Jockey Ben Allen will ride in the Caulfield Cup for the first time in eight years when he partners the international raider Absurde. Allen was given the call up to partner the stayer in the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) on Saturday before Kerrin McEvoy takes over for the Melbourne Cup… Read More »
It’s been a case of playing catch up for Tom Kitten, but Sam Freedman believes he is ready to put his best foot forward in the Group 1 King Charles III Stakes (1609m) on Saturday at Randwick. After being scratched at the barriers in the Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m)… Read More »
Ciaron Maher would love to have four shots at defending his Caulfield Cup crown, but half of his team could be stranded as emergencies, including a last-start Group 1 winner. Royal Supremacy’s place in the field could hinge on the plans for last year’s runner-up and 59kg topweight Buckaroo. The Metropolitan… Read More »
David Hayes hopes a strong gallop at Canterbury on Monday proved to everyone that Ka Ying Rising is in good health and a certain starter in this Saturday’s The Everest at Randwick. The rumour mill was in overdrive on Sunday with suggestions that the Hong Kong superstar was not in good… Read More »
Seven years after Redzel’s famous win, Yulong and Triple Crown Syndications are teaming up again, confirming Mazu for their slot in the 2025 Everest. Trained by Joseph Pride, Mazu has earned more than $9 million and remains one of Australia’s most consistent sprinters, boasting victories in the Arrowfield Sprint and… Read More »
Hong Kong sprint star Ka Ying Rising has quashed rumours about his fitness ahead of Saturday’s $20 million The Everest with a slick gallop at Canterbury Park on Monday. Trainer David Hayes was caught off guard when the TAB briefly froze betting markets after social media chatter questioned the horse’s… Read More »
The Willie Mullins stable has changed mode on their attack for the Melbourne Cup with Absurde who this year will run at Caulfield in the lead-up. Absurde is back in Melbourne for the third time and will run in the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) on Saturday in a change up from… Read More »
Having spent part of his illustrious riding career in Hong Kong, Darren Beadman is well positioned to understand the challenge Ka Ying Rising faces racing away from Sha Tin for the first time. All of the champion sprinter’s 16 starts have been at the same track and his regular jockey… Read More »
Ask any thoroughbred owner and they’ll tell you it’s hard to win even one race. The Joe Pride-trained Headley Grange ($10) has now won five in the space of a preparation, to make it 11 from 22 overall. The son of Exosphere overcame a horror draw to take out the… Read More »
Nash Rawiller has praised Lindermann’s never-say-die attitude after partnering the grand campaigner to a dashing victory in the $2 million Hill Stakes at Rosehill. After winning the Rosehill Guineas aboard the horse in 2023, Rawiller didn’t reunite with him again until this year but has now ridden him in nine… Read More »
Giga Kick is officially back. The horse who once vied for recognition as Australia’s best sprinter tasted victory for the first time in almost two-and-a-half years in Saturday’s $300,000 Group 2 Schillaci Stakes at Caulfield. Just under three years shy of his historic win in The Everest, Clayton Douglas’s stable… Read More »
From the time Autumn Boy entered the stables of champion trainer Chris Waller the colt appealed as a future Group 1 winner. That big day arrived on Saturday when Autumn Boy emulated his sire The Autumn Sun, also prepared by Waller, to win the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) and in the… Read More »
With the AFL and NRL titles already in the bag, Queensland added the Toorak Handicap to its spring booty when Transatlantic scored a thrilling win in Saturday’s $1 million Group 1 at Caulfield. The five-year-old son of Snitzel provided The Sunshine State’s premier Tony Gollan with a second-straight win in the 1600-metre… Read More »
He is the half-brother to former boom two-year-old Storm Boy but Shangri La Boy ($4.60) is making a name for himself after taking out the $500,000 Group 3 Gloaming Stakes at Rosehill Gardens for the training team of Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott. The son of Pierro led from pillar to… Read More »
Results in racing are never assured. The Group 1 Might And Power (2000m) at Caulfield on Saturday attracted a field of four and was considered a two-horse race between the $1.60 favourite Treasurethe Moment and the Chris Waller-trained Buckaroo ($2.70). But it was left to a brilliant tactical front-running ride by… Read More »
Having experienced one of his lowest moments in racing this week, Nathan Doyle found himself at the other end of the spectrum at Rosehill when Hidden Motive scored a surprise win in the Group Two Roman Consul Stakes. The young Newcastle trainer’s sprint star Private Harry was ruled out of The Everest on… Read More »
The Schillaci Stakes at Caulfield is shaping as a fork in the road race for talented sprinter Arabian Summer. The Group 2 sprint at weight-for-age over 1100m on Saturday will determine which path the Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained four-year-old takes in coming weeks. On offer for Arabian Summer is the… Read More »
An international raid is on the table for talented gelding Fawkner Park with connections eyeing a possible tilt at the Hong Kong Cup in December. The dual Group 1 placegetter made a disappointing start to his campaign when failing to beat a rival home in the Shannon Stakes (1500m) after assuming… Read More »
A quartet of untapped three-year-olds from Tulloch Lodge will be given their chance in feature races at Rosehill, including a relation to a Golden Slipper placegetter. Shangri La Boy, a half-brother to 2024 Magic Millions winner and Slipper placegetter Storm Boy, joins barn mate Champagne Hero in the Gloaming Stakes (1800m),… Read More »
Trainer Dominic Sutton will forever hold Feroce in the highest regard as the gelding chases a second Group 1 win, this time at Caulfield. Feroce provided Sutton, who has been training just over 18 months, with his first winner, his first city winner and his maiden Group 1 success. That Group 1… Read More »
