Local trainers and the beaten brigade were all quick to congratulate Braidon Small on winning the Grand Annual Steeplechase at Warrnambool aboard Instigator. Small was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2023 and underwent surgery before facing radiation and chemotherapy, all in the hope of getting back to what he… Read More »
The Takeover Target Stakes at Gosford might just be among Joe Pride’s favourite events on the racing calendar given his record of success over more than two decades. While he didn’t claim it at his first attempt in 2004 with Red Oog, the race was an important stepping stone for… Read More »
Chris Waller’s $2.7 million colt St Gotthard is set to bypass Gosford for a stakes race at the Gold Coast, but the leading trainer will still retain a strong hand in the two-year-old race on the stand-alone program. A debut winner in midweek grade at Warwick Farm last month, St… Read More »
Having ticked an important box by claiming a qualifying race for the Big Dance, emerging gelding Sarrismo is preparing for his next challenge – a test of his black-type credentials in the Listed The Coast at Gosford. Yet to miss a top three finish in nine starts, the gelding has… Read More »
After success on the opening two days of the Adelaide Carnival, Lloyd Kennewell hopes to parlay that into a ‘big one’ at Morphettville on Saturday. Vangogh Bankcheque won at the Australasian Oaks/Sangster Stakes meeting on April 25 while Straand Deal scored for Kennewell at the South Australian Derby meeting last Saturday. Being South Australian… Read More »
Peter Snowden is hoping lightning can strike twice when talented three-year-old Beadman returns to the scene of his biggest triumph to tackle the Group Three Gold Coast Guineas. It was in the Ken Russell Memorial Classic (1200m) on the corresponding program last year that the colt put his name in… Read More »
This Saturday’s Tour d’Horse Sprint at Caulfield is not the race Bustling was purchased for, but Mick Price and his co-trainer Michael Kent Jnr are beyond being picky with the former Western Australian. The 1000-metre benchmark 84 worth $130,000 will be the four-year-old’s first start in almost 20 months. Bustling’s… Read More »
Dual Cups winner Half Yours will take the next step on his winter campaign when he heads to the Gold Coast. The Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup winner runs in the Group 2 A D Hollindale Stakes (1800m) on Saturday, his second outing since winning the Melbourne Cup last November. The Tony and Calvin… Read More »
A progressive horse on an upward spiral, a dual Group placegetter mixing form, and an import with untapped potential comprise Chris Waller’s team for the $500,000 The Coast at Gosford, and the champion trainer can make a case for all three. Rotagilla arrives at Saturday’s showpiece in form after a… Read More »
Trainer Tom Dabernig has finally got the monkey off his back with a feature race win in his hometown of Warrnambool. Oliveanotherday took out the major sprint of the Warrnambool Three-Day Carnival when successful in the Listed Wangoom Handicap (1200m) on Wednesday. Dabernig left the safety of Lindsay Park to… Read More »
Juveniles Uncertain Glory and La Barrita had varying fortunes at Warwick Farm, but both could find themselves in Queensland for the winter. A two-year-old fillies maiden at Warwick Farm could yet prove a key form reference for the Brisbane winter carnival with the winner and third placegetter both likely to… Read More »
Trainer John Leek has been competing at Warrnambool since the late 1980’s and says nothing can beat the ‘Bool. Leek took two jumpers to the famous three-day Carnival and after Fengarada won on the opening day, The Storyteller took out the feature hurdle, the Galleywood Hurdle (3200m) on Wednesday. Both were ridden by Luca Remondet who rode… Read More »
With the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale at the Gold Coast upcoming, the connections of Aviatress had been planning a dual Group 1 assault in Adelaide. But a hiccup on the eve of the mare’s first assignment in the Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville on April 25 put an end… Read More »
Trainer Patrick Ryan has felt the exhilaration of winning his hometown Cup and would like to feel that again when Ferago runs at Warrnambool. Ryan won the first Warrnambool Cup after it achieved Listed race status in 2008 with Video Star winning the 2350m race. What made the victory even… Read More »
A capacity field of 16 sprinters has been confirmed for Saturday’s $1 million Group 1 The Goodwood (1200m) at Morphettville, setting the stage for a highly competitive finale to Adelaide’s Group 1 season. Rey Magnerio will headline the field after drawing barrier five, with the Melbourne-based sprinter looking to break… Read More »
Tony & Maddysen Sears had to wait a couple more days but the win was worth it as their stable star Yellow Brick won The Archer at Rockhampton. Initially supposed to be run on Sunday, the $1 million slot race was postponed due to issues with sections of the home… Read More »
The pre-race words of trainer Ciaron Maher were ringing in the ears of Steven Pateman as he brought Stern Idol to the bottom of the hill in the Brierly Steeplechase at Warrnambool. Pateman was aboard Tuesday’s $2.10 favourite at the Tozer Road double in the 3450m steeplechase, the feature race on the opening day… Read More »
It is a case of Western Australia’s loss being South Australia’s gain as trainer Indianna Weinert prepares to relocate her stable from Albany to Adelaide. It’s a bold move by the young, progressive trainer, one obviously buoyed by the results achieved by the stable star Smooth Chino whose win in… Read More »
Queensland Winter Carnival action moves to the Gold Coast this weekend and Pride Of Jenni’s nomination for the $500 000 Group 2 AD Hollindale Stakes has just put the expectation up another notch on the excitement barometer for the race. Pride Of Jenni’s presence in a race always does that…. Read More »
Tasracing has committed to a comprehensive review of its raceday systems after an independent investigation found a series of failures led to the 2026 Hobart Cup being run nearly 40 metres short of its advertised distance. The inquiry, led by Tasmanian Racing Integrity Commissioner Sean Carroll, revealed that an incorrect… Read More »
