She was the champion two-year-old last year but the Gary Portelli-trained Fireburn has yet to produce that juvenile form in two preparations since. While not being disgraced against top company in …

Trainer Mike Moroney will have a clearer idea of the path in which Melbourne Cup placegetter Emissary is heading after he has his second-up run at Flemington. Moroney has two options for Emissary, one of which …

Grahame Begg will be out to ride his recent run of good fortune when he saddles three runners at the twilight midweek meeting at Sandown. The Cranbourne-based trainer has prepared 11 winners …

With the 50th running of the Black Opal Stakes coming up on Sunday, Racing and Sports’ Jaike Altieri takes a look back at the preview races held on Canberra Mile …

Julius Sandhu couldn’t be happier with his stable start Lofty Strike as they chase an elusive win at the highest level in Saturday’s Group 1 Newmarket Handicap at Flemington. This time last …

The 2023 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) shapes up as a cracking contest with so many elite straight track sprinters entered on a great day of racing. Roch ‘N’ Horse ($21) tries to …

The first race designated for Fillies and Mares that was given Group 1 status in Australia was the Coolmore Classic (1500m) and it is a brilliant betting contest every year. …

Annabel Neasham isn’t taking any chances with four-time Group 1 winner Zaaki with a tilt at the Queen Elizabeth Stakes pushed aside in favour of the Group 1 All Aged Stakes (1400m) …

Strong work over the weekend has co-trainer Mick Price feeling good about Annavisto’s sojourn to Sydney for the Group 1 Coolmore Classic (1500m) at Rosehill on Saturday. While no stranger …

Mornington trainer Jerome Hunter will bypass an autumn campaign in Sydney with Barb Raider to concentrate on gaining a start in the Caulfield Cup. The two worst runs of Barb Raider’s career have …

The first of the international horses could step out in feature races at Rosehill as soon as next week, pending their progress in the coming days. Both the William Haggas-trained …

Trainer Grahame Begg will have a phone full of congratulatory messages after completing a two-state double on Saturday. Begg was on the 5pm plane from Sydney having been at Randwick to watch Passive …

It was the Zac Purton show at Randwick as the superstar Hong Kong-based jockey made a clean-sweep of the two Group 1 races, both wins coming for the famous Freedman family. …

New Zealand trainer Ken and Bev Kelso have landed their first Group 1 win on Australian soil in an action-packed Australian Guineas. A heavy fall near the 300m mark involving Maximillius (Ethan Brown) …

World class jockey Zac Purton has spun his magic aboard Artorius, answering an SOS from the enigmatic entire’s connections to guide him to his first win in two years in the …

Learning To Fly has retained her position at the top of Golden Slipper markets with a hard-fought Reisling Stakes win, but Godolphin colt Cylinder has been the big mover after toppling the …

A week after capturing Melbourne’s premier juvenile contest, Ben and J D Hayes were back in the winner’s circle with another of their two-year-olds. The victory of Princess Duhallow in the …

Luke Fernie is under no illusion of the challenge that confronts Laced Up Heels in Melbourne on Saturday, but hopes his faith in the three-year-old is not misguided. Laced Up …