Grahame Begg’s talented mare She’s A Hustler has come up with the perfect barrier draw of gate three for Saturday’s Group 2 Zipping Classic, which has attracted a full field of 14 runners at Caulfield. The daughter of Ace High, narrowly beaten in the Group 2 Matriarch Stakes at her… Read More »
Champion jockey William Pike will partner exciting three-year-old King Of Light in next Saturday’s Group 1 Northerly Stakes (1800m) at Ascot. Pike was forced to choose between the unbeaten Earthlight gelding — who he has ridden to all five of his victories — and last weekend’s Group 1 Railway Stakes… Read More »
There is plenty to play for at Happy Valley tonight where Hugh Bowman will be involved in what is basically a two-way shoot-out with Luke Ferraris for one of the two remaining places in the Longines International Jockey’s Championship (IJC) which will be held at the same track on December… Read More »
Nine races will be run and won at Happy Valley on Wednesday night, with good depth across the program. Best Bookies 💰 👉 View the Best Betting Sites and Bookie Apps
The big priced yearlings garner plenty of attention on sales day, again in the news if they happen to prove high class on the track. We thought we’d have a look at the last five years of sales toppers at the three major sales (Magic Millions, Inglis Easter, Karaka) to… Read More »
It has worked before and it could work again as Matt Hoysted is comfortable with backing the well fancied Rich Minx up at Ipswich on Wednesday. The five-year-old mare finished second seven days ago at Doomben in Benchmark 68 company at Doomben after winning at Gold Coast on the polytrack over 1100-metres… Read More »
Star sprinter Overpass will take on 10 rivals as he bids to become the first horse to win Ascot’s Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) three times. The Bjorn Baker-trained speedster has come up with barrier three for Saturday’s feature sprint and, for the third straight year, will carry the number… Read More »
Patrick Carbery admitted it was a bittersweet feeling watching Jokers Grin win without him last start, but can’t wait to get back aboard for the Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) at Ascot on Saturday. Carbery suffered a concussion as a result of a fall at Bunbury on the 13th of November, meaning… Read More »
Fresh off a treble on Cranbourne Cup Day, jockey Beau Mertens will be looking to parlay that success into another feature win at Caulfield. Mertens won the Cranbourne Cup aboard Sabaj for the Mick Price and Michael Jnr stable last Saturday while this week he is likely to partner Kovalica in the Group 2… Read More »
Five horses remained in the acceptances for Wednesday’s Wyong event that Gai Waterhouse had planned to use as an important stepping stone toward a possible Magic Millions campaign. Waterhouse explained that she was informed the race would not proceed because two of the five acceptors were also nominated for Rosehill… Read More »
Exciting three-year-old Luana Miss, fresh off her Placid Ark Stakes triumph, will take on 10 older rivals in Saturday’s Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes, Perth’s premier spring sprint. Trained by Trevor Andrews and by champion sprinter Bivouac, the filly faces a strong eastern-raiders contingent headed by Overpass—winner of the past two… Read More »
It was this week 35 years ago that trainer David Hayes took on the world with Better Loosen Up, taking a daring trip across the globe to become the first Australian trainer to win the world’s richest race, the Japan Cup. “What a day that was!” David said, still justifiably… Read More »
You wouldn’t expect the Longines World Best jockey of 2025 to announce his arrival for a riding stint in Hong Kong in any other way, but James McDonald’s treble at Sha Tin on Sunday … which included wins in two of the three feature races on the day … was… Read More »
Trying to win this Saturday’s Winterbottom Stakes with Rey Magnerio is William Pike’s immediate Group 1 concern, but he admits that much of his time is being taken up by a feature race later in The Pinnacles. Pike has to decide which of the two 1600-metre feature winners he rode at… Read More »
Consistent gelding Accredited will be given the chance to register a deserved first win of the campaign in Stakes grade this Saturday. The Joe Pride-trained six-year-old will contest the $250,000 Group 3 Festival Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill. The Proven Thoroughbreds-raced galloper heads into the Festival Stakes off two second placings, including… Read More »
There appears to be just no stopping the Chris and Corey Munce training partnership and the four-year-old mare Walsh Bay … that is, either individually or collectively. Walsh Bay’s gritty win in the $160 000 Mooloolaba Cup at the Sunshine Coast was the daughter of Deep Field’s sixth successive win,… Read More »
Five-year-old gelding Regal Zeus rediscovered his winning groove on Sunday, claiming the $200,000 Listed Kilmore Cup (1600m) in emphatic fashion after earlier snaring the Listed Bendigo Golden Mile in April. Prepared by John McArdle and partnered by Daniel Stackhouse, Regal Zeus controlled the tempo in front and powered clear in… Read More »
Ka Ying Rising extended his winning streak to 15 in dazzling style on Sunday, cruising through his Hong Kong return exactly as anticipated. The The Everest winner was sent out at virtually unbackable odds for the G2 Jockey Club Sprint (1200m) and delivered accordingly, putting a clear gap on his… Read More »
Overpass has become something akin to an adopted son of Perth racing and the grand campaigner has returned to the West yet again as he chases an historic third consecutive win in the Winterbottom Stakes. It is the seven-year-old’s sixth adventure to Ascot, the trips having yielded back-to-back wins in… Read More »
A $750,000 staying contest at Caulfield is too difficult a race to bypass for the Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young stable. Brayden Star heads to the Group 2 Zipping Classic (2400m) at Caulfield on Saturday, although Busuttin concedes the Listed Pakenham Cup (2500m) on December 13 is a more suitable race…. Read More »
