Lindsay Park co-trainer Ben Hayes credited an important gear change and a jockey change for Tycoon Star’s recent Morphettville victory. Now the Lindsay Park team of Ben, Will and J D Hayes are hoping to parlay that success into a Group 1 victory when Tycoon Star heads to The Goodwood (1200m) at… Read More »
Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr have had to wait longer than they would have liked to get La Fracas back onto a Heavy track, but they’ve found one at Warrnambool. The mudlark will be out to maintain his unbeaten record on the wettest track condition in Wednesday’s $200,000 Listed… Read More »
To say that the postponement of Queensland richest regional race, the $1 million Archer at Rockhampton on Sunday, was a disappointment would be an understatement. Reports and social media posts have called it many other things, the bulk of which have been uncomplimentary in both content and tone, but with… Read More »
European galloper Portland is still searching for his first win in Australia, but trainer Matthew Smith is convinced it isn’t far away. The import has put the writing on the wall at his past two starts with a late-closing third to Wootton Verni in the Neville Sellwood Stakes (2000m) and… Read More »
The complexion of this Saturday’s Group 2 Hollindale Stakes changed on Monday when Pride Of Jenni was confirmed for the $500,000 Group 2. The popular mare is among 20 nominations for the Gold Coast event, which also includes the past two Melbourne Cup winners, Knight’s Choice and Half Yours. The… Read More »
Stern Idol will be out to better his own Brierly Steeplechase record when he contests Tuesday’s $150,000 event, the headline event on Day 1 of the Warrnambool May Racing Carnival. The Ciaron Maher-trained import will carry 75kg in the 3450-metre event. The nine-year-old claimed the metric weight-carrying record from Some… Read More »
When the dust had settled on a grandstand finish to the one hundred-and-fifty-second running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, Cherie DeVaux had made history by becoming the first female trainer to win the race … jockey Joe Ortiz had become the ninth jockey to complete the Kentucky Oaks… Read More »
Beatty gained his revenge over AfireofGidgeecoals and gained redemption for his only career loss at the hands of that runner when he landed the $200,000 Sires’ Produce Stakes at Ascot. The Sean and Jake Casey trained son of Gingerbread Man had gone down to Afireofgidgeecoals in their previous clash in… Read More »
The very smart four-year-old chestnut Smooth Chino claimed his seventh win from only nine starts when he won the Group 3 Northam Stakes over 1300m on Sunday. He also has one runner-up finish to his credit. The Indianna Weinert trained son of Maschino was last seen in the $5 million… Read More »
Now with the second edition of the Aushorse Investors Guide for 2026 released, it’s ahead of the breeding stock sales season and shows Australia as a leading destination. ‘With 109 races worth $1 million or more held every 3.3 days on average, Australia delivers opportunity and prestige like nowhere else… Read More »
Trainer Cliff Brown is planning to press ahead with plans of a Queensland trip with his Group 1 winner Sepals. Victorious in the Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield last spring, Sepals was Brown’s first Group 1 since he returned to Australia following a stint in Singapore… Read More »
As confident as Pat Carey is in Recon’s ability, after his first-up fifth placing in a Listed race at Flemington he dared not dream he would so soon be single-figure odds in a Group 1 event. But a stunning second-up win in the Hareeba Stakes virtually compelled the canny Mornington… Read More »
It is nine starts and almost 10 months since El Pensador last won a race, but Rex Lipp is optimistic his next victory could come at Ipswich on Monday. The son of So You Think will be out to back up a good first-up performance in the penultimate event, the… Read More »
Eleven races will be run and won at Sha Tin this Sunday, with good depth across the program. Race One: 1 Always Fluke Race Two: 10 Leading Dragon Race Three: 3 Winning Machine Race Four: 1 Call Me Sparkle Race Five: 2 Gallant Design Race Six: 5 Nautical Force Race… Read More »
For the second straight year, dual state-based trainer Phillip Stokes has won the South Australian Derby at Morphettville with a longshot. After Femminile scored at $19 last year, Wigmore, having just his second outing for Stokes, scored at $41 in the 2518m Classic for three-year-olds on Saturday. Providing Teo Nugent… Read More »
Last year’s Golden Mile is just one of the many races in Von Hauke’s career that Cliff Brown would rather forget and, for a tick over a minute on Saturday, he feared the 2026 edition would filed away in the same folder. But, unlike last year when the regularly-unlucky gelding… Read More »
The Group One Tattersall’s Tiara is the goal for Victorian mare Splash Back after she upstaged several big name sprinters to capture the Victory Stakes at Eagle Farm. The winner of the Stocks Stakes at Moonee Valley in the spring, Splash Back ($8.50) had finished midfield behind Victory Stakes rival… Read More »
It wasn’t a $1 million Group 1, but Jordan Childs was happy to pick up where he left off last weekend with another feature win at Bendigo on Saturday. The in-form jockey took out the first of the Black Type races at Bendigo’s Golden Mile meeting when he teamed with… Read More »
Peter Snowden has continued his incredible affinity with the Hawkesbury stand-alone meeting, adding the Gold Rush to his list of feature race wins courtesy of talented sprinter Zealously. Snowden has been supporting the program since its inception and has claimed the Hawkesbury Crown (1300m) seven times and the Guineas (1400m)… Read More »
For trainer Nathan Doyle, his emotions were a mix of exhilaration and relief after Churchill’s Choice made her winning run virtually next to the outside running rail. “She has been a frustrating mare as she’s always had the ability but hasn’t won one of these stakes races,” Doyle said. “But… Read More »
