Pride Of Jenni wound back the clock two years when she ran her rivals ragged to win the Empire Rose Stakes at Flemington. Success in the 2023 version of the Group 1 race for mares paved the way for Pride Of Jenni to a further two wins at the highest… Read More »
Many believed Jimmysstar ($2.50F) was the run of the race in The Everest a fortnight ago, and those opinions have been franked with a dominant display in the $3,000,000 Russell Balding Stakes. Trained by the in-form stable of Ciaron Maher, the son of Per Incanto settled mid-field on the fence… Read More »
Read what the Jockeys and Trainers said following the Empire Rose Stakes 2025. Winning Trainers: Ciaron Maher How to describe her: “Ectastic, and appreciative and respectful. Just an amazing horse. To continually do what she does, she never ceases to amaze me.” “Can’t thank the team, Dec (Bates), he’s a… Read More »
Read what the Jockeys and Trainers said following The Golden Eagle 2025. Winning Trainers: Chris Waller On the mare: “She is a star. It is as simple as that. She does it each and every time. There is nothing that shows us that much at home. That heart and determination… Read More »
The Anthony and Sam Freedman stable had been enduring a tough spring campaign, but the victory of Tentyris in the Coolmore Stud Stakes has given the team something to celebrate. And a start against the older horses in the Group 1 Champions Sprint (1200m) next Saturday is on the cards… Read More »
Read what the Jockeys and Trainers said following the Victoria Derby 2025. Winning Trainers: Ciaron Maher Ride by Zahra: “He took luck out of it. He’s riding on the crest of a wave. There’s no-one riding any better. He’s a great mate. It’s just fantastic for Godolphin and to be… Read More »
Read what the Jockeys and Trainers said following the Russell Balding Stakes 2025. Winning Trainers: Ciaron Maher (Johann Gerard-Dubord comments) On the win: “It was well deserved obviously. He has been running big races all prep. His run in The Everest was huge. To back it up two weeks later,… Read More »
Not for the first time in the last eight days, Mark Zahra steered a three-year-old to short-priced favouritism for a Melbourne Cup Carnival Classic with an effortless win one of the key lead-ups. The white-hot hoop enjoyed an armchair ride aboard Getta Good Feeling in Saturday’s Group 2 Wakeful Stakes… Read More »
Read what the Jockeys and Trainers said following the Coolmore Stud Stakes 2025. Winning Trainers: Anthony & Sam Freedman Anthony Speaking Being in Melbourne: “I came today, really only to support Sam. He’s been here all spring and we really haven’t had, what you would call, a great spring. This… Read More »
It was a big win at Flemington but they would have been cheering as loudly in North Queensland as the three-year-old filly Sheza Alibi proved too strong for her opposition in the Group 3 TAB Vanity. The daughter of Saxon Warrior who was a $10,000 Inglis Digital purchase was having… Read More »
Just as they did on Everest Day, the trio of Chris Waller, Tommy Berry and the flying filly Panova took out the opening race on the Victoria Derby card at Flemington with the three-year-old again showing an impressive turn of foot to claim a second successive win in emphatic style…. Read More »
Lyrics ‘N’ Song might have a long way to go to emulate her famous mother, but the chestnut filly gave the notebook a nudge with an eye-catching victory in the Challenge Plate over 1200m at Cranbourne on Friday night. Lyrics ‘N’ Song is the first foal of Melody Belle, who… Read More »
The three international contenders under veterinary scrutiny for Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup have been cleared to accept. Absurde, Flatten The Curve and Goodie Two Shoes were re-examined by Racing Victoria veterinarians on Saturday morning and passed to proceed, following earlier notices this week when mandatory pre-race checks detected changes in their… Read More »
The 2025 Victoria Derby, one of Australia’s most prestigious staying races for three-year-olds, will take place at Flemington today. This Group 1 event is run over a distance of 2500 metres and offers a prize pool of $2,000,000. Get all the details you need about the Victoria Derby, including how… Read More »
Each year as we approach the running of the Gr.1 VRC Derby, we ask ‘which of these horses have the best 2500m pedigrees?’ Which of the mostly lightly raced group of up-and-comers are going to reach the Classic heights early in their three-year-old careers? It takes a combination of maturity,… Read More »
The Russell Balding Stakes at Randwick on Saturday has attracted a crackerjack field … and why wouldn’t it! The race’s total prize-money pool for the race is $3 million with a cool $1.725 000 going to the winner … and that’s before you add in the bonus’ on offer which… Read More »
Win, lose or draw, the quality stayer Onesmoothoperator will remain in Australia after his second attempt at Melbourne Cup glory on Tuesday. The United States bred eight-year-old has already shown his liking for life down under having won two out of his three starts so far in the country under… Read More »
In-form jockey Mark Zahra cannot remember having a stronger book of rides ahead of the opening day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival at Flemington. Zahra has been booked for favourite Observer in the Victoria Derby (2500m), second pick Tentyris in the Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) and third favourite Leica Lucy in the Empire Rose… Read More »
In a former life as a jockey, Nick Ryan does not have fond memories of Victoria Derby Day. A champion apprentice, Ryan wasted hard to ride Alinghi in what is now the Empire Rose Stakes at 47.5kg, only to run a narrow second as the $1.70 favourite, the closest he came… Read More »
In early October trainer Robert Heathcote stated quite emphatically that he had faith in Rothfire and Abounding, his two runners who were targeting interstate assignments. Nine days later Rothfire won the $2 million Group 2, Sydney Stakes at Randwick at double figure odds and Abounding romped home as a well-supported… Read More »
