Desperate feature race finishes, with next to nothing separating the leading runners as they cross the line, has become a common theme in Western Australia racing and Saturday’s Listed Belmont Guineas provided an extreme version of that scenario as the $11 chance Prince Of Dala, who was trying to cling… Read More »
This time last year Coeur Volante was being readied for the Tattersalls Tiara and while her days as a Group 1 contender might be past, there is still money to be made. The daughter of Proisir, a last-start winner at Sandown, will chase more of it in the $150,000 open… Read More »
While the Ipswich Cup was within his grasp and well in the market, co-trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr have decided that a trip back to Sydney this Saturday is a better option for Golden Path. The six-year-old will be in the nominations for the Listed WJ McKell Cup… Read More »
Sha Tin will play host to an eleven race card on Sunday, with good depth across the program. Race One: 2 Hero Mastermind Race Two: 2 Winning Machine Race Three: 2 Forerunner Race Four: 3 Oldtown Race Five: 3 Flying Knight Race Six: 8 Fortune Star Race Seven: 2 Raging… Read More »
Waller was politely answering every media request for interview after Joliestar’s narrow loss in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes (1200m) when he was informed His Majesty, King Charles III wanted an audience. So, as Almeraq’s trainer, jockey and owner were receiving their trophies after the sprinter’s upset… Read More »
The O’Brien domination continued at Royal Ascot on Friday as Aidan O’Brien and son Joseph have now notched up 11 winners between them with one day of the Festival still to go. It was O’Brien senior who took the day’s feature race as the filly Precise followed up her Irish… Read More »
Jackson Radley capped a red-letter day for apprentices at Flemington on Saturday, especially those from Tasmania, when he partnered Seafall to victory in one of the day’s features. Radley continued his good association with the Ben, Will and JD Hayes-trained mare, guiding her to victory in the $150,000 The David Bourke (1620m)… Read More »
Royal Ascot one day, Royal Randwick the next. Globetrotting trainer Bjorn Baker has capped a memorable week by taking out Saturday’s Listed Civic Stakes (1400m) with up-and-coming gelding Midnight Dynamite. The victory came just days after Overpass finished a game third in the King Charles III Stakes at the famous English course… Read More »
Four years after becoming the first jockey to claim the Ipswich Cup as a trainer, Chris Munce had added another footnote – winning it in partnership with son Corey. Munce took out the Listed staying feature aboard Oompala in 1994, that horse going on to finish third to Jeune in the… Read More »
Ice Kool is still honing his race craft, but there is no doubting the emerging sprinter’s talent after he overcame his inexperience to post another promising win at Randwick. While the three-year-old continues to make his job harder by not anticipating the start and then wanting to get on with proceedings,… Read More »
Not that long ago, Craig Conron had reason to think he’d never be back at Flemington as a trainer, but on Saturday he was welcomed back into the winner’s room. The Geelong horseman made a triumphant return when Vegas Jack continued his winning run in the $150,000 Country Racing It’s Got It… Read More »
Matt Smith has produced some big-priced placegetters of late, but he can’t recall training a Saturday metropolitan winner at longer odds than $101 chance Alice Mae. Given little hope by punters, the mare shouldered her way clear from midfield and made a determined bid down the outside to claim the B&J… Read More »
Any win Ben Brisbourne achieves with Fontein Jewel is a special one, but the two-year-old’s win in the first race at Flemington on Saturday held particular significance. The Lucky Vega colt’s win in the $150,000 TAB We’re On Handicap (1420m) was the young English trainer’s first at the track since being granted… Read More »
Emerging filly Chains Of Love is in line for a return to black-type company after outclassing a more seasoned field of rivals to win the Highway Handicap at Randwick. The superbly bred daughter of I Am Invincible out of 2015 Group 1 Thousand Guineas winner Stay With Me is set to… Read More »
Royal Ascot 2026 concludes this Saturday night, headlined by the QEll Jubilee Stakes (1207m). Watch đź“ş – Watch the Royal Ascot races live at swiftbet Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 🏆: View the Field and Odds for the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes
Promising juvenile Peter Profit justified strong market support with an impressive debut victory at Rockhampton on Friday, handing Newgate Farm stallion Profiteer his third first-crop winner. Trainer Jay Bellamy made the lengthy trip from Beaudesert to Central Queensland with the two-year-old gelding after a series of eye-catching barrier trial performances,… Read More »
Takemine, a three-quarter sister to star juvenile filly Chayan, is set to attract significant attention in the Inglis Digital June (Late) Online Sale, which is now open for bidding. The daughter of Hellbent boasts a close pedigree connection to Chayan, who became one of the most talked-about fillies of the… Read More »
Having one Royal Ascot winner is a dream for most trainers but Aidan O’Brien is no ordinary trainer and he raised the bar to a level unlikely to be matched when training his 100th winner at the famous Royal meeting. Being O’Brien he not only achieved the feat, he did… Read More »
Royal Ascot 2025 continues this Friday night, headlined by the Commonwealth Cup (1207m) and the Coronation Stakes (1603m). Watch đź“ş – Watch the Royal Ascot races live at swiftbet Commonwealth Cup 🏆: View the Field and Odds for the Commonwealth Cup Coronation Stakes 🏆: View the Field and Odds for… Read More »
And with Her Majesty cheering down from heaven, it’s the Aussie heroine Joliestar who’s said to be the NAP of the Royal Meeting to win the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes. As the $2.70 favourite according to leading Aussie betting sites, it’s the World’s Best Jockey James McDonald… Read More »
