Lanciato will have to overcome a wide barrier and significant weight rise if he is to become the first horse in 35 years to go back-to-back in the Newcastle Newmarket. …
Continue reading Lanciato on track for Newcastle Newmarket Handicap defenceLightly raced Princess Jenni is set for a belated start to her autumn campaign and will be out to make up for lost time in the Group Two Kewney Stakes …
Continue reading Princess Jenni ready for Kewney Stakes testIn what could be a case of out of sight, out of mind, Godolphin colt Aramayo is emerging as the forgotten horse ahead of the Group One Randwick Guineas. The …
Continue reading Godolphin under the radar in Randwick GuineasMelbourne’s salary cap situation is resolved and Cameron Smith is free to play round one after Sam Kasiano took up a three-year deal to join the Catalans Dragons in the …
Continue reading Storm cap resolved with Kasiano moving onWallabies captain Michael Hooper was “shocked” to learn of claims the Australian rugby union team had been investigated for match fixing after losing a Test match they’d been favoured to …
Continue reading Hooper shocked by Wallabies fixing probeThere will be three good reasons why Walkinshaw Andretti United (WAU) drivers will want to lift their game for the Holden heavyweights in next week’s Supercars round in Melbourne. WAU …
Continue reading Holden giant aims to lift in MelbourneMelbourne’s NRL salary cap situation appears resolved with forward Sam Kasiano taking up a three-year deal to join the Catalans Dragons in the English Super League. With the NRL season …
Continue reading Kasiano to join Catalans from MelbourneThey may be sweating on powerhouse Tevita Pangai’s fitness but the Brisbane pack will have no excuses if they don’t excel in 2019, Matt Gillett says. New Broncos coach Anthony …
Continue reading No excuses for Broncos pack: Matt GillettQueensland will call on the calm head of Bryce Hegarty and the ‘best Lucas’ brother to halt a run of losses to New South Wales that could hit double figures …
Continue reading Kerevi calls on calm heads to snap streakAfter committing to the cross-country trip to ride leading Newmarket Handicap contender Graff at Flemington, Western Australia’s champion jockey William Pike has picked up another six mounts at the feature …
Continue reading William Pike a good book of rides at FlemingtonMatt Dale has been waiting for the right time to extend Fell Swoop beyond his traditional distance range and he has finally found it. The seven-year-old will race beyond 1200 …
Continue reading Fell Swoop ready for G1 Canterbury StakesNEWMARKET HANDICAP Run at Flemington over 1200m, $1.25 million, handicap HISTORY * First run in 1874 when won by Maid Of Avenel NOTABLE WINNERS * Malua (1884); Wakeful (1901); Gothic …
Continue reading Newmarket Handicap – Facts And FiguresNewcastle outside backs Shaun Kenny-Dowall and Hymel Hunt will be fit to face Cronulla in round one of the NRL after being cleared of pre-season injuries. Already without centre Tautau …
Continue reading Knights outside backs fit for round oneHawthorn’s 2019 AFL season could be the tale of their two Mitchells. Rarely has one injury impacted on a team’s prospects more starkly than the freak broken leg that felled …
Continue reading Hawks lose one Mitchell, but gain anotherTrainer Bjorn Baker is counting on a light weight and the addition of blinkers helping Champagne Cuddles in her bid to claim an elusive Group One win in the Newmarket …
Continue reading Champagne Cuddles gearing up for Newmarket HandicapTony Gollan is confident Vincere Volare will confirm the Brisbane trainer made the right decision to miss two earlier feature races in Sydney when she steps out at Randwick. Vincere …
Continue reading Golden Slipper 2019 claims on the line for Vincere VolareA keen form student, jockey Craig Williams says the Australian Cup is an intriguing race with a number of different form lines meeting at Flemington. Williams rides the Chris Waller-trained …
Continue reading Shillelagh on track for Australian Cup 2019Much is expected of Melbourne in 2019 after last year’s barnstorming run to a preliminary final. And the brash young Demons are just fine with that – they know they’ve …
Continue reading Demons raise bar after breakout AFL season

