We haven’t even entered winter yet, but a couple of imports the Ciaron Maher stable have spring aspirations with will launch campaigns at Sandown this Saturday. Sammarco and Sayedaty Sadaty will step out in the $150,000 Sportsbet Race Replays Handicap (1800m). It will be the third Australian start for Sayedaty Sadaty, who ran… Read More »
Online bookmaker Betr has secured approximately $15.6 million from retail shareholders as part of its ongoing equity raising efforts to fund the planned acquisition of rival betting operator Pointsbet. This latest funding round brings Betr’s total capital raised to $130 million, following earlier contributions from institutional investors through two separate… Read More »
Joe Pride’s name makes a rare off-season appearance in a Melbourne form guide this week with the Sydney trainer sending Accredited south for Saturday’s Sandown meeting. The All Too Hard gelding will make his Victorian debut in the $150,000 Senet Gambling Law Experts Handicap (1400m). Pride has experienced some of his career… Read More »
Steve Railton is relinquishing his role as chairman of stewards but won’t be lost to Sydney racing. Tom Moxon will take on the job of Sydney’s chief stipe from next month, succeeding current chairman of stewards Steve Railton. Racing NSW announced the appointment on Thursday, confirming that Moxon would step… Read More »
Group 1-winning sprinter Schwarz has officially been retired, with trainers John O’Shea and Tom Charlton confirming that the talented colt has run his final race. Bought for $1.25 million at the 2022 Gold Coast Magic Millions Sale, the son of Zoustar will begin a new chapter as a stallion at… Read More »
The Victorian government has revised its projections for racing and sports betting tax revenue, with a shortfall of $29 million revealed in the 2025/26 state budget. The expected revenue from the Point Of Consumption Tax (POCT) for 2024/25 has been downgraded to $406 million, down from the $435 million that… Read More »
Lord Shiva is a newcomer to Mitchell Pateman’s stable but is fast becoming one of his favourite horses after treating his rivals with disdain in another Belmont win on Wednesday. The Playing God gelding won the Fimiston Handicap (1000m) by 4 ¾ lengths, but the margin was immaterial with jockey… Read More »
Trainer Mark Walker has high hopes for Samudra after the filly showed a ton of courage to score on debut at Sandown. And ironically, the horse Samundra defeated was I’mateez, the younger half-brother to Imperatriz who Walker prepared to win 10 Group 1 races. A daughter of Snitzel from the dual Group 1… Read More »
It was a Two-Year-Old Handicap that included two well related runners on debut … Samudra and I’mateez … that livened up interest in a midweek meeting at Sandown and which, in the end produced a one-two result between these two runners with only 0.40 lengths separating the winner Samudra, who… Read More »
Off the plane and straight to work for Pride Of Jenni in preparation for the Group 1 Doomben Cup. Pride Of Jenni arrived in Brisbane on Tuesday night and was given a canter on the treadmill on Wednesday morning as she heads to the Group 1 2000m weight-for-age contest at Doomben… Read More »
Purchases from regular online sales continue to reap rewards and John Sargent had the feeling he was on a winner when he picked up Change My Address. Passed in when failing to make the $30,000 reserve in the ring at the Gold Coast Yearling Sale in 2024, Sargent’s memory of this… Read More »
The rising nine-year-old is a marvel, who has rarely, if ever, let him down. He’s won eight races, including one at Group 3 level, holds three Group 1 seconds in the Railway Stakes and has pocketed $1.6 million in prizemoney. Comfort Me will look to build on that record in Saturday’s… Read More »
There’s growing doubt that Monday’s scheduled race meeting at Taree will proceed, with the track currently submerged due to record-breaking floods in the Manning River region. Video of the track at Taree taken at 8.30 this morning @Punters @RacenetTweets pic.twitter.com/zgYjmsz7Cn — Jett Hatton (@KnowsJett) May 20, 2025 The river has… Read More »
It will not be the first Magic Millions feature on Shaun Dwyer’s resume if Dragonne Rouge can win Friday night’s Magic Millions National 2YO Classic at the Gold Coast, but it will mark a career milestone. The Sunshine Coast trainer has been associated with a number of Group 1 performers,… Read More »
One thing in Arran Bay’s favour at Sandown will be the absence of stablemate Regal Azmon. Both were entered for the Sportsbet Race Replays Handicap on Saturday, a benchmark 100 race, but trainer Phillip Stokes has elected to only start Arran Bay. Regal Azmon is Brisbane bound on Saturday week to… Read More »
Peter Orton will step down from his role at Vinery Stud ahead of the 2024 breeding season, bringing to a close a 25-year tenure that has seen him lead the farm to the forefront of Australian thoroughbred breeding. Since helping establish Vinery’s Australian operations in 2000, Orton has been instrumental… Read More »
David Hayes is turning the clock back in Hong Kong. Hayes won back-to-back Hong Kong Trainer’s Championships in the 1997/98 and 1998/99 seasons and the stable’s treble at Sha Tin on Sunday moved Hayes to within six winners of John Size who leads the trainer’s ladder (56 winners to 50)… Read More »
Trainer Chris Waller is hoping for a smoother path for Joliestar as she builds towards a Group 1 assignment during the Brisbane winter carnival, following a disrupted preparation due to Sydney’s wet weather. The four-year-old mare was due to trial at Canterbury on Tuesday, but the session was abandoned due… Read More »
Hollindale Stakes winner Antino has tightened into clear favourite for the Group 1 Doomben Cup following the barrier draw for Saturday’s weight-for-age feature. Among 13 final acceptors, Antino firmed from $3.50 into $3 after drawing gate 11, while his biggest rival, Pride Of Jenni, eased to $3.80 after coming up… Read More »
High-priced import Sir Delius has been sent to the paddock and will not race again until the spring, with co-trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott opting to focus on a Melbourne Cup campaign. The Frankel entire made a big impression on his Australian debut last Saturday, justifying odds-on favouritism in… Read More »
