He made the transition from Group One winning miler to top-line sprinter last preparation and the Joe Pride-trained Private Eye will be sticking to the shorter journeys this autumn. After winning both …
If first impressions count for anything then champion jockey Damien Oliver is happy to be teaming up with Perth colt Brave Halo in the Blue Diamond Prelude (1100m) at Sandown …
Group 1 racing is back for the first time in 2023 at Sandown this Saturday, with the running of the C.F. Orr Stakes (1400m) and WA is set to have …
Australian Bloodstock is not leaving any stone unturned in their quest to get Nugget into this year’s All-Star Mile. The syndicators are encouraging the gelding’s fans to vote him into the …
Giga Kick finished second to Coolangatta in a Cranbourne trial on Monday morning, but the gelding’s trainer Clayton Douglas is thrilled with his condition as he edges towards a racing …
Chris Waller has given 2023 Melbourne Cup favourite Soulcombe a pass mark after the former English stayer finished unplaced at his Australian debut at Randwick. Waller was far from discouraged …
Melbourne Cup winner Gold Trip will ramp up preparations for his autumn with a barrier trial this week as connections weigh up the best route to take through the carnival. Trainers …
Sydney trainer Michael Freedman is considering a Melbourne autumn sprinting campaign with Queen Of The Ball. Melbourne’s Festival Of Racing commences at Sandown on Saturday with the running of the Group 1 C …
If Aft Cabin’s Eskimo Prince Stakes performance was a tantalising entrée to Godolphin’s autumn, the main course could be a veritable feast. The three-year-old completely dominated his rivals in his …
The clock told the story as exciting sprinter Remarque overcame a ten-kilo weight differential to stamp his class at Randwick, and open the door to a Group 1 opportunity interstate. Making …
Right You Are may have booked a trip to Tasmania for their upcoming Cup races with an explosive win at Sandown to complete a winning hat-trick. In a career plagued by …
Warrnambool trainer Matthew Williams did not consider Wrote To Arataki a stakes winning mare, or one that would be capable of winning when leading. That was six months ago, but now she is both after leading …
Jockey Ben Melham likes the program set for Godolphin colt Zulfiqar in his search for victory in the Blue Diamond Stakes. Melham partnered with the James Cummings-trained two-year-old to claim the Group 3 Chairman’s Stakes …
Michael Freedman’s day almost got off to the worst possible start when his two Lonhro Plate runners played up in the barriers, but while one was a late scratching, the …
One thing trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr won’t have to worry about is hot weather ahead of Inundation returning to Sandown on Saturday. The hot weather was blamed …
Grahame Begg always has a good two-year-old in his stable and it was only five years ago that he won Melbourne’s premier two-year-old event, the Blue Diamond Stakes. While Begg’s two-year-old numbers are high …
Wrote To Arataki heads to her first ‘black type’ assignment when she runs in the Group 3 Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes (1300m) on Saturday. Kah rode Wrote To Arataki in the mare’s victory at Flemington on New Year’s Day …
Sure, there was a blip and a hiccup when she got beaten for the first and only time to date in the Burgess Queen Stakes (1400m), but don’t discount the …
