Victorian trainer Patrick Payne has renewed his association with big-race jockey Michael Cahill with two key runners at the Magic Millions meeting. Cahill will ride Zizzis ($2 million Guineas) and Husson Eagle (Magic Millions Cup) for Payne at the Gold Coast on Saturday. Regarded as one of Queensland's best jockeys, Cahill has ridden more than[...]

Trainer Desleigh Forster is hoping smart sprinter Chapter and Verse can confirm his rating as a genuine winter carnival horse in the $1 million Magic Millions QTIS Open at the Gold Coast, Forster nominated Chapter and Verse for the Magic Millions Cup (1400m) and the Magic Millions QTIS race (1300m) but elected to go with[...]

Jay Ford and Christian Reith still have youth on their side but the pair will find themselves among the elder statesmen of the jockeys' room at Randwick. Only a handful of regular Sydney senior riders will be in action at Saturday's meeting with the bulk headed to the Gold Coast for the rich Magic Millions[...]

Stephen Baster is yet to ride Cabeza De Vaca in a race but is convinced the gelding only has to replicate his previous first-up performance behind champion Winx to give the Chester Manifold Stakes a shake. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Cabeza De Vaca will have his first start since September and his first[...]

The inquiry into four alleged positive swabs from horses trained at Toowoomba by Ben Currie has been deferred to allow a legal issue to be resolved. The inquiry was to have begun in Brisbane on Monday but the date was vacated by consent in the Supreme Court on Friday. Currie faces four charges relating to[...]

The road to the Country Championships will start at Randwick for trainer Danny Williams when two of his leading chances resume in the opening race. Williams has earmarked Aquittal and Highway SixtySix for the $500,000 Final on April 6 with both set to kick off their respective campaigns in Saturday's January Handicap (1000m). “They're definitely[...]

Tough filly Oh Five Glory is an outsider in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic but in the eyes of her co-trainer Peter Hulbert she should be one of the pin-up girls for the sales and race day at the Gold Coast. Oh Five Glory ran second at Doomben at her first start and then won[...]

Sydney jockey Tim Clark has gained the ride on second favourite Boomsara in the Magic Millions Guineas after Damian Browne took ill. Browne was taken to hospital on Thursday night complaining of severe stomach pains and underwent surgery for a perforated bowel. The operation has reportedly been a success but Browne will be out of[...]

Former favourite Yes Yes Yes has been scratched from the Magic Millions Classic after initially being found fit to run. Stewards passed Yes Yes Yes fit to run after an inspection on Friday morning but later accepted an application from trainer Darren Weir to scratch the colt. Chief steward Peter Chadwick says stewards agreed to[...]

The powerful Godolphin operation is growing in confidence it can announce its arrival as a major player on Magic Millions day with three realistic chances. Godolphin has usually concentrated on home-bred stock and has had only one other runner at the famous Gold Coast meeting. This year Godolphin will saddle up three favoured runners on[...]

Former jockey turned trainer Nick Ryan looks to have unveiled an exciting prospect for his stable with three-year-old Columbus Circle overcoming some anxious moments to win on debut at Caulfield. Columbus Circle was well-supported in early markets for Wednesday's Ladbrokes Plate (1100m) and after being held up in behind the lead at crucial stages in[...]

Four yearlings have fetched $1 million or more on the first day of the Magic Millions sale at the Gold Coast headed by a Redoute's Choice-Purely Spectacular colt. Offered by Bhima Thoroughbreds, the colt was bought by Aquis Farm and Phoenix Thoroughbreds for $1.6 million. “We loved the horse,” Aquis Farm chief executive Shane McGrath[...]

Magic Millions day always produces a story of a battlers beating the odds and this year it could well be the jockey/trainer combination of Luke Tarrant and Kevin Kemp. Tarrant made his name on Magic Millions day and can now boost his career on the anniversary with two rides for Kemp. He rode his biggest[...]

Victorian two-year-old and former favourite Yes Yes Yes will need to pass a veterinarian's test if he is to take his place in the Magic Millions Classic at the Gold Coast, Stewards and vets conducted inspections of all runners and emergencies in Saturday's $2 million 2YO Classic and Magic Millions Guineas on Thursday. The Darren[...]

Brisbane three-year-old Doss has been scratched from the Magic Millions Guineas after being found to be lame. Doss was originally second emergency but was elevated to next in line for Saturday's $2 million race after the earlier scratching of Sydney gelding Ljungberg. Stewards inspected all horses who were accepted for the Guineas and 2YO Classic[...]

Toowoomba trainer Michael Nolan is well aware that when his phone rings constantly on the morning of race acceptances it is rarely good news. But on Monday it was one of those days when Nolan got some news he had given up hope he would hear. Nolan trains Unconditional who was made first emergency for[...]

The powerful Lindsay Park stable has 43 of the 263 two-year-olds remaining in the entries for this year's Group One Blue Diamond Stakes. Second acceptances closed this week for Victoria's premier race for two-year-olds to be run at Caulfield on February 23. While Lindsay Park clearly has the highest number left in contention, trainer Tony[...]