Champion jockey Damien Oliver thought he was reading his own eulogy when he awoke on Wednesday morning to read the reports of his impending retirement. Oliver announced he will retire from race riding at …
A fitter but still underdone Mr Brightside is ready to tackle his first Group 1 assignment of the Melbourne Spring Carnival. The Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday is the spring opener and Mr …
A sizzling first-up run by Kimochi has trainer Gary Portelli optimistic the filly can land a break-through stakes win when she tackles the second leg of the four-race Princess series. The three-year-old …
The Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained Veight will commence his spring campaign at Caulfield that the trainers hope will lead to a Caulfield Guineas victory. The three-year-old runs in the Group 3 McNeil Stakes (1200m) …
My Bella Mae will showcase her Winterbottom Stakes credentials when resuming at Belmont, with owner-breeder Nino Tufilli confident she can brush aside a disappointing interstate autumn campaign. Holding a perfect …
True Marvel will be Matthew Smith’s only runner in Friday’s Listed Wyong Gold Cup (2100m), having run second in the Group 1 Sydney Cup (3200m) at $151 in the Autumn. He …
The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable has taken the opportunity to give two of their runners a look at Caulfield before an upcoming Group 1 race. Duke De Sessa and Steinem will represent the stable in the Memsie Stakes …
Ballarat trainer Nigel Blackiston will take a two-horse team to Sandown as he looks to build the career of one galloper while the other may race for the last time. Last start Sandown winner Subrising runs in the Ladbrokes …
Trainer Colin Webster is delighted with Baby Paris after his exciting sprinter dominated rivals in a barrier trial at Belmont today (Monday). Baby Paris, ridden by Peter Knuckey, was in …
Nature Strip has won much bigger races than Saturday’s Group 3 Concorde Stakes, but the $1 million race at Randwick looms as one a significant in the context of his career. …
We get to see the first of the races which will have a great bearing on the TAB Everest as the sprinters take on the initial running of the Concorde …
Melbourne hosts its first major of the racing season with the running of the G1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) on Saturday. Many of the elite sprinter/milers are in the nominations including …
I Wish I Win will plot a unique path to The Everest, starting with this Saturday’s Memsie Stakes, and Katherine Coleman said the $750,000 event had come at a good time for …
Winx Stakes runner-up Waller’s most likely Memsie starter. Chris Waller is yet to finalise who will represent the stable in next Saturday’s $750,000 Group 1 Memsie Stakes at Caulfield, but he …
Brungle Bertie delivered a blowout result when he realised a dream 12 months in the making for local trainer Henry Dwyer and owner/breeder Peter Balderstone in Sunday’s $400,000 Grand National Steeplechase at …
Gary Portelli is never quite sure what to expect from Fireburn on race days, but he is certain she will improve on whatever she does first-up in the Tramway Stakes. The 2022 …
Champion Irish trainer Willie Mullins could have a two-pronged attack on the Melbourne Cup after Frankie Dettori drew on all of his brilliance to raise Absurde from ‘looking beaten’ to …
James Cummings could be forced to reconsider Tom Kitten as a Golden Rose prospect after the colt overcame a weight disadvantage to post a resounding first-up win in the Up And Coming …
