The Phillip Stokes-trained Brevitas will be looking to go one better when she tackles the Group 3 South Australia Sires’ Produce Stakes over 1400m at Morphettville on Saturday. The daughter of Doubtland finished second in the Listed Oaklands Plate at her last start, finishing 0.54 lengths behind the Gordon Richards… Read More »
The Cameron Crockett-trained Durova made it an impressive seven wins from nine starts since transferring to the Crockett stable when she stormed home down the centre of the track, finishing with a late flourish to snare Tectonic Plate, who had looked the likely winner inside the final 150m, close to… Read More »
Trainer David Vandyke is in the midst of a fine run of success saddling a winner at three of the last four meetings where he has had runners … with the five-year-old mare Lady Lucifer being the latest to add her name to the week’s winners’ list following her facile… Read More »
Westbound, the very promising, decisive Aquanita Stakes winner, and Ladie’s Pro, an equally clear-cut winner of the Belmont Oaks, will go head-to-head in the $125,000 Listed Belmont Classic over 2200m on Saturday as they both go in search of a second successive feature race win. It is a case of… Read More »
He got it right at the second attempt, but Casper Fownes move to help secure a riding license in Hong Kong for Joao Moreira, ultimately proved to be a Premiership winning decision as Fownes can now be crowned the 2025/26 Hong Kong Trainers’ Championship winner with a meeting to spare…. Read More »
The Kris Lees trained Rustemo has all the credentials required to win the Grafton Guineas Quality on Wednesday. A winner of three of his four starts this preparation, the son of Russian Revolution justifiably tops the betting boards as the clearcut favourite for the Guineas at $2.90 … with the… Read More »
Two stables, those of Michael Freedman and the Chris and Corey Munce training partnership have the possibility of claiming a Ramornie Handicap / Grafton Cup double in the Grafton Carnival’s two major feature races on Wednesday and Thursday. They are the only two stables with runners in both events. Freedman… Read More »
Two more qualifying races for the $3 million Big Dance … the South Grafton Cup and the Narrandera Cup … were decided today. To be eligible for a place in the final field for the Big Dance, runners have to finish in first or second place in one of the… Read More »
Apex Predator, the two-year-old chestnut filly who caught the eye when making it two wins from two starts at Doomben on Saturday, will now go for a spell with trainer Matthew Hoysted buoyed by her prospects. “She is a really progressive filly who has shown us very nice ability. She… Read More »
It was previewed as a possible defining day in the Sydney Apprentice Premiership with defending champion Braith Nock sidelined through suspension and Siena Grima, with a full book of rides, seemingly well poised to break the deadlock which had Nock and Grima both on thirty winners going into Saturday’s meeting… Read More »
Immortal Bliss ($7.50) outgunned Twisted Steel ($5.50) in a two-way battle to the line to land the Listed Beaufine Stakes at Belmont. It was a strong effort from both the winner and the runner-up, who jumped from barriers number fourteen and fifteen respectively with Lucy Fiore (aboard Immortal Bliss) and… Read More »
It’s a dead-heat! For the first time in Hong Kong racing history, two horses have shared the Hong Kong Horse of the Year award, and what absolute champions these two runners are, with Ka Ying Rising and Romantic Warrior proving inseparable in the selection process for racing’s highest honour. It… Read More »
The Sydney Apprentice Jockey’s Premiership could take a decisive turn at Randwick on Saturday. Braith Nock and Siena Grima are currently locked together at the top of the ladder with 30 wins apiece, but Nock will be on the sidelines on Saturday courtesy of a reckless riding suspension, while it… Read More »
Trainer Lachie Manzelmann posted a warning on Thursday when his stable runner Red Hot Lizzie … a $101 chance … nearly blew the opposition out of the water, coming up just a stride short in the Rockhampton Newmarket, and he now has the Capricorn Guineas in his sights on Saturday,… Read More »
Zac Lloyd, fresh from a highly successful overseas working holiday which saw him gain a remarkable success at Royal Ascot in England and a win at Greyville in South Africa, has four rides on the card at Randwick on Saturday, two on horses who were purchased for over $1 million,… Read More »
In a blanket finish which saw only 0.40 lengths cover the first four runners across the line, the Les Gordy-trained Demon Award … the $8 third favourite … prevailed to claim the $100,000 Rockhampton Newmarket from the $101 outsider Red Hot Lizzie, the $2.45 favourite Ouroboros and the $19 chance… Read More »
The name of the race is the South Grafton Cup … but it is the Big Dance eligibility incentive surrounding the race that has attracted top trainers like bees to honey, in the process uplifting both the profile of the race and the competitive nature of the 1610m contest. The… Read More »
The Peter Robl-trained Hadouken will take another important step in the Chief Minister’s Cup on Saturday as he tracks towards a defence of his Darwin Cup crown, which also doubles as a quest for a third Darwin Cup win after he took out the Northern Territory’s biggest race in both… Read More »
The 2025 Townsville Cup winner Quothquan will attempt to add the 2026 Rockhampton Cup to his resume on Saturday. The John Dann trained son of Rothesay comes into the race on the back of a Class 6 win over 1350m on Ipswich Cup day, three weeks ago, where he raced… Read More »
It is a congested betting market for the Listed Beaufine Stakes at Belmont on Saturday, a race which will be contested over the 1000m trip. No less than four runners are quoted within a point of each other as they dispute favouritism, and the fact that point difference comes in… Read More »
