Adrian Bott hopes the decision to take a patient approach with comeback galloper Revengeance reaps a lucrative spring reward when he returns in the San Domenico Stakes at Rosehill. The colt was ruled out of the autumn carnival after he underwent surgery to remove bone chips from a knee following… Read More »
Trainer Stephen Marsh could hardly be happier with unbeaten mare Well Written as she closes in on her return in next week’s Group 1 Proisir Plate (1400m) at Ellerslie. The hot favourite for the $400,000 feature stepped out at Ellerslie on Thursday morning, working alongside stablemate Little Black Dress as… Read More »
Racing fans will have the opportunity to buy into Group 1 winner Private Eye, with an unreserved 10 per cent share in the veteran gelding to be offered through the latest Magic Millions Digital online sale. The Joe Pride-trained nine-year-old has earned $12.99 million in prizemoney during his career and… Read More »
Sterling Alexiou says they are still on a learning curve with stakes-winning colt Southend, and the opening runs of his campaign will go a long way to determining the path he takes this spring. The three-year-old resumes in the Group 3 Up And Coming Stakes (1400m) at Rosehill on Saturday… Read More »
West Australian trainer Michael Grantham has lost the 2025/26 metropolitan trainers’ premiership after an arsenic positive resulted in Western Miss being disqualified from her Belmont victory. Grantham was fined $4000 after a post-race urine sample taken from Western Miss following her win at Belmont on July 8 returned arsenic above… Read More »
One of Australian racing’s oldest staying races, The Metropolitan, has been immediately downgraded from Group 1 to Group 2 level following a decision by international racing authorities. The Asian Racing Federation endorsed the Asian Pattern Committee’s decision to remove the race’s elite-level status just weeks out from its October 3… Read More »
Champion mare Autumn Glow was voted Australian Horse of the Year as her trainer Chris Waller and jockey James McDonald dominated the prestigious Racing’s Night of Champions awards ceremony at Royal Randwick on Thursday night. Autumn Glow, Waller and McDonald were honoured several times during the evening which combined the… Read More »
VRC Oaks winner Strictly Business has taken her first step towards a potential Caulfield and Melbourne Cups campaign with a 1400m hitout at Burrumbeet on Thursday morning. The daughter of Grunt, who went within inches of adding another Group 1 victory to her record in May’s South Australian Derby before… Read More »
Trainer Ciaron Maher and the connections of Another Wil hope to get a confidence-boosting win at Caulfield. Instead of racing for a richer prize in the Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) on Saturday, Another Wil instead will line up in the Evergreen Turf Handicap over the same trip. It is… Read More »
Rejuvenating the careers of tried horses has been a pillar of Joe Pride’s journey as a trainer and Belle Detelle, a three-quarter sister to star galloper Verry Elleegant, is his latest project. The mare will have her second start for the Warwick Farm horseman in Saturday’s Merrylands RSL Handicap (2000m),… Read More »
Cranbourne trainer Gavin Bedggood has the bases coveredĀ regardingĀ track conditionsĀ with his two runners in theĀ HeatherlieĀ Stakes at Caulfield. Kingswood, which is first-up, andĀ theĀ race fit Just Folk will line up in the 1700m handicap at Listed level on Saturday. BedggoodĀ wants drying ground for Kingswood while it isĀ wetterĀ the better for Just Folk. OnĀ ThursdayĀ the track… Read More »
In-form gelding Althoff is on the fourth line of early markets for the Group 1 Epsom Handicap, although connections still need to be convinced he is a genuine miler. A winner up to 1400m, the Yulong family-owned five-year-old finished fifth in the 2024 Callander-Presnell at his only start over further,… Read More »
The Anthony and Sam FreedmanĀ stableĀ will be looking for a better result from Tom Kitten in the latest edition of theĀ MemsieĀ Stakes at Caulfield. It was 12 months ago that Tom Kitten was scratched at the start of the Group 1 raceĀ over 1400m after becoming fractious in the barriers. The result played… Read More »
Tulloch Lodge prepares the top two horses in early markets for the Up And Coming Stakes and they could hardly be more different. Plagiarism is a well-seasoned three-year-old with five runs under his belt, while the untapped Savagram only made his debut earlier this month with a dominant all-the-way win… Read More »
Wild Atlantic will be attempting to emulate his sire Exceedance by winning the San Domenico Stakes, only he will be striving to do it at his first race start. Exceedance claimed the sprint at his third run for Team Hawkes in 2019, and if Wild Atlantic can follow in his… Read More »
New Zealand’s emerging star Well Written is being aimed at a lucrative Australian spring campaign, with the Group 1 Epsom Handicap and $10 million Golden Eagle on the agenda. Trainer Stephen Marsh has confirmed Well Written will resume in next Saturday’s Group 1 Proisir Plate (1400m) at Ellerslie, where the… Read More »
Last season’s Adrian Knox Stakes winner and Australian Oaks runner-up Profoundly has sold for $360,000 to Victorian breeder Peter Murray and Boomer Bloodstock’s Craig Rounsefell after injury brought her racing career to a premature end. The lightly raced daughter of Farnan topped Wednesday’s Inglis Digital online sale after suffering a… Read More »
Some of last season’s leading juveniles face significantly different challenges when they return to racing at Rosehill on Saturday, with the conditions of two Group 3 features producing contrasting weight assignments. The Up And Coming Stakes (1300m) and San Domenico Stakes (1100m) headline the three-year-old action, with the topweights in… Read More »
Well bred colt Tenenbaum will be given the chance to target loftier goals this spring after stamping his class in the opening race at Canterbury. A full brother to 2025 Hong Kong Derby winner Cap Ferrat, the Snitzel colt is unlikely to be stretched to a staying journey this campaign,… Read More »
Races over such short trips like 800-metres are not seen that often in other places but Ipswich presents enough opportunities over the sprint distance for trainers like Pat Webster to make the most of. The training journeyman has two runners in the Barrier Reef Pools Benchmark 65 Handicap on Thursday… Read More »
