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 »
The wrap of South Australia’s late spring highlight – SA Finals Day for 2025. Three days between runs does the trick in Rebel Raider Richard and Chantelle Jolly are not in the habit of backing their horses up so soon in the same week but the strategy was successful with… Read More »
Ten races will be run and won at Sha Tin this Sunday, where it is Jockey Club Day, with all the key lead ups for International Day the drawcard. Best Bookies 💰 👉 View the Best Betting Sites and Bookie Apps
One race after taking his number of wins in the WA Guineas to six, Willie Pike claimed his sixth win in the $1.5 million Group 1 Railway Stakes when guiding the Grant and Alana Williams trained Watch Me Rock to a 0.75 length victory over his stable-mate Western Empire. Watch… Read More »
The $500,000, Group 2 WA Guineas provided the Daniel Morton trained King Of Light with yet another stage on which to display his superior ability as he claimed a fifth straight career win to keep his unbeaten record intact in thrilling fashion. Just as it was in their last clash… Read More »
Owner Bob Peters wore a path to the winner’s enclosure at Ascot, having the pleasure of watching the cerise and white Peters Investment colours claim a hat trick of wins in races four, five and six on the Railway Stakes meeting in Perth, All of the Peters owned winners were… Read More »
Local galloper Jigsaw has outsped his rivals to claim the second running of The Meteorite at Cranbourne. The 1200m slot race with a $1 million prize money pool saw Jigsaw lead throughout for Cindy Alderson in the Moonee Valley Racing Club’s slot. Jigsaw earned the chance to race for Moonee Valley… Read More »
Sabaj shapes as a serious autumn player for the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr stable after his first victory at Stakes victory. Providing Mick Price with his fourth win in the Listed Cranbourne Cup, the training pair are looking to the autumn and beyond with Sabaj after his 1600m victory on… Read More »
If everybody goes left, Nash Rawiller goes right, and the star jockey was again at his navigational best with a memorable steer aboard grand campaigner Gringotts in The Gong at Kembla Grange. With consistent rain falling throughout the afternoon and a track downgrade to heavy, most jockeys were looking for a wide… Read More »
Jason Coyle came close to scratching Catch The Glory from The Warra several times, but his decision to roll the dice has paid the ultimate dividend with the progressive mare landing a valuable stakes success. Next weekend’s Starlight Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill was originally the favoured option for Catch The… Read More »
The Sean and Jake Casey trained Beatty scored an untroubled win when saluting for the second time in two starts, proving too strong for the opposition in the $100,000 Magic Millions Crystal Slipper Stakes over 1100m at Ascot. The promising two-year-old colt finished a similar clearcut winner on debut when… Read More »
Irish-born jockey Adam Farragher has ticked off a career goal at Kembla Grange, celebrating his first Australian win aboard the Magic Millions-bound Spywire. Farragher has been putting in the hard yards with champion trainer Ciaron Maher, who admits he has shown the 25-year-old some tough love before giving him an opportunity… Read More »
He is a two-year-old who made headlines before he’d even run a race. The Stuart Kendrick trained Boots, a son of Capitalist, won his only trial by 6.85 lengths which immediately caught the attention of Hong Kong racing interests and that, in turn, led to a substantial offer to purchase… Read More »
December 11-12 sees the international Conference for the Health, Safety and Welfare of Jockeys taking place in Hong Kong, hosted by the Jockeys Health and Wellbeing Committee. Under the banner of the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities, and supported by the Hong Kong Jockey Club, it will be conducted alongside… Read More »
As per his usual careful and precise planning and placement of runners, powerhouse trainer Ciaron Maher will only send out two starters at the Metropolitan meeting at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday … Mr Buster and Negotiations … both last start winners. Mr Buster has a second placing and an… Read More »
Luck does not follow Hedged who is looking for a breakthrough win for the Gavin Bedggood stable in The Meteorite at Cranbourne. Successful in four of his 20 starts to date, Hedged is yet to breakthrough since joining the Bedggood stable this preparation. But luck has deserted the sprinter in… Read More »
Emma-Lee and David Browne had lofty ambitions of a start in the Caulfield Cup with Statuario after he showed staying promise in the second half of his three-year-old season. With a program set to try and achieve that goal, Statuario ran a couple of slashing races to give himself that… Read More »
Training partners Mitchell Beer and George Carpenter are hoping to deliver the Kembla Grange locals a feature race win when they saddle up speedy mare Sunrise in The Warra. With no Kembla-trained horse contesting the $1 million Gong (1600m) this year and fellow local Cani Cancan a $151 outsider for… Read More »
Almost a year to the day since his win in Perth’s Group One Railway Stakes, Port Lockroy will head to Kembla Grange seeking his first victory since then in the $1 million Gong. While the five-year-old hasn’t placed in nine subsequent runs, he was beaten less than 1-1/2 lengths in… Read More »
