Trainer Michael Trotter has been heartened with the knowledge leading jockey Blake Shinn will ride Apache Song in her return to racing at Caulfield. Apache Song runs first-up in the Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) on Saturday with Shinn to continue his association with the mare. Shinn leads the Melbourne Jockeys’ Premiership by… Read More »
Ciaron Maher is hopeful that promising filly Cherish Me can emulate the success of her stablemates when she resumes at Caulfield on Saturday following a solid two-year-old campaign. Cherish Me lines up in the opening event over 1200 metres, aiming to mirror the metro-level victories of fellow Maher-trained juvenile fillies… Read More »
Talented youngster Autumn Mystery impressed during his initial campaign, and trainer Rory Hunter is eager to see what the promising gelding can produce as he embarks on a spring campaign that may culminate in a shot at Group 1 glory. The rising three-year-old is scheduled to resume in Saturday’s Senet… Read More »
With Chris Waller about to move into a bigger stable complex at Flemington, Tony and Calvin Mcevoy are making a return to headquarters. The father-and-son training operation left Flemington to concentrate on their Ballarat stable in 2021 but have harboured ambitions of returning. That opportunity has arisen with James Cummings leaving… Read More »
Gimcrack Stakes victor Bel Merci won’t be seen this spring but trainer John Thompson is hoping another of his two-year-old winners can step up to the plate in her absence. The Randwick horseman expected Bel Merci to be off the scene until next year after she was struck down by a combination… Read More »
Trainer Bjorn Baker has revealed that both the Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup are firmly on the radar for his seasoned stayer Arapaho, with the rising nine-year-old set to resume racing next month. Arapaho, last seen dominating the Group 1 Sydney Cup over 3200m in April, is pencilled in to… Read More »
Will Clarken and Niki O’Shea will part ways as a training team at the conclusion of the current racing season, ending a successful partnership that delivered 131 winners at a strike rate of 15.8 per cent across three seasons. The duo, who secured three Group race victories including this year’s… Read More »
Peter Snowden is confidently eyeing bigger targets with Amreekiyah after the filly made a stunning start to her latest campaign with an outstanding performance at Canterbury. Lumping 61kg, Amreekiyah ($1.70 fav) settled worse than midfield and spotted the leader a big start at the top of the straight before unleashing a… Read More »
All Aged Stakes winner Jimmysstar has become the fourth horse confirmed for the $20 million The Everest after the TAB locked him in for its slot. The Ciaron Maher-trained galloper joins Hong Kong superstar Ka Ying Rising, T J Smith Stakes winner Briasa and emerging young speedster Private Harry in the elite field…. Read More »
The Lloyd Kennewell and Lucy Yeomans-trained Tiz Worthy did her best to throw away victory at Sandown, before upsetting a plunge on short-priced favourite Saluted. Saluted was backed almost to the exclusion of her opposition and was sent out the $1.60 betting sites favourite in the MRC Membership Feel The Thrill… Read More »
Champion jockey Damian Lane could make a quiet return to Melbourne racing aboard Eloyou in the final race at Caulfield this Saturday. Lane told RSN’s *Racing Pulse* on Wednesday that he’s unsure whether Eloyou, trained by close friend Scott Cameron, will take his place in the field. Lane has not… Read More »
Joe Pride is hoping his decision to wait an extra week with The Black Cloud pays dividends as the mare prepares to close out her four-year-old season with a win at Randwick. The Black Cloud was scratched from last weekend’s Schweppes Sprint (1100m) after she drew the outside gate in a competitive field… Read More »
A quality line-up is set for the final Victorian Stakes event of the season, with the Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) headlining Saturday’s racing at Caulfield. Leading the field is Bennett Racing’s exciting sprinter Baraqiel, who returns after a strong jumpout win over Arkansaw Kid and Don’t Hope Do. Ben… Read More »
A filly that was high up in markets for Melbourne’s most prestigious two-year-old race is set to make her return at Caulfield. The Ciaron Maher-trained Cherish Me is an acceptor in the Senet Gambling Law Experts Handicap (1200m) on Saturday. Craig Williams takes the ride on Saturday after the filly had been… Read More »
Top trainer Ciaron Maher has dismissed recent suggestions that a cap should be imposed on the number of horses a trainer can manage, labelling the idea as “ridiculous”. “That’s spoken by someone with a very small mind,” Maher told RSN. “The goal is to train every horse and place every… Read More »
Dual Group 1 winner Jimmysstar has officially been locked in for the 2025 edition of The Everest, securing TAB’s slot in a bid to emulate the success of Bella Nipotina last year. In a familiar and proven partnership, Tabcorp has again teamed up with leading trainer Ciaron Maher, with Jimmysstar… Read More »
Former champion jockey and Hall of Fame inductee Darren Beadman has joined the powerhouse team at Chris Waller Racing, marking a significant move after more than a decade with Godolphin. Beadman, who was a key lieutenant to head trainer James Cummings, will officially commence his new role at Waller’s stable… Read More »
Racing NSW Stewards have handed licensed trainer Stephen Dixon an eight-month disqualification following a cobalt overage detected in a urine sample from his horse, Huka Falls, prior to its start in a race at Armidale earlier this year. The inquiry, held on Monday, July 21, 2025, examined the findings from… Read More »
Trainer Henry Dwyer says Group 1 sprint star Asfoora has thrived in the UK since her Royal Ascot run and expects a big performance at Goodwood next week. Asfoora finished just two lengths off in last month’s G1 King Charles III Stakes but Dwyer believes she’s now on an upward… Read More »
A treble at Flemington on Saturday has kept Craig Williams’ hopes of a tenth Melbourne Jockeys’ Premiership alive. That treble leaves Williams five wins adrift of Premiership leader Blake Shinn with 25 metropolitan races of the season remaining. Williams had closed the gap to four prior to last Wednesday’s Sandown meeting,… Read More »
