The Victoria Racing Club has received 101 nominations for the 166th running of the Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on November 3. While the overall nomination number is down on recent years, there has been increased interest from international connections with 23 individual horses entered from four countries, England, Ireland, Japan and USA. In 2025, the overall… Read More »
The Tony and Calvin McEvoy stable will roll the dice at a Group1 race against older sprinters when Natural Fling runs at Sandown. It is rare to find a three-year-old, let alone a filly, taking on race hardened sprinter in a 1000m weight-for-age contest. But that is where Natural Fling… Read More »
With form around the likes of Pembrey and Chilly Girl, it is unsurprising that David Vandyke is upbeat about the prospects of Oregon Coast at Ipswich on Wednesday. The aforementioned occupy the top two positions in the market for the Group 2 Furious Stakes at Randwick on Saturday and while… Read More »
Chris Waller is hoping to see a bit more from Fangirl and Lindermann in the Group 2 Chelmsford Stakes (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday. The pair contested the Winx Stakes behind stablemate Autumn Glow and finished 10th and 9th respectively, and while Waller was happy enough to excuse their runs… Read More »
There was a time earlier this year when Chris Waller was preparing to farewell classy sprinting mare Generosity, but this Saturday she will start another campaign for the champion trainer. The six-year-old resumes in the $750,000 Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m) at Sandown. Generosity was entered for Inglis’s Chairman’s Sale… Read More »
Racing over 1000 metres is not exactly new territory for Tempted, but the star mare will do it for the first time in a while this weekend. The Ciaron Maher-trained four-year-old will resume in the $1 million Group 2 Concorde Stakes at Randwick, which will be just her second start… Read More »
There is no shortage of options for Australia’s best short-course horses this weekend and Sydney trainer Matthew Smith is keen to take advantage of that with his best two 1000-metre horses. Headwall will get the chance to defend his Concorde Stakes crown at Randwick, while Smith’s preference is to send… Read More »
Trainer Gavin Bedggood is likely to concentrate on a weight-for-age path with Kingswood after the entire scored a first-up win at Caulfield. Kingswood led home a one-two finish for Bedggood in the Listed Heatherlie Stakes (1700m) on Saturday and the trainer is eyeing the Caulfield Cup with the victor. Overcoming the widest draw, John Allen was able to… Read More »
A lot of water, and travel, has gone under the bridge since the last time Skybird was in the winner’s enclosure. That came on a rain-soaked Flemington track when the Mitch Freedman-trained mare took out the Group 1 Lightning Stakes (1000m). Freedman is hoping for similar conditions when Skybird heads… Read More »
There will be $2.6 million in prizemoney on offer at Randwick on Saturday but even that figure does not get anywhere near the extraordinary amount paid by Coolmore for Chayan at the Inglis Chairman’s Sale in May. She may have dropped away in her biggest test in the Group 1… Read More »
Golden Slipper hero Guest House smashed a 35-year hoodoo and broke a track record that has stood for nearly two decades in a sensational return to racing at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. Guest House and jockey Zac Lloyd bravely forced their way through the narrowest of gaps near the inside… Read More »
Chris Waller has commenced the racing season in a blaze of glory, capturing another Group 1 contest. Australia’s leading trainer collected a record 22 wins at the top level in season 2025-26 and has won the first two Group 1 races for the new racing season. After Autumn Glow took… Read More »
Plagiarism broke his maiden in style when he ran his rivals ragged to win the Group 3 $250,000 Up And Coming Stakes (1300m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. The win didn’t surprise co-trainer Adrian Bott, who has always felt Plagiarism had the ability, but having the horse gelded after his… Read More »
Warrnambool-trained Oliveanotherday did his hopes of gaining a start in The Everest the world of good with an excellent audition at Caulfield. Successful in the Listed Wangoom Handicap during the Warrnambool May Carnival, Oliveanotherday returned off a break to claim the Group 3 Heath 1100 on Saturday. Sent out the… Read More »
The Chris Waller-trained Mr Miller oozed class as he streaked away with the Bankstown Sports Handicap (1500m). It was only a benchmark 78 but Mr Miller is clearly a stakes horse in the making and will be given his chance to qualify for the Group 1 $1.5 million Epsom Handicap… Read More »
Aethelwulf, ridden almost arrogantly by star jockey Zac Lloyd, toyed with his opposition to win the Merrylands RSL Handicap (2000m). Aethelwulf has won four of his five starts this campaign, all by big margins – he won a Newcastle maiden by more than five lengths when resuming, while at his… Read More »
Proxima Dea vaulted to VRC Oaks favouritism when she maintained her unbeaten record defeating older horses in the Midway Handicap (1800m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. It proved a pulsating finish with dashing Doradus opening up a six-length lead coming into the straight, only for Proxima Dea to reel in… Read More »
Deakin is set to begin his quest for Caulfield Cup glory when he runs first-up at Caulfield on Saturday. With the Melbourne Cup off the table for the French-bred stayer, trainer Phillip and Tommy Stokes are one-eyed in their preparation with Deakin. The Listed Heatherlie Stakes (1700m) on Saturday leads to the… Read More »
Owner John Messara and trainer Chris Waller made the announcement on Friday, ending months of speculation about Autumn Glow’s main spring carnival target. Autumn Glow, who was crowned Australian Horse of the Year at the Racing Night of Champions ceremony in Sydney on Thursday night, had attracted huge slot-holder interest… Read More »
Jimmysstar is set to make one of his rare appearances in Melbourne when he kicks off his spring campaign at Caulfield in the Group 1 Memsie Stakes. The Ciaron Maher-trained galloper has been a good money spinner for the stable, amassing more than $8.8 million in prize money from his… Read More »
