The 2025/26 Brisbane Jockeys’ Premiership standings highlight just how quickly the riding ranks can change, with six new faces breaking into the Top 10 compared to the previous season. Leading the new-look leaderboard is Ben Thompson, whose return from Hong Kong resulted in an outstanding first Brisbane premiership. Only four… Read More »
Tony Gollan’s dominance of Queensland racing reached another level during the 2025/26 season, with the state’s leading trainer adding multiple premierships to further strengthen his grip on the industry. While a record-extending 13th consecutive Brisbane Metropolitan Trainers’ Premiership and a first-ever 200-plus winner metropolitan season were major milestones, they were… Read More »
A horse with one of the most fascinating backstories in Saturday’s Flemington meeting will make his Australian debut when Unbelievable steps out for trainer Clayton Douglas. The internationally travelled galloper lines up in the Melbourne Cup Carnival On Sale (1620m) after a career that has taken him from Ireland to… Read More »
Few horses have generated as much excitement in Northern Territory racing as Balastier, who will bid to continue his remarkable rise in Saturday’s Palmerston Sprint (1200m) at Darwin. The four-year-old son of Brazen Beau has quickly become the headline act in the Top End, winning seven of his 13 career… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher stable is hoping race fitness can prove the decisive advantage for Fancify when she steps into Saturday’s Aurie’s Star Handicap at Flemington. The Group 3 contest will be Fancify’s fourth start since joining the Maher stable after transferring from Michael Hickmott’s Murray Bridge operation. During her time… Read More »
Cox Plate favourite Sir Delius has signalled he is on track for a big spring after an encouraging performance in a Sydney barrier trial on Friday morning. The former Melbourne Cup hopeful finished second behind Oh Diamond Lil in the opening 1000-metre heat, comfortably accounting for Autumn Glow, Angel Capital… Read More »
Trainer John Thompson believes a return to firmer footing will be the key to unlocking the best from Embrace The Wind when the progressive three-year-old lines up at Rosehill on Saturday. Embrace The Wind has drawn the outside barrier in the Ranvet Handicap (1200m), but Thompson is unconcerned given the… Read More »
Trainer Matt Smith is taking a patient approach with Millie De Lune, hopeful the talented mare can put a frustrating injury setback behind her when she resumes at Rosehill on Saturday. The daughter of Puissance De Lune returns in the Congratulations Chris Waller Handicap (1400m), her first start since suffering… Read More »
Tommy Stokes believes patience has been the key to taking the next step in his racing career as he officially enters into a training partnership with his father, Phillip Stokes. The Stokes name will appear in the race book as a training partnership for the first time this weekend, with… Read More »
Zoustar and Capitalist will go down to the wire in the race for Australia’s individual winners premiership, with the leading stallions deadlocked heading into the final day of the 2025/26 racing season. Neither sire added to their tally on Thursday, leaving both with 169 individual winners for the season, three… Read More »
Glorious Goodwood 2026 continues this Friday night, headlined by the Qatar Stakes (1006m), which is likely the race that will be the swansong of the great Aussie sprinting mare Asfoora. swiftbet 💰 👉 Download the hottest new betting app King George Qatar Stakes 🏆: View the Field and Odds for the… Read More »
The Western Australian-owned Cosmic Crusader will have ‘The Wizard’ Willie Pike in the saddle for his upcoming assignments in the Group 2 P B Lawrence Stakes on August 15 and the Group 1 Memsie Stakes on August 29. Owner Bob Peters and Pike have enjoyed many successes together over a… Read More »
Michael Grantham has captured his first WA Metropolitan Trainers’ Premiership, edging out multiple-time champions Grant and Alana Williams by the narrowest of margins after a season-long battle that went down to the final meeting. Grantham finished the 2025/26 season with 60 metropolitan winners, just one clear of the Williams stable… Read More »
Apprentice William Galloway has celebrated the first victory of his riding career, guiding the Tony Gollan-trained Tassorati to an impressive win at Gatton in just his second race ride. Tassorati had been racing in metropolitan company for most of her eight previous starts before dropping back to country grade, where… Read More »
Trainer Danny O’Brien has mapped out an ambitious spring campaign for Sass Appeal, with a trio of Group 1 targets firmly in sight as the talented mare resumes at Flemington on Saturday. The daughter of So You Think kicks off her preparation in the VRC Membership Renewals Open (1410m) after… Read More »
Bart Cummings famously believed horses needed at least 10,000 metres of racing under their belts before they could win the Melbourne Cup, a philosophy that often saw the legendary trainer launch his spring campaigns in the Aurie’s Star Handicap. While those traditional training methods have largely disappeared, Saturday’s Flemington meeting… Read More »
Alysha Collett will carry more than just family pride into Saturday’s Rosehill meeting when she reunites with one of her favourite horses, Bold Mac. With brother Jason not riding at the meeting, there will be no debate over who gets the mount for their father, Warwick Farm trainer Richard Collett…. Read More »
James McDonald believes two exciting gallopers can make their presence felt during the spring carnival as he prepares to reunite with Columbus and Enviable at Rosehill on Saturday. All eyes will be on the Les Bridge-trained Columbus and Chris Waller’s Enviable when they line up in separate races after both… Read More »
Trainer Henry Dwyer is banking on residual fitness to have Cote Atlantique ready to fire first-up in Saturday’s Aurie’s Star Handicap (1200m) at Flemington. The Irish-bred import returns after campaigns in Victoria, New Zealand and Brisbane, with Dwyer believing the gelding has come through his winter preparation in ideal order…. Read More »
Joe Pride starts every racing season the same way — with a blank whiteboard, two ambitious targets and plenty of optimism. Hanging in the trainer’s office are two simple headings: metro wins and feature wins. Next to each sits a target number, goals Pride admits are intentionally difficult to reach…. Read More »
