Racing NSW has made public its finalised 2024 Strategic Plan, arriving two years later than scheduled and largely unchanged from the draft version originally circulated for consultation. The delay surrounding the document has drawn attention across the industry, with questions raised after it became clear the regulator had not met… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winner Half Yours is poised to make his return in Saturday’s All Aged Stakes, where he is set to take on some of the nation’s leading sprinters. The Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained galloper, who completed the Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup double during the spring, is among the… Read More »
Stablehand Paige Mathieson has been disqualified for nine months by Racing NSW stewards after being found to have breached a prior suspension and provided false evidence during an inquiry. Mathieson was discovered to have continued performing stablehand duties while her licence was under suspension, working at the Casino stables of… Read More »
Popular stayer Soulcombe, runner-up in the 2023 Melbourne Cup, could yet return to racing after resuming light work at Flemington. The imported galloper has not been seen on race day since his Cup performance, having battled consecutive tendon injuries, but connections are encouraged by his latest progress. Part-owner Ozzie Kheir… Read More »
Sir Delius is set to be aimed once again at the Group 1 Cox Plate, despite missing last year’s edition where he had been installed as the pre-post favourite. The recent Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner was sidelined from both the Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup in 2025 after Racing Victoria… Read More »
Trailblazing Australian racehorse trainer and horseracing presenter Charlotte Littlefield is the first rider announced for the 2026 Markel Magnolia Cup. Charlotte is well underway already with her training for the challenge, that will take place on Thursday 30 July during Qatar Goodwood Festival presented by Visit Qatar. On returning home… Read More »
Pop Award will return to Stakes grade this Saturday and the classy mare’s co-trainer Lyn Tolson is hoping the rise in grade will be offset by her competing on her home track. The five-year-old will have her first start at Mornington in the $200,000 Listed Hareeba Stakes (1200m), the feature… Read More »
Apprentice riders Jackson Radley and Ryan Houston will both spend time on the sidelines following careless riding suspensions incurred at Caulfield on Saturday. Senior jockey Beau Mertens will also be out of action after being handed a seven-meeting suspension for a whip breach aboard Taken, the runner-up in the eighth… Read More »
Tony McEvoy knows Half Yours has the job ahead in this Saturday’s Group 1 All Aged Stakes at Randwick, but the trainer could not be happier with his stable star ahead of his return to racing. The five-year-old will head to the races for the first time since completing the… Read More »
The in-form three-year-old Oliveanotherday has booked a shot at stakes company in Adelaide after extending his outstanding autumn campaign with another commanding win at Caulfield on Saturday. The gelding has now won all three starts this preparation by a combined margin of 10 lengths, with trainer Tom Dabernig saying the… Read More »
Well-bred filly Avantaggia has earned a shot at stakes level after breaking through with victory in the Porirua Club Punters Handicap (1200m) at Otaki on Saturday. By Wootton Bassett and out of Te Akau Racing’s nine-time Group 1 winner Avantage, Avantaggia has carried significant expectations since birth. Those expectations grew… Read More »
Swettenham Stud’s early investment in Wootton Bassett as a sire of sires has received a timely boost, with his Group 1-winning son Wooded (IRE) producing his first Australian-bred winner on Sunday. The Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained gelding Crank, racing in the Myracehorse colours, delivered on market expectations when starting favourite… Read More »
The one day delay of the Rockhampton meeting was always going to be a worthwhile wait for somebody … and, as far as the featured $150 000 Capricornia Yearling Sale Classic QTIS 2YO Plate was concerned, the chances were that the result was going to come down in favour of… Read More »
Bankers Choice will be chasing a slice of history this Saturday when he lines up in the Mornington Cup, aiming to become just the second horse to claim multiple victories in the 2400m Listed feature. The now eight-year-old edged out his rivals in a thrilling finish to win last year’s… Read More »
Nash Rawiller will spend a week on the sidelines after being found guilty of breaching whip rules during his ride on Lindermann in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes. Stewards charged Rawiller after he struck the runner-up 10 times prior to the final 100 metres of the weight-for-age feature. The jockey sought… Read More »
Gerald Ryan has been around the mark in several renewals of the Champagne Stakes without winning one, but in unbeaten colt Southend, he believes he’s found the horse to break his duck. The trainer’s best result came with Williamsburg in 2022, that horse finishing third to She’s Extreme, while Flying… Read More »
I Am Maximus wrote his name into Grand National folklore when he regained his crown in what on-track commentators were calling a ‘Red Rum-like’ performance. After a memorable win in the race in 2024, I Am Maximus had to settle for second place last year behind his stable companion Nick… Read More »
The Grant and Alana Williams trained Sentimental Legend proved too strong for his opposition in the Group 2 WATC Derby, making it impressive back-to-back feature race wins after saluting in the Listed Melvista Stakes in his previous start. The expected two-way contest between Sentimental Legend, the $3 second favourite, and… Read More »
The British raiders have arrived with intent, as Newmarket trainer William Haggas prepares a dual assault on the $5 million Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Royal Randwick. Haggas will saddle up both Dubai Honour and Caviar Heights in Saturday’s feature, the headline act of The Championships, as he looks… Read More »
Idle Flyer has upstaged a talent-laden field to give trainer Matthew Smith his second Queen Of The Turf Stakes title in a stirring renewal of the Group One feature. As anticipated, the free-bowling Pride Of Jenni adopted catch-me-if-you-can tactics, stringing the field out and ensuring a testing 1600-metre contest. Zac… Read More »
