Moment into second in the Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes at Randwick last start and finishing well ahead of Movin Out who is the third favourite here. A softer draw would have been preferable but have trust jockey Mark Zahra can have her in the right spot. 🙌 Treasurethe Moment is sensational in the Vinery Stud Stakes, making it 7 in a row as she takes another Group 1! @mattlaurierace | @LaneDamian | @YulongInvest | @aus_turf_club — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) April 1, 2025 RACE 8 (ASCOT): THE QUOKKA (1200m) $50 win OVERPASS (1) at $2.05 The Bjorn Baker sprinter has been a class above his rivals when he travels to Perth, unbeaten in four runs at Ascot. That could be the case again in his bid for a Quokka hat-trick after his terrific return in the Group 1 TJ Smith Stakes where he finished a close second to Briasa, and this year's field is arguably not as strong as past editions. â– â– â– â– â– QUADZILLA LEG 1 – RACE 6 Tough start to the quaddie. CATAHOULA (11) couldn't get past PRIMAL SPIRIT (4) at Sandown Lakeside but will likely have more improvement being second-up. Both runners will give a good sight up front. BARBARIC LAD (7) was running on from back in the field after drawing wide gates in his past two runs in BM74 grade, and can settle closer from barrier one. Singaporean import RAVALLI (5) has trialled well for his first Australian start. DIRTY GRIN (6) started the prep with back-to-back BM64 wins before running into smart galloper King Zephyr at Sandown Hillside. 1ST LEG: 4, 5, 6, 7, 11 LEG 2 – RACE 7 LET'SFACETHEMUSIC (1) bounced back with a second behind Manolo Bling at Bendigo after he was well beaten in the Darby Munro in Sydney. Prior to that he won a Kilmore maiden and was runner-up in a handicap race down the Flemington straight. STAGE 'N' SCREEN (7) has had little go her way this prep. She was held up for a run first-up at The Valley and then pulled up lame last start. EL TERCERO (4) has won his past two but is deep into his first preparation. He was slow out at Pakenham last time out but was still too good. 2ND LEG: 1, 4, 7 Manolo Bling blistering on speed! Luke Cartwright has a Saturday metropolitan double! @FreedmanRacing @LukeCartwrightt — 7HorseRacing ðŸ�Ž (@7horseracing) April 12, 2025 LEG 2 – RACE 8 Six runners come out of the Bert Bryant Handicap at Caulfield with PREFERENTIAL (14), FORTUNE (3) and KHOR (4) all finishing inside a length behind My Brothers Keeper. Fortune snuck a run on the inside and hit the front at the 150m before he was swamped late by My Brothers Keeper and Preferential out wide. He has drawn better than Preferential, who may not get a run as first emergency. Chris Waller import SUN GOD (5) looks ready now third-up. 3RD LEG: 3, 4, 5, 14 My Brothers Keeper right down the outside! 🚀 — 7HorseRacing ðŸ�Ž (@7horseracing) April 5, 2025 LEG 4 – RACE 9 Another leg to go wide. AMBASSADORIAL (9) drops back to a BM78 after resuming with a solid third in a BM84 at The Valley. WAIMARIE (8) is also second-up and both her wins over 1600m have been on wet tracks, which includes one at the track. TYPHOON HARMONY (7) is racing well with three straight placings. SPACE AGE (3) was a big improver last start at Randwick-Kensington and was held up for a run. LE ZEBRA (1) is back in trip and grade. 4TH LEG: 1, 3, 7, 8, 9 Cost $100 for 33.33% SKINNY QUADDIE 1ST LEG: 4, 7, 11 2ND LEG: 1, 4 3RD LEG: 3, 14 4TH LEG: 7, 8, 9
