Unbeaten mare Autumn Glow will step out in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes on Day 2 of The Championships, with connections locking in the feature as her next target. The four-year-old heads into the race boasting a flawless 11-start record, continuing her rise among Australia’s elite gallopers. Trainer Chris… Read More »
Champion mare Via Sistina has reached another milestone, with Yulong confirming she is in foal to elite stallion Dubawi. The announcement follows her retirement earlier this year after a decorated career featuring 12 Group 1 victories. Her achievements were headlined by back-to-back Cox Plate triumphs, cementing her status among the… Read More »
Trainer John Mcardle and his highly talented filly My Gladiola are returning to Flemington looking to post a victory in a Stakes race on the straight course. The Listed VRC Sprint Classic (1100m) on Saturday will see My Gladiola attempt to get a win on the board after two runs down the Flemington straight this campaign…. Read More »
When Dubai Honour is showing cheek on the training track, it generally translates to an outstanding race day performance, and Isabella Paul is seeing all the right signs ahead of the UK raider’s Tancred Stakes assignment. This year marks the eight-year-old’s third autumn carnival in Sydney and Paul, who has travelled… Read More »
Five Victorian trainers have been issued fines totalling $24,000 by the Victorian Racing Tribunal after horses in their care returned positive swabs to the prohibited substance Formestane and its metabolite 4-hydroxytestosterone. The matter, which has been ongoing for an extended period, was finalised on Monday after all five trainers entered… Read More »
A couple of All-Star Mile wins have stamped Tom Kitten one of Australia’s best 1600-metre horses and this weekend he gets the chance to again prove his prowess at 2000m. The five-year-old will be chasing his first win at that trip since claiming the Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes in October 2023… Read More »
Mark Walker has watched in awe at what boom filly Ohope Wins has been able to achieve in New Zealand this year, but he is not conceding this Saturday’s $750,000 Vinery Stud Stakes to her just yet. The Te Akau Racing trainer will start Belle Cheval in the 2000-metre Group 1 at… Read More »
The Matt Laurie-trained Vinrock has been retired from racing and will commence stud duties at Yulong, standing for an introductory service fee of $22,000. The son of I Am Invincible finishes his career with four wins from eight starts and prizemoney of $1.2 million. He etched his name into the… Read More »
The Australian connection struck gold at Sha Tin on Sunday when the Mark Newnham trained, Hugh Bowman ridden Invincible Ibis took out the Group 1 Hong Kong Derby over 2000m in race record time, getting the better of Numbers when it mattered most to score by 1,25 lengths. What a… Read More »
Graceful Ellen showed a real tough streak when slugging it out with Crusader Kings in a punishing run to the line to take the honours in the Evergreen Turf Southern Country Championships Wild Card over 1400m at Goulburn. Sixteen runners with hopeful connections faced the starter for this Wild Card… Read More »
Willie Pike was back in Western Australia on Sunday, after riding at Caulfield on Saturday, and it was pretty much quickly back to business as usual with Pike partnering the Grant and Alana Williams trained Royal Toronado to victory in the $150,000 Pinjarra Cup. The five-year-old son of Toronado jumped… Read More »
The jockey merry-go-round with suspensions and interstate commitments has seen Beau Mertens regain the ride on Sabaj in the Australian Cup. Mick Price had initially delivered the disappointing news to Mertens that Mark Zahra would take the mount on Sabaj in the Group 1 feature at Flemington on Saturday. However,… Read More »
Star sprinting filly Tempted will have a barrier trial this week to keep her ticking over ahead of her next Sydney autumn carnival target. The three-year-old has been entered for a 1000m heat at Hawkesbury on Monday and a 1030m trial at Rosehill on Tuesday, with trainer Ciaron Maher indicating… Read More »
Top jockey Mark Zahra will be unavailable to ride star colt Tentyris in the Group 1 T.J. Smith Stakes after receiving a second suspension within three days at Caulfield on Saturday. Zahra was handed a seven-meeting suspension for breaching whip rules aboard Meridius in race five, ruling him out of… Read More »
The name’s got a nice ring to it and the result was enough to broaden the smile of his connections. Ka Ying Cheer completed a hat trick of wins when taking out a BM78 Handicap over 1200m at Caulfield, continuing his unbeaten run of success since returning to Australia from… Read More »
The Jason Miller trained Bonjoy made it back-to-back wins when she arrived with a late rattle to take out the Listed Grandstand Cup over 1500m at Ascot. The six-year-old mare was sent out as the clear race favourite at $2.80 on the back of her first-up win in the Listed… Read More »
That was impressive. The Neville Parnham trained Aurum Belle made it two wins from two starts when taking out the Listed Supremacy Stakes (for two-year-olds) over 1000m at Ascot … and the filly did so in the same compelling fashion as she did when comprehensively outgunning her opposition over the… Read More »
The 2026 edition of The Galaxy has been run, with Michael Freedman’s star filly Marhoona proving too strong for rivals to claim the Group 1 race. Below is what the winning trainer, winning jockey and beaten riders had to say following the Group 1 feature. Winning Trainer: Michael Freedman A year… Read More »
Trainer Trevor Rogers registered the biggest win of his career when Roulette King took out the Alister Clark Stakes (2000m) at Caulfield. Roulette King was Rogers’ eighth starter in a Stakes race with the three-year-old becoming the first galloper to fill a place for the trainer in a ‘Black Type’… Read More »
Evergreen sprinter Jigsaw has taken Cindy Alderson on an amazing journey. A talented two and three-year-old, Jigsaw lost his way through the middle stages of his career but has turned it full circle and is now a two-time Group 1 winner. Taken across to New Zealand to land the Railway… Read More »
