The Ciaron Maher stable is considering options for Light Infantry Man who is expected to step out at Caulfield. The Group 2 Peter Young Stakes (1800m) on Saturday is favoured to be Light Infantry Man’s next assignment after a first-up win over 1600m at Caulfield last month. Following Saturday’s outing, Light Infantry Man has the option of going to the Group 1 Australian Cup (2000m)… Read More »
The Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman stable will look to parlay their recent Group 1 success with another three-year-old filly at Rosehill. Sheza Alibi took out the Group 1 Randwick Guineas (1600m) on Saturday and this time it will be fellow three-year-old Ole Dancer’s turn in the Coolmore Classic (1500m) at Rosehill on Saturday. The Coolmore… Read More »
Music Time claimed a home-town victory in the Group 3 Black Opal Stakes in Canberra when he put in a strong shift at both ends of the race to close out the contest with 1.872 lengths in hand. The pressure went on right from the jump with five horses landing… Read More »
The Brett and Georgie Cavanough training partnership came away with the perfect result in the Evergreen Turf H&NWRA Country Championships Qualifier at Muswellbrook on Sunday when two of their runners Chidiac and Fingers Hunter filled the first two places to earn their respective spots in the starting lineup for the… Read More »
Golden Slipper aspirations for Eternal Warrior have come to an abrupt halt, with the talented colt ruled out of the upcoming Golden Slipper. Trainer Lloyd Kennewell revealed the disappointing development after the two-year-old showed an irregular action during trackwork on Sunday. Eternal Warrior had stamped himself as one of the… Read More »
Trainer Dan O’Sullivan and the connections of Berkeley Square have not been swayed from their Adelaide Cup ambitions by a hefty impost or inside draw. O’Sullivan cut his teeth in Adelaide as a trainer before moving to Ballarat and has an Adelaide Cup to his credit, winning in 2008 with Lacey Underall. But Monday’s Adelaide Cup… Read More »
Reigning Sydney Cup winner Arapaho is likely to miss the bulk of the Sydney autumn carnival after suffering an early campaign setback. The nine-year-old had a foot abscess that delayed his reappearance, only stepping out for his first barrier trial at Randwick on Thursday. Regular jockey Rachel King has a close affinity… Read More »
Want to see a top Group 1 winning rider in action? Well, you can head to Muswellbrook on Sunday to do that where Melbourne Cup winning jockey Craig Williams will be riding the Paul Messara and Leah Gavranich trained Clear Thinking in the Evergreen Turf H&N WRA Country Championships Qualifier… Read More »
What a generous starting price $4.40 turned out to be for the Ben, Will and JD Hayes trained Rich On Bubbles who simply demolished his opposition in the Magic Millions SA 2YO Classic over 1110m at Murray Bridge, winning by a runaway 4.10 length margin. This was only the third… Read More »
The Magic Millions (SA) 3YO and 4YO Classic over 1200m at Murray Bridge turned out to be little more than a cakewalk for the Tom Dabernig trained Shadhavar. The $2.05 race favourite won even more easily than the official 2.33 length margin suggests with Jacob Opperman taking the chestnut daughter… Read More »
Well Written’s unbeaten record remains intact after her victory in the NZ $4 million NZB Kiwi at Ellerslie but, wow, the result could not have been much closer on the track followed by further moments of intrigue and an anxious wait for connections while the final, official outcome on the… Read More »
McDonald rode an historic sixth winner in the closer of the 10-race Randwick program when he partnered Gangsta Granny in the Wenona Girl Quality (1200m). This is the first time a jockey has ridden six winners at a Sydney Saturday meeting since Jim Cassidy in 1987. But McDonald’s achievement takes… Read More »
Hall of Fame trainer Chris Waller finally won the only Sydney Group 1 race that had eluded him as champion jockey James McDonald continued his masterclass with a fifth stakes win at Royal Randwick on Saturday. This was Waller’s 188th career Group 1 win but remarkably his first success in… Read More »
Saturday’s win in the famous sprint down the Flemington straight 1200m course was Newitt’s first at Group 1 level since 2016 when Extreme Choice won the Moir Stakes at Moonee Valley. Earlier that year, Newitt teamed with The Quarterback to win the Newmarket Handicap, one of 34 wins the jockey… Read More »
oo busy searching for superlatives to describe Sheza Alibi’s demolition win in the Randwick Guineas, jockey Luke Nolen had to be reminded the filly also delivered him an incredible milestone. The Group 1 was Nolen’s 2000th career win – not that he was counting. “Oh yeah, I forgot about that,”… Read More »
The 2026 edition of the Newmarket Handicap has been run, with Bjorn Baker’s talented sprinter Caballus 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: Bjorn Baker… Read More »
Toowoomba based trainer Pat Webster and jockey Mark Du Plessis are having a hot run of form in town and that momentum carried through to another win at Eagle Farm on Saturday when the two-year-old gelding Apostle took out the first race on the card. Last Saturday the Webster /… Read More »
Trainer Robbie Griffiths only had one runner today at Flemington today and he went away with a job well done after the very smart gelding Legacy Bound underlined his potential by landing his fourth win in only his sixth career start. Racing first-up after just over a three month break… Read More »
The 2026 edition of the Randwick Guineas has been run, with Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman’s star filly Sheza Alibi 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…. Read More »
Champion jockey James Mcdonald rode his fourth stakes winner on the Royal Randwick program when Generosity arrived in time to edge out Marhoona in a thrilling Group 2 $500,000 Challenge Stakes (1000m) on Saturday. The weight-for-age sprint was action-packed from start to finish with the heavily backed Raging Force going amiss early and… Read More »
