Peter Snowden says smart filly Memo only needs to reproduce her juvenile form to be a first-up force in the opening leg of the four-race Princess Series at a waterlogged Randwick. Memo makes her seasonal return in the Group 2 Silver Shadow Stakes (1200m) on Saturday after a two-year-old season highlighted… Read More »
Champion trainer Chris Waller is confident star mare Via Sistina will handle conditions in her seasonal return at Randwick, provided race day skies stay clear. Via Sistina is one of five Waller-trained runners set to contest the Group 1 Winx Stakes (1400m) on Saturday, the opening elite-level race of the… Read More »
It might be selling Bjorn Baker short by saying that he came of age at the top tier of his profession with his magnificent 2024/25 season because he has always been a very good trainer … but let’s run with that for the moment. The season-to-season stats tell a story…. Read More »
Via Sistina is the reigning queen of Australian racing but stablemate Aeliana is the horse trainer Chris Waller believes could be her heir apparent. The established star and rising young talent clash for the first time in the Group 1 Winx Stakes (1400m) at Randwick on Saturday, Via Sistina a $2.30 favourite for… Read More »
Ninety-three years young, Shirley Batten trained a winner at Casino this week with the four-year-old gelding Eagle’s Fire taking the honours in a BM58 Handicap under the steadying burden of 59kg which he carried with steely determination to claim victory in a pressurised finish. Adding to the pleasure of the… Read More »
Blueblood filly Beside The Ocean, a Zoustar half-sister to Golden Slipper winner and stallion Farnan, broke through for a valuable maiden city success at Warwick Farm on Wednesday. The lightly raced three-year-old handled the heavy 10 conditions with ease, scoring a dominant win over 1300m at just her second career… Read More »
Racing powerhouse Yulong has signalled its intent for another triumph in the Blue Diamond Stakes, lodging 145 entries for the 2026 edition of the $2 million feature. The Melbourne Racing Club confirmed that a total of 1456 nominations were received when entries closed for the prestigious juvenile contest. Yulong is… Read More »
A pair of well-bred three-year-olds from the Chris Waller stable have provided bright spots at a rain-soaked Warwick Farm with both destined to be given shots at better races. Burma Star kicked off Wednesday’s midweek card with a strong win in the Keeneland September Yearling Sale Handicap (1100m), the Exceed And Excel… Read More »
From the time Humble Trader was paraded at the Melbourne Yearling Sales in 2024, trainer Greg Eurell knew he was a horse he wanted in his stable. And parting with $60,000 for the son of Hanseatic may prove a cheap purchase after the three-year-old registered a debut win in the Sportsbet Blackbook… Read More »
Trainer Clayton Douglas is looking at a previous trip to the tricky Moonee Valley circuit proving a bonus for Tiger Shark. The former Queensland-trained mare made her debut for Douglas in a benchmark 100 grade race at The Valley on August 9 and returns to the track on Saturday to run… Read More »
All eyes will be on the return of star mare Via Sistina in the Winx Stakes but rival jockey Tommy Berry believes it just might be the right race at the right time for Gringotts in the gelding’s bid for a second major. Gringotts will kick off his campaign in Saturday’s Randwick… Read More »
The 2026 Cox Plate will be staged for the first time away from Moonee Valley with Flemington announced as having hosting rights. This year’s Cox Plate will be the last run on the current Moonee Valley track before the course is closed to be rebuilt and reshaped. Racing Victoria, in… Read More »
The Tony and Maddysen Sears trained Yellow Brick is scheduled to line up in the Group 3 Toy Show Quality at Randwick on Saturday. The six-year-old son of The Mission will go into the race first-up nearly two-and-a-half months after he made a mockery of his starting price of $41… Read More »
Talented Tasmanian mare Geegees Mistruth will join Mark Walker’s trans-Tasman Te Akau Racing stable at Cranbourne for her Victorian spring campaign. “We want to ensure that when we take on some of the best horses in the country, we are not tackling Bass Strait every time,” Ben Geard, representing the… Read More »
Asfoora is poised to run the best race of her 2025 European campaign this weekend at York after receiving the tick of approval from trainer Henry Dwyer following her final piece of work. The Australian sprinter will contest the Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes (1005m), which will be run at 12.35am Saturday, Australian… Read More »
Talented heavyweight jockey Campbell Rawiller has announced he will return to race riding after briefly stepping away from the sport earlier this year. Rawiller, who has alternated between flat and jumps riding while also spending time training greyhounds, retired following a meeting at Kyneton on April 10. But just months… Read More »
It’s been locked in. The 2026 Cox Plate will be run at Flemington. The move from its traditional home at Moonee Valley has been ratified by the Racing Victoria Board, in consultation with the Moonee Valley Racing Club. This significant change of venue is due to the fact that the… Read More »
Trainer Joe Pride is content with the preparation Ceolwulf has had leading into his return outing at Randwick. While the prospects of a wet track are not ideal, Pride said ‘it is what is’ and would not be swayed from running the gelding first-up in the Winx Stakes (1400m) on Saturday. The… Read More »
Knight’s Choice and fellow Queensland star Antino could be on a Cox Plate collision course as the Melbourne Cup champion kicked off his much-anticipated spring campaign with a trial win at Bendigo on Tuesday morning. It marked the first official trial since February for six-year-old Knight’s Choice, after a disrupted… Read More »
The Leon, Troy and Will Larkin stable have earned their training fees with the preparation of Baraqiel. The recently turned seven-year-old has had a history of leg problems throughout his career that has restricted the gelding to just 10 starts, for six wins. Baraqiel was down to run in the… Read More »
