John Thompson is hoping Le Lude’s overdue win in the Aspiration Quality is a portent of things to come, not only for the mare, but for the stable. The top trainer …
Bjorn Baker has capped an outstanding day at the office by taking out the final race in Sydney, pledging to donate his percentage of Belluci’s Babe prizemoney to the flood appeal. …
New Zealand-bred mare Yonce will now attempt to add black type to her record after extending her unbeaten sequence with victory at Flemington. Yonce is now unbeaten in five starts for the Ciaron Maher and …
Three decades after landing her first win as a trainer, Gai Waterhouse has celebrated another breakthrough victory, this time in the Randwick Guineas. Converge has given the trailblazing Waterhouse her first …
Ciaron Maher and David Eustace have continued to turn training convention on its head with Hitotsu claiming the Australian Guineas first-up. During the spring Maher and Eustace had no hestitation jumping Hitotsu from the 1600m of the …
A decision to change course and run Forbidden Love on a seven-day back-up in the Canterbury Stakes has yielded the ultimate reward for her connections and added an ironic twist to …
Former Perth-trained mare Inspirational Girl has earned a start in the All-Star Mile with her last stride victory at Flemington. Having her third start in 15 months, Inspirational Girl claimed the …
A bush sprinter has almost caused one of the biggest boilovers on a Sydney racetrack, splitting benchmark sprinters and archrivals Eduardo and Nature Strip in a four-horse Challenge Stakes that had it …
Annavisto has appreciated the soft conditions at Flemington registering a stylish first-up victory. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained mare rode the pace to take out the Group 3 Frances Tressady Stakes …
Quality colt Sejardan has reaffirmed his Golden Slipper claims while unheralded filly Seven Veils has announced hers with the pair taking out the two juvenile races at Randwick. Sejardan bounced back from …
Expensive yearling purchase Millane has made the perfect start to his career with victory at Flemington. The Peter Moody-trained two-year-old took out the Listed Australian Childhood Foundation Plate (1000m) on Saturday …
There has been a differing of opinions in the trainer’s hut at Lindsay Park over whether Gentleman Roy or Nicolini Vito is the better horse. That question may be resolved on Saturday …
The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable is unsure which Enthaar will turn up at Flemington. The filly who around this time last year started favourite in the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes …
Gerald Ryan is using the three-year-old autumn campaign of his former galloper Harper’s Choice as a reference point for Sinba, who faces his moment of reckoning when he takes on …
Trainer Richard Litt sees more positives than negatives ahead of Profondo making his Melbourne debut in the Group 1 Australian Guineas at Flemington on Saturday. While he would have preferred …
Trainer Kris Lees has issued a caution to punters as he prepares Luncies to take another important step towards the Sydney Cup when he heads to Randwick for his second-up run. …
Trainers Robbie Griffiths and Mathew de Kock are hoping the first-up credentials of Daily Bugle will come to the fore at Flemington. A debut winner at Pakenham and a closing …
Surely the question that will dictate conversation at Meydan on ‘Super Saturday’ is this. Can Lord Glitters – the increasingly extraordinary nine-year-old grey – deliver another mighty surge past younger …
