Premier Melbourne jockey Craig Williams has won a sixth Scobie Breasley medal for riding excellence. Williams made a late charge in the premiership battle with apprentice Beau Mertens and his consistency throughout the 2016/17 season won him the award named for the late champion rider. The voting for the Scobie… Read More »
Comparisons to Winx are premature but Egg Tart is ready to step out in a spring preparation that mirrors that of her illustrious stablemate two years ago. As he often does with Winx, trainer Chris Waller took Egg Tart to Randwick on Saturday for a raceday gallop, a week out… Read More »
Her trainer admits he was worried and her jockey has had a few anxious moments but Winx has remained cool under pressure to record her 19th-straight win. Josh Parr on Red Excitement ($26) took the bull by the horns and cleared out to a lead of about 10 lengths in… Read More »
Pat Webster and Josh Adams have applauded each other after Happy Clapper made a stylish return to racing in the Tramway Stakes at Randwick. While the seven-year-old gelding’s strong finish, which earned a ballot exemption for the Group One Epsom Handicap (1600m) later this month, drew plaudits, his trainer and… Read More »
Hell Or Highwater has completed a winning hat-trick but more importantly collected a stakes race victory at Caulfield. The Lindsay Park-trained five-year-old was successful at Flemington and Caulfield before Saturday’s win in the Listed Heatherlie Stakes over 1700m. Ridden by Dean Yendall, Hell Or Highwater started the $4.80 favourite in… Read More »
Former West Australian sprinter Vega Magic has taken out the first Group One race of the Australian season with an all-the-way victory in the $1 million Memsie Stakes at Caulfield. The five-year-old gelding, ridden by Craig Williams, took up the running in the 1400m weight-for-age race on Saturday and gave… Read More »
Champion trainer Darren Weir admits he didn’t think Voodoo Lad was ready to win first-up at Caulfield. Trained out of his Warrnambool base, Weir saw Voodoo Lad at Ballarat on Monday morning for a track gallop ahead of Saturday The Heath over 1100m. To Weir’s eye Voodoo Lad was big… Read More »
Formality will target the Group One Golden Rose rather than The Everest after the classy filly claimed another black-type win by a narrow margin at Randwick. A fortnight after she scored the Silver Shadow Stakes by a long head from one of Saturday’s rivals Alizee, the Lindsay Park-trained three-year-old again… Read More »
A return to a firmer surface has helped Savanna Amour bounce back from a first-up failure to record a narrow victory in the Group Three Stakes at Caulfield. The John Meagher-trained mare won the Group Two Angus Armanasco Stakes and Group Three Gold Coast Guineas during her autumn preparation. The… Read More »
Tough mare My Dimantine is in line to give her trainer Brian Smith another Newcastle Cup win after returning to the winners circle from a two years drought on Saturday. My Dimantine ($10) was having her first start since finishing second in the Queensland Cup over 3200m on July 15… Read More »
Group One-winning sprinter Redzel has staked an emphatic claim for inclusion in the country’s richest race with his triumphant return in the Concorde Stakes at Randwick. With tactics all important in the four-horse field for Saturday’s Group Three 1000m sprint, Kerrin McEvoy left nothing to chance and took Redzel ($2.25… Read More »
Merchant Navy has maintained his unbeaten record with an impressive first-up victory at Caulfield. The well-bred three-year-old will go chasing a Group One double at his next two starts after winning Saturday’s Group Three H D F McNeil Stakes over 1200m. Providing Mark Zahra with the third leg of a… Read More »
Trainer Anthony Freedman has Group One aspirations for talented gelding Mr Sneaky who has returned from a spell with a dominant win at Caulfield. Mr Sneaky ($9) made it five wins from 12 starts, and three-straight, with his 2-1/2 length victory over Theanswermyfriend ($5) first-up in Saturday’s Benchmark 78 (1200m)…. Read More »
At the fourth start of his campaign, Embley has finally jumped out of the gates cleanly with the desired result — a win at Randwick, albeit a close one. The Bjorn Baker-trained gelding has featured in the stewards’ reports at his past three starts for his slow starts and not… Read More »
Unbeaten Royal Symphony has had a look at Caulfield in a pleasing exhibition gallop on Memsie Stakes day as he builds towards his highly anticipated spring return. The Tony McEvoy-trained colt is the current favourite for next month’s $2 million Group One Caulfield Guineas (1600m) after three impressive wins during… Read More »
Chris Waller’s search for Metropolitan-class runners has identified Up ‘N’ Rolling as a potential lightweight contender for the Group One feature later this next month. The five-year-old gelding made his case at Randwick when scoring on his city Saturday debut as the $1.40 favourite for the National Jockeys Trust Handicap… Read More »
We take a look at the big bets the online bookmakers have taken on the weekends horse racing around the country with most of the big money being placed at Caulfield and Randwick. Have Your Say: Which BIG BETS will be winning? Leave a comment below.
The Australian Group l racing season kicks off this Saturday at Caulfield with Memsie Stakes Day and what a field the Group l has assembled, with class galore. The weather is overcast, the track is good (4) and the rail is out six metres for the entire circuit.
The big guns, including Winx, will be out on display at Randwick this Saturday for a cracking program that gives us a real taste of what’s to come over the next two months. The weather is fine, the track is good (3) and the rail is out six metres for… Read More »
The youngest member of the Lindsay Park training trio believes stakes winner Fuhryk could be a sleeping giant in the sprinting ranks as the mare prepares for her season return. Fuhryk won five of her eight starts last season including the Group Three Kevin Hayes Stakes at Caulfield and Proud… Read More »
