Rising Romance has twice gone close in Group One races at Flemington this season and David Hayes rates her the pick of his stable’s three runners in a competitive Australian …

Welcome rain has fallen at Flemington ahead of a Group One double header. With warm weather early in the week in the lead-up to the Flemington meeting on Saturday, the …

Chautauqua on straight course to fourth Group 1. It’s hard to recall a more dominate galloper of Flemignton’s famous straight course races in recent times, than Chautauqua. He chalked up …

Stakeswinner Sacred Eye will run in the Phar Lap Stakes against her own age at Rosehill in preference to a Group Three race in Melbourne. Co-trainer David Hayes said three-year-old …

Hayes could continue romance with Australian Cup. It has to be one of David Hayes’ favourite races – the Australian Cup, and this Saturday he has a legitimate chance to …

Chautauqua is the $2.40 favourite to join a select group of horses to carry 58kg or more to victory in the Newmarket Handicap. Lightning Stakes winner Chautauqua headlines the field …

Calliope can prove her Gold Slipper credentials in the Magic Night Stakes at Rosehill after missing her scheduled lead-up. The Godolphin filly was scratched from the Reisling Stakes when she …

GROUP ONE COOLMORE CLASSIC 1500m, $600,000, Fillies and Mares HISTORY: * First race: 1973 (won by Miss Personality) * Notable winners: Princess Talaria (1978), Emancipation (1984), Skating (1993), Tuesday Joy …

Four-time Weetwood Handicap-winning trainer Kevin Kemp is looking to Kempelly to put himself in line for a third try at Toowoomba’s premier sprint. But first he needs a good performance …

The addition of blinkers to their race-day gear could propel the Tony Gollan-trained two-year-olds Social Conquest and Red Handle into stakes races in the coming weeks. The Gollan pair are …

Chris Waller is approaching the Coolmore Classic from a different angle to most Sydney Group One races he has targeted this season. Waller has had runners in eight of the …

A bruised and limping Winona Costin is confident she’ll be able to give everything she’s got when she rides Pearls in Saturday’s Coolmore Classic. The 21-year-old, Sydney’s champion apprentice last …

A tendon strain has ruled Mourinho out of the Australian Cup. Trainer Peter Gelagotis said the gelding has a slight strain to his left foreleg. “His (work) rider said he …

NEWMARKET HANDICAP 1200m, $1.25 million, handicap at Flemington HISTORY * First run in 1874 * Held at Caulfield in 2007 * Bart Cummings holds the training record with eight winners …

  HISTORY * First run in 1863. * Run under handicap conditions until 1979, weight-for-age since, except for 1983-86 * 2000m since 1964. Previously run over 3600m, while 2800m in …

Craig Williams has drawn comparisons between Japonisme and last year’s Newmarket Handicap winner. And that gives the star jockey the belief the three-year-old is a genuine hope of providing him …

Michael Walker has endured a lot of pain over the years to make it to the top in racing. He chases a second-straight Australian Cup win on Saturday after recent …

Darren Weir will trim his Blamey Stakes team to three runners. Group One winners Trust In A Gust and Stratum Star will join stayer Manndawi in the Group Two race …