Stradbroke back on Brave's radar

Home of The Brave (Ire) (Starspangledbanner) is back in the running for the G1 Stradbroke Hcp on June 8 after a trial win at Deagon on Tuesday.

The 7-year-old was scratched from Saturday's G1 Kingsford Smith Cup due to a high temperature but has made a quick recovery and won his trial by four lengths.

"We asked Larry (Cassidy) to give him a good trial without overdoing it and he was very happy with him," stable representative Nacim Dilmi told RadioTab.

"He ran a very slick time and Larry said he had plenty left going to the post."

Home Of The Brave is set to run in Saturday's G2 Moreton Cup as his lead-in to the $1.5 million feature

Stablemates Encryption (Lonhro), Viridine (Poet's Voice {GB}) and Trekking (Street Cry {Ire}) are also likely to contest the Stradbroke.

Jenni on song for Oaks

David Brideoake is delighted with the preparation of his filly Princess Jenni (High Chaparral {Ire}) ahead of Saturday's G1 Queensland Oaks.

Princess Jenni hasn't raced since her G1 Schweppes Oaks win at Morphettville and Brideoake told Racing.com she has thrived in her break.

“I can’t fault her,” Brideoake said. “She had a quiet week, the week after her Australasian Oaks win. We put her in the paddock, she went down to her owner’s farm."

“When I got her back nine kilos heavier after seven days off, I was really happy to put her back into work and she’s done beautifully. I would say she looks identical (to how she did before the Schweppes Oaks), and her blood looks identical."

“The 2200 metres is ideal for us…I would think she will be very, very competitive.”

Vinny levels up with Snitzel

The battle for the leading 2-year-sire by winners continues to ebb and flow with Enforcement's victory at Newcastle putting I Am Invincible level with Snitzel on total number of winners.

Enforcement, trained by Peter and Paul Snowden and racing in the China Horse Club colours, defeated his older rivals by three lengths over 900m at his third start.

He becomes the 18th 2-year-old winner for his sire this season, the same amount as Snitzel, with the Yarraman Park sire leading on total prizemoney by around $400,000 after Strasbourg's win in the G2 BRC Sires Produce S, at Eagle Farm last Saturday.

I Am Invincible has eight 2-year-old stakes winners to Snitzel's three this season.

Humidor nearing return

Group 1 winner Humidor (NZ) (Teofilo {Ire}) is making progress from injury at the stables of Lindsey Smith in Warrnambool.

The 6-year-old, previously trained by Darren Weir, will eventually race under the name of Ciaron Maher and David Eustace, but is doing his pre-training under Smith, who has assumed Weir's old stables at Warrnambool.

"The horse is well and he’s about three weeks off doing some fast work,’’ Smith told Racing.com. ‘’He’s in his old box so he’s happy and he’s making good progress."

‘’As for the injury, you can’t pick it. He’s been down the beach and on the treadmill and going well so hopefully he comes back for the owners.’’

Hewitt, Freedman celebrate Hamilton win

Australian tennis great Lleyton Hewitt celebrated a win as an owner with Evening Glory (Smart Missile) winning on debut at Hamilton on Tuesday.

The $170,000 purchase from the 2018 Magic Millions is also owned by fellow tennis identities Darren Cahill, Sam Groth and Peter Luczak and is trained by Anthony Freedman.

"Lleyton is keen on his racehorses and bought a couple of yearlings, putting together a syndicate of some other tennis players," assistant trainer Sam Freedman said.

The 2-year-old becomes the 14th juvenile winner for the Freedman stable this season.

Boom on borrowed Time

Retirement looms for G1 Caulfield Cup winner Boom Time (Flying Spur) should he not return to form at Caulfield this Saturday.

Lindsay Park co-trainer David Hayes told Racing.com that the 7-year-old would need to show improvement over 2000m on Saturday if he is to continue racing.

"It’s his grand final," Hayes told Racing.com. "If he doesn’t fire, we’ll most probably retire him."

"His trackwork suggests he can run well but his recent form is atrocious. He’s a (rising) eight-year-old stallion so maybe he’s looking to do other things."

Brownes on the move

Cambridge trainers David and Emma-Lee Browne are relocating to Pukekura this week.

While it’s only a 17km change, it will see the training pair move from Mystery Creek to the Browne family’s property on Redoubt Road.

“We’re leasing the stables and house at the bottom part of the farm from David’s parents,” Emma-Lee Browne said. “We’re quite excited about it. It’s a really cool property and even though it hasn’t been used as a racing stable for some time, it has a training track and the hill is right there. "

“It’s a lot more space for us so the horses can get out more often and there are more stables than we previously had, so there’s an opportunity to get a little bit bigger as we settle in."