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The IT glitch that caused havoc around the globe stopped Blaike Mcdougall from taking out the feature race at Flemington on Saturday. McDougall was booked to ride the Symon Wilde-trained Hit …
John Thompson’s persistence with a seemingly out-of-form Jojo Was A Man has delivered the ultimate reward with the gelding relishing a drier track to win the Listed Winter Challenge at Rosehill. …
Newgate Farm’s Henry Field is hoping Mayfair can follow a similar trajectory to his 2021 Golden Rose winner In The Congo after accounting for a quality field of two-year-olds at Rosehill. Like …
The countdown to the Group 1 Victoria Derby has begun for trainer Nick Ryan after the victory of Red Aces at Flemington. Success in the Byerley Handicap (1800m) on Saturday provides …
A bold midrace move by Blake Shinn has helped secure Deny Knowledge her third stakes win in the Listed Grafton Cup and provide an almost immediate return for new owners Yulong. Content …
If assistant trainer Jack Turnbull is right, Smokin’ Romans is about to strike form at Flemington. The Ciaron Maher-trained galloper contests the VRC Member Peter Drake Plate (2000m) on Saturday, one …
While the eyes of the racing world on the first Tuesday in November are on the Melbourne Cup at Flemington, Wangaratta trainer Daniel Mccarthy is planning on having a starter in …
The premiership battle between defending titleholder James Mcdonald and Nash Rawiller has spilled over into the stewards’ room at Randwick – at least momentarily. Just three wins separated the pair heading into …
Peter and Paul Snowden have set themselves up to become the first trainers in almost 50 years to win Grafton’s two showpiece races in the same year after capturing the Listed …
Trainer Reece Goodwin says it will be good to set a program towards a Stakes race rather than plan a campaign around restricted races after Lovelycut scored at Sandown. Lovelycut took out …
John Thompson came away from the midweek Sydney meeting boasting a perfect strikerate and he hopes to parlay that into Saturday metropolitan success at Rosehill. The Randwick trainer had two runners …
Annabel Neasham plans to make use of Spirit Ridge’s biggest asset when the veteran stayer lines up for a second shot at the Listed Grafton Cup. The nine-year-old finished third in …
Former South Australian trainer Mark Minervini will next month notch up five years training in NSW and in that time has not had a starter in Melbourne. That changes when he …
Nick Olive has been happy to take it run by run with in-form three-year-old Toes In The Water, with the Maurice filly to have her eighth run of a preparation that …
The Lindsay Park team enjoy nothing more than winning a Cups race at Flemington. Think the Melbourne Cup, or an Australian Cup with the excellent prize money on board. While …
Many of Ciaron Maher’s key spring players are nearing trial stage, but one of his Group 1 winners who might have a later start to spring than many is Socks …
Saturday’s Deane Lester Flemington Cup is the logical progression for many who contested the Banjo Paterson Series Final, but Phillip Stokes is happy one horse in particular is not among the …
It might be smack-bang in the middle of winter but James Cummings has got an early start on the spring preparations for some of his potential spring stars, including a couple …
The number of black-type races, especially Guineas features, is thinning out as the season draws to a close but father and son, Peter and Paul Snowden, are continuing their success …
Gai Waterhouse’s European holiday was not all just about laying back and enjoying the sunshine as some astute work was also done at the bloodstock sales. One purchase, a three-year-old …
A treble at Randwick for Nash Rawiller has him within striking distance of claiming his fourth Sydney metropolitan riders’ premiership while a return date for table topper James Mcdonald is yet to …
Consistent rain has made the Sunshine Coast track a tricky proposition for trainers, jockeys and punters alike and the hopes of the surface being given the opportunity of a few …
Quietly satisfied is what trainer Annabel Neashem seemed to be when former French galloper Don Diego De Vega won for the first time on Australian soil at Randwick. Steered by …
Minsk Moment enters unchartered territory, but trainer Adam Durrant is cautiously optimistic about his winning chances at Belmont on Saturday. The well-travelled five-year-old resumes in the Listed Beaufine Stakes and …
Trainer Cliff Brown believes he has a ready-made replacement for the horse he was initially intending to run in a Stakes race at Caulfield. Little Miss Kubi will represent Brown in the …
Zac Lloyd will be at long odds to produce his heroics of a week ago at Randwick, but regardless of whether he ticks off any more achievements, his season will go …
The training partnership of Brisbane-based Steven O’Dea and Matthew Hoysted is set to be dissolved at the conclusion of the racing season. Over the past six months, O’Dea has gradually …
David Pfieffer is optimistic the decision to rehabilitate Soami following a leg issue will eventually reward his connections as the rising eight-year-old prepares to return to the races for the first time …
Putting Kenmare Bay’s physical make-up to one side, economics told Suman Hedge that the two-year-old gelding who will debut at Randwick this Saturday was worth a punt. A son of …
Ciaron Maher is on the verge of breaking a record he set with former co-trainer David Eustace for the number of winners prepared in a season. After the win of Fabrice at …
