Joe Pride’s affinity with the Takeover Target Stakes stretches back to the year it was won by its namesake. It was 2004 and Pride saddled up Red Oog, who finished …

Australian Derby placegetter Eric The Eel will do his future racing in Hong Kong after being sold to clients of trainer Danny Shum. Eric The Eel, who cost $7000 as …

The Hawkes family has become accomplished at switching horses between states and they will have two runners who fit that bill at Randwick. Scarlet Dream returns to Sydney for Saturday’s …

Gary Doughty will get a special buzz if Bold Warrior can help him celebrate two years as a trainer with a win at Doomben. A multiple Group One-winning jockey, Doughty …

Trainer Chris Anderson has one main worry as he attempts to land his first black-type quinella at Doomben. Anderson has Profit and Ballistic Boy in Saturday’s Listed Doomben Guineas (formerly …

The Gosford Gold Cup was not originally on the radar for imported stayer Sweet Thomas but the horse has left trainer Matt Smith with little option but to run him. …

The Andreas Wohler-trained Majestic Colt has landed the first Listed race of the European season at Hanover which signalled the return of German racing. Action had been on hold in …

Trainer Mark Pegus hopes his decision to bypass the Warrnambool Cup and bring Sentimentalist back in distance pays off with a hat-trick. After victories in the Stawell Cup and the …

Friday will see a host of quality thoroughbred races with our focus being on the meetings on the Gold Coast in Queensland and Cranbourne in Victoria. Take a look at …

The enforcement of interstate travel restrictions because of COVID-19 has impacted trainer Matt Dunn more than most, but it could also deliver a surprising reward. Based in Murwillumbah, Dunn is …

Kementari has arrived in Brisbane amid high hopes he can recapture his glory days on the racetrack. He will be the first of the Goldolphin horses to run in Brisbane …

Tools, rather than thoroughbreds, have been keeping Tommy Berry busy during a recent stint of self-inflicted time on the sidelines. The top Sydney jockey has endured a run of suspensions, …

Peter Moody is set to have his first runner in his comeback to training ranks with Shepard listed to run at Ballarat. Shepard is an acceptor in the Hertz Ballarat …

Not even a maiden performance that had to be seen to be believed can tempt Kris Lees into talking up one of his horses. The laid-back trainer prefers to keep …

Gold Coast trainer Michael Costa has grabbed the opportunity to chase black-type with Miss Gem despite the filly facing a big step up in class at Doomben. Costa has accepted …

Top mare Outback Barbie brings up her 20th start in a feature race when she resumes racing at her favourite track in the Group Three BRC Sprint at Doomben. The …

Trainer John McArdle has the routine down pat when he sends Themoonlitegambler to the races in South Australia. Themoonlitegambler’s latest foray is for Saturday’s Group One South Australian Derby (2500m) …

Star apprentice Stephanie Thornton gets her chance to make a mark on her first days of riding without an allowance. Thornton outrode her city allowance with a treble at Doomben …

Legendary jockey Darby McCarthy, a trail blazer for aboriginal sports people, has died at the age of 76. McCarthy was one of 13 children raised in Cunnamulla in western Queensland …

Sometimes it’s an afterthought, sometimes it doesn’t boast the depth of talent that some of its interstate counterparts do, but it is fair to say that the 2020 South Australian …

Five-year-old gelding Greyworm is the favourite to claim successive black-type victories at Randwick when he runs in the Listed Takeover Target Stakes. Saturday’s Takeover Target (1200m) is one of two stakes races …

Thursday will see a host of quality thoroughbred races with our focus being on the meeting at Kembla Grange in New South Wales. Take a look at our horse racing …

Lindsey Smith has spent his first Warrnambool carnival in isolation having recently returned from Perth. But it has not stopped the trainer him being an influential figure at the famous …

Order Of Command has added another stakes victory to his record with a fighting win in the Wangoom Handicap at Warrnambool. The Danny O’Brien-trained sprinter, under the urgings of Damien …

Stakes-placed filly Celestial Falls is set for a return to racing on a day when her elder half-sister Greysful Glamour chases victory in the Listed Gosford Gold Cup on the …

Port Macquarie trainer Jenny Graham is hoping Victorem can become the next winner to live up to a strong form reference out of a recent barrier trial. Victorem will be …

Day 2 of the Warrnambool Carnival will see nine races run and won in what should be another great day of racing. Take a look at our horse racing tips …

Trainer Danny O’Brien says exciting colt Russian Camelot could not be better going into the Group One South Australian Derby and is adamant missing a planned lead-up race will be …

After bypassing the Wagga Wagga Gold Cup with Greysful Glamour, trainer Mark Newnham has turned his attention to the Gosford Gold Cup. Greysful Glamour had been the early favourite for …

Favourite Dalasan will have 13 opponents in his bid to win the Group One South Australian Derby at Morphettville. Locally trained by Leon Macdonald and Andrew Gluyas, the colt has …