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 »
Sky Racing presenter Chynna Marston and her fiance, Alex Kean, have been hit with multiple charges alleging mistreatment of thoroughbred racehorses under their care. The charges, issued by Racing NSW stewards, have raised serious concerns about equine welfare. The allegations against Marston and Kean have prompted Racing NSW stewards to… Read More »
Ascot trainer Trevor Andrews says A Lot Of Good Men can kick off his winter campaign in style by making a winning return at Belmont on Saturday. The classy A Lot colt is the most favoured of the 10 horses lining up to take out the Juicebox-Campaign Brief Digital Agency… Read More »
Royal Ascot 2023 continues this Friday night, headlined by Commonwealth Cup (1207m), where all eyes will be on top class three year old Little Big Bear. Watch đź“ş – Watch the Royal Ascot races live at swiftbet Commonwealth Cup 🏆: View the Field and Odds for the Commonwealth Cup Coronation… Read More »
Trainer Gavin Bedggood says Spring Eagle has not been afforded the ideal preparation leading into his city debut at Caulfield. A debut winner at Sale last month, Spring Eagle missed a run at Sandown a fortnight ago while he was forced to miss a jump-out at Cranbourne during the week. But Bedggood says Spring… Read More »
Palaisipan, Ruthless Dame and Chain Of Lightning, who finished fourth, fifth and sixth respectively in the Stradbroke, will all take up another Group 1 challenge in the Tatts Tiara at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Only a little over a quarter of a length separated these three runners in the Stradbroke… Read More »
The talents of emerging apprentice Wiremu Pinn, whose name has been front and centre in headlines in reports covering the controversial, incorrect allocation of his weight claim by racing authorities when he moved across from New Zealand to Victoria … a mistake made through absolutely no fault of his own… Read More »
Trainer Clayton Douglas is banking on a drop in weight and some slightly firmer footing being advantageous for Epic Centre at Caulfield. Epic Centre will be chasing a third win from his past four starts when he heads out for the Take It To The Neds Level Handicap (1000m) on Saturday. The three-year-old scored successive wins at Seymour and Sale before lumping 59.5kg when a narrow… Read More »
He has won two of the past three renewals of the Tattersall’s Tiara but Jason Collett won’t be adding to that record this year, the top jockey instead staying closer to home to chase a first Civic Stakes success. After breaking through for his maiden Group 1 win aboard Invincibella in… Read More »
