Covering nearly one-fifth of Western Australia’s land area, the Mid West is a vast region home to top-quality racing highlighted by the Geraldton Cup. About 2000 racegoers are expected to attend the 2024 edition of the $125,000 TABtouch Geraldton Cup (2100m) at the Geraldton Turf Club (GTC) on Sunday, April… Read More »
Few people know how to win a Doncaster Mile like Chris Waller. A six-time winner of the 1600-metre Group 1, Waller sits just one win behind Tommy Smith and Gai Waterhouse who share the record for most wins in the $3 million event that will be run at Randwick this… Read More »
Lindsay Park trainers Ben, Will and J D Hayes have revised their plans of winning one of the Derby races in Australia with Apulia. Narrowly beaten in the Victoria Derby (2500m) at Flemington last November, Apulia was originally aimed towards the Australian Derby (2400m) at Randwick on Saturday. But an early… Read More »
Blake Shinn will reunite with Golden Slipper winner Lady Of Camelot at Randwick where the pair will bid to add the second leg of the two-year-old triple crown to their autumn carnival haul. The first five horses across the line in the Slipper (1200m) will clash again in a strong renewal of… Read More »
A quick flick through the media guide Inglis has prepared for this weekend’s Easter Yearling Sale underlines the significance of Winx’s daughter being part of the catalogue. Thoroughbred auction houses are traditionally reluctant to single out specific lots, but Inglis has no option but to with the filly who will… Read More »
Trainer Danny Williams is confident he is winning the battle to have Bandi’s Boy fit to line up in the Country Championships Final. The horse was found to be mildly lame in his near foreleg after winning the Star Kingdom Stakes at Rosehill last weekend and will need to pass an inspection… Read More »
The Caulfield and Melbourne Cups are still six months away, but those two races are clearly in the focus of father-and-son training duo Mark and Levi Kavanagh. First Immortal was bound for those races last year, but with a less than satisfactory rating he was forced to try and win his… Read More »
Peter G Moody fears a lack of recent match practice could come against defending titleholder I Wish I Win when he resumes against a crack field of race-fit sprinters in the T J Smith Stakes at Randwick. A forecast for drenching rain in Sydney has many expecting a heavy track on Saturday… Read More »
Tyler Schiller wasn’t born when Les Bridge won his first Doncaster with Row Of Waves almost forty years ago, but the Generation Z jockey will team up with the octogenarian trainer on a mission to win him a second. Schiller was put on notice to ride Celestial Legend in Saturday’s $4… Read More »
Michael Freedman might be preparing to saddle up his first Australian Derby runner in his own right, but the Randwick trainer has plenty of experience when it comes to the time-honoured race. Freedman will start Tulloch Stakes winner Wymark in Saturday’s blue riband, 30 years after strapping 1994 winner Mahogany and 32 years… Read More »
Kris Lees will have five runners in the Provincial-Midway Championships Final after Willinga Freefall and Baltic Coast filled the placings behind the Jarrod Austin-trained Terra Mater in the Wildcard at Newcastle. All three placegetters have secured their spot in the $1 million finale on Saturday week, along with the qualifiers from six selected heats. The… Read More »
South Australian trainer Michael Hickmott could not have asked for a better trip across the Victorian border, landing a treble at Ballarat. Hickmott took a team of three horses from his base at Murray Bridge – Togetherforever, Spirit Of Camelot and High Five – who were all successful in maiden class races on… Read More »
Italian-born jockey Stefano Cherchi had died, two weeks after suffering head and internal injuries in a race fall at Canberra. The NSW Jockeys’ Association announced the devastating news on Wednesday on behalf of the 23-year-old’s family. “With deep sadness, the Cherchi family have announced their beloved son Stefano passed away… Read More »
It’s been a small sample size, but on exposed form trainer Russell Stewart has a few above average juveniles who are ready to stamp their claims for Karrakatta Plate (1200m) glory on April 20. The Karrakatta Plate, the jewel in the crown for two-year-olds, is high on the agenda for… Read More »
Having collected the Golden Eagle in the spring, Japan’s Obamburumai is back in Sydney looking to add some more prize money to the coffers. Obamburumai banked $5.25 million for his win in the Golden Eagle (1500m) at Rosehill last November and is in line for another $2.3 million if successful in… Read More »
Connections of Bella Nipotina have welcomed the forecast for heavy rain in Sydney ahead of her rematch with benchmark sprinter Imperatriz in the TJ Smith Stakes at Randwick. Bella Nipotina has finished behind the Te Akau Racing star in all three starts this preparation but significantly, the runs have all… Read More »
Trainer Mitchell Freedman had hoped to be in Sydney for the opening day of The Championships at Randwick rather than chasing another Stakes race at Caulfield. The Group 1 Doncaster Mile (1600m) had been the target for the Freedman-trained Attrition when the entire commenced his autumn campaign, but a setback after his… Read More »
Having successfully converted Private Eye from a Group One-winning miler into one of Australia’s best sprinters, Joe Pride will attempt the reverse with his Everest hero Think About It. Private Eye won the 2021 Epsom Handicap over the famous Randwick mile and wasn’t disgraced when stretched out to 2000m two starts later… Read More »
The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young stable held out high hopes for Shaiyhar ahead of last year’s Spring Carnival. The Irish-bred galloper who did his early racing in France, won twice over 2000m at Flemington in his first Australian campaign, but each time he when exposed to a longer distance he flopped… Read More »
A quick back-up into the ATC Australian Derby holds no fears for connections of high-class filly Zardozi, who has scored two of her most significant wins off a short turnaround. The Godolphin three-year-old won the Edward Manifold Stakes (1600m) six days after finishing unplaced over 1400m at Sandown, while her… Read More »
