[close]

With contacts from around the world, Racing and Sports provides something no other website can - information and form prior to a race with news and views after a race. This is both written, audio and visual. As a result, our appeal is unmatched.

As the most sought after tool for your international racing and punting needs, Racing and Sports has dedicated coverage in various sections to help you navigate the global sport.

We have Singapore/Malaysia, UK/Ireland/Europe, Hong Kong/Macau, South Africa, Japan, USA plus other international jurisdictions.

Stick with Racing and Sports for everything you need to know in the racing game.

Racing

Coeur Volante chases Moroney dream

Coeur Volante will attempt to give Lindsay Park a second Group 1 victory in Brisbane. 

COEUR VOLANTE winning the Catanach's Jewellers Mannerism Stakes
COEUR VOLANTE winning the Catanach's Jewellers Mannerism Stakes Picture: Colin Bull / Sportpix

The late Mike Moroney always believed Coeur Volante had the potential to be a Group 1 winner. 

As a three-year-old, Coeur Volante started favourite in the Group 1 Thousand Guineas at Caulfield, finishing fourth to Joliestar, while placegetters in that race were subsequent Group 1 winners Kimochi and Skybird. 

Coeur Volante was Moroney's last winner when successful in the Group 3 Mannerism Stakes at Caulfield in February before dying in his sleep just days later. 

Under the care of Glen Thompson, Coeur Volante did not run again at Group 1 level until this year's Sydney Autumn Carnival where the mare finished in the second half of the field in both the Coolmore Classic and the Queen Of The Turf Stakes. 

Now in the care of the Lindsay Park team of Ben, Will & Jd Hayes, Coeur Volante is down to run in the final Group 1 race of the 2024-25 season, the Tattersall's Tiara (1400m), another contest for the fillies and mares, at Eagle Farm on Saturday. 

Coeur Volante will be having her second outing for the Hayes brothers, having finished ninth in the Listed Helen Coughlan Stakes (1200m) at Eagle Farm on June 7. 

Will Hayes said Coeur Volante had made good progress from that first-up outing having had two trials for the stable after joining the Lindsay Park operation following the Queen Of The Turf Stakes. 

"We are very happy with how she's progressed out of her first-up run," Hayes said. 

"We were seven weeks between runs, not by design, just with the floods and the weather up there, we couldn't get a run into her. 

"But she has tightened up nicely and we expect her to run a forward race." 

Jockey Jordan Childs will have to be at his best if he is to get Coeur Volante home. 

Coeur Volante drew gate 20 at Wednesday's barrier draw but will come into barrier 15 if the five emergencies do not gain a start. 

Lindsay Park collected the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap on June 14 with the former Moroney-trained galloper War Machine. 


Racing and Sports
Check out our FREE full form, ratings for meetings in nine countries each and every day.