For the second year in a row, the Ciaron Maher & David Eustace stable have confirmed a Melbourne Cup starter by winning The Bart Cummings at Flemington. Grand Promenade followed in the hoofsteps of …

Regan Bayliss has enjoyed one of his best afternoons on a racetrack, producing a brace of outstanding rides to claim a feature race double on one of the biggest days of …

The unstoppable Gai Waterhouse has masterminded another Group 1 boilover with Never Been Kissed upstaging her more fancied rivals to win the Flight Stakes at Randwick. The filly’s victory came a week …

Tommy Berry has had to learn the hard way that Masked Crusader is no Chautauqua but the sprinter is an undeniable talent in his own right. The Hawkes Racing five-year-old underlined his …

Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr have taken the opening two juvenile races in Melbourne after Get In The Spirit outsped her rivals at Flemington. Get In The Spirit scored a debut win in the Listed Maribyrnong Trial Stakes (1000m) …

Fred Kersley landed his biggest victory when he guided Godolphin colt Kallos to victory in Danehill Stakes at Flemington. Prior to Saturday’s win in the Group 2 dash up the Flemington straight 1100m course, …

The decision to keep Think It Over in Sydney this spring has been vindicated with the gelding scoring a typically tough Group 2 win that has him in contention for a …

Ciaron Maher might have a languid drawl when he speaks but there is nothing slow about Coolangatta, who has lived up to her boom with a dynamic Gimcrack Stakes performance. As …

Elusive Express has potentially put her hand up for a start in the VRC Oaks after claiming her first stakes victory at Flemington. The Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained daughter of Jakkalberry took out the …

Jockey Ben Allen can feel the quality in Instant Celebrity and is expecting the mare to bounce back at Flemington. Allen rides Instant Celebrity for the first time on Saturday when they …

Chris Waller is shooting for his fifth successive Turnbull Stakes at Flemington with Verry Elleegant but the champion trainer has great respect for Incentivise. Nine-time Group 1 winner Verry Elleegant and Incentivise meet for …

The Danehill Stakes has undergone a shake up this year to make it the perfect lead up race to a Group 1 race for three-year-old sprinters. Previously run over 1200m at the Victoria Racing Club’s …

The Epsom Handicap meeting will usher in the latest generation of babies with the first of the new-season two-year-olds to step out in the Gimcrack Stakes and Breeders’ Plate. Ciaron …

The Victoria Racing Club is hopeful of having crowds of up to 11,500 people across the four days of the Melbourne Cup Carnival. The Club advised members of their hopes on …

When you think of Symon Wilde you think of Gold Medals and his two victories in Australia’s longest race, the Grand Annual Steeplechase. But Wilde is more than a trainer of …

Joe Pride has won the Doncaster Mile twice but so far a victory in its spring twin, the Group 1 Epsom Handicap, has eluded him. The Warwick Farm horseman figures …

Only two trainers have taken honours in the Turnbull Stakes in the past six runnings of the Group 1 race. Chris Waller is aiming for his fifth win on end when he saddles …

She was the first filly home in the Golden Slipper and has won a leg of the prestigious Princess Series, but Four Moves Ahead still has one important goal left …

Andrew Adkins is finally in a good place. Having spent six months recovering from horrific injuries suffered in a race fall, he worked his way back to health, then fitness and …

Brett Prebble has been a quiet achiever in the early part of the 2021-22 season and is hoping to cement his position as one of Victoria’s premier jockeys at Flemington …

Echuca will now host the race meeting in Victoria on Friday after heavy rain made the Tatura course unsafe for racing. Racing Victoria made the change on Thursday following a track inspection earlier …

Annabel Neasham has already won two Group 1 races this spring and rates Mo’Unga a live chance to give her a trifecta of top level victories in the Epsom Handicap. The four-year-old …

Stablemates Aysar and Crosshaven are set to battle it out against each for the first time since their three-year-old days at Flemington. Lining up against each other may just be …

The normally conservative David Payne is bullish about Montefilia’s chances in the Metropolitan, batting away any doubts about her stamina and insisting she will prove she is a genuine stayer. The …

Mark Newnham has a knack for unearthing an emerging filly in the major three-year-old races and Flight Stakes contender Von Trapp might just be his latest product. The daughter of superstar Frankel heads …

Cascadian will be vying to become just the third horse in history to win Randwick’s two biggest mile races in the same calendar year when he lines up in the Epsom …

Jockey Brett Prebble has enjoyed a wonderful start to the new racing season and hopes it will continue at Flemington despite the presence of Verry Elleegant. The decision has been made to bypass …

The mouth-watering clash between Incentivise and Verry Elleegant is set to take place in the Turnbull Stakes at Flemington. Verry Elleegant was also an acceptor for the Group 2 Hill (2000m) at Randwick on …

Jockey Tim Clark has convinced connections of Rothfire to start the comeback galloper in the Premiere Stakes in order to have him at his peak for the $15 million The Everest. The …

AFL Premiership winning coach Denis Pagan says he is living the dream as a racehorse trainer. In his first season of training, Pagan won the Victoria Derby with Johnny Get Angry who …