Tommy Berry’s Doncaster Mile booking for First Seal will also come with a change of riding tactics for the Group One-winning mare. Trainer John Thompson said it was likely First …
Continue reading Change of tactics for First Seal in Doncaster MileBrad Rawiller is confident the training regime employed by Darren Weir will stand Black Heart Bart in good stead at Caulfield. The former Perth galloper will have his second start …
Continue reading Black Heart Bart to run in 2016 Victoria Handicap FieldKathy O’Hara is able to get something out of Single Gaze that Australia’s best jockeys can’t. That’s the view of trainer Nick Olive, who admits other riders haven’t clicked with …
Continue reading Single Gaze to run in 2016 Vinery Stud Stakes FieldGROUP ONE VINERY STUD STAKES 2000m, $500,000, 3YO fillies HISTORY * First run in 1979 over 1900m at Canterbury when won by Impede * Before 1992 it was a Group …
Continue reading Vinery Stud Stakes 2016 – What you need to knowHISTORY * First run in 1963, won by Maidenhead * It was a Quality Handicap from 1963-76 * In 1964 was run over 10 furlongs (2000m) * Until 1990 …
Continue reading The BMW 2016 – What you need to knowExtra Zero was born to be a racehorse. The rising 10-year-old lines-up for his 86th start in the Easter Cup at Caulfield on Saturday. The Lindsay Park-trained gelding hates being …
Continue reading Easter Cup 2016: Plenty of spark still left in Extra ZeroJockey Damian Lane has taken confidence out of Risque’s Australian Guineas placing and expects the filly will handle a rise in distance in the Vinery Stud Stakes. Risque is just …
Continue reading Damian Lane chasing Sydney G1 in Vinery Stud Stakes 2016It won’t take too much to convince trainer Gerald Ryan to give Solicit her chance in the Doncaster Mile. As long as the mare maintains her form in Saturday’s Emancipation …
Continue reading Solicit still a chance to run in Doncaster Mile FieldHighly fancied Our Ivanhowe will have to pass a raceday veterinary test to run in the Group One BMW at Rosehill. Racing NSW stewards will have the Caulfield Cup placegetter …
Continue reading Our Ivanhowe to be vetted before The BMW 2016Good Friday horse racing won’t be on the Australian calendar anytime soon. Both the Victorian and NSW racing governing bodies have dismissed a Good Friday fixture, admitting the already packed …
Continue reading Good Friday not a day for racingPeter Moody has signed off from his training career with a deeply satisfying and emotional Group One win by Flamberge in the William Reid Stakes. Thursday’s meeting was Moody’s last …
Continue reading William Reid Stakes: Peter Moody signs off with a Group One winLightly raced New Zealand gelding Predator will need to win the Tulloch Stakes to get a shot at upsetting Tarzino in the ATC Australian Derby. Trainer Trent Busuttin said the …
Continue reading Predator eyes Tulloch Stakes 2016Outstanding racemare Winx is all but a confirmed Doncaster Mile starter. “Although it is a handicap we feel she still has an excellent chance to win the race,” trainer Chris …
Continue reading Winx into odds-on for Doncaster Mile 2016The mantle of Geelong’s No.1 forward sits comfortably with big Tom Hawkins, but he insists the Cats’ attack is anything but one-dimensional. After last season missing out on finals action …
Continue reading Hawkins raring to go for Cats in AFLSouth Sydney and Canterbury head into Friday’s potential powder keg showdown desperate to reverse lapses which plagued their first losses of the NRL season last week. The 2014 grand finalists …
Continue reading Dogs, Rabbits ready for Bad Friday rematchSt George Illawarra are all for the NRL’s push into larger stadiums, but they won’t help more than they already are. The governing body has just one week to commit …
Continue reading Dragons to fight for smaller NRL venuesWallabies and NSW Waratahs five-eighth Bernard Foley expects the Queensland Reds to target his recently-injured shoulder in his Super Rugby return in Brisbane on Sunday. Foley, who had an off-season …
Continue reading Foley expects Reds to target his shoulderAn unlikely 2011 World Cup-winning hero, Stephen Donald is set to play his first match for the injury-hit Chiefs in five years when they meet the Western Force. The former …
Continue reading World Cup hero Donald back for Chiefs
