Native Soldier has moved to the second line of Caulfield Guineas betting after trouncing his McNeil Stakes rivals in a win that surprised the colt's trainer Darren Weir. Weir rates Native Soldier highly but admitted he was not expecting the three-year-old to win Saturday's Group Three McNeil (1200m) in the manner in which he did[...]

The enigmatic but popular Tom Melbourne has again come close to a win but has been denied twice in the Tramway Stakes, once on the track and once in the stewards' room. His second to Comin' Through in Saturday's 1300m-Group Two race was his 11th from 32 starts, a record that has earned him a[...]

Redzel has made an emphatic statement by kicking off his defence of the $13 million Everest with victory in the Group Two Concorde Stakes at Randwick. His co-trainer Peter Snowden arrived with his lucky charm, grand-daughter Demi, but Redzel, the $2.30 favourite, needed little encouragement to first pick off Invincible Star ($2.35) and hold off[...]

The Lord Mayor has cemented his place as a spring carnival player for trainer Chris Waller with a benchmark victory at Randwick. Waller will now set him on a path to the Group One Metropolitan Handicap on September 29 after he beat stablemates Quick Defence and Brimham Rocks in a tight finish to Saturday's 2000m-race.[...]

Darren Weir has trained more than 3500 winners but landed a career-first when Mrs Gardenia and Bellaria dead-heated at Caulfield. The Weir-trained pair shared the spoils in Saturday's Hockingstuart Handicap, the first time the trainer has had two horses from his stable dead-heat a race. “It's a good way to keep the owners happy I[...]

Last year's Warrnambool Cup winner High Church has bounced back to winning form with a hard-fought victory in a staying race at Caulfield. The Darren Weir-trained gelding won the 2017 Warrnambool Cup and was later third in the Group Two PJ O'Shea Stakes in Brisbane last June before spending 11 months on the sidelines after[...]

Two confirmed Everest contenders will clash in the Concorde Stakes which looms as one of the highlights on the Chelmsford Stakes program at Randwick. Star sprinter Redzel makes his return in Saturday's Group Three Concorde (1000m), a race he won last year during an unbeaten spring preparation which included victory in the inaugural Everest (1200m)[...]

Trainer James Cummings believes Kementari has some unfinished business at Caulfield as the horse prepares to head back there for the $1 million Memsie Stakes. Kementari is among the leading contenders for Saturday's Group One Memsie (1400m) at the track where he was narrowly beaten in last year's Group One Caulfield Guineas. The race is[...]

The Australian arm of Godolphin is set to unveil the third of its Cups entries in a stakes race at Randwick. Imports Avilius and Best Of Days have already been seen in action while Mr Moonlight Magic runs for the first time in Australia in Saturday's Group Two Chelmsford Stakes. The three are the only[...]

Trainer Kevin Kemp has resisted the temptation to again head south with Fighting Teo and instead will test a theory he has about the giant gelding. Fighting Teo scored a last-start win over 2200m at the Gold Coast when he sat four deep for the whole way. The gelding will step up to 2400m for[...]

David Payne is not dwelling on Ace High's less than flattering beginning to his campaign, with the trainer filing it away as one to forget. Ace High finished last of the 11 runners in the Winx Stakes (1400m) on August 18 won by the mare for whom the race was named. While Payne was initially[...]

Lindsay Park co-trainer Tom Dabernig doesn't want to sound like a worrywart ahead of Vega Magic's defence of the Memsie Stakes at Caulfield. Vega Magic is aiming to become the first horse since Sunline (2000/01) to win the 1400m weight-for-age contest in consecutive years. While co-trainers David and Ben Hayes are bullish about his chances,[...]

A combination of favourable factors give restricted class galloper Glitra the chance to win his first open company race at Caloundra. Glitra has won his past two starts in the Coffs Harbour Cup and a Doomben No Metropolitan Win race over 1650m in fast time. There are seven acceptors for Saturday's Bob Jane T Mart[...]

The regally bred More Sundays will put his Golden Rose credentials to the test when he makes his Sydney debut at Randwick. More Sundays won his first start impressively at Geelong in early August and the Lindsay Park stable is looking to him to step up with the Group One Golden Rose at Rosehill on[...]

A Man To Match will be on trial for a spring carnival stint in Sydney when he runs in the QTIS 3YO Handicap at Caloundra. Trainer Tony Gollan will be in Sydney on Saturday with top filly Outback Barbie who runs in the Group Two Furious Stakes at Randwick. But he will be extra keen[...]

Champion Winx will make a special appearance at Randwick in a jump-out against three of her Chris Waller-trained stablemates. The mare will be joined by Group One winners D'Argento, The Autumn Sun and Foxplay in Saturday's work-out over 1000 metres before the first race. Winx scored her 19th Group One victory in the race named[...]

For the second year in a row Corey Brown is pinning his hopes on an international horse as he chases a third Melbourne Cup. Brown has already secured the ride on English-trained Magic Circle for this year's Melbourne Cup, having won the race for the second time on Irish-trained Rekindling last year. The Sydney jockey[...]