In a season of outstanding three-year-olds, Godolphin colt Bivouac has stamped himself as possibly the best with a explosive victory in the Newmarket Handicap at Flemington. Godolphin managing director Vin Cox and jockey Glen Boss said Bivouac was outstanding in winning the time-honoured sprint over the straight 1200m course on… Read More »
New Zealand-trained horses have continued their early dominance of Sydney’s Group One autumn races with The Bostonian scoring a bulldog-like win in the Canterbury Stakes at Randwick. The Kiwis have now won the first three elite races of the carnival after trainer Jamie Richards last week landed a Group One… Read More »
As one of the owners of Villami, trainer Gerald Ryan gets a bigger say than normal when it comes to plans for the filly. He pinpointed Saturday’s Listed Fireball Stakes (1100m) as a perfect start to her autumn campaign and knew he had made the right call a couple of… Read More »
Peter Snowden had a few ungodly thoughts in the run but Dame Giselle delivered the right result to win a messy renewal of the Reisling Stakes at Randwick. The stable hatched a plan to settle Dame Giselle outside the lead but when Tim Clark slowed the tempo on Supreme Idea… Read More »
Paint The Town Two has relished the soft ground in recording a career-high victory at Flemington. The former New Zealand mare scored her sixth victory when successful in the Group Three Schweppervescence Trophy (1600m), her first in stakes company. Ridden by Jamie Kah, Paint The Town Two ($26) scored by… Read More »
Farnan has rocketed to the top of Golden Slipper markets after demolishing a Todman Stakes field boasting Blue Diamond Stakes winner Tagaloa. The Tulloch Lodge youngster controlled the race from the front and quickly beat off the challenge of Blaze A Trail, accelerating clear to win by 1-3/4 lengths over… Read More »
Trainer Terry O’Sullivan and his former apprentice Brett Prebble have wound the clock back with an emotional win in the Sires’ Produce Stakes at Flemington. The victory of Lunar Fox in Saturday’s Group Two race brought back memories of the pair’s triumph with Winestock in the 2003. Prebble rose high… Read More »
Champion trainer David Hayes has Golden Slipper ambitions for unbeaten Minhaaj. Minhaaj ($3.20) backed up an easy debut win at Bendigo with another dominant performance at Flemington on Saturday, winning the Group Three TBV Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes (1200m) for two-year-old fillies by 4-/1-2-lengths. Favourite Muntaseera ($2), who had finished fifth… Read More »
Trainer Joe Pride was a nervous wreck but he was feeling a lot better after Fasika raced away with her maiden Group success. The promising mare justified her $2.30 favouritism, bounding clear to take out Saturday’s Wenona Girl Quality (1200m) at Randwick by a length over I Am Excited ($10)… 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 Flemington, Randwick and Eagle Farm. Have Your Say 🗣: Which BIG BETS will be winning? Leave a comment below.
A bumper nine race card has been organised for Flemington this Saturday, where it is ‘Super Saturday’ given we have two outstanding Group l events, the Newmarket Handicap (1200m) and Australian Cup (2000m). The weather is fine, the track is soft (6) and the rail is out eight metres for… Read More »
Group l racing continues at Randwick this Saturday, with the Randwick Guineas (1600m) the drawcard on the nine event program. The weather is overcast, the track is heavy (7) and the rail is out three metres for the entire circuit. Randwick Guineas 🏆: View the Field for the Randwick Guineas… Read More »
Having confirmed himself as a staying star in the spring handicaps, Melbourne Cup winner Vow And Declare gets an opportunity to become a weight-for-age force. Vow And Declare makes his weight-for-age debut in Saturday’s Group One Australian Cup (2000m) at Flemington, his first start since winning the Melbourne Cup (3200m)… Read More »
The Hawkes stable will send out two valuable stallion prospects in one of Australia’s premier sprint races at Flemington. Three-year-old Exceedance and four-year-old Trope run in Saturday’s Newmarket Handicap (1200m) chasing a Group One win which would enhance their futures at stud. Trope is yet to score at the highest… Read More »
Trainer James Cummings reckons Group One-winning colt Bivouac has something to prove in the time-honoured Newmarket Handicap at Flemington and is ready to do it. Bivouac is one of the favourites for Saturday’s Group One Newmarket Handicap (1200m) in which four of the top six in the market are three-year-olds…. Read More »
Harlem has drawn an inside barrier for his attempt at an historic third-straight Australian Cup at Flemington. Trained by David and Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig, eight-year-old gelding Harlem has barrier two in a field of 14 for Saturday’s 2000m weight-for-age feature and is one of four runners for the… Read More »
Five three-year-olds feature among a field of 13 for the $1.25 million Group One Newmarket Handicap at Flemington. Group One-winning colts Exceedance and Bivouac have drawn barriers 11 and seven respectively for Saturday’s 1200m straight-track sprint while Group One-winning filly Loving Gaby has barrier four. Four-year-old Gytrash has drawn barrier… Read More »
New Zealand gelding Catalyst has been ruled out of the $5 million All-Star Mile with bruised fetlocks. Trainer Clayton Chipperfield sent him to the Ballarat Vet Clinic on Tuesday fearing he was not quite himself after his below-par run in the Australian Guineas. He told Racing Victoria stewards late in… Read More »
Adelaide trainer Gordon Richards is convinced his stable star Gytrash has improved since his Lightning Stakes win as he prepares to chase a big sprint double at Flemington. Gytrash upstaged Redzel, Loving Gaby and Nature Strip to win the weight-for-age Group One Lightning (1000m) on the straight track at Flemington… Read More »
Roy Higgins Quality winner King Of Leogrance is favourite for the Group Two Adelaide Cup after the declaration of the final field of 16. Trained by Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Danny O’Brien and racing in the colours of six-time Cup-winning owner Lloyd Williams, King Of Leogrance eased from $2.50 to $2.60… Read More »
