View the Final Field and Barriers for the 2022 Godolphin Mile. The Godolphin Mile be run on Saturday March 26th at Meydan racecourse. Time: 11:20pm AEDT Distance: 1609m Class: Group 2 Market đź’°: View the Odds for the Godolphin Mile Have Your Say: Who do you think will win the… Read More »
View the Final Field and Barriers for the 2022 Dubai Golden Shaheen. The Dubai Golden Shaheen be run on Saturday March 26th at Meydan racecourse. Time: 1:45am AEDT Distance: 1207m Class: Group 1 Market đź’°: View the Odds for the Dubai Golden Shaheen Have Your Say: Who do you think… Read More »
As he begins a new chapter in his training career, Hugo Palmer is planning to give Dubawi Legend a racecourse gallop before heading straight to the Qipco 2000 Guineas. The 41-year-old recently moved from his Kremlin House Stables in Newmarket to become a salaried trainer for ex-footballer Michael Owen at… Read More »
Chris Waller trained mare September Run hadn’t won a race since her sparkling three-year-old campaign, which included the Coolmore Stud Stakes but was back to her best at Moonee Valley, winning the Group 1 William Reid Stakes in fine fashion. Settling midfield under jockey Craig Williams, the mare relished a… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott trained mare Shout The Bar led all the way at Moonee Valley on Friday night to take out the Group 2 Sunline Stakes. 5YO mare Shout The Bar, trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott has notched up her fifth career win and her third at… Read More »
With attention turning to a celebration of the fact that it had been thirty years since the first race under lights at Toowoomba, on Friday night at the track, many were reflecting on the changing times since that ground-breaking 1992 edition of the Toowoomba Cup … on just how much… Read More »
Trainer Russell Stewart has declared Swear To God a better horse than stablemate Street Parade, ahead of his debut in tomorrow’s Amelia Park Plate (1000m) at Ascot. The colt enters tomorrow’s event off the back three trials, the last of them a stylish 1000m trial win at Belmont earlier this… Read More »
Locked in a familiar battle for Hong Kong jockeys’ championship supremacy with Joao Moreira, Zac Purton is optimistic Beauty Joy and Oriental Smoke can continue the Australian’s charge towards a fifth title at Sha Tin on Sunday (27 March). Leading Moreira 94-90, Purton has nine rides across the 10-race card… Read More »
The G1 Takamatsunomiya Kinen (1200m), Japan’s first big sprint of the year, highlights Chukyo’s second meeting of 2022 on Sunday (27 March). Short on Group 1 winners, the field is dominated by five-year-old Resistencia, who towers above the other expected 17 contenders as she continues to capture headlines leading into… Read More »
The Anthony and Sam Freedman stable is hoping for some better luck with La Mexicana who kicks off her latest campaign which is ultimately aimed at a Group 1 contest. La Mexicana contests the Listed Hareeba Stakes (1200m) at Mornington on Saturday with grand plans of tackling the Group 1 Sangster Stakes… Read More »
There is always a temptation to compare horses from different generations, but Kerry Parker says two of the most talented staying fillies he has trained are chalk and cheese. Parker will saddle up Hope In Your Heart in the Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill on Saturday, a decade after… Read More »
It’s now thirty years ago that the Toowoomba Turf Club etched its place in Australian racing history by hosting the first race run under lights in the country … and that prestigious achievement will be one of the points of celebration at the Toowoomba meeting tonight. The first race under… Read More »
Bjorn Baker is banking on a rain-affected track and low barrier draw helping She’s Ideel to go one better than her second to Sir Dragonet in last year’s $1.5 million Tancred Stakes. The mare finished 2-1/4 lengths astern of the winner on a good surface in the corresponding race 12… Read More »
Yaki Ishi will attempt to give Robbie Griffiths and Mathew de Kock a third win in the Mornington Sires. If early betting on the Cleanaway Sustainability Sires is any indication, six of the eight runners will be racing to fill third place on Saturday. Yaki Ishi and Do It La… Read More »
Craig Williams will get to have his first sit on Crystal Pegasus when he partners the stayer in the Mornington Cup. While he is yet to ride the Chris Waller-trained import, he gets the feeling from what he has seen of the gelding that he may have a bright future…. Read More »
Scratched from the Galaxy due to a wide gate, Splintex has drawn to get the favours at Rosehill. Splintex doesn’t win out of turn, but the stars might be aligning for the sprinter to produce another peak performance at Rosehill on Saturday. The five-year-old was scratched from the Group 1 Galaxy… Read More »
Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young will saddle a trio of their large contingent of three-year-olds in the Mornington Guineas. Blushing Tycoon,Zerelle and Commander Harry will line up in the $150,000 race over 1600m for three-year-olds on Saturday. Blushing Tycoon only has the one win from 11 starts but did show promise in stakes company during the… Read More »
Twelve months ago, Australian Derby winner Explosive Jack took an unorthodox route to the blue riband via the Tasmanian Derby and James Cummings is hoping filly Honeycreeper can achieve something similar. Like Explosive Jack, the Australian Oaks hopeful has done her recent racing interstate and heads to Saturday’s Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m)… Read More »
Like a lot of connections with purchases made overseas, the new owners of former Irish galloper Dadoozdart would have had big dreams when he made his Australian debut. Melbourne Cups, Caulfield Cups and the like would have been high on their list, but after more than two years in Australia Dadoozdart is yet to… Read More »
Money From The Sky is the biggest thoroughbred Mark Newnham has trained and the astute horseman won’t be surprised to see the three-year-old reach similarly great heights on the racetrack. The untapped talent has been a work in progress, mainly due to his size, but he finally put it all together with… Read More »
