While three-year-olds have a good record in the Cox Plate, winners of the Caulfield Guineas have not fared that well in recent years. If successful in the Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m) at The Valley on Saturday, Godolphin colt Anamoe will become the first since Red Anchor in 1984 to win the Caulfield Guineas –… Read More »
A change of headgear and a change of tactics has seen New Zealand three-year-old Tutukaka run out a strong winner of the Listed Geelong Classic. The Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) at Flemington on October 30 is the next target for Tutukaka following his win over 2200m on Wednesday. After a last start fifth in the… Read More »
A week after claiming the Kosciuszko on Art Cadeau and coming within millimetres of winning The Everest aboard Masked Crusader, Tommy Berry is brimming with confidence that he can add to his feature race haul at Randwick. While the likes of James Mcdonald and Hugh Bowman have chosen to quarantine… Read More »
She’s a $100,000 yearling purchase who has earned more than $2.3 million in prize money to date, but Brad Widdup’s Icebath could have amassed plenty more if a couple of results had gone her way. The Sacred Falls mare narrowly went down to Godolphin’s Colette in last year’s Golden Eagle… Read More »
As a relative newcomer to training ranks, Annabel Neasham is the only person to have multiple runners in Australasia’s weight-for-age championship, the Cox Plate. Neasham has been training for 14 months having run the Sydney stable for Ciaron Maher and David Eustace and will saddle Zaaki and Mo’unga in Saturday’s Group 1 Cox Plate… Read More »
Fresh off claiming The Everest aboard Nature Strip, James Mcdonald has now switched his attention to winning the Cox Plate with Zaaki. McDonald arrived in Melbourne on Sunday and is currently undergoing six-days quarantine before he can ride at The Valley on Saturday. He also needs to provide two clear COVID tests before… Read More »
Trainer Chris Waller is seeing the right signs to suggest Verry Elleegant can rebound from her uncharacteristic Turnbull Stakes flop and give the Cox Plate a shake. The glamour mare finished a well-beaten fourth to Saturday’s brilliant Caulfield Cup winner Incentivise in the Turnbull Stakes last start when she started favourite. Waller said… Read More »
Australia’s leading bookmaker the TAB gives an overview of today’s betting markets from the feature races and race meetings from around the country. See which races punters cleaned up on and lost on. FUTURES GOLDEN EAGLE Never Talk $101-$51  COX PLATE Incentivise $9-$6 (after winning Caulfield Cup)  CLASSIQUE LEGEND… Read More »
Kerry Parker isn’t sure Think It Over can get any better, but he admits the gelding probably doesn’t need to. The six-year-old posted his third win from his past four starts with a dominant display in Saturday’s Craven Plate (2000m) at Randwick to put himself in line for a rich bonus if… Read More »
James Mcdonald admitted the Randwick straight had never seemed so long after Nature Strip clung to victory in the $15 million The Everest to confirm his ranking as the world’s best sprinter. The multiple Group 1 winner had failed in two previous attempts at the 1200m race but it was his day… Read More »
Big Parade has landed the most significant win of his career and convinced trainer Mark Newnham he is a more complete racehorse with his Group 3 Sydney Stakes victory. At times unreliable earlier in his career, Big Parade has been a different horse since being gelded and with three wins from four starts… Read More »
One-time Caulfield Cup hope Colette has come back from a foot complaint to record a comfortable win at Caulfield. After missing work and two races on the way to a potential Caulfield Cup start, Godolphin and trainer James Cummings elected instead to start Colette in the Group 2 Tristarc Stakes (1400m) on Saturday. It was Colette’s class that shown… Read More »
Trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr look to have a strong hand in both of the three-year-old classics at Flemington after the win of Gunstock at Caulfield. A race after Daisies won the Group 3 Ethereal Stakes (2000m) on Saturday, Gunstock took out the Group 3 Neds Classic over the same trip. Daisies booked her spot for the Group 1 Kennedy Oaks (2500m)… Read More »
Daisies will head straight into the Group 1 Kennedy Oaks after breaking through for her maiden victory at Caulfield. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr – trained filly took out the Group 3 Ethereal Stakes (2000m) on Saturday to book her place in the VRC Kennedy Oaks over 2500m at Flemington on… Read More »
Defending Cox Plate champion Sir Dragonet has been euthanised after breaking down at The Valley. Sir Dragonet has been euthanised after breaking down in a track gallop at The Valley in preparation for the 2021 Cox Plate. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained galloper was preparing to defend his title… Read More »
We take a look at the Best Free Daily Horse Racing Offers from Australia’s leading online bookmakers from around the country with the main meetings at Caulfield, Randwick and Eagle Farm. Make sure you get more bang for your buck this weekend by using the racing offers below. BIG BONUSES … Read More »
James McDonald anticipates The Everest being fought out by the seasoned campaigners and has narrowed it down to a race in three. Sydney’s champion hoop believes his mount Nature Strip, along with arch-rival Eduardo and last year’s third placegetter Gytrash, hold the aces in Saturday’s $15 million sprint. “They’re the… Read More »
An Australian Racing rule change in 2017 that only affects the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups has made life a little tougher for a number of jockeys in this year’s Caulfield Cup. Prior to 2017 a 57kg minimum topweight for all Group 1 handicap races was required, but Principal Racing Authorities in each state had flexibility as to whether they raised weights at acceptance time. Racing… Read More »
Ciaron Maher says Incentivise is the horse to beat in the Caulfield Cup despite the long-time favourite for the Group 1 race drawing the extreme outside barrier. Maher, who trains in partnership with David Eustace, will start Explosive Jack and Persan in Saturday’s race that carries prize money of $5 million at Caulfield. Incentivise, who is unbeaten in two runs for… Read More »
Yearning has followed in the footsteps of her mother by winning a Group 1 race during her three-year-old season. New Zealand-bred Rising Romance won the Australian Oaks (2400m) at Randwick and seven-and-a-half years later her daughter, by Snitzel, has taken out the Thousand Guineas (1600m) at Caulfield on Wednesday. Under the guidance of… Read More »
