Read the comments from the trainers and each of the jockeys about their rides in the 2025 Champions Mile raced at Flemington on Saturday 8th November. Winning Trainer: Joe Pride Pride of Flemington today: “That was fantastic, really special. I love winning races here. This horse has really turned it… Read More »
Giga Kick is now a Group 1 winner in three different states after a stirring victory in the Group 1 VRC Champions Sprint (1200m) at Flemington. Second up off a blistering return win in the Group 2 Schillaci Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield, the six-year-old gelding surged late on the heavy… Read More »
Read the comments from the trainers and each of the jockeys about their rides in the 2025 Champions Sprint raced at Flemington on Saturday 8th November. Winning Trainer: Clayton Douglas (Giga Kick) Hard fought: “Happy days. He’s a champ this horse and I love him. It’s actually my first Melbourne… Read More »
Read the comments from the trainers and each of the jockeys about their rides in the 2025 Golden Gift raced at Rosehill on Saturday 8th November. Winning Trainer: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott (Adrian comments) On the win: “He got a nice spot behind the speed and produced at the… Read More »
The Brad Widdup-trained Sunset Park scored at double-figure odds ($17) in the Group 2 Matriarch Stakes at Flemington, with jockey Jamie Melham adopting positive, front-running tactics that stretched the field and proved decisive. Despite the long straight and testing conditions, Sunset Park was never seriously threatened, maintaining a strong gallop… Read More »
Melbourne Cup hero Jamie Melham ensured that Half Yours’ stunning Cup triumph wasn’t her only highlight of the carnival, producing a running double early on Champions Day at Flemington. Melham claimed the Listed Fisher Stakes aboard the Peter Snowden-trained Need Some Luck, before returning one race later to win the… Read More »
Need Some Luck pushed his race record to an impressive six wins (and six runner-up  finishes) from fifteen starts, but it is the fact that he is a half-brother to the mighty grey Chautauqua … he is out out of the same dam, Lovely Jubly … that, more often than, is… Read More »
Melbourne Cup Carnival star Mark Zahra made it win number seven for the week when he partnered the favourite Sabaj to a strong victory in the second event on Champions Day at Flemington. There was plenty to like about the lightly raced four-year-old’s performance, particularly the way he handled a… Read More »
Soaking rain, sweeping wind and a testing Soft 7 surface greeted the juveniles in the opening race on Champions Day, the $400,000 Inglis Banner at Flemington. Nine of the twelve runners were making their debut, but none handled the conditions better than the Ciaron Maher-trained filly Calamari Ring, who dug… Read More »
Three-time Group winner Coeur Volante (Proisir) will be offered for sale next week as part of the Inglis Digital Spring Boutique Sale, presenting buyers with a rare opportunity to secure a mare of high racing and breeding appeal. Coeur Volante made an immediate impression early in her career, winning three… Read More »
It won’t worry him but, in a way, Tom Marquand will be in the hot seat when he pushes the English visitor Lake Forest out of the starting gates and into action in the Champions Mile at Flemington. It won’t have worried Zac Purton either, but, in theory, the Hong… Read More »
Racing NSW has confirmed that licensed stablehand Sarah Kellermeier has been the subject of a stewards’ inquiry after comments made on social media were found to be improper and prejudicial to the reputation of the racing industry. The investigation began on 22 October 2025, following a complaint regarding comments posted… Read More »
Dual Cox Plate winner Via Sistina has an impeccable record since joining the Chris Waller stable at the end of 2023. In 15 starts, Via Sistina has registered 10 wins – all at Group 1 level – with four placings. The one blemish came in last year’s Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) at… Read More »
Champion jockey James McDonald says he has no concerns over Via Sistina’s wide gate ahead of Saturday’s Group 1 Champions Stakes at Flemington. The two-time Cox Plate winner will step from barrier 10 in a field of 11 as she looks to claim back-to-back victories in the Champions Stakes, a… Read More »
There is never a soft Group 1 option during Melbourne Cup week, but Sydney trainer Joe Pride is hoping he has picked that softer option on the final day of the carnival at Flemington. Pride had the option of remaining at 1600m with Ceolwulf in the Champions Mile or stepping up… Read More »
How much rain the Flemington track receives on Saturday will determine whether Tentyris attempts a second Group 1 during Melbourne Cup week. Tentyris scored an impressive win in the Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) last Saturday and is booked to run in the VRC Champions Sprint (1200m) on Saturday. But the Anthony… Read More »
The $2 million Five Diamonds is anything but an afterthought for Lindsay Park raider Rise At Dawn, his trainers confident the race is an ideal fit for the dual stakes winner. Co-conditioner Will Hayes says Saturday’s Rosehill feature has been earmarked for the gelding for some time and the rails draw has… Read More »
An encouraging debut has convinced Brad Widdup to roll the dice and give Anthropoid an opportunity to stake his Magic Millions claims in the $1 million Golden Gift at Rosehill. The colt finished an eye-catching fourth in the Kirkham Plate (1000m) when getting back to last and hitting the line stylishly and… Read More »
Read the comments from the trainers and each of the jockeys about their rides in the 2025 VRC Crown Oaks raced at Flemington on Thursday 6th November. Winning Trainer: Thomas Carberry Can you believe it? “Yeah, I saw it, so yeah. It’s an incredible journey, racing, and I think everybody’s… Read More »
Irishmen Thomas Carberry and John Allen combined for a remarkable result on Thursday, with lightly-raced filly Strictly Business taking out the VRC Oaks (2500m) at Flemington. The $1 million Group 1 victory marked Carberry’s first success at the top level, and came at just the filly’s fourth career start. Strictly… Read More »
