A recent trip to Sydney by Matthew Williams to a yearling sale ended up a fact-finding mission on where to stable lightly raced mare Toregene for an upcoming autumn campaign A veteran of six starts …
Damien Oliver would like to add to his haul of 123 Australian Group 1 wins and thinks he has the horse to do it in the Blue Diamond Stakes. Perth two-year-old …
Stockman hasn’t featured in a brace of runs over two-miles, but Joe Pride is adamant the horse can bely that statistic this autumn. The six-year-old stayer is again on a Sydney …
Almost a week on from his Black Caviar Lightning failure, Chris Waller has provided an encouraging update on Nature Strip. The Hall of Fame trainer on Friday morning reported that the …
Winning a Group 1 race at your third start sets the bar high and Richard Litt is the first t admit Profondo hasn’t yet delivered on his early promise. But he hasn’t …
A good first-up record and a couple of handy lead-up trials has Godolphin trainer James Cummings confident Zapateo is ready to run a big race at Sandown. The four-year-old daughter of Brazen …
Beaten just once in six starts this season, Anamoe will start a prohibitive favourite in his quest for an eighth Group 1 win in the Chipping Norton Stakes and trainer James …
Melbourne Cup winner Gold Trip is set for his first run since his victory in Australia’s great race at Flemington. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained stayer is down to run in the Group …
About the only thing Steven O’Dea and Matthew Hoysted have not done with their small team in Melbourne is win a Group 1 race. That could all change on Saturday when they saddle …
Godolphin could be forced into an eleventh-hour search for a jockey to partner In Secret in the Surround Stakes with Hugh Bowman in some doubt for the trip to Sydney. The top …
Typically measured in the placement of his horses, Joe Pride has thrown caution to the wind with Cinderella Days, who will be out to parlay a black-type placing into a Group …
Lindsay Park trainers Ben and Jd Hayes are back at Sandown chasing a Group 1 win having thought they had won a race at the top level two weeks ago. The Hayes …
Four years after Castelvecchio finished third to Microphone in the Skyline Stakes, Richard Litt will saddle up another promising son of Dundeel in the same race, hopeful of a similar result. While Tavs may never …
The racing future of star galloper Zaaki is in doubt with trainer Annabel Neasham sending him back to the paddock after being underwhelmed by his recent trials and trackwork. The multiple Group …
Jarred Magnabosco knew it was a bold play going as hard as he did for Steel City, but he did so confident that a reward like the one that beckons …
Trainer Scott Brunton believes that The Inevitable can “shake the life out” of the All-Star Mile should the seven-year-old attract enough votes for the final field for the $5 million feature over …
Craig Newitt declared Lofty Strike would one day win a Group 1 race after his first ride on the colt. Three months later, Lofty Strike will get that opportunity in the Group …
Peter and Paul Snowden will attempt to add to their haul of Blue Diamond winners when they saddle Don Corleone in Melbourne’s premier juvenile race. Saturday’s 1200m Group 1 race for two-year-olds …
