A final field of 19 was declared for the straight track sprint Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes with the decision made to accept with Overpass after his game third to Mission Central in the King Charles III Stakes on day one of Royal Ascot. Overpass has come through Tuesday’s race… Read More »
The Prince of Wales’s Stakes 12 months ago was the race where Ombudsman staked his claim to a position within the elite of the 10-furlong division. His performance in winning the 2026 edition, leaving the 2025 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner and runner-up trailing in his wake, was arguably… Read More »
Morphettville trainer Paula Trenwith will look to build on her most successful season when she saddles up to four runners on her home track. Trenwith has just six horses in work at Morphettville and could potentially have two-thirds of her team in action on Saturday. Six of Trenwith’s tally of… Read More »
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The Racing NSW Appeal Panel has reduced the disqualification imposed on Brian Carey from 16 months to 13 months following an appeal relating to the starvation death of former racehorse City Limits. Carey, a 64-year-old licensed stablehand, transported the former Kembla Grange-trained gelding to his property at Maryborough in Victoria… Read More »
The William Kropp trained Prince Levi is in line to give his young trainer an important black-type victory when he steps out in the Listed Ipswich Cup over 2150m on Saturday. That 2150m race distance is a positive point of focus for the son of Casino Prince. Prince Levi’s two… Read More »
Whether Shangri La Impact ever gets back to Stakes grade remains to be seen, but Tom Charlton is confident he has found the right race for her to continue her progression at Randwick this Saturday. The daughter of Staphanos will contest the $160,000 B&J Guttering & Metal Roofing BM72 Handicap… Read More »
The Listed Belmont Guineas on Saturday sets up as another highly competitive contest with the first six finishers in the Listed Raconteur Stakes two weeks ago … who were only separated by a two length margin in that Listed race which was contested over 1400m … all getting ready to… Read More »
Trainers John Symons and Sheila Laxon will need to cool their jets a little longer as they wait for Nihancan to stretch out in trip. The final of the Mahogany Challenge Series (2500m) at Flemington on July 4 is the race Nihancan has been set for, but first the colt… Read More »
Drawing barrier ten from the Ipswich 2150-metre start may not be ideal but Lindsay Gough will rely on Robbie Dolan’s experience bigger Cups to see Cavalry Man successful on Saturday. That ‘bigger’ Cup being the Melbourne Cup but as far as Ipswich is concerned let alone the rest of racing… Read More »
The prospect of a heavy track at Flemington has swayed Michael Kent Jnr to steer Bustling’s racing comeback tour to Sydney on Saturday. The former Perth galloper is third-up this time in after a time away that spanned more than 18 months away from the racetrack. Now a four-year-old, Bustling… Read More »
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 »
