Jockey Bailey Rogerson is in an induced coma after a fall at Arawa Park in New Zealand on Sunday. The 24-year-old, granddaughter of Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Graeme Rogerson, was admitted to Waikato Hospital’s intensive care unit after coming down from Mandolo in race six. Medical staff placed Rogerson in an… Read More »
Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr will aim to win the Listed Cranbourne Cup (1600m) for the second year running with the lightly raced Sabaj. The progressive four-year-old impressed on his stable debut, winning a benchmark 84 race by 1.8 lengths on Champions Day at Flemington having been Group 2 placed… Read More »
Fresh from capturing the $1 million The Hunter with Coal Crusher, Joe Pride will look to parlay his success into the next provincial feature on the spring calendar. The in-form trainer is keen to back-up Estadio Mestalla in next weekend’s The Gong (1600m) following the gelding’s eye-catching sixth behind his stablemate… Read More »
Jimmysstar has ventured over 1600 metres just once in his 22-start career, but that could soon change as connections consider shifting the star sprinter towards a future as a miler. Long recognised as one of Australia’s standout short-course specialists, the six-year-old may be poised for a new chapter over longer… Read More »
Private Eye is set to take centre stage in the Southside Slot Series after Ladbrokes confirmed the seasoned star for next month’s $1 million Ladbrokes Supernova (1400m). The Joe Pride-trained sprinter, already a $12.7 million stakes earner, will team up with rising talent Need Some Luck as part of Ladbrokes’… Read More »
Gringotts is likely to be Ciaron Maher’s sole representative in The Gong as Saturday racing next weekend again heads outside of the Sydney area to Kembla Grange. Maher has created plenty of history of his own through his training career but there would not be many ‘double-doubles’ among them. That… Read More »
Nadal is set to return to Cranbourne on Saturday to defend his inaugural $1 million Meteorite victory, even though he arrives off what was arguably the most disappointing performance of his career at Flemington. The talented sprinter was again selected by slot-holder and trainer Ciaron Maher for the second edition… Read More »
Cranbourne based trainer Robbie Griffiths has decided to look outside his own backyard for Group 2 winning sprinter Rey Magnerio’s next run. A second tilt in the $1 million The Meteorite (1200m) at Cranbourne would have been an easy target, but the lure of a Group 1 has enticed Griffiths… Read More »
The Bernie Miller trained Jokers Grin took out the $200 000 Group 3 Colonel Reeves Stakes at Ascot to complete a notable hat trick of wins and improve his already substantial race record to nine wins and two runner-up finishes from only twelve starts. Jokers Grin, the $1.75 race favourite,… Read More »
The three-year-old filly Luana Miss turned in a scintillating performance to take out the $500,000 Listed Placid Ark Stakes at Ascot, bursting through over the final 200m with a burn of acceleration that proved too hot for her rivals to handle. Trainer Trevor Andrews, who saddled a previous Placid Ark… Read More »
A Group One winner in New Zealand, Asterix has broken through for his first Australian success since joining the Chris Waller stable at the start of the year. After signalling he was close to a return to his best form with a solid fifth in the St Leger (2600m) at Randwick last… Read More »
Craig Williams attention to detail helped him make no mistake in snaring a new million-dollar event in winning the Thoroughbred Club Stakes at Caulfield worth seven figures for the first time. Three-year-old sprinting fillies have previously not had to chance to win a race of such value post-Melbourne Cup Carnival… Read More »
Coal Crusher isn’t the best horse in Joe Pride’s stable, but he might be the best loved. The eight-year-old carved a slice of history at Newcastle on Saturday when he became the first dual winner of the $1 million The Hunter (1300m), backing up his success in 2023. While he… Read More »
Rachel King admits she isn’t sure where the ceiling lays for Godolphin three-year-old Green Spaces after his barnstorming win in the Group Three Spring Stakes at Newcastle. Having just his sixth start, the colt was sent out a $4 chance and unleashed a blistering turn of foot over the final… Read More »
Jimmysstar has solidified his position as the best sprinter-miler in the country, successful in the Group 1 CF Orr Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday. With the race moved from early February to the end of Spring, this was the second running of the Orr Stakes in 2025, and trainer… Read More »
Read the comments from the trainers and each of the jockeys about their rides in the 2025 CF Orr Stakes raced at Caulfield on Saturday 15th November. Winning Trainer: Ciaron Maher “He’s a ripper. I was so confident over the last couple of weeks with him. I know he’d had… Read More »
Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman won the Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m), but it may not have been with their best three-year-old filly. Sheza Alibi kicked off her preparation with a third-placing to Tentyris on the same day stablemate Ole Dancer won the Thousand Guineas, and has put her hand up as… Read More »
The extraordinary hot winning streak of the Chris and Corey Munce training partnership and jockey Maryin Harley put one more notch in the sequence on the belt when the debutant Zip Lock ($4) outgunned the $2.70 favourite Itchintogo in the closing stages to secure victory in a QTIS Two-Year-Old Handicap… Read More »
Ka Ying Rising continued his smooth preparation for the LONGINES Hong Kong International Races (HKIR) with a dominant barrier trial performance at Sha Tin on Friday (14 November), easily accounting for a field of high-class rivals. The world’s top-rated sprinter jumped cleanly and travelled keenly throughout before powering down the… Read More »
Multiple and reigning Newcastle Trainers’ Premiership winner Kris Lees will be looking to add another memorable win to his honour roll when he fires a double-barrelled shot at a $1 million The Hunter at his home track on Saturday. The two runners that Lees will saddle in his attempt to… Read More »
