Al Riffa, the horse who was bought to win a Melbourne Cup, gets the chance to prove once and for all he is an elite stayer on Day 3 at Royal Ascot. The six-year-old will be tested over 4014 metres in the week’s signature event, the Group 1 Gold Cup,… Read More »
The family of jockey Kristy Bennett has revealed she remains unconscious as she continues to battle serious injuries sustained in a fall at the Gold Coast trials more than two weeks ago. Bennett suffered a traumatic brain injury and multiple vertebrae fractures in a freak incident after a trial had… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott have used the fillies’ maiden at Canterbury’s mid-June meeting with success in the past and on Wednesday they unearthed another youngster seemingly destined for better things. Demerzel broke her maiden at her second start in the $60,000 event over 1250 metres, the first of three… Read More »
Apprentice Caitlin Hollowood registered a career highlight when Prestige Forever scored at Caulfield Heath. After 33 wins on the country and provincial tracks of Victoria and New South Wales, Hollowood scored her first metropolitan winner when the Julius Sandhu -trained Prestige Forever took out the Sportsbet Feed Handicap (1500m) on Wednesday. “It’s unreal,” Hollowood said. “For… Read More »
Trainer Enver Jusufovic could have only three more runs from New York Lustre before she is sent off to the breeding barn. One of those runs will come on Saturday in the Brian Beattie Handicap (1100m) at Flemington. New York Lustre will then wind-up her career in two ‘Black Type’… Read More »
Bjorn Baker won’t be on track at Royal Randwick on Saturday but will bring a strong hand to the feature event, the Listed Civic Stakes over 1400m. Baker has been at Royal Ascot all week preparing stable star sprinter Overpass, who ran a gallant third in the Group 1 King Charles… Read More »
Racing and travel have brought out the best in Silver Wedding who will now look to add a Stakes race victory to her record. A winner of four of her 13 starts, the Ciaron Maher-trained mare runs in the Listed Gai Waterhouse Classic (1200m) at Ipswich on Saturday. A sister to Group… Read More »
Australian training partnership Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott have added another potential international performer to their stable after purchasing Santa Bravado for £260,000 at the Goffs London Sale. The three-year-old son of Iffraaj was secured by bloodstock agent Johnny McKeever on behalf of the Sydney-based trainers. Santa Bravado arrives with… Read More »
Bow Echo may not have had it all his own way this time but his class shone through for a Royal Ascot victory in the St James’s Palace Stakes (1603m). A third group one win for jockey Billy Loughnane, Bow Echo ($1.83/5-6) followed up on the pair’s Group 1 2000… Read More »
Mission Central gave trainer Aidan O’Brien and jockey Ryan Moore the complete set of Royal Ascot Group 1 wins and Coolmore reason to consider The Everest after a stunning win in the Group 1 King Charles III Stakes on Tuesday. Australian sprinters Overpass finished a brave third and Asfoora was… Read More »
There was just one thing more for Aidan O’Brien and Ryan Moore to complete at Royal Ascot and Mission Central was the horse the give the pair the full set of wins at the highest level at English racing’s showpiece. Moore, aboard Mission Central ($13/14-1), pounced late in a high-pressure… Read More »
You have to go all the way back to 1950 to find a winner longer-priced than Ten Bob Tony in the Queen Anne Stakes. The 50-1 shot bloused them in the opening race of Royal Ascot for 2026 as the ten-day back-up suited the five-year-old gelding with his chestnut coat… Read More »
Overpass ran bravely and Asfoora was competitive but the Australian sprinters weren’t quite good enough in the Group 1 King Charles III Stakes (1000m) at Royal Ascot on Tuesday. Irish maestro Aidan O’Brien’s Mission Central was an outstanding winner and put himself into the conversation for a start in the… Read More »
Mornington trainer John McArdle is already planning an early season Group 1 assault, and a part of his planning is in Queensland. Regal Zeus heads to the Listed Eye Liner Stakes (1350m) at Ipswich on Saturday, the first of two potential runs in Queensland. McArdle wants to return home to… Read More »
The Lindsay Park team of Ben, Will and J D Hayes are hoping to cash in with an in-form stayer at Flemington. The Western Front will bid to continue his consistent form in a 2500m handicap on Saturday. The New Zealand-bred galloper was a last start winner of the Listed… Read More »
There aren’t many better at taking a tried horse and improving them to greater heights than Joseph Pride, who has taken care of talented gelding Poison Chalice. The six-year-old by Savabeel was formerly prepared by Horsham-based trainer Paul Preusker, who was last seen running tenth in the Listed Ballarat Cup… Read More »
The Caulfield Cup has received a prize money boost in time for the 150th running of one of Australia’s historic races. The 2400m handicap to be run on October 17, will this year be worth $6 million with all 18 starters receiving a prize money cheque, with horses finishing outside the top… Read More »
The Group 1 Caulfield Cup will carry record prizemoney of $6 million in 2026, with the Melbourne Racing Club unveiling a series of changes designed to strengthen Victoria’s premier 2400m handicap and attract greater international participation. The enhancements come ahead of the 150th running of the famous race and include… Read More »
Australian sprint star Asfoora will need to overcome a wide barrier if she is to claim a second victory in the Group 1 King Charles III Stakes at Royal Ascot on Tuesday night. The Henry Dwyer-trained mare has drawn barrier 26 for the prestigious 1000m sprint, placing her on the… Read More »
Co-trainer Calvin McEvoy believes reigning Melbourne Cup winner Half Yours was never given the opportunity to showcase his best in Saturday’s $1.2 million The Q22 at Eagle Farm. The Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained gelding finished fourth after settling back in a race that developed into a tactical affair following the… Read More »
