David Eustace hopes a return to racing at The Valley will lead to Loving Gaby recording an overdue autumn Group One victory. Loving Gaby runs in Melbourne’s final Group One race of the season, the William Reid Stakes (1200m) on Friday night. The three-year-old filly has recorded Group One placings… Read More »
Lindsay Park trainer David Hayes insists Personal is the forgotten horse leading into the Golden Slipper at Rosehill. Hayes has compared Personal, who will be lining up for her fourth start in Saturday’s $3.5 million Golden Slipper, with 2006 Slipper winner Miss Finland. Personal is going to the world’s richest… Read More »
Grant Williams has had his journey from West Australia made complete with a one-two finish in the second running of the All-Star Mile at Caulfield. A week after the deflating defeat of Regal Power in the Australian Cup at Flemington, Williams, who trains in partnership with his wife Alana, rebounded… Read More »
James McDonald has starred on a soggy Coolmore Classic day at Rosehill booting home five winners, four of them at stakes level. However, it was a ride he did not win on that he came to the races most confident about. McDonald had been upbeat about the prospects of Coolmore… Read More »
Imaging has thrown off any effects from a brutal last-start scrimmage to earn his place in the Doncaster Mile with victory in the Ajax Stakes at Rosehill. The former Irish horse’s introduction to Australian racing was a brawl with Cascadian in the Liverpool City Cup two weeks ago which resulted… Read More »
Trainer Levi Kavanagh’s plan to target the lucrative Inglis Dash with Excess Funds has been rewarded at Caulfield with the three-year-old racing to a convincing victory in the $500,000 race. Gelded after his spring preparation last year, Excess Funds returned from a spell with a win at Flemington last month… Read More »
Imported mare Con Te Partiro has relished a rain-affected track to win the Group One Coolmore Classic at Rosehill. Trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, Con Te Partiro camped in the first half of the field and reached the front before holding in resolute style in the $600,00 race…. Read More »
Ciaron Maher could have up to five Golden Slipper runners after Prague booked one of the final places with a return to form in the Pago Pago Stakes at Rosehill. English jockey Tom Marquand flew into Sydney on Friday night to renew his association with the Aquis Farm-owned colt, the… 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 Caulfield, Rosehill and the Gold Coast. Have Your Say 🗣: Which BIG BETS will be winning? Leave a comment below.
The second edition of the All Star Mile heads to Caulfield and the $5 Million contest is the clear highlight on a nine race card at the Heath on Saturday. The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is out six metres for the entire circuit…. Read More »
The Golden Slipper Carnival kicks off at Rosehill this Saturday with a bumper nine race card, headlined by the Group l Coolmore Classic (1500m). The weather is fine, the track is soft (5) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit. Coolmore Classic 🏆: View the… Read More »
$5m All Star Mile favourite Alligator Blood will line-up in Saturday’s feature race at Caulfield after the MRC allocated the horses owners and connections a private function room on course. Alligator Bloods connections considered scratching their horse from the $5m All Star Mile field after the MRC announced that owners… Read More »
The Caulfield meeting featuring the $5 million All-Star Mile will go ahead without on-course spectators. The Melbourne Racing Club says only people essential to the operations of Saturday’s All Star Mile race meeting will be admitted to the course. “The Melbourne Racing Club is taking considered action to ensure the… Read More »
While Alligator Blood’s star continues to rise with every win, his trainer David Vandyke feels a lot of the pressure is off heading into the $5 million All-Star Mile. Alligator Blood has won 10 of his 11 starts, including his past five highlighted by his first Group One success in… Read More »
Trainers and jockeys have applauded a Racing Victoria initiative to ease the burden on key industry figures. RV will trial in the next two seasons a race and trial-free week during July, no race meeting on Christmas Eve while an earlier finishing time for night meetings will start next month…. Read More »
Melbourne Cup placegetter Il Paradiso will not race again this year after suffering a tendon strain. Trainer Chris Waller advised Racing NSW stewards on Wednesday that the horse had been spelled and would take no part in the Sydney autumn carnival, or the spring in Melbourne. The injury was described… Read More »
Lindsay Park will wait until race morning before deciding if Ready For Caviar will make her debut at Caulfield. Ready For Caviar is the fourth foal of unbeaten champion Black Caviar and the third of her progeny to make it to the races. The two-year-old, by More Than Ready, is… Read More »
Sydney trainer Matthew Smith has taken Fierce Impact away from his temporary home at Caulfield for a solid work-out at Sandown ahead of the All-Star Mile. Smith said Fierce Impact needed a change of scenery to switch him on and blow away the cobwebs ahead of Saturday’s second running of… Read More »
THE second edition of the All-Star Mile takes place at Caulfield this Saturday and Alligator Blood is the $2.70 favourite at TAB following the confirmation of the field and this morning’s barrier draw. Alligator Blood won both starts at Flemington last month with the narrow C.S. Hayes Stakes win over… Read More »
New Zealand jockey Opie Bosson will not be disappointed if the predicted rain falls ahead of Melody Belle’s bid for the All-Star Mile at Caulfield. Rain is forecast on Friday, the day before the second running of the $5 million All Star Mile and Melody Belle has previously shown she… Read More »
