Two of Cliff Brown’s Group 1 performers are back in Melbourne about to start their preparations for a spring campaign. Sepals and Von Hauke have enjoyed a break in the Queensland warmth since finishing second and third respectively in the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) at Eagle Farm last month. The pair… Read More »
Trainer Annabel Archibald made reference to jockey Sam Clipperton’s daring winning tactics after he combined with Mickey’s Medal to take out the Toyota Forklifts Handicap (1400m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Clipperton made some use of Mickey’s Medal before the home turn but the gelding was handling the heavy conditions… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher stable looked to have a strong hand in a three-year-old race at Caulfield and it was left to the outsider of the pair to take the prize. The Maher team saddled the $2.40 favourite Decalogue and $6.50 chance Ichnusa in the Sportsbet Feed Handicap (2000m) on Saturday…. Read More »
Tazima and Grima combined for their third win in succession in the Precise Air Handicap (1800m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. The promising Tazima has now won five races this season which is no mean feat and trainer Chris Waller felt the gelding’s latest win was his best effort so… Read More »
Trainer Nick Ryan says the stars aligned again at Caulfield as Winnasedge registered his most important career victory. After scoring over 1100m at Caulfield on June 27, Winnasedge was back at Caulfield on Saturday collecting the Group 3 Sir John Monash Stakes (1100m). Sent out the well-supported $4.40 favourite under… Read More »
The Richard and Will Freedman-trained Cold Brew’s large group of owners made plenty of noise during and post-race as their gelding continued his form surge. Top jockey Chad Schofield, rider of Cold Brew, acknowledged the raucous ownership group with his whip as he brought the horse back to the winner’s… Read More »
This was Sky Thoroughbred Central’s host Gavin Carmody’s neat summation of the Cactus Imaging Handicap (1100m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Grima, the star young rider, moved to 32 city wins and is two wins clear of nearest rival Braith Nock in the Sydney apprentices premiership when she rode her… Read More »
The lid looks to have been lifted from Cruiserweight following his impressive win at Caulfield. Success in the Sportsbet Jockey Watch Handicap (1400m) on Saturday was the gelding’s third win in succession and second since joining the Lindsay Park team of Ben, Will and J D Hayes. Cruiserweight has already… Read More »
The John Sargent-trained Perfect Justice has been runner-up as favourite in successive races but was backed into favouritism again at $4.20 and duly delivered when he ran down The Mona Lisa in the Midway Handicap (1600m). This was Grima’s 31st metropolitan win for the 2025/26 season and broke the deadlock… Read More »
Angels Fury is starting to show the promise the Ciaron Maher stable had expected from her on debut. The two-year-old graduated from a maiden win at Bendigo last month to claim the Sportsbet Race Previews Handicap (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday and is now likely to be aimed at a… Read More »
Proxima Dea certainly showed admirable determination to lead throughout and ward off the persistent challenge of Defensemen to score the narrowest of wins in the Elite Sand And Soil Handicap (1400m). Proxima Dea was the rank outsider of the field at $51 but didn’t surprise David Payne with her tough… Read More »
Hong Kong billionaire Tony Fung has placed another of his Gold Coast hinterland thoroughbred properties on the market, with part of the Aquis Farm portfolio now being offered for sale. The 33.67-hectare Hinterland Farm, located near Canungra, has been listed through Landsec as Fung continues to reshape his extensive property… Read More »
The Sydney Apprentice Jockey’s Premiership could take a decisive turn at Randwick on Saturday. Braith Nock and Siena Grima are currently locked together at the top of the ladder with 30 wins apiece, but Nock will be on the sidelines on Saturday courtesy of a reckless riding suspension, while it… Read More »
This brings the total number of Australian Group 1 races to 77 for the 2026-27 season after it was determined not to downgrade the Metropolitan, Victoria Derby and Railway Stakes. The ARF revealed that 30 races have been upgraded or given newly acquired stakes status, with 22 of those races… Read More »
In recent seasons, Pinstriped has been a mainstay of the late winter weight-for-age races. But with an extended break following his spring campaign last year, Pinstriped will attempt to get a fitness edge on his spring rivals when he runs first-up in the Sportsbet Fixed Odds Exotics Handicap (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday…. Read More »
Trainer Lachie Manzelmann posted a warning on Thursday when his stable runner Red Hot Lizzie … a $101 chance … nearly blew the opposition out of the water, coming up just a stride short in the Rockhampton Newmarket, and he now has the Capricorn Guineas in his sights on Saturday,… Read More »
The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr stable will be reluctant to test Bustling in Sydney again and will instead concentrate their efforts in Melbourne. Bustling runs for the fourth time this campaign in the Group 3 Sir John Monash Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday looking to break through for his first win since May 2024. Admittedly,… Read More »
Zac Lloyd, fresh from a highly successful overseas working holiday which saw him gain a remarkable success at Royal Ascot in England and a win at Greyville in South Africa, has four rides on the card at Randwick on Saturday, two on horses who were purchased for over $1 million,… Read More »
The Phillip Stokes stable is looking to a two-year-old event at Morphettville Parks to get the maiden win for Secret Alliance. The daughter of Microphone runs in the Sportsbet Feed Handicap (1000m) on Saturday, her second career start. Secret Alliance made her debut at Bendigo on June 25 and was… Read More »
Imposant’s racing career is drawing to a close but trainer Kris Lees believes there is another win in the mare at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Lees said Imposant is “going well” ahead of what could be her final race start in the Toyota Forklifts Handicap (1400m). “It seems like Imposant… Read More »
