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The final four European contenders for the Melbourne Spring Carnival have arrived in Melbourne. Last year’s Melbourne Cup victor Twilight Payment joined Spanish Mission, Away He Goes and Sir Lucan on the trip …

Kerrin Mcevoy knows a thing or two about what it takes to win The Everest. The world-class hoop has an incredible strikerate in the $15 million race, winning three of its …

The Anthony and Sam Freedman stable hold a strong hand in the Thousand Guineas with two of the top three fillies in the betting. Zouzarella is the $3.50 market leader with TAB …

Trainer Grahame Begg hopes the rain forecast for Melbourne later in the week does not arrive. Begg will saddle Nonconformist in the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) on Saturday for which the stayer sits on the equal …

Former Victorian Minhaaj has made an immediate impact for new trainer John O’Shea with a strong win in the Group 3 The Nivison at Randwick. A stakes-winning juvenile for Lindsay Park, Minhaaj …

Victory in the Herbert Power Stakes has provided imported galloper Delphi with a ballot exemption into the Caulfield Cup. The Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained galloper moved to the fourth line of betting at $9 with …

I’m Thunderstruck has shown the determination of a more experienced horse to claim his maiden Group 1 victory. After a luckless run at his first Group 1 outing in the Sir Rupert Clarkes (1400m) …

Irish jockey Robbie Dolan arrived in Sydney with the bag on his back and a dream. On Saturday, that dream came true when he celebrated his first Group 1 win aboard …

The right conditions and the right run have helped Aim to a narrow victory at Randwick and secured him a berth in the $7.5 million Golden Eagle later this month. …

Godolphin colt Anamoe has provided Hall Of Fame jockey Damien Oliver a second Caulfield Guineas victory, 31 years after he registered his first as an apprentice. Anamoe and Oliver overcame a wide barrier to win Saturday’s Group 1 contest …

Probabeel has delivered a major upset of the spring by lowering the colours of odds-on favourite Zaaki in the Group 1 Might And Power on Saturday. Zaaki was attempting his sixth win in a row and was …

James Mcdonald is booked to ride Nature Strip in The Everest but he is in no doubt Paulele can give the $15 million race a shake – if Godolphin selects …

Tony and Calvin McEvoy will chase his third Manikato Stakes win in the past five years after the first-up win of Savatoxl at Caulfield. A former Northern Territory-trained galloper, Savatoxl scored in the Group 1 The Goodwood at Morphettville in May, before landing the prize …

Hawkes Racing colt Hilal has found his best form to upset short-priced favourite Coastwatch in the Stan Fox Stakes at Randwick. Group 1 placed in the Sires’ Produce and Champagne …

A delay to the start of the racing career of Kiki Express has landed the filly a debut win at Caulfield. In a deceptive finish, Kiki Express landed the prize in …

If Gary Portelli can celebrate another stakes win with either of his three-year-olds at Randwick, the first people he will be thanking are his staff. While the Warwick Farm-based trainer lives …

Dan Morton won’t concede Saturday’s Crown Sports Bar Handicap (1400m) at Ascot is a race in two between his mare Kissonallforcheeks and the Michael Grantham-trained Kaptain Kaos. The duo are …

Keith Dryden knows a thing or two when it comes to causing an upset in town and the Canberra trainer has his sights set on another boilover in the 2000m …