The middle of winter is not generally a launching pad to Coolmore Stud Stakes glory, but the Lindsay Park training team hopes it will be for Hard Kick. The untapped gelding is on the cusp of kicking off a campaign that will be directed towards the prized $2 million Group… Read More »
Trainer Gratz Vella has determined Music Time will be aimed at The Kosciuszko against older sprinters rather than the Golden Rose for three-year-olds during the Sydney spring carnival. Vella said the appeal of The Kosciuszko for a country trainer was irresistible and feels the Golden Slipper placegetter will be better… Read More »
Aidan O’Brien landed his fourth successive Coral-Eclipse winner – and his tenth winner of the race overall – when Constitution River comprehensively outgunned his rivals to score by a three-length margin in a display which has experts wondering where his ceiling might be. The three-year-old son of Wootton Bassett won… Read More »
It wasn’t the result that trainer Henry Dwyer and the connections of Asfoora would have anticipated. In fact, Asfoora’s last-place finish in the Group 3 Coral Charge at Sandown, in which she jumped as the 9-4 favourite and finished 8.50 lengths behind the winner, is likely to have them rethinking… Read More »
It’s usual lofty standards, Tulloch Lodge has had a light two-year-old season, but their main stable rider, Tim Clark, predicts the current crop will make up for lost time at three. Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott have produced 14 juvenile winners from 92 starters during the 2025-26 racing term compared… Read More »
Things are about to get serious for Sheza Alibi. The boom filly is nearing the end of her time in the Queensland sun and will soon resume her place at the Pakenham stable trainer Peter Moody operates in partnership with Katherine Coleman. The daughter of Saxon Warrior headed north not… Read More »
The training partnership of Grant and Alana Williams added the 2026 Belmont Oaks to their long list of feature race successes when Ladies Pro (the $2.20 race favourite) saluted in comfortable fashion under Willie Pike, beating Pony Up and A Summer Fling, who both started at double-figure odds, into second… Read More »
The Michael Grantham-trained Westbound, the $2.05 race favourite, turned the Listed Aquanita Stakes at Belmont into a victory procession as the three-year-old son of Toronado had the 2000m contest well and truly won long before he crossed the finish line. Westbound had scored back-to-back wins in April and May over… Read More »
Cellarmaster ($5.50) edged out Platinum Pantheon ($6.50) in a thrilling finish with Rustemo ($8.50) just over a length away third. Cellarmaster returned a winning dividend at $5.50 according to leading betting sites with sign up bonus, while race favourite Within The Law ($2.60) failed to fire after attracting the bulk… Read More »
Unheralded mare Arabian Rose has delivered Sunshine Coast trainer James Healy his first stakes win with a hometown victory in the Listed Glasshouse Handicap at Caloundra. The mare was made third emergency when the final field was declared, and Healy endured an anxious wait before Arabian Rose squeezed into the… Read More »
Luke Cartwright celebrated a career milestone when he teamed with Wise Inlaw to claim Saturday’s $175,000 A R Creswick Stakes (1200m) at Flemington. Victoria’s leading metropolitan apprentice notched his first Stakes success when he guided the Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman-trained gelding to victory in the Listed event. It was… Read More »
Trainer Bjorn Baker revealed he is likely to bypass the Grafton Cup later this month to set Thebudgiesmugla for the spring carnival and will consider targeting the Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup double. All this from a five-year-old gelding who came from New Zealand with initial concerns he might be… Read More »
Feet problems have plagued General Salute throughout his career, but the horse has put his best hoof forward at Rosehill to land an overdue win in the Listed Winter Stakes. Co-trainer Gerald Ryan revealed the five-year-old had suffered issues almost from birth and spent a year on the sidelines following… Read More »
The Mick Van Gestel-trained Dark Glitter, ridden by apprentice Anna Roper, scored her first win in 494 days when she finished brilliantly to win the Ranvet Handicap (1200m). This came on the same program as General Salute had 458 days between wins before his Winter Stakes success, Polyglot snapped a… Read More »
The form guide certainly didn’t read positively for Detonator Jack’s chances in the VRC-CRV Winter Championship Series Final but a combination of factors saw the seven-year-old find his best. Winless in 952 days prior, Detonator Jack failed to beat a runner home the start prior in the David Bourke Handicap… Read More »
Atoning for a luckless last-start defeat, Hello Captain has stretched his record to four wins from six starts at Rosehill, and if he can stretch in distance, trainer Chris Waller says the sky is the limit. The three-year-old scored over 1300m in Saturday’s Find Your Stakes Winner @ The Chase… Read More »
The advantages of the Hawkes family’s dual-state operation was on show at Saturday’s Finals Day meeting at Flemington, where the father-and-sons training team won the $175,000 Taj Rossi Series Final with Marwooba. The John, Wayne and Michael Hawkes-trained son of Wootton Bassett bounced off a win at Rosehill on June… Read More »
Boom colt Omolong is likely to be aimed at the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes during the Melbourne spring carnival after maintaining his unbeaten record with another stylish win at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. Omolong unleashed a powerful finishing surge to score his second win from as many starts in… Read More »
Apprentice Izzy Neale landed her first City win at Rosehill aboard the Brett Robb-trained It’s A Tata in a Highway Handicap over 1200m. This win was also notable for the fact that it was It’s A Tata’s fourth successive victory … at a fair step up in competition … after… Read More »
Retired international riding great Frankie Dettori remains in hospital after suffering multiple injuries in a serious car accident near Newmarket on Wednesday evening. The 55-year-old sustained several broken ribs and a fractured thumb after another vehicle struck the rear passenger side of his car, causing it to spin before overturning,… Read More »
