Ballarat trainer Mitch Freedman says it is a balancing act whether to take Tatakai Uta to Flemington for a straight race or wait for something slightly weaker. Freedman believes Tatakai Uta has the makings of being a city class performer but is concerned he may be taking the three-year-old to town too soon. Tatakai Uta is down to… Read More »
Victorious overcame a remarkable setback to stamp herself as one of the most compelling juvenile winners of the Royal Ascot carnival, producing an impressive display in the Queen Mary Stakes despite being blind in one eye. A daughter of Wootton Bassett, Victorious lost the vision in her left eye after… Read More »
A The Autumn Sun half-sister to the stakes-placed Bowerman and a sister to the stakes-performed Horizons, Honeysuckle was bought for $30,000 at the June Digital auction, the same price that Wexford Miss. Honeysuckle, who was owned by James Harron Bloodstock’s fillies syndicate and trained by Michael Freedman, was unplaced in… Read More »
After missing out on a run in the Stradbroke Handicap last Saturday, the Rex Lipp trained Cifrado will line in the $200,000 Listed Eye Liner Stakes over 1350m at Ipswich this weekend with the in-form gelding looking to have every chance of adding to the six career wins he has… Read More »
Leading international jockey Christophe Soumillon has been suspended for eight days following a stewards’ inquiry into his ride aboard Puerto Rico in Tuesday’s Group 1 St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot. Stewards found Soumillon rode the 16-1 outsider in a manner that advantaged stablemate Gstaad, the Aidan O’Brien-trained second… Read More »
Al Riffa, the horse who was bought to win a Melbourne Cup, gets the chance to prove once and for all he is an elite stayer on Day 3 at Royal Ascot. The six-year-old will be tested over 4014 metres in the week’s signature event, the Group 1 Gold Cup,… Read More »
Trainer George Boughey is one of the UK’s most upwardly mobile trainers. He’s graduated from just four horses when he started in 2019 to a 100 box yard and has trained two Guineas winners in the space of 7 years. His move in early 2025 to Craven House stables in… Read More »
The family of jockey Kristy Bennett has revealed she remains unconscious as she continues to battle serious injuries sustained in a fall at the Gold Coast trials more than two weeks ago. Bennett suffered a traumatic brain injury and multiple vertebrae fractures in a freak incident after a trial had… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott have used the fillies’ maiden at Canterbury’s mid-June meeting with success in the past and on Wednesday they unearthed another youngster seemingly destined for better things. Demerzel broke her maiden at her second start in the $60,000 event over 1250 metres, the first of three… Read More »
Apprentice Caitlin Hollowood registered a career highlight when Prestige Forever scored at Caulfield Heath. After 33 wins on the country and provincial tracks of Victoria and New South Wales, Hollowood scored her first metropolitan winner when the Julius Sandhu -trained Prestige Forever took out the Sportsbet Feed Handicap (1500m) on Wednesday. “It’s unreal,” Hollowood said. “For… Read More »
Trainer Enver Jusufovic could have only three more runs from New York Lustre before she is sent off to the breeding barn. One of those runs will come on Saturday in the Brian Beattie Handicap (1100m) at Flemington. New York Lustre will then wind-up her career in two ‘Black Type’… Read More »
Bjorn Baker won’t be on track at Royal Randwick on Saturday but will bring a strong hand to the feature event, the Listed Civic Stakes over 1400m. Baker has been at Royal Ascot all week preparing stable star sprinter Overpass, who ran a gallant third in the Group 1 King Charles… Read More »
Racing and travel have brought out the best in Silver Wedding who will now look to add a Stakes race victory to her record. A winner of four of her 13 starts, the Ciaron Maher-trained mare runs in the Listed Gai Waterhouse Classic (1200m) at Ipswich on Saturday. A sister to Group… Read More »
Australian training partnership Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott have added another potential international performer to their stable after purchasing Santa Bravado for £260,000 at the Goffs London Sale. The three-year-old son of Iffraaj was secured by bloodstock agent Johnny McKeever on behalf of the Sydney-based trainers. Santa Bravado arrives with… Read More »
Bow Echo may not have had it all his own way this time but his class shone through for a Royal Ascot victory in the St James’s Palace Stakes (1603m). A third group one win for jockey Billy Loughnane, Bow Echo ($1.83/5-6) followed up on the pair’s Group 1 2000… Read More »
Mission Central gave trainer Aidan O’Brien and jockey Ryan Moore the complete set of Royal Ascot Group 1 wins and Coolmore reason to consider The Everest after a stunning win in the Group 1 King Charles III Stakes on Tuesday. Australian sprinters Overpass finished a brave third and Asfoora was… Read More »
There was just one thing more for Aidan O’Brien and Ryan Moore to complete at Royal Ascot and Mission Central was the horse the give the pair the full set of wins at the highest level at English racing’s showpiece. Moore, aboard Mission Central ($13/14-1), pounced late in a high-pressure… Read More »
You have to go all the way back to 1950 to find a winner longer-priced than Ten Bob Tony in the Queen Anne Stakes. The 50-1 shot bloused them in the opening race of Royal Ascot for 2026 as the ten-day back-up suited the five-year-old gelding with his chestnut coat… Read More »
Royal Ascot 2026 continues this Wednesday night, headlined by the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes (2004m). Watch 📺 – Watch the Royal Ascot races live at swiftbet Prince Of Wales’s Stakes 🏆: View the Field and Odds for the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes
Overpass ran bravely and Asfoora was competitive but the Australian sprinters weren’t quite good enough in the Group 1 King Charles III Stakes (1000m) at Royal Ascot on Tuesday. Irish maestro Aidan O’Brien’s Mission Central was an outstanding winner and put himself into the conversation for a start in the… Read More »
