In form galloper Revelare is expected to have his first try at a staying trip at Caulfield. A winner at his past five starts, Revelare is down to contest a 2400m handicap at Caulfield on Saturday. Revelare has continued his climb up the ranks this preparation after kicking it off with… Read More »
Blue Diamond Stakes winner Devil Night remains a live chance to take his place in the Golden Slipper with co-trainer Michael Hawkes confirming he has returned to their Rosehill stable. The colt was the talk of Randwick on Saturday after two horses who finished behind him in Victoria’s premier two-year-old race, runner-up… Read More »
On Saturday, March 8, 2025, Bunbury Racecourse hosted a thrilling day of horse racing, featuring standout performances in key events such as the Bunbury Cup and the Bunbury Stakes. WIN OF THE DAY Triple Missile saved his best race day victory for new trainer Donna Riordan when coming from last to take out… Read More »
Master trainer Chris Waller has landed a second win in the Newmarket Handicap at Flemington after a change of plans with two of his sprinters. Waller switched Joliestar from Sydney to his Melbourne base 10 days before the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday while he sent Switzerland back to… Read More »
Royal Patronage has shown he will be a force to be reckoned with during the autumn following a tenacious first-up win in the Group One Canterbury Stakes at Randwick. In his second campaign with Tulloch Lodge, the well-travelled entire camped at the flanks of leader Here To Shock ($8.50) and as the… Read More »
Linebacker has delivered on his potential in the Randwick Guineas, upstaging star colt Broadsiding to give his co-trainer Tom Charlton his first Group 1 victory. The James Cummings-trained Broadsiding was the $1.60 favourite to land his fourth Group 1 win in Saturday’s 1600m feature for three-year-olds but jockey Zac Lloyd was able to… Read More »
Godolphin galloper Tom Kitten has finally delivered on the big stage taking out the Group 1 All-Star Mile (1600m) at Flemington. Tom Kitten showed his potential as two-year-old winning the Listed Fernhill Stakes (1600m) two autumn’s ago, while the following spring, as a three-year-old, he came out to win the Group… Read More »
Victorian Tentyris has upstaged some of Sydney’s highest-profile colts in the Todman Stakes as the Blue Diamond form continues to stack up leading into the $5 million Golden Slipper. Just 35 minutes after Tempted took out the Reisling Stakes (1200m) following her seventh in the Blue Diamond, Tentyris, who was runner-up in… Read More »
Trainer Matt Laurie will look north to Sydney for the remainder of the autumn after Vinrock registered an impressive win at Flemington. Jumping straight from a maiden win over 1200m at Pakenham on February 20, Vinrock led throughout to claim the Group 2 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) at Flemington on Saturday…. Read More »
Champion jockey James McDonald has given Tempted a glowing Golden Slipper endorsement after partnering the James Cummings-trained filly to a strong win in the Group 2 Reisling Stakes at Randwick. A daughter of Street Boss out of the mare Calliope, Tempted had been narrowly beaten in the Widden Stakes at… Read More »
Western Australia’s iron horse London’s Image has taken Ryan Hill on a whirlwind ride in the past couple of months and the journey is not quite over for the pair. There’s a Group 2 race over the mile at Flemington on Saturday to take in and later, a crack at… Read More »
That’s the confident call from Karnup trainer Donna Riordan who says Triple Missile can put an end to a long losing drought in Bunbury’s main sprint race. Triple Missile is on a 15-race winless streak and hasn’t saluted the judge since scoring at Swan Hill for previous trainer, Lindsey Smith, three years… Read More »
A temperature spike in the lead up to the Australian Guineas forced Another Prophet to stay at home, but luckily for the Ciaron Maher stable another race has presented. Another Prophet had drawn barrier 16 in the Group 1 Australian Guineas (1600m) at Flemington last week, but Maher’s assistant trainer… Read More »
The Lindsay Park training team would be excused for feeling rueful about missing the $1 million Australian Guineas with Evaporate, but Ben Hayes remains comfortable with the program he and his brothers mapped out for the gelding. The son of Per Incanto will chase an even bigger payday in Saturday’s inaugural The… Read More »
Trainer Grahame Begg is relying on the same formula that landed Maharba a straight track victory at Flemington during Melbourne Cup. That success came in the Group 3 Rising Fast Stakes (1200m), but on Saturday Maharba is chasing one of Australia’s big sprint handicaps, the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap over the same… Read More »
Godolphin is looking to Tom Kitten turning the tables on Mr Brightside in the All-Star Mile at Flemington. Godolphin trainer James Cummings is of the belief Tom Kitten could be in for the preparation of his life this campaign. Tom Kitten heads to the Group 1 All-Star Mile (1600m) at Flemington on… Read More »
Former Singapore trainer Tim Fitzsimmons hopes to follow the lead of fellow trainer Dan Meagher by landing a winner with his second runner in Australia. Meagher produced a winner at Sandown on Wednesday with his second starter after relocating from Singapore at the end of last year. While Meagher is now… Read More »
With the form out of the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes already standing up this year, trainer Gary Portelli is keeping all options on the table for his high-class mare Kimochi. Kimochi scored an overdue Group 1 success in the Victorian feature last spring, defeating Another Wil, who has subsequently claimed the… Read More »
Left with more questions than answers after the Hobartville Stakes, Linebacker’s trainers John O’Shea and Tom Charlton are focusing on the three-year-old’s pleasing work at home as the best guide to his Randwick Guineas prospects. Following a solid first-up performance in the Eskimo Prince Stakes (1200m), Linebacker turned in a head-scratching effort… Read More »
It shapes as a big ask, but Misty Bazeley is not discounting that she can add a Bunbury Cup trophy to her CV and match the exploits of her partner in the trainer’s honour roll. Aaron Bazeley was the toast of the family after Burger Time’s upset victory six years ago,… Read More »
