Caloundra filly Baccarat Baby has shown the benefit of a recent trial to score the narrowest of wins in the $125,000 Listed Princess Stakes on her home track. The 1600m-race was scheduled to be run at Doomben on Saturday but was postponed until Sunday after heavy rain washed out the last two races. There was[...]

Champion Winx and her trainer Chris Waller have been the biggest winners over the Sydney autumn carnival as she ended her career with three successive Group One wins. Her stablemate The Autumn Sun’s two Group One wins signalled the end of his career with the colt off to stud. Another Waller stablemate Verry Elleegant also[...]

New Zealand stayer Rock On has joined the Peter Gelagotis stable in Victoria with Gary Vile hoping he can race on better winter tracks than at hom. Vile is his trainer in New Zealand and is also a part-owner of the last-start winner of the Te Aroha Cup (2200m). “I just thought Melbourne would suit[...]

Having claimed his first stakes race win in the Victoria Handicap at Caulfield, jockey Clayton Douglas might not have to wait long for another. Douglas won Saturday’s Group Three Victoria Handicap on the Shane Nichols-trained Streets Of Avalon and could double his stakes race tally at Flemington on Thursday when he rides unbeaten colt Super[...]

Triple Crown winner American Pharoah has produced his first North American winner with Maven successful at Aqueduct Racetrack in New York. The colt, trained by Wesley Ward, went to the post as the odds-on favourite for the 900m-maiden and led from the outset. His win on Friday (Saturday AEST) came a week after the Aidan[...]

Patience is a virtue and Warrnambool trainer Daniel Bowman is starting to reap the rewards with Begood Toya Mother. The four-year-old will attempt to extend his unbeaten run to three this campaign in Monday’s The Big Screen Company Handicap (1400m) at Sandown. The gelding has had seven starts for three wins including a Warrnambool victory[...]

Prolific winner Fab’s Cowboy is the first horse into the 2019 Battle Of The Bush final and has taken a further step towards another record with his win at Gladstone. The gelding brought up his 29th career win and his seventh this season when he won Saturday’s Qualifier Open Sprint Plate (1194m). The win took[...]

Queensland’s chief integrity officer Ross Barnett has moved to counter growing discontent within the industry at delays in dealing with the charges against Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie. Barnett, who is commissioner of the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission, said he was aware of the impact of the investigation on Queensland’s racing community. He issued a statement[...]

Endless Drama has found success in his new home with trainer Tony PIke in New Zealand, winning the Group Two Easter Handicap at Ellerslie A Group One placegetter in England and Ireland, the Qatar Bloodstock-owned Endless Drama found his way to Chris Waller in Sydney before being transferred to Pike at Cambridge last month after[...]

Ten Sovereigns is the new favourite for the 2000 Guineas following the withdrawal of Too Darn Hot from the colts’ Classic at Newmarket. Too Darn Hot had headed the market throughout the winter for the Guineas on May 4 after going through his juvenile campaign unbeaten and being crowned champion European two-year-old. He did not[...]

Apprentice Kayla Crowther has been suspended for 15 meetings for careless riding that saw her mount fall at Caulfield. Crowther was aboard Latin Beat in the Bill Collins Handicap when the gelding fell approximately 150m from the finish. Racing Victoria stewards charged Crowther for first attempting a run to the inside of La Belle Jude[...]

The return to racing on a good surface has played in favour of Trekking in the Group Three Hall Mark Stakes at Randwick but may have been against his Godolphin stablemate Home Of The Brave. Ridden by Kerrin McEvoy, Trekking ($4.60) finished strongly from midfield in Saturday’s 1200m race to beat Brave Song ($17) by[...]

Streets Of Avalon has capped his preparation with the biggest win of his career to date in the Group Three Victoria Handicap, bringing up a milestone for jockey Clayton Douglas. Douglas registered his first stakes race win in Saturday’s 1400m race at Caulfield, guiding the Shane Nichols-trained gelding to a half-neck win over $2.60 favourite[...]

At his eighth attempt, Pierata has claimed the Group One win his trainer Greg Hickman has been banking on, winning the All Aged Stakes at Randwick. Hickman is also a part-owner of Pierata who has earned more than $3.3 million with his value as a stallion prospect now markedly increased. In scoring at the top[...]

A long-range plan by Richard Litt has given the young trainer a magic moment with Castelvecchio winning the Group One Champagne Stakes at Randwick. The colt signalled his class when he won the $2 million Inglis Millennium in February at his second start and Litt and owner Ottavio Galletta resisted the temptation to set Castelvecchio[...]