Gold Trip will need to achieve a feat that has occurred only once previously if he is to go into the record books as a two-time Melbourne Cup winner. Since the metric system was introduced into …
Racing Victoria Head of Handicapping David Hegan says he can only provide a weight for the Melbourne Cup on the evidence in front of him. The $5 Unibet favourite Vauban has been allocated 55kg …
Trainer Michael Freedman will look to send Ducasse to Melbourne for a lead-up to the Caulfield Guineas. But a start in the Group 3 Caulfield Guineas Prelude (1400m) on Saturday will be …
Ben Pearce, along with co-trainer and brother, Dan, said there were a couple of choices on the table for Acromantula, but they settled on Friday week’s G1 Moir Stakes (1000m) …
Ripcord is set to be one of the star attractions at the final Saturday meeting at Belmont Park for the season, which also features the Black Heart Bart Stakes (1200m). The …
The main race is the G1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) with a full field likely to make this a cracking betting race. Without A Fight ($3.50 Boombet) will be a huge …
Soulcombe will get his first taste of Group 1 racing at Caulfield this Saturday when he returns to the scene of his eye-popping first-up win. The imported gelding will be …
Stephen Wolfe believes a last hurrah for Red Can Man in the next 12-months would be a fitting way to end a stellar racing career. The son of Gingerbread Man has been a …
Owner Peter Walsh set a cat amongst the pigeons when he threw Everest plans into the melting pot for his star mare Amelia’s Jewel. On the eve of her interstate …
The first of the seasonal 3yo G1 races is the Golden Rose (1400m) and it looks like being one of the best runnings of the race. The Golden Slipper quinella …
No trainer has won the Golden Slipper more times than Gai Waterhouse and the recently anointed Hall of Fame legend showed on Monday that she will be a potent force in …
It did not take long after Private Eye’s win in Saturday’s Group 2 The Shorts for the explosive gelding to be locked in for a spot in this year’s The …
Peter Moody is considering a trip to the races with his Everest contender I Wish I Win. The second favourite for the $20 million race over 1200m at Randwick on October …
Michael Freedman can’t recall having a horse progress through the grades as quickly as Moravia as the colt prepares to test the Group One waters in the $1 million Golden Rose. …
Two days after Amelia’s Jewel’s stunning Let’s Elope Stakes win, her young half-brother will be on show in the first official two-year-old trial of the season in Sydney. The Annabel …
Just weeks after Nash Rawiller feared he would be without an Everest hopeful following the retirement of Eduardo, that sprinter’s stablemate Private Eye has stepped up to fill the gap. Runner-up to …
Star Patrol did it the tough way to land the prize in the Group 2 Bobbie Lewis Sprint at Flemington. Firstly, the Clinton McDonald-trained sprinter had to do a lot of …
A wide barrier over the 1400m course at Flemington is one that is usually frowned upon. But it was no concern for Perth mare Amelia’s Jewel at her first run on the eastern …
