Mornington trainer Rob Blacker may have his first runners in feature Group 1 races during the Melbourne Spring Carnival. In a training career dating back to 1997, Mornington trainer Rob …

An exciting field has been nominated for Saturday’s Listed Winter Challenge at Randwick with 2020 winner Mugatoo set to return. Pulling up just shy of 50 lengths last when suffering …

Scallopini will be part of the new blood in Caulfield’s second $200,000 Group 3 sprint of July with the Queensland gelding set to contest Saturday’s Bletchingly Stakes. Co-trainer Steven O’Dea confirmed on …

Breeders will this week be presented with an opportunity that normally only appears at either the Inglis Chairman’s Sale or Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale when Sierra Sue is put up …

The introduction of the new The Big Dance and The Five Diamonds races to be held in November this year has piqued the interest of champion trainer Chris Waller. His …

Grahame Begg’s stable star is back in work and will be solely focused on going one better in the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) after running a gallant second to …

After hitting the line strongly to salute at Newcastle on debut last month, the Kris Lees -prepared Flag Of Honour ($5.50) has made it two wins on the bounce with a determined victory …

Since making the move to Melbourne in 2019, Jamie Kah has ridden for a number of the big stables with her most success for a Melbourne-based stable being with Ciaron Maher and David …

Trainer Matthew Dunn’s first impressions of two-year-old The Lions’ Gate were anything but flattering. While the son of Golden Slipper winner Vancouver made it to the early season barrier trials, he was …

Aztec Ruler created a big impression and won a heap of admirers after his outstanding win on debut at Belmont a fortnight ago. The two-year-old gelding, with Chris Parnham in the …

Trainer Bjorn Baker was unsure how Arapaho would perform on a drying Grafton track, but the horse showed another string to his bow with a dominant victory in the $200,000 Grafton Cup. …

He isn’t the best horse Tracey Bartley has put a saddle on, but McCormack does have a claim to fame. The six-year-old’s last win was almost two years ago when he …

Sydney trainer Matthew Smith will have his work cut out keeping abreast of his runners on Saturday. Besides three runners in the main race at Flemington, the Flemington Cup 1849 (2800m), …

Brad Widdup is looking for a strong finish to what has been a career-best season as he prepares to saddle up three runners at Rosehill on Saturday. The Hawkesbury trainer has …

Salaasel hasn’t been seen at the races yet, but Emirates Park have reason to be optimistic that, at some point, she will have an impact at Stakes level. After all, …

Mornington trainer Rob Blacker hopes to short circuit the stress of gaining a Victoria Derby start with Skyphios by winning Melbourne’s longest two-year-old race at Flemington. The Byerley Handicap (1800m) on Saturday gives the …

One of the most improved horses in training, Ranges has continued Team Snowden’s affinity with the Ramornie Handicap to give the stable it’s fifth win in the feature Grafton sprint. Taking …

Jamie Kah has wasted no time in getting back into winning form riding a double with her first two rides following an overseas holiday. After attending Royal Ascot before holidaying in …

Having passed a significant distance test in the Caloundra Cup, Arapaho will head to the second day of the popular Grafton carnival in search of a breakthrough stakes success. The five-year-old …

The Robbie Griffiths and Mathew de Kock stable have Victoria Derby aspirations with Transzam and a part of that process involves a start at Flemington. The Byerley Handicap (1800m) on Saturday is …

Lightly raced Queensland galloper Uncommon James is expected to be Melbourne bound for some early races ahead of the spring carnival heating up. A winner of four of his five starts …

Impressive debut Sale winner Giga Kick is heading to town in a bid to show his credentials ahead of a spring campaign. The Clayton Douglas-trained two-year-old is down to run in …

When Patrick Ryan bought Ferago online last spring, it wasn’t because he thought he’d found an untapped stayer who could keep the till ticking over at Sandown in winter. The trainer from …

A yearling out of a mare well-known to Australian racing has been a star performer on Monday’s first day of the JRHA’s Select Sale in Japan. The colt by Maurice …

Artorius earned himself a shot at another European Group 1 with his July Cup third placing with the colt to contest a Group 1 in France next month. The Anthony and …

Incentivise’s level of involvement in this year’s Spring Carnival could become clearer from this week with Peter Moody set to increase his workload. Last year’s Caulfield Cup winner will be given …

The first two runs of Best Of Bordeaux’s spring campaign have been locked in but beyond that, trainer Kacy Fogden is keeping an open mind. The Golden Slipper runner-up proved one …

Edison hadn’t won a race since December 2020 when racing for Bjorn Baker but Nick Ryan, as he’s done plenty of times before, has succeeded with a tried horse and coaxed …

Phillip Stokes has only had four-year-old mare Mileva in his care for a year but she’s proven herself as a handy sprinter and went to the next level on Saturday, winning …

Travis Doudle’s stable stalwart Not Usual Glorious notched up his second Victorian win from as many starts in a tough performance at Caulfield Not Usual Glorious came to Caulfield in …