Australian Horse Racing News

• Fibrillation turns in strong Queensland Oaks trial

  The Queensland Oaks is back on the agenda for Fibrillation who has revived her Group One aspirations with victory at Rosehill.

   
• Euryale wins at Flemington

  Assistant trainer Paul Snowden was happy to be proven wrong when Euryale took out the Listed Gibson Carmichael Stakes at Flemington.

   
• Scarlett Lady comes up roses

  New Zealand unleashed two of its biggest stars when gun filly Scarlett Lady and boom apprentice James McDonald justified their raging reputations at Doomben on Saturday.

   
• Glyn Schofield in rushed trip to ride Hay List

  Glyn Schofield has given Hay List the tick of approval for the the Group One Doomben 10,000 after making a rushed trip from Sydney to ride the giant sprinter in a course proper gallop at Doomben.

   
• Darley on track for clean sweep

  Talented youngster Free Wheeling boosted Darley’s hopes of a clean sweep of the Group One juvenile races this season with an impressive victory in the Group Two Champagne Classic at Doomben.

   
• Nobby Snip may go to Brisbane

  Gai Waterhouse has some thinking to do after two-year-old Nobby Snip highlighted his potential with an impressive all-the-way win at Rosehill on Saturday.

   
• Single one out of the box

  A Queensland Derby start for his stable star Single may be more than a pipedream for trainer Craig Carmody.

   
• Varenna Miss stakes winter claims

  Trainer Tony Noonan has not ruled out a tilt at next month’s Group One Stradbroke Handicap with Varenna Miss following the Victorian mare’s classy win at Doomben.

   
• Rocket Man to lay down Black Caviar challenge

  The connections of the world’s former top-ranked sprinter Rocket Man will wait until after he races in Singapore on Sunday before beginning to think about taking on the current world number one in Melbourne in the spring.

   
• Flemington win for Matthew Dale

  It was first time lucky for young Canberra trainer Matthew Dale when Jackpot Queen edged out odds-on favourite African Pulse at Flemington.

   
• Freddie Head hoping for Golden return

  Freddie Head’s wonder mare Goldikova bids to show she has lost none of her considerable talent when she makes her seasonal reappearance in the Prix d’Ispahan at Longchamp on Sunday.

   
• Animal Kingdom primed for Preakness Stakes

  Animal Kingdom won’t be sneaking up on anyone – even coming from behind.

   
• So You Think picks up Gold gauntlet

  So You Think will face just four rivals as he bids to open his Group One account in the northern hemisphere in Sunday’s Tattersalls Gold Cup at the Curragh.

   
• Karen Byrnes sure of good performance

  South Australian trainer Karen Byrnes is confident Doubly Sure will acquit himself well in the Andrew Ramsden Stakes at Flemington, a race the gelding was runner-up in three years ago.

   
• Bullet firing on all cylinders

  Andreas Suborics is excited about partnering Hungarian speedball Overdose in Saturday’s Temple Stakes at Haydock.

   
• War Machine to battle it out

  Trainer Brett Bellamy believes a step up to 1600 metres at Ballina on Saturday will work in favour of the consistent War Machine.

   
• Michael Freedman at home in Singapore

  When Michael Freedman left Australia to take up training in Singapore, he was venturing largely into the unknown.

   
• My Kingdom Of Fife to join elite Doomben Cup company

  Imported stayer My Kingdom Of Fife will join elite company alongside Rough Habit and Might And Power if he can maintain his unbeaten southern hemisphere record in the Doomben Cup.

   
• Peter Snowden’s juveniles to step up to the mark

  Peter Snowden is a master at targeting big races with the right horses and is confident he’s got it right for the Brisbane winter carnival juvenile races.

   
• Animal Kingdom favourite for Preakness Stakes

  Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom is the 2-1 favourite to claim the second leg of US racing’s triple crown, the Preakness Stakes.