Trainer Michael Freedman heads to Randwick on Saturday with a team of predominantly young, emerging horses and he is hoping that is a good sign for the stable’s future. Freedman will …

Luck deserted Nimalee in the Epsom Handicap, but trainer Matt Smith said the tough-as-nails mare had emerged from the race in top order and was a genuine chance of landing her …

Nash Rawiller is not a jockey to die wondering. For that reason, there is the likelihood Rawiller could do something unexpected when he partners Mo’Unga in the Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley on Saturday. …

As the hour’s countdown to the Cox Plate, the preparation Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr planned out for I’m Thunderstruck has gone like clockwork. Price wanted an exacting race program to have …

Sydney’s loss will be Melbourne’s gain with trainer Chris Waller confirming Nature Strip will have his next start in the Darley Champions Sprint on the final day of the Melbourne Cup carnival …

Trainer Mike Moroney is hoping Emissary will gain enough of a rehandicap for the Melbourne Cup to force a start in the great race at Flemington. Emissary came from second-last in the Group …

Trainer Jason Warren has his eyes on a bigger prize after Grand Pierro took out the Listed Geelong Classic on Wednesday. The Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) at Flemington on Saturday week …

Having watched fellow Mornington trainer Clayton Douglas pull off an Everest coup with Giga Kick, Jerome Hunter is hoping to make an audacious Sydney raid of his own. Hunter will bring two …

Eleven Eleven is set to break new ground for trainer Greg Hickman when he lines up in the Manikato Stakes at Moonee Valley. In a 30-start career that has seen Eleven Eleven register nine wins, …

Chris Waller is chasing a fifth win in the weight-for-age championship of Australia, the Cox Plate, with a horse that will be having his first start for the trainer. Irish-bred …

The lure of a Group 1 race in his adopted hometown has been enough to convince Bjorn Baker to back-up Renaissance Woman in the Spring Champion Stakes at Randwick. The …

Damien Oliver has picked up the Melbourne Cup mount on last weekend’s Caulfield Cup winner Durston. The three-time Melbourne Cup winner was on Wednesday confirmed as the replacement for Michael …

The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable is hoping the Cox Plate can turn into a war of attrition and their lone starter Gold Trip will prove the best stayer. Gold Trip is backing …

Manikato Stakes favourite Paulele has drawn what James Cummings has described as the ‘perfect’ barrier for Friday night’s $2 million Group 1 Manikato Stakes. The son of Dawn Approach came …

The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable are looking to Interpretation winning the Geelong Cup and getting a weight penalty to gain a start in the Melbourne Cup. The imported son …

Annabel Neasham is looking to put away the disappointment of 12 months ago when she saddles three runners in the Cox Plate at Moonee Valley. Zaaki, Mo’Unga and Laws Of Indicies gives Neasham three runners in the Group …

Ciaron Maher pulled off the rare feat of winning the Manikato Stakes with a three-year-old filly in 2019 and Victoria’s leading trainer is looking to do it again this Friday night. …

Caulfield Cup winner Durston has been penalised 2kg for his win in Saturday’s staying feature. Racing Victoria head of handicapping David Hegan on Monday afternoon announced the penalty, which takes the …

Colin Webster will let the dust settle on Trix Of The Trade’s outstanding return win before deciding which road to take ahead of the Group 1 Railway Stakes (1600m) in …

Ben and J D Hayes are contemplating using winkers on Mr Brightside in the Cox Plate to try and squeeze an extra length out of the gelding. Lindsay Park trainers …

When planning the spring campaign of Roch ‘N’ Horse, trainer Mike Moroney thought the Manikato Stakes might be a winnable Group 1 weight-for-age race race. The New Zealand mare, winner of the Group 1 Newmarket …

John O’Shea will redirect Lost And Running towards the $3 million Nature Strip Stakes on Golden Eagle day after his race morning scratching from The Everest. The gelding had been second favourite …

The scratching of Maximal from the Caulfield Cup has paved the way for Durston to become the first emergency runner to take out the spring feature. Left outside the cut-off of 18 when the final …

Young trainer Clayton Douglas has celebrated a life-changing moment, upstaging racing’s biggest names to win the richest race in the country with Giga Kick. Victorian three-year-old Giga Kick has claimed the …

Putting a tough 18-month period behind him, trainer David Pfieffer has engineered a major boilover on The Everest undercard, producing $61 outsider Rocketing By to snare the Group 3 Sydney …

A planned attack on a short-course sprint at Caulfield on their biggest day of the year has paid dividends for the connections of Asfoora. Henry Dwyer planned an assault on Saturday’s Group …

After two years of Kosciuszko heartbreak, trainer Geoff Duryea and the owners of Front Page finally got the horse to the race and this time fortune smiled on them as the Corowa …

Glyn Schofield has been involved in several of James Cummings’ biggest career milestones, now he hopes to deliver him a first Everest win. It is Thursday morning, two days out …

James Cummings and Godolphin are looking at winning form to hold Kallos in good stead when he returns to stakes level at Caulfield. Kallos runs in the Group 2 Caulfield Sprint (1000m) on Saturday …

Ben and J D Hayes and the Lindsay Park team are holding onto the slender hope of Makram gaining a start in the Caulfield Cup. The imported galloper is second emergency in Saturday’s …