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The powerhouse Godolphin team is poised to play a major hand at Randwick with Avilius and Colette tackling the George Main Stakes and sprint star Bivouac making a much-anticipated return …

Racing Victoria’s international recruiter Paul Bloodworth got the result he had been dreaming about when Irish master trainer Aidan O’Brien told him he would put six high quality horses into …

Tom Marquand, who has enjoyed several successful riding stints in Australia, has won his first classic race in England aboard Galileo Chrome. The Joseph O’Brien-trained colt was a late pick-up …

Champion jockey James McDonald has been booked to ride Standout when he resumes in an important renewal of The Shorts at Randwick. The sprinter will be out to showcase his …

The lure of a Magic Millions windfall will keep brilliant sprinter Zoustyle to only a brief cameo appearance during the spring. Trainer Tony Gollan is mindful the racing career of …

Mike Moroney is sweating on emerging galloper Buffalo River gaining a start in the Group One Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes. Buffalo River has a relatively low rating and the trainer …

Exciting three-year-old colt Doubtland has rocketed back to form with a powerful finishing burst to win the Danehill Stakes, vindicating the stable’s lofty opinion of him. “He’s a smart horse. …

James McDonald touted Haut Brion Her as an Everest candidate during the week and Chris Waller did nothing to dispel that theory after the mare ‘s Group Two Sheraco Stakes …

Trainer Danny O’Brien couldn’t have be any happier in the return of star stayer Russian Camelot who was gallant in defeat in the Group One Makybe Diva Stakes at Flemington. …

The Group One Epsom Handicap is on the Team Hawkes radar after Wild Planet bounced back from a luckless first up run to claim the Theo Marks Stakes at Rosehill. …

Fierce Impact won the Makybe Diva Stakes but his victory was overshadowed by the return to racing of Russian Camelot, who he defeated narrowly. The two horses, who are both …

Queensland raider Rothfire has upstaged Sydney’s best colts to win The Run To The Rose as Farnan flopped after bolting on jockey Hugh Bowman. Bowman and co-trainer Adrian Bott were …

Zoutori made it back-to-back wins in the Bobbie Lewis Quality when he prevailed narrowly in an exciting finish with only a half-length separating the top five across the line. Jockey …

There will be no Golden Rose start for Mo’unga but the lightly-raced colt has stamped himself as a star of the future in the eyes of his trainer Chris Waller. …

John Thompson will give Fituese a chance to showcase her Everest credentials after she claimed the scalp of a luckless Masked Crusader at Rosehill. Lumping equal top weight of 58kg …

The burden of top weight and an outside barrier have punters shying away from Godolphin mare Flit in the Sheraco Stakes but it hasn’t dented the optimism of her jockey. …

The Anthony and Sam Freedman stable will saddle up two runners on the under card races at Flemington this weekend day mare Southbank in the Let’s Elope Stakes and three-year-old …

Tony Gollan is keeping a close watch on track conditions for evergreen sprinter Just Orm ahead of his scheduled clash with Alligator Blood at Doomben. The weather bureau’s forecast of …

It will be the battle of the undefeated three-year-olds when Immortal Love and Cherry Tortoni clash in the Exford Plate and one trainer is brimming with confidence while the other …

One is a stakes winner, the other a promising stayer but stablemates Positive Peace and She’s Ideel will both have a point to prove when they contest separate races at …

Trainer Brett Cavanough will wait until race morning to decide whether Kosciuszko slot holder Fender takes his place in the Group Two Theo Marks Stakes at Rosehill. Unbeaten in four …

The dream of securing a start in The Everest is over for connections of gun sprinting mare Rubisaki. Trainer Patrick Payne said Rubisaki had suffered a mild virus recently and …

Champion jockey Hugh Bowman will ride in a race for the first time this season, and just the third time in almost three months, when he returns for a select …

Alligator Blood is an odds-on favourite for his return to racing at Doomben but trainer David Vandyke is keeping a lid on expectations. TAB fixed odds has installed Alligator Blood, …

Peter Gelagotis only needs to check the results of Melbourne’s spring weight-for-age races over the past year to know it’s not impossible for Levendi to come back to racing with …

Two colts who cost $1.7 million between them have broken their maidens in back-to-back races at Canterbury to put themselves on a path to bigger goals. Redoute’s Choice three-year-old Cadenabbia, …

Although it wasn’t a win by a big margin, co-trainer Ben Hayes saw enough for three-year-old Aysar to continue on a path to the Caulfield Guineas. “He’s a pretty exciting …

John Moore’s move to Australia has been delayed due to the pandemic but his presence is already being felt in his newly minted training partnership with brother Gary. The pair …

Godolphin star Bivouac indicated he is ready for a return to business with a “superb” trial against a star-studded line up at Randwick. Partnered by Hugh Bowman, the dual Group …

Joe Pride won’t be wasting any breath spruiking his two Everest contenders, instead content to rely on Fasika and Eduardo to do their talking on the racetrack. Eight slots in …