Honesta, one of the favourites to win the ATC Australian Oaks, has been afforded every opportunity to make a first-up impression at Randwick. Runner-up in the VRC Oaks, Honesta will …
Odds on Caulfield favourite Mahuta will be scratched from Saturday’s Autumn Stakes to be saved for the Australian Guineas. Mahuta opened as the $2.10 favourite for the Autumn Stakes before …
Craig Newitt has picked up the ride on Reldas in the Oakleigh Plate at Caulfield. One of the outsiders, Reldas gained a start in Saturday’s Group One race following the …
Multiple runners in a Group One race is usually the domain of the likes of Chris Waller, David Hayes, John O’Shea, Gai Waterhouse and Darren Weir. Not yet in their …
The positives outweigh the negatives by two to one for Famous Seamus going into the Liverpool City Cup, a race not originally on his program. Trainer Noel Mayfield-Smith planned to …
A draw in the second half of the field is expected to be a better fit for Bow Creek when he lines up at Caulfield. Bow Creek steps up to …
Oakleigh Plate no picnic for punters The Oakleigh Plate always produces a fantastic race. Generally a capacity field, or close to it, handicap conditions and the testing 1200m circuit at …
Stokes looking to buck a bad week with Huck in Futurity. Adelaide trainer Philip Stokes will feel none of his several broken ribs suffered earlier this week when kicked by …
Winx to continue Waller’s dominance of Chipping Norton Chris Waller will have to nudge one of his five Chipping Norton Stakes trophies won in the past six years over this …
A mixture of the obvious and the curious will accompany Chris Waller’s bid for a fifth Chipping Norton Stakes win. In Winx, Waller has Australia’s best thoroughbred ready to take …
Champion jockey Damien Oliver is confident Flying Artie can overcome a tough draw and provide him with a second Blue Diamond Stakes win. Oliver piloted Alinghi to victory in 2004 …
Co-trainer Paul Snowden says Snippets Land has the right credentials to win his second stakes race at Doomben. Snippets Land’s clash with promising Brisbane horse Right Or Wrong in Saturday’s …
The owners of a racehorse scratched from the Melbourne Cup say they should have been able to rely on the expertise of the vet who treated their $9 hopeful. Four-time …
Popular grey mare Catkins will be given one more chance to show Chris Waller she still has a future on the racetrack. Waller said he would make an important call …
John Thompson didn’t have to think twice about a return race for one of his autumn carnival prospects. Thompson will start Zanbagh’s autumn campaign in the Guy Walter Stakes, a …
Lord Of The Sky is his own worst enemy. The five-year-old returns from a tendon injury in the Oakleigh Plate at Caulfield on Saturday having not raced since the Bletchingly …
A vet who treated a Melbourne Cup hopeful with a banned substance in the lead-up to the race knew “full well” the horse was due to run, a Melbourne court …
Apprentice James Orman had an extra reason to smile when he reached 100 Queensland winners for the season in record time. Orman rode the first winner at Ipswich on Mizuki …
