Top Melbourne Cup 2024 contender Interpretation will undergo a second veterinary examination on Friday after failing to pass an initial check. Racing Victoria announced the update on Thursday evening following the assessment of 17 out of the 29 horses still vying for a spot in the Melbourne Cup field. These… Read More »
Chris Waller, James Mcdonald and Coolmore have already teamed up to win a Coolmore Stud Stakes with a son of I Am Invincible and this Saturday they will look to do likewise with a son of Australia’s only other active multiple champion stallion award winner. The powerful team, who won the… Read More »
There is no doubting the ability I Am Velvet possesses, and trainer Phillip Stokes is convinced the filly has overcome her wayward tendencies. I Am Velvet is set to have her first start at Flemington when she runs in the Group 3 The Vanity (1400m) on Saturday which Stokes hopes will lead… Read More »
Hot on the scent of Japanese raider Obamburumai taking out the $10m James Squire Golden Eagle last year, its Ascoli Piceno who is the $4.60 favourite with betting agencies. With a host of new-age million-dollar races seeking Group 1 status, it’s the Group 1 winning Ascoli Piceno who elevates the… Read More »
Right from the day Nick Ryan and his stepfather Jeff Gordon outlaid $380,000 for Red Aces at a yearling sale, the Group 1 Victoria Derby has been the dream. That dream could become reality when Red Aces lines up in the blue riband event for three-year-olds over 2500m at Flemington on Saturday. Red… Read More »
Boasting a form reference around one of the high-flying horses of the spring, Hinged is again drawing in punters as she looks to shed her bridesmaid tag in the Rosehill Gold Cup. The prolific placegetter, whose last win came 32 months ago in the 2022 Surround Stakes, is a steady $4.80… Read More »
A dash of equine psychology combined with an overdue inside draw is the hoped-for key to Private Eye flipping his form and erasing Joe Pride’s unhappy memories of last year’s Russell Balding Stakes. Private Eye hasn’t been far away in three campaign runs, including a last start sixth from a wide… Read More »
From the time Rey Magnerio entered the Robbie Griffiths and Mathew de Kock stable for a spring campaign, circles had been placed around two races during the Melbourne Cup Carnival at Flemington. The first of those comes up on Saturday, the Group 3 Rising Fast Stakes (1200m) with the second, the… Read More »
Melbourne Cup 2024 hopeful Brayden Star has been sidelined, officially ruling him out of Tuesday’s race at Flemington. The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young-trained horse was positioned 26th in the Melbourne Cup order of entry, needing several withdrawals to secure a spot before the final acceptances on Saturday afternoon. “The… Read More »
It has been almost two decades since Jerome Reynier’s last trip to Australia and back then, becoming a horse trainer wasn’t at the top of his bucket list. As a member of Godolphin’s highly respected Flying Start program, Reynier had designs on working in bloodstock and for a while, that was the… Read More »
In this Part 2, it’s Martin Purbrick as Chair of the IFHA Council on Anti-illegal Betting and Related Crime who continues with a Q&A on the release of the Racing Integrity Handbook. With the Anti-illegal Betting and Related Crime being created by the IFHA Council, the scene was set at… Read More »
Prolific winner Briasa has earned a stakes-race opportunity with another polished performance. Tyler Schiller has given his endorsement to the claims of emerging sprinter Briasa tackling next month’s The Hunter after the Hawkes Racing gelding made it five wins from six starts with a classy display on the Randwick-Kensington track. Sent… Read More »
UK-trained Sea King has emerged as a Melbourne Cup contender after an impressive Australian debut victory at Bendigo. Success in the Group 3 Bendigo Cup (2400m) on Wednesday qualifies the Harry Eustace-trained stayer for Tuesday’s Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington. Sea King is liable for a rehandicap for the… Read More »
Trips up and down the Hume Highway between Melbourne and Sydney does not seem to faze the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott and Adrian Bott-trained Lady Of Camelot. The Golden Slipper winner has been doing it throughout her brief racing career as she is about to embark on her third start… Read More »
Chris Waller’s agile training techniques were on show with Via Sistina ahead of last week’s Cox Plate and the champion trainer is now getting proactive with Melbourne Cup hopeful Land Legend. The Group 1 The Metropolitan winner was not a part of Wednesday’s Bendigo Cup field, but the imported stayer… Read More »
In form jockey Josh Parr is Melbourne bound looking to add a couple more Group 1 wins to his CV after a successful run in Sydney in recent weeks. Parr won the Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) at Randwick last week aboard El Castello who he will ride in the Group… Read More »
With the prized rides on the Golden Eagle and Melbourne Cup favourites, it’s no surprise Joao ‘The Magic Man’ Moreira has a soft spot for Australian racing. Joao Moreira has declared his desire to make Australia a more permanent base – if he can convince his family. The world-renowned Brazilian-born jockey… Read More »
Internationally acclaimed jockey Joao Moreira says there is no horse he would rather be riding in the $10 million Golden Eagle than Japanese raider Ascoli Piceno, despite landing one of the widest gates in the bumper field of twenty. The mare is an easing $4.50 favourite following the draw, where she… Read More »
Record breaking Cox Plate winner Via Sistina will miss the Melbourne Cup but is still likely to be seen in action during the week. A roundtable discussion between trainer Chris Waller, Yulong’s General Manager Vix Cox along with Yulong principal Yuesheng Zhang and his daughter decided to bypass the Cup in… Read More »
Reigning WA Guineas winner Zipaway is set to stamp himself as a key Pinnacles contender in this Saturday’s Group 3 Asian Beau Stakes (1400m), according to jockey Steven Parnham. Zipaway is set to have his first start in Perth this weekend since he finished third in last year’s Northerly Stakes… Read More »
