The showdown between Aeliana and Dubai Honour was an epic clash between two outstanding weight-for-age performers at the peak of their powers. Aeliana dug deep to run down Dubai Honour and claim the Group 1 Tancred Stakes (2400m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday, with both horses enhancing their reputations in… Read More »
Trainer Ciaron Maher has praised the efforts of the two horses who fought out a thrilling finish to the Australian Cup at Flemington. Maher prepared the quinella of the Group 1 2000m contest when Light Infantry Man had his nose in front on the line from crowd favourite Pride Of Jenni on Saturday. Pride Of Jenni took up her customary role in front… Read More »
The 2026 edition of the Tancred Stakes has been run, with Chris Waller’s star mare Aeliana proving too strong for rivals to claim the Group 1 race. Below is what the winning trainer, winning jockey and beaten riders had to say following the Group 1 feature. Winning Trainer: Chris Waller… Read More »
Trainer Matthew Smith maintains the best is yet to come from talented mare Idle Flyer after her impressive win in the Group 2 $300,000 Emancipation Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. “Idel Flyer is a big mare and was only second-up today,” Smith said. “She had a little setback… Read More »
Kiwi filly Belle Cheval was involved in a photo finish for the second start in succession, but this one went the right way as she got her nose down when it counted to claim the Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes at Rosehill. The three-year-old had been denied in a similarly close… Read More »
Thanks Gorgeous has lived up to her consistent form with a last stride victory in a Stakes race at Flemington. The Mark and Levi Kavanagh-trained filly took out the Listed VRC Sprint Classic (1200m) on Saturday to provide the filly with her third win of the preparation. Under the urgings of… Read More »
The 2026 edition of the Vinery Stud Stakes has been run, with Mark Walker’s star filly Belle Cheval proving too strong for rivals to claim the Group 1 race. Below is what the winning trainer, winning jockey and beaten riders had to say following the Group 1 feature. Winning Trainer:… Read More »
Star jockey Tommy Berry offered to pay the $44,000 late entry fee to secure Storm Leopard a start in the ATC Australian Derby after a dominant staying effort in the Group 2 $300,000 Tulloch Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. “I’ll offer to pay the late entry if they… Read More »
Having ticked the first and second boxes in a three-part plan, emerging colt Southend will be given an opportunity to make it a clean-sweep in the Group 1 Champagne Stakes. After taking out the Paul Perry (1300m) at Newcastle on debut, Southend came to Rosehill on Saturday and added the Group 3… Read More »
Barnavara was sent out a dominant $1.70 favourite but she struggled to make ground in the run home and finished only fourth as her stablemate, Wootton Verni, streaked away to an easy win. Waller felt Wootton Verni’s race experience down under proved vital and while he was understandably disappointed with… Read More »
Appreciating the wet conditions underfoot, Sydney visitor Satono Glow has staged an impressive win at Flemington. The Group 3 Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes (1200m) on Saturday was expected to be a two-horse race between the heavily backed $2.10 favourite Gin Twist and Jadzia ($3.10). Both fillies had previous experience down the… Read More »
The Kylie Hoskin trained Geneva scored a dominant win in the Manawatu Classic at Trentham. The son of Time Test was coming off a strong third place result in the NZ Derby in a race in which his finishing effort was compromised when he was carried off a straight line… Read More »
The Pat Webster-trained Apostle scored for the locals at Toowoomba when he outgunned Boomelli in the $125,000 Pat O’Shea Plate (1200m) for two-year-olds, prevailing in a highly pressurised finish. The son of St Mark’s Basilica had produced a similarly determined effort at Eagle Farm three weeks earlier, defeating the $1.60… Read More »
Rockhampton trainer Jamie McConachy came, saw and conquered the King Of The Mountain at Toowoomba, with his tough mare Cheery Rose, an $18 chance, proving too strong when it mattered to score by 0.33 lengths over the $2.30 favourite Battlefield. There was no questioning the consistency Cheery Rose brought into… Read More »
Racing WA have confirmed that the meeting at Ascot tomorrow, which was to have featured the WA Oaks and the Melvista Stakes, will not go ahead due to deteriorating weather conditions and an unfavourable forecast for the metropolitan area. A media release from Racing WA states the meeting has now… Read More »
It might have been a low-key country TAB meeting at Muswellbrook, but the Annabel and Rob Archibald trained Siragusa caught the eye when making it two wins from two starts in a BM58 Handicap over 1280m. The three-year-old has been … and still is … very much a work in… Read More »
From Onesmoothoperator at the top of the weight scale to the bottom weight Litzdeel, the Listed Roy Higgins over 2600m is full of intriguing prospects, not least because the winner of the race will pick up a much sought-after ‘Golden Ticket’ … a ballot free entry into the Melbourne Cup…. Read More »
Trainer Gavin Bedggood has given Group 1 winner Mornington Glory a thorough grounding ahead of his latest return to racing. Mornington Glory has his first outing in almost seven months in the Listed Bob Hoysted Handicap (1000m) at Flemington on Saturday where he will be joined by recent stable acquisition Johnny Rocker. Bedggood has played the long game with Mornington Glory after… Read More »
The international stars Forever Young, Calandagan and Ombudsman are all aligned as the odds-on favourites for the $30.5m 30th Dubai World Cup night at Meydan. And with Forever Young coming off a second consecutive victory in the $20m Saudi Cup, he’s the $1.40 race favourite with nation-wide betting agencies for… Read More »
Dual Group 1 winner Jigsaw is set to head to Western Australia for next month’s Quokka after securing a slot in the $5 million sprint alongside Ladbrokes. Fresh off his victory in the Group 1 William Reid Stakes, the Cindy Alderson-trained gelding will travel to Perth as one of the… Read More »
