Trekking will represent the global operation for the third year running in Saturday’s $15 million feature, while Kementari lines up for head trainer James Cummings in the Group 3 Sydney Stakes (1200m). Godolphin …
Hugh Bowman is among a handful of top Sydney jockeys given the green light to ride in Melbourne this spring. The Victorian government has granted permission for five of Sydney’s …
Danny O’Brien expects Young Werther to relish what shapes to be an unrelenting battle when he lines up in the 2021 Caulfield Cup. Young Werther will be racing for the …
Track conditions at Randwick will determine if Think It Over takes his place in the Craven Plate with connections loathe to run the crowd favourite on a heavy track. The six-year-old …
An Australian Racing rule change in 2017 that only affects the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups has made life a little tougher for a number of jockeys in this year’s Caulfield Cup. Prior to 2017 a 57kg minimum topweight …
Twelve months ago, Eduardo was like the new kid at school. Arriving on Pride’s doorstep from Victoria, he was a Group 2 winner with patchy lead-up form and nobody quite …
Duais will be out to break a hoodoo of more than 120 years when she lines up in the Caulfield Cup. The Edward Cummings-trained mare won the Group 3 Coongy Cup (2000m) at …
Having abandoned plans to compete on the spring carnival stage in Melbourne, Michael Costa has zeroed in on the St Leger Stakes as the campaign goal for Grafton Cup winner …
James Mcdonald has described Star Thoroughbreds filly Espiona as “an excitement machine” after her brilliant debut win at a rain-sodden Warwick Farm. By Extreme Choice, the sire of Golden Slipper …
It wasn’t quite the result the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr stable was expecting when Extreme Warrior blitzed his rivals at Caulfield. Highly spruiked as a two-year-old, Extreme Choice finally broke through for a maiden …
Yearning has followed in the footsteps of her mother by winning a Group 1 race during her three-year-old season. New Zealand-bred Rising Romance won the Australian Oaks (2400m) at Randwick and seven-and-a-half …
Ultra-consistent Sirileo Miss has landed an important stakes victory for her future as a broodmare with a tough win at Caulfield. Landing her sixth win from 10 starts, Sirileo Miss did it the tough …
Ciaron Maher says Incentivise is the horse to beat in the Caulfield Cup despite the long-time favourite for the Group 1 race drawing the extreme outside barrier. Maher, who trains in partnership with David Eustace, will …
Spin The Knife came out of Saturday’s Crown Perth 3YO Classic (1000m) in top order and reaffirmed trainer Luke Fernie’s belief in the Snippetson gelding. Chasing a winning hat trick, Spin …
A race day outing has helped Art Cadeau to settle his nerves and trainer Terry Robinson is feeling equally relaxed ahead of the gelding’s upcoming Kosciuszko mission. The ultra-consistent five-year-old …
No horse has won The Everest first-up. Then again, no Australian-trained horse has tried. But that hasn’t stopped two trainers, L es Bridge and Anthony Cummings, from sending their respective …
The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable have a contingency plan should Entente not make the final Caulfield Cup field. Entente is also among the final acceptances for the St Leger …
The Melbourne campaign of Emma-Lee and David Browne is slowly drawing to a close, but it has not yet run out of steam. David Browne has been in Melbourne since mid-August with a …
