Autumn Mystery’s maiden win was a long time coming, but he will be chasing a hat-trick of wins in next month’s Victoria Derby after franking his status as a leading contender for that event at Caulfield on Saturday. Rory Hunter’s stable star prevailed in a thrilling edition of the Group… Read More »
âIt helps hitting a boundary with your first shot ⊠a four, not quite a six, but we are in a good place. It is such a big day in Australian sport.” That was Chris Wallerâs accurate, initial reaction after his stable kicked off The Everest race-day with a winner… Read More »
The 2025 Caulfield Cup, one of the most prestigious races of the year, will take place at Caulfield this Saturday afternoon. This Group 1 event covers a distance of 2400 meters and offers a substantial prize pool of $5,000,000, it is run at Handicap conditions for horses aged 3YO and… Read More »
The 2025 The Everest, one of the most prestigious races of the year, will take place at Randwick this Saturday afternoon. This Group 1 event covers a distance of 1200 meters and offers a substantial prize pool of $20,000,000, it is run at WFA conditions for horses aged 3YO and… Read More »
The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Sir Delius, who had been high up in Melbourne Cup and Cox Plate betting, has been withdrawn from contesting both races. Racing Victoria stewards, acting on veterinary advice, ordered the five-year-old’s withdrawal from both races on Friday. As part of the process to accept… Read More »
Leading spring contender Sir Delius has been ruled out of both the Melbourne Cup and Cox Plate following independent CT scan results that deemed the import unfit to contest either race. The setback ends the stayerâs highly anticipated spring campaign, with veterinary findings prompting connections to withdraw him from both… Read More »
Champion Irish trainer Willie Mullins will send out Absurde in the $5 million Caulfield Cup on Saturday. The race will kick off Absurdeâs third campaign down under and it provides a slight, and what could turn out to be a very important point difference from his last visit, in the… Read More »
Mornington trainer Rory Hunter says it is great to have a horse capable of being a player during the Melbourne Spring Carnival. That horse is Autumn Mystery who runs in the Caulfield Classic (2000m) on Saturday as his final lead-up to the Victoria Derby (2500m) at Flemington on November 1. Hunter has… Read More »
David Hayes has been facing the media at every turn with regards to his champion Ka Ying Rising. Thankfully, it is the trainer and not the horse who has to absorb all of the pressure that comes with having a blazing hot favourite in a $20 million race ⊠who… Read More »
The barrier gods have been against Mating Call for the fourth time in as many starts as the filly prepares for her most important assignment at Caulfield. Mating Call heads to the Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) on Saturday, drawing another wide barrier, a feat that has fallen on the filly in her four… Read More »
Andrew Gluyas will chase a third consecutive win in the Listed Hill Smith Stakes (1800m) at Morphettville on Saturday when he saddles up a three-pronged attack in the three-year-old feature. Gluyas won the race with subsequent VRC Derby hero Goldrush Guru in 2024 and Air Assault in 2023, while he… Read More »
In horse racing, plans are made but don’t always come to fruition. For Phillip Stokes and his Caulfield Cup hope Deakin, everything has gone to a plan mapped out by the trainer soon after the stayer scored at Flemington in March. That victory came in the Roy Higgins Quality which secured Deakin a ballot exemption into… Read More »
A wide draw brought Briasa undone in The Galaxy but regular jockey Tyler Schiller has no fears of a repeat despite drawing gate 10 for his clash with Hong Kong sprint sensation Ka Ying Rising in The Everest at Randwick. Briasa went back to last from the outside barrier in The Galaxy and… Read More »
Chris Waller isn’t perturbed by the presence of bold frontrunner Pride Of Jenni in the King Charles III Stakes, comfortable the rival mare is well enough exposed not to sneak under their guards. Waller has Fangirl in the feature, the seven-year-old having clashed with Pride Of Jenni three times, beating her home… Read More »
Former Willie Mullins-trained galloper Vauban is on his third foray into the Melbourne Spring Carnival and will front up at Caulfield for the first time on Saturday. Vauban had gone straight into the Melbourne Cup in his two previous trips, but after running 11th in last year’s Cup was purchased by Australian Bloodstock and transferred into… Read More »
The Inglis Ready 2 Race Sale on Thursday produced a glowing endorsement for the progeny of Written By through the eyes of Asian buyers with five offered and all of them sold to either Hong Kong or Malaysia at an average $256,000. A Group I winning son of Written Tycoon,… Read More »
The highest-priced colt ever sold at an Inglis Ready2Race Sale topped a record day of trade that resulted in the biggest turnover in the saleâs history yesterday. A Toronado x Baccarat Baby colt from Hunters Lodge sold to Hermitage Thoroughbreds for $900,000, helping the saleâs gross reach $19,054,000, eclipsing the… Read More »
It is often said that Australian sprinters, in general, are the best in the world and generally that claim goes unchallenged given the combination of their inherent strength on the home front and their notable successes on the international scene. Well, they now have to defend that heavyweight title ⊅ Read More »
It has been a long, at times tortuous climb, but the Robert Heathcote trained Rothfire has finally made it to The Everest race-day â that is to the race-day and not yet to the big race itself. While it is likely he may not reach the summit of that long-held… Read More »
Bankers Choice must pass a Racing Victoria veterinary inspection to take his place in Saturdayâs $5 million Sportsbet Caulfield Cup (2400m). All other accepted runners have been cleared to start. Racing Victoria advised on Thursday that the Lindsay Park-trained gelding, who arrived at Flemington shortly before the inspection after travelling… Read More »
