Father-and-son training team Mark and Levi Kavanagh hope their lightly raced three-year-old Midtown Boss can go onto bigger things after a fighting win at Sandown. Midtown Boss took out the Ladbrokes Mates Mode Handicap …

As Sound strives to win a third consecutive Zipping Classic, trainer Mike Moroney has labelled stablemate Chapada as possibly the most frustrating horse he has trained. Moroney is convinced if the …

Imported galloper Without A Fight has been ruled out of the Group 2 Zipping Classic at Caulfield after Racing Victoria vets ruled him unsuitable to race. As part of RV’s strict …

Few horses improve as eight-year-olds, but an extended spell has Cisco Bay racing in some of the best form of his career, laying the platform for the gelding to chase his …

The second-widest barrier probably wasn’t what James Cummings would have selected given the choice, but he sees advantages in it for Paulele in Saturday’s $1.5 million Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes at Ascot …

As a rookie in any sport, reaching your first milestone can be important to your confidence and career. In football parlance it could be your first game or first goal. …

It was all thumbs up for Brisbane trainer Rob Heathcote as he got the barrier draw he wanted for Rothfire in Saturday’s G1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) at Ascot. Rothfire drew …

Head trainer of Godolphin in Australia James Cummings is under no illusion how difficult it will be for Cascadian to win Saturday week’s Drummond Golf-Northerly Stakes (1800m) at Ascot. The …

One of the better named racehorses is set to make his debut in a stakes race at Caulfield on Saturday. Those across the Underbelly series on television would recognise the name Gangitano, an …

Atmosphere will attempt to give Godolphin their second victory in the Sandown Guineas when he lines up in the Group 2 race at Caulfield on Saturday. Morton’s Fork took out the race …

Pride has last-start winner Coal Crusher nominated for the $200,000 Group 3 feature, and believes the conditions at Rosehill will help his Turffontein gelding handle the step-up to 1500m. The five-year-old has …

Cranbourne trainer John Moloney is a little surprised at the depth of opposition Charming Di will encounter when she steps out at Sandown. Charming Di is the only multiple winner in the …

That’s the takeout from trainer Dan Morton after the underwhelming performance of Alaskan God in last Saturday’s Group 1 Railway Stakes (1600m). After a sensational three-year-old season and a top …

After initially being passed in, a share in Melbourne Cup winner Verry Elleegant has been snapped up by one of the existing owners. A 12.5% share 11-time Group 1 was …

Local trainer Symon Wilde could have as many as three starters in Australia’s longest flat race, the Jericho Cup at Warrnambool. First run in 2018, Wilde won the 4600m contest that …

A lack of suitable options in the second half of the season for Vow And Declare is a key factor in the 2019 Melbourne Cup winner being set to make an …

Carbine Club Stakes (1400m) winner Minsk Moment will look for more blacktype success in next month’s $1.5 million TABtouch-Gold Rush. The four-year-old made a winning start for new trainer Adam …

Amelia’s Jewel’s maiden Group 1 assignment is less than a fortnight away, but Simon Miller has already identified a likely target race for the superstar Western Australian filly when she …