Lucy Fiore is riding the crest of a wave and is fast closing in on a landmark century of winners and reaching a personal milestone for the second time in her career. Hot on the heels of an Ascot treble last Saturday including the main race, Lucy Fiore boosted her season… Read More »
Trainer Grahame Begg has the Group 1 Australasian Oaks in his sights for Cilacap and is potentially stepping away from the traditional path to that contest. The Australasian Oaks (2000m) is run at Morphettville on April 26 and the more traditional route to that contest is via three-year-old fillies’ races like the… Read More »
Few mares have the resume of seven-year-old Bella Nipotina, who the Ciaron Maher stable have announced will not return for another racing preparation. The 2024 Everest winner was potentially being targeted at the Brisbane winter carnival, however the ownership group have decided she will be sold via public auction in May…. Read More »
Trainer Jason Warren and the connections of Benedetta are pondering options for the mare which will be firmed up after she runs in a Group 1 sprint at Moonee Valley. Benedetta will run for the first time at Moonee Valley in the William Reid Stakes (1200m) on Saturday after pleasing Warren in… Read More »
The majority of favoured runners have drawn well for the Group 1 Golden Slipper (1200m) at Rosehill on Saturday. Impressive last start Group 2 Reisling Stakes (1200m) winner Tempted has firmed into $5.00 second elect after drawing barrier one behind the Chris Waller trained Wodeton at $4.50 who will jump from barrier… Read More »
A sparkling track gallop has Chris Waller upbeat boom filly Autumn Glow is ready to return to the races and continue where she left off. The three-year-old has been slightly behind schedule but has finally been given the all-clear to resume in the $200,000 Listed Darby Munro Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill this Saturday. After watching alongside… Read More »
Trainer Steve Wolfe wore a big smile following the successful return of Rope Them In at Albany on Sunday, the perfect pipe-opener ahead of his peak challenge at Ascot next month. Rope Them In will represent Tabtouch in the third running of The Quokka (1200m) on April 26 and stamped… Read More »
And the savvy horseman will long be remembered for his feats in preparing track stars such as Asian Beau and Fait Accompli after he died at the weekend, aged 94, just months after his emotional induction into the WA Racing Hall of Fame last August. A life with horses came… Read More »
Jimmysstar was officially minted as a Group 1 performer last time he headed to the races and this weekend he will get the chance to stamp himself a weight-for-age sprinter. The Ciaron Maher-trained gelding will contest this Saturday’s $1 million Group 1 William Reid Stakes at Moonee Valley. The 1200-metre event… Read More »
The sale of Vauban, who made a winning return at Rosehill last Saturday, forced Willie Mullins to search for new Spring Carnival contenders and he might have unearthed one last week. The master Irish trainer identified longshot JCB Triumph Hurdle winner Poniros as a potential Melbourne Cup contestant. A four-year-old son of… Read More »
Chris Waller prepares the favourite for this Saturday’s headline act â the $5 million Golden Slipper â but a couple of Wodeton’s higher-profile stablemates threaten to steal the show at Rosehill. Via Sistina and Fangirl will head separate ways for the first time this preparation with Cox Plate heroine Via Sistina to run… Read More »
Exciting colt Private Harry has risen to every challenge so far in his short career and trainer Nathan Doyle is ready to unleash the unbeaten three-year-old in his first Group 1 test in The Galaxy at Rosehill. Private Harry has won all four of his starts and is the early favourite to… Read More »
A trip to Moonee Valley for a morning gallop will determine whether Stretan Angel takes her place in a Group 1 race at that track. Stretan Angel is scheduled to run in the William Reid Stakes (1200m) on Saturday, but only if she pleases both trainer Phillip Stokes and jockey Lachlan… Read More »
It took a while, and some thought he might not get back to his best, but Matt Hoysted is as pleased as he could be at this stage of Uncommon James’ racing return. Race fitness took a toll in the 2023 Oakleigh Plate winner’s first-up outing at Randwick on March… Read More »
We take a look at racing at Ascot on Saturday (15/3/2025) and give a recap on the major talking points. WIN OF THE DAY Generosity had gone close to knocking off a big win in her previous 18 starts and for a fleeting moment it looked as though she was to… Read More »
After a trip to Sydney and finishing less than two-lengths away from genuine Golden Slipper chances, Grafterbrurners franked that form and carved his own moment and earned her connections good Queensland money in the QTIS Jewel for two-year-olds at Gold Coast. Kelly Schweida has an eye for a smart young horse… Read More »
Chris Waller’s decision to take on the older mares in the Coolmore Classic with young gun Lady Shenandoah has been vindicated, the filly becoming the first three-year-old to win the Group One feature in 16 years. Waller opted to roll the dice by running in the 1500m race rather than take… Read More »
A decade after steering Winx to a Phar Lap Stakes victory, jockey Tommy Berry has won the race again as Lazzura added to champion trainer Chris Waller’s stunning record in the Group 2 race at Rosehill. Scratched from Saturday’s G1 Coolmore Classic to instead take her place in the Phar Lap (1500m)… Read More »
Victory in the VOBIS Platinum Showdown at Caulfield may not carry the prestige of a Stakes race win, but it means so much more for husband-and-wife training partners Emma-Lee and David Browne. Victory by their unbeaten galloper Mcgaw in Saturday’s $1 million (1200m) contest for two-year-olds was their biggest win in… Read More »
High-profile import Vauban has made a statement in his first start for the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable with victory in the Group 3 Sky High Stakes at Rosehill. Vauban has raced in the past two Melbourne Cups when prepared by Irish trainer Willie Mullins, starting favourite in 2023 and… Read More »
