Favourite Dalasan will have 13 opponents in his bid to win the Group One South Australian Derby at Morphettville. Locally trained by Leon Macdonald and Andrew Gluyas, the colt has drawn barrier nine in Saturday’s 2500m SA Derby in which he will be ridden by Jason Holder. Market 💰: View… Read More »
Sangster Stakes winner Bella Vella is heading for a spell and will miss South Australia’s biggest sprint race, The Goodwood, at Morphettville. Trainer Will Clarken said Bella Vella had pulled up in great order following Saturday’s Group One victory against fillies and mares. “Although the temptation is high to push… Read More »
Group Two-winning sprinter Cosmic Force has joined the list of new season stallion prospects and will stand at Newgate Farm. Trained by Peter and Paul Snowden, the colt won three of his 11 starts including the Pago Pago Stakes at two and the Roman Consul Stakes at three, beating Standout… Read More »
After passing a serious staying test with his narrow defeat in the VRC St Leger, Saint Eustace is on target for a Classic race in Adelaide. Trained in Victoria by Mick Price and Mick Kent jr, Saint Eustace is returning to Adelaide on Saturday to contest the Group One South… Read More »
Adelaide trainer Will Clarken has achieved a milestone first Group One win with bargain-buy Bella Vella who has capped a stunning rise in the Robert Sangster Stakes at Morphettville. Bella Vella was bought online for $22,500 last year and she has won six of her 11 starts since joining Clarken’s… Read More »
Chris Waller has pulled off another Group One training coup with Toffee Tongue breaking her maiden in style in the Australasian Oaks at Morphettville. The filly had been runner-up at her four starts leading into Saturday’s Adelaide feature, twice to Colette in the Adrian Knox Stakes (2000m) and the Australian… Read More »
After going close to winning a Group One in Sydney earlier this year, Xilong has again shown her quality to score a determined win in the Group Two Euclase Stakes at Morphettville. Only 40 minutes after her stablemate Shrouded In Mist led to win the Group Two Queen Of The… Read More »
Trainer Kelly Schweida admitted he might have to aim a little higher in the winter with his smart three-year-old The Odyssey after the gelding’s impressive win at Doomben. The Odyssey ($1.65) was left with only three rivals and gave apprentice Stephanie Thornton a treble for the day with an easy… Read More »
Shrouded In Mist has exceeded her trainer Tony McEvoy’s expectations with an upset front-running win in the Queen Of The South Stakes in Adelaide. McEvoy, who trains in partnership with his son Calvin, admits Shrouded In Mist’s owner had been the one who had been keen for the five-year-old to… Read More »
Trainer Greg Eurell has staying options in mind for Hezafox after the three-year-old landed a betting plunge when successful on a rain-sodden track at Sandown. The winner of only one race previously, a maiden on the synthetic track at Pakenham, Hezafox relished the heavy ground to win the Honouring Victoria… Read More »
A patient ride by Hugh Bowman has helped Rocha Clock land a brilliant come-from-behind win at Randwick and put herself back in the picture for a shot at the Inglis 3YO Guineas. The John O’Shea-trained filly disappointed first-up in stakes grade during the autumn carnival when she was ridden out… Read More »
Dirty Work may have earned his way back to stakes grade sooner rather than later after backing up a recent win on the Kensington track with a dominant performance at Randwick. In August last year, Dirty Work underlined his ability with a Group Three third behind star colt Bivouac while… Read More »
John Thompson was still crafting his skills as a horseman when he first crossed paths with Joe O’Neill. O’Neill was in the early stages of establishing syndication company Prime Thoroughbreds while Thompson had just taken on the role of foreman for trainer Bill Mitchell. More than two decades later Thompson,… Read More »
Hugh Bowman has stopped short of labelling Yonkers a Melbourne Cup horse but if the gelding’s Irish form is anything to go by, that may not be far off the mark. The four-year-old needed all of the 1800 metres of Saturday’s benchmark race to catch Gone Bye and win by… Read More »
Forever Free has capped an unbeaten season as a two-year-old with a first stakes victory in Adelaide. Trained in Melbourne by Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra, Forever Free made it three wins from as many starts with a 1-1/4-length success in Saturday’s Listed Queen Adelaide Stakes (1050m) for two-year-olds at… Read More »
Testing ground has helped Diala to bounce back into winning form with an all-the-way victory at Sandown. The Hawkes Racing-trained filly was successful at Caulfield on soft ground on April 11 before leading at Flemington last week when stepped up to 1400m, fading to finish tenth. Under Dwayne Dunn on… Read More »
Filly Macroura has continued an outstanding two-year-old season for trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace, outpointing a handy field to win the opening race at Randwick. The stable has enjoyed a heady season with its youngsters, winning the Magic Millions Classic with Away Game and stakes races with the likes… Read More »
We take a look at the big bets the online bookmakers have taken on Saturday’s horse racing around the country with most of the big money being placed at Sandown, Randwick and Morphettville. BIG BONUSES 💰: Get the BIGGEST FREE Racing BONUSES here!
Sandown Lakeside will play host to a strong nine race program on Saturday. The weather forecast is for showers, the track is heavy (9) and the rail is out six metres for the entire circuit.
The Kensington track at Randwick is where Sydney metro racing takes place on Saturday. The weather is fine, the track is soft (6) and the rail is out two metres for the entire circuit.
