She was ‘only’ a $170,000 purchase at the yearling sales last year but the Tony Gollan-trained filly Skirt The Law more than repaid connections in just her first preparation. The daughter …
The Australian duo of Coolangatta and Cannonball have each performed below their best with unplaced efforts in the Group 1 King’s Stand Stakes on Day 1 of Royal Ascot. Coolangatta …
The Listed Belmont Oaks (2000m) is Rusty Dreams’ next target, an exciting proposition after she swayed the opinion of trainer, Michael Lane. Michael Lane had fears Rusty Dreams would not run out …
Andrew Noblet has seen enough to be convinced that Foxy Frida deserves a crack at Australia’s final Group 1 of the season, the Tattersalls Tiara, this Saturday at Eagle Farm. The Ballarat …
The last G1 race of the season comes up on Saturday with the running of the Tattersall’s Tiara (1400m) for the fillies and mares. While not filled with G1 winners, …
Coolangatta will have to do something that has been achieved just twice in the past decade if she is to win the King’s Stand Stakes following the allocation of starting positions …
Melbourne Cup runner-up Emissary has returned to the Flemington stables of trainer Mike Moroney to begin the preparation of going one better in Australia’s most iconic race. Emissary has just completed three weeks of …
Chris Waller has dominated Sydney’s training ranks for more than a decade, but he couldn’t be more excited about the group of young horses emerging as his next generation of carnival …
The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained Unusual Culture has earned herself a shot at a Stakes race with her win at Flemington. Victory in the David Bourke Handicap (1620m) at Flemington on Saturday …
A tough performance by Zoumon has delivered the promising Tulloch Lodge stayer his biggest win, putting him on a path to chase further feature race success. Trainers Gai Waterhouse and …
Jockey Patrick Moloney has a bit more spending money for his European vacation after guiding Not An Option to victory at Flemington. Appreciating the Good 4 track conditions of the Brian Beattie …
Gerald Ryan missed out on buying Grebeni once, but he wasn’t about to let him go a second time. And after the three-year-old made it a hat-trick of wins in the Racing …
Trainer Paul Preusker and jockey Dean Yendall both expect Steparty to rise to a far greater level after keeping his winning record intact. After wins at Ballarat and Flemington, Steparty stepped out to 1420m at Flemington on Saturday …
Chris Waller will set his sights on the Princess Series with Tutta La Vita after she added to his brilliant juvenile season with a gritty, albeit narrow victory at Rosehill. Having made …
Chris Waller is pinning his faith in Bold Mac to overcome a distance query when he steps up to 2000-metres in the Listed McKell Cup at Rosehill. The former New Zealander will …
Everything about the European form of Cepheus suggests he is a dour stayer, but a couple of campaigns into his Australian journey and the horse’s career is being reimagined. The gelding …
The Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes is more than a week away, but Sam Freedman has already seen enough to know that the four-year-old has shown the benefit of last year’s …
It is not often a year away from racing will rejuvenate a gelding the way it has King Magnus. The Robbie Griffiths and Mathew de Kock-trained galloper is a rising eight-year-old and …
