Racing News

 Lonhro has produced another promising colt for the Godolphin stable with Regent overcoming a sluggish start to win on debut at Canterbury.
 

 Multiple stakes winner Hopfgarten’s winter carnival program will be decided after he runs in a barrier trial at Deagon.
 

English visitor Polarisation will undergo a veterinary inspection before he is confirmed as a starter in the Sydney Cup.
 

Craig Williams has lodged an appeal against the severity of a careless riding suspension which will keep him from riding Sydney Cup favourite Big Duke.

 The Hawkesbury Gold Cup has a new sponsor with the Group Three race to carry the name Livamol, a product of the International Animal Health company.

Three-time Sydney premiership winner Nash Rawiller has suffered a dislocated shoulder and an ankle injury in a fall at Sha Tin.
 

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Big Duke already has a unique place in the Darren Weir stable as the premier Melbourne trainer’s first Sydney winner.

With a flurry of winners in recent weeks, leading apprentice Beau Mertens is mounting a serious challenge for the jockeys’ premiership in Melbourne.

The new Kelso Wood-Patricia Gesler training partnership is up and running and aiming high with two-year-old Snitzkraft.

While most of the two-year-olds in Gerald Ryan’s stable have gone for spells there are still some with more to give this season.

Aquis Farm has extended its aggressive move into the national breeding market by standing the largest ever number of stallions at one Queensland stud next season.

Stud-bound Tivaci snapped his Group One duck to win All Aged Stakes at Randwick on Saturday.

Hooked has snapped a 19-month absence from the winner’s circle in the Victoria Handicap at Caulfield.

Champion jockey Damien Oliver will stay in Australia for now after his contract to ride in Mauritius fell through.

Gold Coast gelding Siegfried was finally able to win over his regular jockey Jeff Lloyd with his Doomben win on Saturday.

The man who took Choisir to the world has claimed a Group One win with one of his sons in the Champagne Stakes at Randwick.

Edward Cummings followed in his father’s Anthony’s footsteps by celebrating his first stakes win as a trainer when outsider Top Of My List won the Japan Racing Association Plate at Randwick.

Boom Time could have earned himself a crack at the rescheduled Sydney Cup with a front-running win in a staying race at Caulfield.

Newcastle-trained The Mission has scored a decisive win in the Champagne Stakes, leading most of the way to beat odds-on favourite Invader.

 Toughened up by two recent close defeats, Redzel has had his moment in the sun with a Group Three win at Randwick.

Darren Weir was quick to credit New Zealand trainer Murray Baker and the canny purchasing power of Australian Bloodstock after Mongolian Wolf won the Frank Packer Plate at Randwick.

Interstate fans are likely to see popular Victorian mare Miss Vista after the sprinter made a winning return at Caulfield.

Mercurial Lad lived up to the name in his past three starts, but the erratic gelding might finally be on the straight and narrow

Caloundra trainer Stuart Kendrick had a welcome change of luck when Marseille En Fleur flew home to win at Doomben.

While his son Jason is established in the top 10 jockeys in Sydney, New Zealand trainer Richard Collett is keen to make his own mark with a satellite stable at Warwick Farm.

The decision to miss the Magic Millions Classic with Bold Kingston paid dividends when he landed a long-priced betting move at Doomben on Saturday.

Trainer Ken Keys will consider giving two-year-old Al Passem a crack at a stakes race at his next start after the colt made the step to city class at Caulfield to remain unbeaten.

The opening race at Caulfield has been decided in the stewards’ room with Ma Jones’ rider Ben Allen successfully lodging a protest against the horse who was first past the post.

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