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The first shipment of international contenders for the spring carnival is due to arrive on the weekend. A total of 15 horses will arrive at Melbourne’s Tullamarine airport in the …

Hartnell

Hartnell has wowed Sydney racegoers with two dominant weight-for-age wins recently and the gelding now gets the opportunity to do the same in Melbourne. The John O’Shea-trained Hartnell makes his …

Winx

As expected, Winx has been named Australia’s Horse of the Year for her stellar season which has included wins in the Cox Plate and Doncaster Mile. Unbeaten since the Australian …

Palentino

Champion trainer Chris Waller has won the last three Epsom Handicaps (1600m) and holds the ace hand here with four runners, Mackintosh, McCreery, Vanbrugh and Torgersen. Arch rival John O’Shea …

Hartnell

Can Hartnell bring his outstanding Sydney form to Melbourne? The John O’Shea trained stayer is $4.50 favourite for the Caulfield Cup and that price will tumble if he can win …

Yankee Rose

Two top fillies Yankee Rose and Omei Sword dominate the betting for the Flight Stakes (1600m) against their own sex. Rightly so too, they are high quality and will almost …

Sydney v Western Bulldogs | Saturday, October 1, 2.30pm (AEDT), MCG, Melbourne Both sides have an anxious wait to see if key players will be fit for the big one …

MOIR STAKES $500,000, Group One, 1000m, weight-for-age at Moonee Valley HISTORY First run in 1976 over 1000 metres when it was won by Scamanda. Upgraded to Group One in 2013. …

$1 MILLION EPSOM HANDICAP HISTORY * Named after the famous racecourse in the south of England where the Epsom Derby has been run since 1780. * The Epsom was first …

THE METROPOLITAN HANDICAP Group One, $750,000, handicap HISTORY * First held at Randwick in 1866 as the Great Metropolitan Stakes over two miles (3200m). * Now a 2400m race worth …

Buffering

The world’s top-ranked sprinter Chautauqua headlines a field of nine for the Group One Moir Stakes at Moonee Valley. Chautauqua, who makes his season return in Friday night’s 1000m weight-for-age …

Hartnell

In-form Godolphin-owned gelding Hartnell is one of nine Group One winners among a field of 13 for the Turnbull Stakes at Flemington. Hartnell will be making his first Melbourne appearance …

Happy Trails

Happy Trails will front up for the fifth-straight year in the Turnbull Stakes at Flemington and his trainer Paul Beshara believes the veteran is still up for the fight. “He …

Chris Waller

Chris Waller will aim to tighten his stranglehold on the Epsom Handicap when he saddles up four live chances. While McCreery is the most fancied of the quartet, Sydney’s premier …

Sir John Hawkwood

A strong exhibition gallop has convinced trainer John Thompson that Sir John Hawkwood will be fighting out the finish in the Group One Metropolitan Handicap. Saturday’s $750,000 race at Randwick …

Heartbreak City is to be prepared for the Melbourne Cup after Thoroughbred Bloodstock Australia bought an interest in the Irish-trained Ebor winner. Original owners, Here For The Craic Partnership, have …

Omei Sword

Omei Sword has been ruled out of the Group One Flight Stakes with a respiratory infection. The Chris Waller-trained filly was odds-on favourite for Saturday’s race at Randwick after finishing …

The Final Field has been released for the 2016 Blazer Stakes which is to be run at Flemington racecourse on Sunday 2nd, October 2016. View the Blazer Stakes Field. No …