A Doncaster Mile start only just scrapes onto the autumn radar of two-time Group One winner Sincero. Sincero is proven at weight-for-age over the Randwick mile as the winner of …

English jockey Richard Hills has announced he will retire from race riding next month after a career spanning 33 years. The number one jockey to owner Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum …

Trainer Pat Duff is pressing ahead with plans to send Steel Zip interstate for next month’s Group Three Newmarket Handicap at Newcastle. Duff was far from disappointed with Steel Zip’s …

The Futurity Stakes is back on Black Caviar’s program but her overseas campaign hinges on the use of the barrier blanket. Trainer Peter Moody said he would talk to Dubai …

Weather will be the key factor in where emerging sprint star Rain Affair runs on Saturday with trainer Joe Pride eyeing the Apollo Stakes in Sydney and the Futurity in …

Trainer Greg Eurell has flagged the Caulfield Cup as a spring target for Cox Plate winner Pinker Pinker who will make her autumn return in the Futurity Stakes at Caulfield. …

Forgotten sprinter Smart Missile won’t be seen in action until the Brisbane winter carnival. Cummings says time will beat Smart Missile making a belated autumn carnival appearance but he is …

Stakes races in Sydney and Melbourne beckon for speedy filly Satin Shoes, among them Saturday’s Group One Oakleigh Plate at Caulfield. The Clarry Conners-trained three-year-old showed her readiness with an …

The Sydney Cup has emerged as a target for up and coming stayer Cheviot Beach this autumn. The lightly-raced five-year-old landed his first metropolitan win at Flemington on Saturday in …

Grand National title holder Ballabriggs pleased connections in a racecourse spin at Haydock ahead of his lead-up run for Aintree at Kelso next month. The Donald McCain-trained 11-year-old galloped two …

Binocular warmed up for a bid to reclaim his Champion Hurdle crown with a surprise appearance at Wincanton on Saturday. The 2010 Cheltenham title-holder was only handed a place in …

Emerging star That’s The One has dented the Australian Guineas prospects of favourite Helmet with an upset win at Flemington. Helmet ($1.65) was dominant in Saturday’s Group Three CS Hayes …

Barbara Joseph didn’t need to be convinced about the Warwick Farm chances of Onthelookout on Saturday but a stakes result earlier in the day confirmed her confidence. Onthelookout responded to …

The irrepressible Jim Cassidy gave notice he was in for a big autumn carnival with a winning double for trainer John O’Shea at Warwick Farm. Group Two wins by Steps …

Jockey Luke Nolen fought back tears as he expressed his admiration for unbeaten champion Black Caviar and the courage she found to win the Lightning Stakes. With his lips quivering …

Spare a thought for the gallant Hay List who was beaten for the fifth time by champion Black Caviar and for the second year in succession by the great mare …

Black Caviar lived up to her rating as the world’s greatest sprinter when she beat probably the second best sprinter on the globe, Hay List, in the Group One Lightning …

Aggressive tactics delivered more stakes success for Hot Snitzel when the Gerald Ryan-trained three-year-old beat a star-studded Royal Sovereign Stakes field at Warwick Farm on Saturday. “We went out to …