Fresh from his fairytale finish at his last Royal Ascot meeting, Frankie Dettori has confirmed he will have one final crack at winning the Melbourne Cup. The legendary Italian jockey, who announced at the start of the year that 2023 would be his last after 35 years in the saddle, will… Read More »
This time last week Matthew Sayers was confident he had a horse who might start favourite in the $175,000 Listed Taj Rossi Series Final at Flemington. Bolted In, the most exciting horse in Sayers’ Murray Bridge stable, had finished third behind Steparty and Blazing Harry at Flemington and with those two thought… Read More »
Every Winter, the Listed VRC-CRV Winter Championship Final (1600m) is a great race on a big day of Finals racing at Flemington. It will be a task to even make the field with all the nominations including the likes of King Magnus, Unusual Culture and the venerable So Si Bon back once… Read More »
Ben Pearce expects further improvement and believes the best is yet to come from Fear The Wind after the gelding’s winning spree continued at Belmont. A son 2013 Melbourne Cup champion, Fiorente, Fear The Wind ended his winter campaign on a winning high in the Rogan Josh Stakes (2200m) on Saturday…. Read More »
The G3 Winx Guineas (1600m) for the 3yos contains some in form younger horses like Grebeni ($4.80), Robusto ($8) and Flashing Steel ($12) all in good touch plus the very interesting runner becomes City Of Lights ($26) who is half-sister to horse that the race is named after. Stayers will go around in the… Read More »
Matthew Hoysted is doing his best to get Saturday’s Tattersall’s Tiara out of his head and the Eagle Farm trainer is pleased that he has feature racing to focus on this weekend. This Saturday’s Winx Guineas does not boast the purse or status of last Saturday’s final Group 1 of the… Read More »
Equinox, the world’s highest-ranked racehorse, lived up to his reputation by delivering a stunning performance in the Group 1 Takarazuka Kinen at Hanshin. Despite starting near the rear of the field, Equinox, ridden by Christoph Lemaire, made a sweeping move around the outside and powered home to victory. Moonee Valley… Read More »
Trainers Robbie Griffiths and Mathew de Kock are not concerned that King Magnus missed a start in the final heat of the VRC-CRV Winter Championship Series. A bad blood picture taken days before the final heat of the series at Flemington on June 17 forced King Magnus to miss the event after earlier… Read More »
The autumn didn’t go to plan for Buenos Noches, but trainer Matthew Smith is hoping the talented sprinter can make up for lost time this spring. The colt was among the best of his age group during last year’s Melbourne carnival, just missing to subsequent Everest winner Giga Kick in the Danehill… Read More »
Former Group 1-winning jockey Peter Mertens has sadly passed away at the age of 58 after a battle with illness. Mertens enjoyed an illustrious 35-year career, amassing over 2,100 wins, including seven Group 1 victories in Victoria and South Australia. Notable among his triumphs were the 1999 Futurity Stakes and… Read More »
Racing NSW and the Australian Turf Club today announced further exciting enhancements to Australia’s richest racing Carnival – the Sydney Everest Carnival. The inaugural King Charles III Stakes carrying prizemoney of $5million will be run on Saturday 14 October 2023 at Royal Randwick alongside The TAB Everest. The King Charles… Read More »
The Australian sprinting contingent at Royal Ascot has bounced back with Artorius and The Astrologist finishing fourth and fifth respectively in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes on the final day of 2023 carnival. After Coolangatta and Cannonball made minimal impression on Tuesday in the Kings’ Stand Stakes,… Read More »
Royal Ascot for 2023 wraps up tonight, headlined by the QEll Jubilee Stakes (1207m), with Australian hope Artorius the one to beat on paper. 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… Read More »
Danny Beasley has wound back the clock to land a winning double at Randwick, highlighted by his plundering of the Listed Civic Stakes aboard the Kris Lees-trained Ucalledit. One of Sydney’s leading jockeys during the early and mid-2000s, Beasley won some of Australia’s biggest races including the 2003 Golden Slipper on… Read More »
Palaisipan has added to her value as a broodmare after taking out the final Group 1 race of the season at Eagle Farm. The Tattersall’s Tiara (1400m) on Saturday is for fillies and mares and boasted a large field as owners and trainers chase late Group 1 glory. Ridden by Kyle Wilson-Taylor, Palaisipan ($14) scored by a half-length from Roots… Read More »
It has taken patience and perseverance to get Super Strike back near his best, but the wait has been worthwhile with the horse finally breaking a two-and-a-half-year winning drought at Randwick. Super Strike was sidelined after he suffered a hamstring injury following his Group 3 victory at Trentham in January 2021,… Read More »
First there was a Flemington winner and then came his maiden winner at Caulfield, all of which has helped Perth apprentice Luke Campbell get over his home sickness. Campbell is on a three-month loan to Ciaron Maher and David Eustace and wants to see how the next couple of months play out before making his next move. The apprentice will need to… Read More »
John Sargent is keen to see more long-distance races programmed in Sydney and preferably over two miles after taking out a shortened version of the Stayer’s Cup with Outlandos. The winter staple was held over 3200m at Rosehill until two years ago when it was shifted to Randwick and reduced to… Read More »
If it was not for a growth on her throat, co-trainer Mick Price says Outback Miss would be headed for ‘Black Type’ company. Outback Miss made it two wins from as many starts when she took out The McCafe Handicap (1000m) at Caulfield on Saturday. Sent out the $3.40 favourite under Blake Shinn, Outback Miss… Read More »
Dermot Weld’s disappointment when Tahiyra was beaten in the 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket was palpable. He mentioned several possible reasons for the defeat but you felt that he’d very much expected her to win. Since then his faith has been entirely vindicated and at Ascot today the filly showed she… Read More »
