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Courier-Mail
4 days ago
- Sport
- Courier-Mail
Kembla preview: Commanding Belle ready to chime again
Don't miss out on the headlines from Horse Racing. Followed categories will be added to My News. Robert and Luke Price already have their third straight Kembla trainers premiership wrapped up but are still keen to end the season on a winning note. Headlining the attack for the father and son duo is well-bred filly Commanding Belle who broke through for his first win on her home track nine days ago. After tracking the speed, she eased wide off the bend and quickly raced away to score by a length-and-a-half. 'She was impressive the other day. It was good for her to get a two-year-old win but she got a whole lot of rating points for her trouble,' said Robert Price. Commanding Belle had shown nice ability in placing in two of her first four starts including a third to Rivellino on debut at Randwick. The Form: Complete NSW Racing thoroughbred form, including video replays and all you need to know about every horse, jockey and trainer. Find a winner here! She was also much better than her second placings at Canterbury and in the Group 3 Magic Night at Rosehill to end her first campaign. The daughter of Golden Slipper winner Farnan returns to the same track and distance in the Midway Class 1 Handicap (1300m). 'She is a racing against the older horses this week but she does get a bit of weight relief being a two-year-old and a filly,' Price said. 'She has come through the run very well and he last bit of work on Thursday morning was really nice. 'She will turn up with bells on.' Price said it would pay to forget the last run of Jamarni when he tackles the Class 1 Handicap (1500m). The son of Pride Of Dubai was held up behind runners and wasn't able to be tested when ninth to Autumn Dream last week. Prior to that, he placed in consecutive runs over 1300m before scoring his first win over 1500m in a Super Maiden at Hawkesbury. 'He got trapped in behind them and was a victim of horses coming back in his lap,' he said. 'He was a little bit shy in amongst them the other day and needs some sort of head gear so we have elected to go with the winkers this week. 'It's quite a strong race but he is in it up to his ears. 'He worked nicely on Thursday morning and should have no trouble with the quick back-up because he didn't get knocked around the other day. 'He has drawn a nice, soft gate to get a good run and he will be very competitive.' The stable is chasing a reward with both Zoustrong and Autumn Heir in the Inglis Xtra Bonus Series Provincial Maiden Handicap (1500m). Zoustrong only made his race debut on June 27 at Moruya where he finished seventh behind Teepee Princess before an improved run when third to Commanding Belle. 'We are asking a lot of him. It's only his third race start but he raced well the other day,' said Price. 'We are talking a leap of faith with him because it's an Inglis Bonus race which he is eligible for. 'I think he is going to be positive with us not wanting him to be because of the way raced last start. 'He has come through the run with flying colours so we are happy to give him his chance.' Autumn Heir is also in his first campaign but has had a little more race experience with four runs, finishing just behind the placegetters in his last two. 'He will be some sort of chance in this race too. He never had a whole pile of luck the other day. 'He is going to want 2000 metres eventually but we have kept him nice and fresh. Hopefully he is sharp enough for the 1500 metres.'
News.com.au
4 days ago
- Sport
- News.com.au
Kembla preview: Commanding Belle heads Robert and Luke Price's quest for a triumphant season finale
Robert and Luke Price already have their third straight Kembla trainers premiership wrapped up but are still keen to end the season on a winning note. Headlining the attack for the father and son duo is well-bred filly Commanding Belle who broke through for his first win on her home track nine days ago. After tracking the speed, she eased wide off the bend and quickly raced away to score by a length-and-a-half. 'She was impressive the other day. It was good for her to get a two-year-old win but she got a whole lot of rating points for her trouble,' said Robert Price. Commanding Belle had shown nice ability in placing in two of her first four starts including a third to Rivellino on debut at Randwick. Commanding Belle (ex Amazing Belle) became FARNAN’s 11th winner today, dominating in Race 1 at @kemblaraces for Robert & Luke Price. She's from the family of 14x G1 winner Melody Belle & stakes-winner Tutukaka. Excited to see what’s to come from her this prep! ðŸ'¥ #FastLikeFarnan â€' Kia Ora Stud (@kiaorastud) July 17, 2025 The Form: Complete NSW Racing thoroughbred form, including video replays and all you need to know about every horse, jockey and trainer. Find a winner here! She was also much better than her second placings at Canterbury and in the Group 3 Magic Night at Rosehill to end her first campaign. The daughter of Golden Slipper winner Farnan returns to the same track and distance in the Midway Class 1 Handicap (1300m). 'She is a racing against the older horses this week but she does get a bit of weight relief being a two-year-old and a filly,' Price said. 'She has come through the run very well and he last bit of work on Thursday morning was really nice. 'She will turn up with bells on.' Price said it would pay to forget the last run of Jamarni when he tackles the Class 1 Handicap (1500m). The son of Pride Of Dubai was held up behind runners and wasn't able to be tested when ninth to Autumn Dream last week. Prior to that, he placed in consecutive runs over 1300m before scoring his first win over 1500m in a Super Maiden at Hawkesbury. 'He got trapped in behind them and was a victim of horses coming back in his lap,' he said. 'He was a little bit shy in amongst them the other day and needs some sort of head gear so we have elected to go with the winkers this week. 'It's quite a strong race but he is in it up to his ears. 🌧ï¸� Cuban Rain sprints away effortlessly to break its maiden at Kembla Grange! Robert & Luke Price grab the quinella! ðŸ'Œ â€' SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) June 3, 2025 'He worked nicely on Thursday morning and should have no trouble with the quick back-up because he didn't get knocked around the other day. 'He has drawn a nice, soft gate to get a good run and he will be very competitive.' The stable is chasing a reward with both Zoustrong and Autumn Heir in the Inglis Xtra Bonus Series Provincial Maiden Handicap (1500m). Zoustrong only made his race debut on June 27 at Moruya where he finished seventh behind Teepee Princess before an improved run when third to Commanding Belle. 'We are asking a lot of him. It's only his third race start but he raced well the other day,' said Price. 'We are talking a leap of faith with him because it's an Inglis Bonus race which he is eligible for. 'I think he is going to be positive with us not wanting him to be because of the way raced last start. 'He has come through the run with flying colours so we are happy to give him his chance.' Autumn Heir is also in his first campaign but has had a little more race experience with four runs, finishing just behind the placegetters in his last two. 'He will be some sort of chance in this race too. He never had a whole pile of luck the other day.
News.com.au
5 days ago
- Sport
- News.com.au
Lee Freedman will take a step back from training to manage his brother Michael's new satellite stable on the Gold Coast
Five-time Melbourne Cup-winner Lee Freedman will take a step back from training to manage his younger brother Michael's newly announced satellite stable on the Gold Coast. Michael says the 'time is right' to set up an operation consisting of about 30 stables on the Glitter Strip in partnership with his Hall of Fame trainer Lee Freedman, who will take up the role as stable manager. From the new racing season starting on August 1, Michael Freedman will take over the stables currently occupied by Lee. 'I'll be looking to set up a satellite stable on the Gold Coast,' Sydney trainer Michael Freedman said. 'It's still in the process of being approved (by Racing Queensland) but hopefully next week it'll be finalised. 'I'm looking to send quite a few horses from Sydney up there all-year round to race, ideally in those mid-week and Saturday races. 'It gives me a base for Magic Millions, which is an important carnival now, and helps for the Brisbane winter as well because it's always very difficult to find stabling when you do bring horses up there. 'I think the timing is right and I'm looking forward to it.' Freedman said he was still 'working through' the new arrangement with his 68-year-old brother Lee, who has been training at the Gold Coast since March 2021. 'I think the timing's right and Lee and I had a good meeting about it yesterday (Thursday),' he said. 'I wouldn't probably be even contemplating this if Lee wasn't involved. 'Given that he's at a point where he's happy to be doing something along those lines, then it works well for me.' Freedman is following in the footsteps of Sydney's premier trainer Chris Waller, who also runs a satellite stable on the Gold Coast. In the late 1980s, Michael joined his three older brothers Lee, Anthony and Richard to form a highly successful training partnership that prepared more than 100 Group 1 winners, including five Melbourne Cup champions and four consecutive Golden Slipper winners. Michael spent almost a decade in Singapore and a brief stint in Hong Kong before branching out on his own at Randwick in April 2022 following a partnership with brother Richard which saw the two combine to win the 2021 Golden Slipper with Stay Inside. The highlight of his solo training career came last March when filly Marhoona won the Golden Slipper at Rosehill, just six weeks after making her debut at Canterbury. Michael said he planned to visit the Sunshine State more often once his new operation on the Gold Coast was fully established. 'I'll be looking to come up (to Queensland) a bit more during the year at various times,' he said. 'Certainly winter carnival and Magic Millions will be a key focus for me. 'We've got a couple of horses up there already that might run next Saturday and we'll start to trickle a few more up over the course of the next few weeks.' Gold Coast Turf Club boss Steve Lines said he was delighted to welcome a trainer of Freedman's calibre. 'Michael Freedman is one of the country's most respected horsemen and his decision to set up a stable here is a huge vote of confidence in what the Gold Coast has to offer,' Lines said. 'He joins a strong and growing cohort of top-tier trainers calling the Gold Coast home and will only further strengthen the quality of horses we have racing at the Gold Coast, given Michael's association with Godolphin and other prominent owners.'
Sydney Morning Herald
5 days ago
- Sport
- Sydney Morning Herald
Ryan keen for Dumpling to steam forward again and show stakes class
Ryan hoped to test the waters again. 'We always thought she had stakes ability and that's why she had runs in some of those races,' he said. 'With her pedigree and what she's shown, we'd like to chase a bit of black type with her, so we'll just progress and see how she goes on Saturday. 'We've got to get her rating up a bit so we can get her into those races. She's certainly got the ability and is capable of winning one. It will be 1100 or whether you go to 1400 with her. We'll just let her tell the tale on Saturday.' Ryan has Green Shadows ($7.50) in the fifth, a benchmark 88 over 1600m. Green Shadows was fifth in the same grade over 1400m at Randwick last start and is chasing a first win in 11 months. 'The other day he got squeezed out of the gate and he was one pair further back than you would like to be, but he finished the race all right,' Ryan said. Silentsar ($14) and High Blue Sea ($19) are in the seventh, a benchmark 78 over 1300m. Loading 'It's a tough race and he's up in class, but he does drop six kilos,' he said of Silentsar. 'The other horse just needs firm ground, and he probably needed the run the other day. He loomed to win about the 300m mark and just ran out of puff, and he's improved off it.' Ryan, meanwhile, was looking to the spring with confidence about his strong crop of two-year-olds from this season. King Of Pop and Skyhook won their way into the Golden Slipper, while Blitzburg claimed the Canonbury Stakes and Grand Eagle peeled off two wins. 'I'm quite excited about King Of Pop, Skyhook, Sanctified and Grand Eagle,' he said. 'They appear to be coming up quite well. They had a jump-out on Tuesday morning and went really well on the course proper. 'Blitzburg will run in the Rosebud. King Of Pop in the San Domenico, Skyhook the Rosebud or San Domenico. All trial next Tuesday at Rosehill. Grand Eagle is a fortnight behind them so he'll probably go to a benchmark race before heading to something better.' Hoysted hopes filly can deliver breakthrough Sydney win Eagle Farm trainer Matt Hoysted hopes the trip to Randwick this week can be the making of promising filly Break Free, and give him a first NSW city winner in the process. Hoysted, about to enter his second season as a solo trainer, is sending Break Free and Termagant to Randwick after last-start efforts at Eagle Farm on June 28, and it will be the first Sydney runs for the Proven Thoroughbreds pair. Break Free, a three-year-old Capitalist filly, has won three of her five starts and finished second last time out. Her other run was an 11th when stepping up to the group 3 Vo Rogue Plate (1300m). She faces another test on Saturday in the ninth, a benchmark 72 handicap for three- and four-year-olds over 1100m. Hoysted rued a poor draw in 17 but was keen for Break Free to gain valuable experience on the road ahead of more campaigns at stakes grade. Andrew Adkins has the ride on the $10 Sportsbet hope. 'It's really good prizemoney and there's obviously not a great deal for her up here now that we're outside of carnival,' Hoysted said of bringing Break Free south. 'She's a promising filly who still just hasn't quite really put it all together yet. 'She had that race parcelled up at Eagle Farm last start and then had a wander and a bit of a look around late, and that probably cost her. She just got nabbed in the last couple of strides, so coming back 100 metres in trip, we want to ride her a touch quieter, and with something to chase, she can be that bit more dynamic. 'She's a filly who's always had nice natural ability and we've had a high opinion of her, and now we're at that stage where she's really honing her skills, we thought the trip away would do her the world of good. I just wish we could have drawn a bit softer. 'This preparation was all about get her rating up while she's still honing her craft, then maybe in another prep's time, if she keeps progressing, she can aim up into some better races.' Hoysted hopes for softer ground for four-year-old Deep Field mare Termagant, which races in the eighth, an 1100m benchmark 88 handicap. She is also third-up but is coming off a failure at home, when eighth in a 1200m benchmark 85. Dylan Gibbons rides the $23 chance from gate 12. Randwick was a soft 6 with the chance of rain on Saturday. 'She was obviously pretty disappointing last start at Eagle Farm,' Hoysted said. 'She nearly jumped favourite that day and she copped a rock-hard track, which we know she doesn't appreciate. She didn't let go at all on that. 'Last prep she was putting it all together, and we think she's one that's still on an upwards trajectory. Maybe down there we'll get a bit more juice in the track, and the big, open spaces of Randwick will suit her.'
The Age
5 days ago
- Sport
- The Age
Ryan keen for Dumpling to steam forward again and show stakes class
Ryan hoped to test the waters again. 'We always thought she had stakes ability and that's why she had runs in some of those races,' he said. 'With her pedigree and what she's shown, we'd like to chase a bit of black type with her, so we'll just progress and see how she goes on Saturday. 'We've got to get her rating up a bit so we can get her into those races. She's certainly got the ability and is capable of winning one. It will be 1100 or whether you go to 1400 with her. We'll just let her tell the tale on Saturday.' Ryan has Green Shadows ($7.50) in the fifth, a benchmark 88 over 1600m. Green Shadows was fifth in the same grade over 1400m at Randwick last start and is chasing a first win in 11 months. 'The other day he got squeezed out of the gate and he was one pair further back than you would like to be, but he finished the race all right,' Ryan said. Silentsar ($14) and High Blue Sea ($19) are in the seventh, a benchmark 78 over 1300m. Loading 'It's a tough race and he's up in class, but he does drop six kilos,' he said of Silentsar. 'The other horse just needs firm ground, and he probably needed the run the other day. He loomed to win about the 300m mark and just ran out of puff, and he's improved off it.' Ryan, meanwhile, was looking to the spring with confidence about his strong crop of two-year-olds from this season. King Of Pop and Skyhook won their way into the Golden Slipper, while Blitzburg claimed the Canonbury Stakes and Grand Eagle peeled off two wins. 'I'm quite excited about King Of Pop, Skyhook, Sanctified and Grand Eagle,' he said. 'They appear to be coming up quite well. They had a jump-out on Tuesday morning and went really well on the course proper. 'Blitzburg will run in the Rosebud. King Of Pop in the San Domenico, Skyhook the Rosebud or San Domenico. All trial next Tuesday at Rosehill. Grand Eagle is a fortnight behind them so he'll probably go to a benchmark race before heading to something better.' Hoysted hopes filly can deliver breakthrough Sydney win Eagle Farm trainer Matt Hoysted hopes the trip to Randwick this week can be the making of promising filly Break Free, and give him a first NSW city winner in the process. Hoysted, about to enter his second season as a solo trainer, is sending Break Free and Termagant to Randwick after last-start efforts at Eagle Farm on June 28, and it will be the first Sydney runs for the Proven Thoroughbreds pair. Break Free, a three-year-old Capitalist filly, has won three of her five starts and finished second last time out. Her other run was an 11th when stepping up to the group 3 Vo Rogue Plate (1300m). She faces another test on Saturday in the ninth, a benchmark 72 handicap for three- and four-year-olds over 1100m. Hoysted rued a poor draw in 17 but was keen for Break Free to gain valuable experience on the road ahead of more campaigns at stakes grade. Andrew Adkins has the ride on the $10 Sportsbet hope. 'It's really good prizemoney and there's obviously not a great deal for her up here now that we're outside of carnival,' Hoysted said of bringing Break Free south. 'She's a promising filly who still just hasn't quite really put it all together yet. 'She had that race parcelled up at Eagle Farm last start and then had a wander and a bit of a look around late, and that probably cost her. She just got nabbed in the last couple of strides, so coming back 100 metres in trip, we want to ride her a touch quieter, and with something to chase, she can be that bit more dynamic. 'She's a filly who's always had nice natural ability and we've had a high opinion of her, and now we're at that stage where she's really honing her skills, we thought the trip away would do her the world of good. I just wish we could have drawn a bit softer. 'This preparation was all about get her rating up while she's still honing her craft, then maybe in another prep's time, if she keeps progressing, she can aim up into some better races.' Hoysted hopes for softer ground for four-year-old Deep Field mare Termagant, which races in the eighth, an 1100m benchmark 88 handicap. She is also third-up but is coming off a failure at home, when eighth in a 1200m benchmark 85. Dylan Gibbons rides the $23 chance from gate 12. Randwick was a soft 6 with the chance of rain on Saturday. 'She was obviously pretty disappointing last start at Eagle Farm,' Hoysted said. 'She nearly jumped favourite that day and she copped a rock-hard track, which we know she doesn't appreciate. She didn't let go at all on that. 'Last prep she was putting it all together, and we think she's one that's still on an upwards trajectory. Maybe down there we'll get a bit more juice in the track, and the big, open spaces of Randwick will suit her.'
