Leading Brisbane trainer Tony Gollan is looking for Pembrey to run right up to her explosive Silver Shadow Stakes display when she tackles the next leg of the four-race Princess Series at Randwick. The three-year-old was dominant when leading throughout two weeks ago, but with the likes of $5.6 million… Read More »
It’s not often a horse chases back-to-back wins in the same race in successive starts, but that’s the position Headwall finds himself in as he prepares to resume in the Concorde Stakes at Randwick. A brilliant winner of the $1 million sprint 12 months ago, the gelding subsequently suffered a… Read More »
Stakes winner Oh Diamond Lil is “a bit of a weirdo” but having ridden her to her biggest win, jockey Rachel King believes the mare is in the right frame of mind to return to her best in the Mona Lisa Stakes at Wyong. King combined with the David Pfieffer-trained galloper… Read More »
Global superstar Romantic Warrior has been retired, bringing the curtain down on one of the most remarkable international racing careers of the modern era. The Hong Kong Jockey Club confirmed the decision on Wednesday after further veterinary examinations were conducted on the champion’s front leg. Romantic Warrior retires as a… Read More »
The Furious Stakes clash between Rosebud winner Chilly Girl and Silver Shadow Stakes heroine Pembrey is shaping as a tantalising battle as the new-season three-year-old form continues to take shape. Both fillies have laid early spring markers, Chilly Girl lifting to overhaul Blue Door in the Rosebud (1100m), while Pembrey… Read More »
It is getting on four years since Giga Kick and Clayton Douglas were the toast of Australian racing. The pair won The Everest at Randwick in October 2022, and the following autumn picked up the All-Aged Stakes and Doomben 10,000 and in the process Giga Kick was awarded Australian Champion Sprinter honours. Giga Kick was looked… Read More »
Joe Pride will unleash his stable big guns en masse at Randwick with a quartet of Group 1 winners set to go around, headlined by top weight-for-age performer Ceolwulf. The two-time King Charles III Stakes winner will line up in Saturday’s Chelmsford Stakes (1600m), with Headley Grange and Private Eye… Read More »
The Victoria Racing Club has received 101 nominations for the 166th Melbourne Cup, to be run over 3200 metres at Flemington on November 3. While overall entries have fallen from 120 last year, international representation has climbed, with 23 horses nominated from England, Ireland, Japan and the United States. Defending… Read More »
The Victoria Racing Club has received 101 nominations for the 166th running of the Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on November 3. While the overall nomination number is down on recent years, there has been increased interest from international connections with 23 individual horses entered from four countries, England, Ireland, Japan and USA. In 2025, the overall… Read More »
The Tony and Calvin McEvoy stable will roll the dice at a Group1 race against older sprinters when Natural Fling runs at Sandown. It is rare to find a three-year-old, let alone a filly, taking on race hardened sprinter in a 1000m weight-for-age contest. But that is where Natural Fling… Read More »
Chris Waller is hoping to see a bit more from Fangirl and Lindermann in the Group 2 Chelmsford Stakes (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday. The pair contested the Winx Stakes behind stablemate Autumn Glow and finished 10th and 9th respectively, and while Waller was happy enough to excuse their runs… Read More »
There was a time earlier this year when Chris Waller was preparing to farewell classy sprinting mare Generosity, but this Saturday she will start another campaign for the champion trainer. The six-year-old resumes in the $750,000 Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m) at Sandown. Generosity was entered for Inglis’s Chairman’s Sale… Read More »
Racing over 1000 metres is not exactly new territory for Tempted, but the star mare will do it for the first time in a while this weekend. The Ciaron Maher-trained four-year-old will resume in the $1 million Group 2 Concorde Stakes at Randwick, which will be just her second start… Read More »
There is no shortage of options for Australia’s best short-course horses this weekend and Sydney trainer Matthew Smith is keen to take advantage of that with his best two 1000-metre horses. Headwall will get the chance to defend his Concorde Stakes crown at Randwick, while Smith’s preference is to send… Read More »
Trainer Gavin Bedggood is likely to concentrate on a weight-for-age path with Kingswood after the entire scored a first-up win at Caulfield. Kingswood led home a one-two finish for Bedggood in the Listed Heatherlie Stakes (1700m) on Saturday and the trainer is eyeing the Caulfield Cup with the victor. Overcoming the widest draw, John Allen was able to… Read More »
Golden Slipper hero Guest House smashed a 35-year hoodoo and broke a track record that has stood for nearly two decades in a sensational return to racing at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. Guest House and jockey Zac Lloyd bravely forced their way through the narrowest of gaps near the inside… Read More »
Plagiarism broke his maiden in style when he ran his rivals ragged to win the Group 3 $250,000 Up And Coming Stakes (1300m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. The win didn’t surprise co-trainer Adrian Bott, who has always felt Plagiarism had the ability, but having the horse gelded after his… Read More »
Warrnambool-trained Oliveanotherday did his hopes of gaining a start in The Everest the world of good with an excellent audition at Caulfield. Successful in the Listed Wangoom Handicap during the Warrnambool May Carnival, Oliveanotherday returned off a break to claim the Group 3 Heath 1100 on Saturday. Sent out the… Read More »
Aethelwulf, ridden almost arrogantly by star jockey Zac Lloyd, toyed with his opposition to win the Merrylands RSL Handicap (2000m). Aethelwulf has won four of his five starts this campaign, all by big margins â he won a Newcastle maiden by more than five lengths when resuming, while at his… Read More »
Deakin is set to begin his quest for Caulfield Cup glory when he runs first-up at Caulfield on Saturday. With the Melbourne Cup off the table for the French-bred stayer, trainer Phillip and Tommy Stokes are one-eyed in their preparation with Deakin. The Listed Heatherlie Stakes (1700m) on Saturday leads to the… Read More »
