Lazzura is a long odds-on favourite to continue her domination of Sydney’s spring fillies and mares’ features in the Hot Danish Stakes, and jockey Tommy Berry is as confident as punters that she will get the job done again. After placing behind Savvy Hallie first-up in the Sheraco Stakes (1200m),… Read More »
It won’t atone for missing the Golden Eagle win on Skyhook, but a Five Diamonds victory aboard Verona Rose will provide Kerrin McEvoy with a consolation of sorts. The regular rider of the Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou-trained Skyhook, McEvoy was ruled out of partnering him in last weekend’s $10… Read More »
Jockey Ben Allen has been handed a 16-meeting suspension and a $5000 fine following his extraordinary front-running ride aboard Royal Supremacy in Tuesday’s $10 million Melbourne Cup at Flemington. Allen produced one of the most talked-about rides in recent Melbourne Cup history, establishing a lead of more than 20 lengths… Read More »
Sometimes there are trial stars who don’t deliver come race day but Jack Bruce had a pleasant surprise when Canadian Fling won for him at Gold Coast three weeks ago. Canadian Fling will be one of the most popular runners of the day at Ipswich on Thursday when he lines… Read More »
Trainer Ciaron Maher has made a name for himself with stayers. At the head of Australia’s largest training operation, Maher has won two of Australia’s longest races – the Grand Annual Steeplechase and the Jericho Cup – in his hometown of Warrnambool, along with Australia’s premier staying race the Melbourne… Read More »
There is a well-worn theory that it takes a 2000-metre horse to win a big mile race at Randwick, and that should give supporters of Linebacker reason to believe he can be strong at the finish of the $2 million Five Diamonds. The gelding will race beyond 1600m for the… Read More »
It is rare for Joe Pride to saddle up a two-year-old runner pre-Christmas, but in Godolphin filly Originate, the trainer has found himself a readymade juvenile. Best known for his patient approach and knack for getting longevity from horses such as Private Eye, Coal Crusher and Estadio Mestalla, Pride says Originate’s… Read More »
David Payne’s star filly Proxima Dea will have to overcome a wide barrier in Thursday’s $1 million VRC Oaks at Flemington after drawing gate 19 for the Group 1 staying feature. The daughter of Tarzino is expected to start favourite for the VRC Oaks (2500m) following consecutive victories in the… Read More »
She might be a handful on the training track but it is so far so good for Sequinned towards her next assignment in the Group 3 Red Roses Stakes on Thursday. The three-year-old daughter of Irish sire Pinatubo impressed with a 2½-length victory at Caulfield against her age and sex… Read More »
Should Bustling be able to take out the Subzero Handicap at Flemington on Thursday, he will break a 915-day winless drought. Not quite three years but getting him back to his best would feel that long for co-trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr. Bustling’s last win was in the… Read More »
Country galloper Blazing Sword has reunited former Singapore trainer Tim Fitzsimmons with a bunch school friends and taken them on a ride. That ride heads to the VRC Oaks meeting at Flemington on Thursday when Blazing Sword runs in the $500,000 Melbourne Cup Carnival Country Final (1600m). Fitzsimmons parted with… Read More »
The maestro David Payne declared unbeaten filly Proxima Dea a stronger stayer than former stable star Montefilia going into the Group 1 $1 million Crown Oaks (2500m) at Flemington on Thursday. Proxima Dea is the dominant favourite for the fillies classic after she defeated the “boys” convincingly in the Group… Read More »
A horse formerly owned by His Majesty The King has given his new owners something to celebrate at Flemington. “I’ve been off the drink for eight years, but I’m back on it tonight.” That was part-owner John O’Neill’s exclamation after Point Of Law provided the ownership group that numbers among them… Read More »
An honest conversation at the start of the Sydney carnival has helped propel Dylan Gibbons to discover a rich vein of form during one of the biggest weeks on the racing calendar. The talented hoop partnered Jamberoo to a narrow win in Tuesday’s $750,000 Little Dance (1600m) at Randwick, three days after… Read More »
The Melbourne Cup seemed a world away for Ethan Brown growing up in Darwin, but it was even more unlikely in much more recent times. Not that long ago Brown contemplated bringing down the curtain on his riding career, which started in the Northern Territory before moving to Victoria at the… Read More »
Point Of Law has produced a stunning performance to win the 2026 Melbourne Cup at Flemington, handing trainer Ciaron Maher and jockey Ethan Brown a memorable victory in Australia’s most famous horse race. The lightly raced stayer backed up his impressive Geelong Cup success with a brilliant turn of foot… Read More »
Trainer Ciaron Maher has made history becoming the first trainer to provide the trifecta in the Melbourne Cup. Maher saddled seven runners in Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on Tuesday with Point Of Law leading the way home. Sent out the $7 favourite under Ethan Brown , Point Of Law scored… Read More »
Ciaron Maher’s trifecta was not the only historic element to this year’s Melbourne Cup with the horse who provided him with his second win in the great race also breaking new ground. Point Of Law become the most lightly-raced winner of the modern Melbourne Cup when he won the $10 million… Read More »
A dramatic finish to the $3 million Big Dance had an even more extraordinary instalment in the stewards room when a protest by Nash Rawiller on fourth past-the-post Gringotts against Chad Schofield on original winner, Formal Display, was upheld. In a messy affair, Formal Display ($8) was badly held up for a run… Read More »
Point Of Law has produced a stunning performance to win the 2026 Melbourne Cup at Flemington, leading home an extraordinary trifecta for champion trainer Ciaron Maher. The lightly raced stayer claimed Australia’s most famous race at just his sixth career start, delivering Maher his second Melbourne Cup (3200m) victory and… Read More »
