View the Final Field and Barriers for the 2024 Dubai Golden Shaheen. The Dubai Golden Shaheen will be run on Sunday, 31 March 2024 at Meydan racecourse. Time: 1:25AM Distance: 1200m Class: Group 1 Market đź’°: View the Odds for the Dubai Golden Shaheen
View the Final Field and Barriers for the 2024 Al Quoz Sprint. The Al Quoz Sprint will be run on Sunday, 31 March 2024 at Meydan racecourse. Time: 12:15AM Distance: 1200m Class: Group 1 Market đź’°: View the Odds for the Al Quoz Sprint
View the Final Field and Barriers for the 2024 Dubai Kahayla Classic. The Dubai Kahayla Classic will be run on Saturday, 30 March 2024 at Meydan racecourse. Time: 10:30PM Distance: 2000m Class: Group 1 Market đź’°: View the Odds for the Dubai Kahayla Classic
Connections of Wymark will pay the $44,000 late entry to fee to run in next weekend’s Australian Derby after the up-and-coming gelding collected his fourth successive win in the Group 2 Tulloch Stakes at Rosehill. The three-year-old has been a revelation this autumn, not least of all for his trainer Michael… Read More »
John O’Shea has confirmed Group 3 Baillieu winner Linebacker will bypass the ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes and progress straight to the final leg of the two-year-old triple crown. The emerging colt made it two wins from as many starts with a determined effort in Saturday’s 1400m contest, trailing leader Anode throughout and wearing… Read More »
Trainer Justine Erkelens admits she’s experiencing a mix of nervousness and excitement, but it’s a position she’s been in before and knows only too well. Justine Erkelens will be chasing the second Group 3 victory of her career when star filly Own The Queen looks set to continue her dominance in the… Read More »
Nine-year-old top-level weight-for-age performer Zaaki has been retired from racing after a 48-start career and amassing more than $11 million in prizemoney. Annabel Neasham made the announcement on Friday praising the gelding who she attributes as a catalyst to her own success overall as a trainer. “It is a bittersweet day… Read More »
A chance for redemption after finishing outside of the placings in the Golden Slipper will go be the wayside as talented two-year-old Switzerland will undergo surgery to remove bone chips. Trainer Chris Waller announced on Friday that the valuable Coolmore-owned colt will forgo the remainder of his two-year-old season to remove the… Read More »
With three wins in six starts plus a minor placing on debut, three-year-old Hedged has done just about everything asked of him by co-trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr. The last start track and distance winner takes on his biggest challenge to-date in the $500,000 Listed Sunlight Classic (1100m) at Flemington… Read More »
Boom colt Switzerland will undergo surgery to remove a small chip in his fetlock. Switzerland who finished 8th in the Golden Slipper on the weekend will require surgery before racing again after a post race scan uncovered a chip in the horses fetlock. Trainer Chris Waller announced the news on… Read More »
Legarto is a horse that veteran trainer Ken Kelso says is flying under the radar as the likes of Mr Brightside and Pride Of Jenni dominate the spotlight towards the Australian Cup on Saturday. Not that Kelso minds as the 2023 Group 1 Australian Guineas (1600m) winner returns to Flemington less talked about… Read More »
Despite finishing outside of the placings in the Rosehill Guineas last start, James Cummings is looking for the quick back-up to be a telling difference for Tom Kitten as the colt steps up to the 2400-metres for the first time in the Group 1 Tancred Stakes on Saturday. The three-year-old by sire… Read More »
Co-trainer Robert Price can’t take much credit for selecting Our Gold Hope as a yearling, but he will be happy if she can reward the judgement of her owners in the Vinery Stud Stakes. The filly is raced by the Noble family, who also enjoyed success with two-time Group winner Jamaea,… Read More »
After a two-month hiatus, jockey Luke Nolen is poised for his racing comeback this Friday night. Nolen, a 39-time Group 1 winner, will ride Linas Reel, a 3-year-old gelding trained by Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman, in the Ladbrokes Southside Challenge. His absence stemmed from injuries sustained in a trackwork… Read More »
Chris Waller’s vision to utilise Macedon Lodge as a training facility for a selection of his stayers continues to reap rewards with Tancred Stakes contender More Felons the latest benefactor. Waller acquired boxes at the Victorian property last year and has been using the former base of leviathan owner Lloyd Williams… Read More »
As Easter racing sees Oakbank in the Adelaide Hills take centre stage, trainer Phillip Stokes has consistent South Australian performer Celsius Star hoping to emulate the victory of stablemate Climbing Star last weekend. Celsius Star takes on the Listed Hills Stakes (1100m) on Saturday and has been a notable market mover since… Read More »
Zaaki, the four-time Group 1 winner with over $11 million in prize money, has retired from racing. Annabel Neasham Racing announced the news, thanking Zaaki’s owners. His legacy includes four Group One victories in Australia, including the Doomben Cup, Underwood Stakes, and two Mackinnon Stakes wins. Zaaki, under the guidance… Read More »
Brad Widdup heads to Rosehill with one proven campaigner and two young talents on the rise. A week after talented mare Tintookie suffered a fatal race day injury, trainer Brad Widdup will head back to Rosehill with three stakes runners who he hopes can give his stable a timely boost. Tintookie had… Read More »
Tom Marquand has been involved in some heavyweight match ups during his Sydney autumn carnival visits and the star UK jockey has invariably come out on top. However, the big race scenario he finds himself in for this weekend’s Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) is a little different. Whereas Marquand has previously… Read More »
Grahame Begg is looking forward to seeing Katsu running back on the straight course at Flemington. The Listed Bob Hoysted Handicap (1000m) on Saturday will be Katsu’s second appearance over the straight course having won the Listed Kensington Stakes (1000m) in December. Katsu has been seen only once since, finishing fourth… Read More »
