Cox Plate legend Hugh Bowman will chase a remarkable fifth victory in the famous race next Saturday, after being confirmed to ride ATC Derby winner Aeliana for champion trainer Chris Waller. Now based in Hong Kong, Bowman — who famously partnered Winx to her four consecutive Cox Plate triumphs —… Read More »
Clear Thinking, a very lightly raced six-year-old mare, scored a superb victory in the $2 million The Kosciuszko for the training partnership of Paul Messara and Leah Gavranich, in the process giving jockey Tyler Schiller his third success in the race. “He (Tyler) summed it up beautifully,” said Messara. “I… Read More »
Joe Pride has pulled off a training masterstroke, his decision to add blinkers to Ceolwulf helping the gelding rediscover his best form and land back-to-back wins in the $5 million King Charles III Stakes at Randwick. Ceolwulf hadn’t quite reached the heights expected since claiming the Group 1 Epsom Handicap–King… Read More »
When Half Yours commenced his spring campaign, the father-and-son training team of Tony and Calvin McEvoy had aspirations of a Group 1 race in Sydney. But one fateful weekend where Half Yours was an emergency for a race in Sydney along with one in Melbourne swung the pendulum in a… Read More »
Read what the Jockeys and & Trainers said in Caulfield Cup 2025. Winning Trainer: Tony & Calvin McEvoy Tony: On the win: “This is why we do it, to have a runner in these, and they’re bloody hard to win, and that was incredible.” “He’s come a long way in… Read More »
He came and he conquered. Ka Ying Rising, the Hong Kong superstar and world’s highest rated racehorse, underlined his champion status with an Everest victory for the ages on Saturday. After a build-up that included a controversial barrier trial defeat and injury rumours, the David Hayes-trained sprinter did his talking… Read More »
Two bone chips sitting on Robert Heathcote’s office desk are a constant reminder to him of how tough Rothfire is as a racehorse and his resilience to bounce back time-after-time. Under an Everest warm-up ride by Zac Purton, Rothfire ($13) broke what was fast approaching a two-year winning drought and… Read More »
The Thousand Guineas made a welcome return to the Caulfield Cup card, producing an epic edition that saw local filly Ole Dancer emerge triumphant over star Sydney visitor Apocalyptic. The Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman-trained daughter of Ole Dancer landed a breakout win in the $1.5 million Group 1, which… Read More »
Read what the Jockeys and & Trainers said in The Everest 2025. Winning Trainer: David Hayes On the run: “It was a long way down that straight but when he got over the rise and he hadn’t used him I thought they were going to have to be pretty good… Read More »
Read what the Jockeys and & Trainers said in the Thousand Guineas 2025. Winning Trainers: Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman Coleman: “She was terrific there. Obviously she was a lot closer today and I just wondered whether that was going to suit us or not. “And Apocalyptic, she’s obviously had… Read More »
The Matthew Smith trained Idle Flyer proved too strong for her opposition in the Group 3 Angst Stakes at Randwick. The 1.36 length margin of victory aptly summed up the superiority of the $2.50 race favourite over the concluding stages. “It was super to see her come back and do… Read More »
The Anthony and Sam Freedman stable was disappointed to miss the Golden Slipper with Tentyris but another feature Group 1 is on the colt’s agenda following his win at Caulfield. Tentyris was one of the leading fancies for the Golden Slipper in March before being ruled out with a stress… Read More »
The Group 3 St Leger Stakes, contested over 2600m at Randwick, produced a rare result with champion trainer Chris Waller saddling no less than the first five runners across the line — an incredible feat no matter what the circumstances. The only moment of pause for Waller was when he… Read More »
Autumn Mystery’s maiden win was a long time coming, but he will be chasing a hat-trick of wins in next month’s Victoria Derby after franking his status as a leading contender for that event at Caulfield on Saturday. Rory Hunter’s stable star prevailed in a thrilling edition of the Group… Read More »
“It helps hitting a boundary with your first shot … a four, not quite a six, but we are in a good place. It is such a big day in Australian sport.” That was Chris Waller’s accurate, initial reaction after his stable kicked off The Everest race-day with a winner… Read More »
The 2025 Caulfield Cup, one of the most prestigious races of the year, will take place at Caulfield this Saturday afternoon. This Group 1 event covers a distance of 2400 meters and offers a substantial prize pool of $5,000,000, it is run at Handicap conditions for horses aged 3YO and… Read More »
The 2025 The Everest, one of the most prestigious races of the year, will take place at Randwick this Saturday afternoon. This Group 1 event covers a distance of 1200 meters and offers a substantial prize pool of $20,000,000, it is run at WFA conditions for horses aged 3YO and… Read More »
The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Sir Delius, who had been high up in Melbourne Cup and Cox Plate betting, has been withdrawn from contesting both races. Racing Victoria stewards, acting on veterinary advice, ordered the five-year-old’s withdrawal from both races on Friday. As part of the process to accept… Read More »
Leading spring contender Sir Delius has been ruled out of both the Melbourne Cup and Cox Plate following independent CT scan results that deemed the import unfit to contest either race. The setback ends the stayer’s highly anticipated spring campaign, with veterinary findings prompting connections to withdraw him from both… Read More »
Champion Irish trainer Willie Mullins will send out Absurde in the $5 million Caulfield Cup on Saturday. The race will kick off Absurde’s third campaign down under and it provides a slight, and what could turn out to be a very important point difference from his last visit, in the… Read More »
