Star mare Enable is set to make her first appearance for the season in the Group Three September Stakes at Kempton. Trained by John Gosden, Enable has been out of action since winning the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in October and next month's French showpiece is again the main target. “She's been fine and[...]

Back in Australia after a lengthy and successful Hong Kong stint, star jockey Brett Prebble is still keen for more success in the saddle. Prebble, who won the Melbourne jockeys' premiership in consecutive seasons in 1999-2000 and 2000-01, has been relicensed in Victoria and rode trackwork on Monday at Flemington before heading to Cranbourne for[...]

Last year's Australian Derby winner Jon Snow is on track for another Melbourne spring campaign after delighting his connections in his season return in New Zealand. The Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained Jon Snow finished fourth in Saturday's Group One Tarzino Trophy (1400m) at Hastings, won by Melody Belle, in his first start since last[...]

Osborne Bulls is building a formidable winning strike-rate and will be out to add to it when he races at Moonee Valley for the first time. The Godolphin-owned, James Cummings-trained gelding took his record to eight wins from 11 starts in the Listed Regal Roller Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on August 18, beating the Darren[...]

Buoyed by Ace High's return to form in the Chelmsford Stakes, trainer David Payne is looking forward to finding out whether Tarka and Toulouse can emulate their elder stablemate's three-year-old campaign. The winner of the 2017 Group One Spring Champion Stakes and Victoria Derby, Ace High got his Cups preparation back on track with his[...]

Dual New Zealand Horse of the Year Bonneval is back in Melbourne to launch her spring campaign at Moonee Valley in the same race she won first-up a year ago. Bonneval was last week crowned New Zealand's champion horse for the second-straight year, courtesy of her Australian Group One win in the Underwood Stakes at[...]

Popular New Zealand racehorse Gingernuts has been retired, almost a year after suffering a life-threatening leg injury as he was going to the barriers for the Emirates Stakes at Flemington. His jockey Michael Dee was walking him to the gates on November 11 when he felt something wrong and immediately jumped off. Gingernuts will live[...]

Best Solution has confirmed a trip to Australia for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups with victory in Germany's most prestigious race, the Grosser Preis Von Baden at Baden-Baden. Having struck at the top level at Hoppegarten last month, the Godolphin-owned four-year-old produced another big performance to give trainer Saeed bin Suroor a third win in[...]

Victoria's premier trainer Darren Weir has already started spring in dominant fashion and budding star Nature Strip is waiting in the wings to make his first appearance of the season. A week after training five winners at Caulfield on Saturday, Weir will send Nature Strip to the Group Two McEwen Stakes (1000m) at Moonee Valley[...]

Trainer Tony McEvoy is changing tack with Sunlight with a view to a potential start in the Group One Golden Rose. The three-year-old will get the chance to press her claims when she runs in Saturday's Group Two Run To The Rose (1200m) at Rosehill. Sunlight has raced on nine occasions winning six times with[...]

While racegoers have now seen several Everest contenders in action, the focus turns to the return of Trapeze Artist, the favourite for the $13 million race. Trainer Gerald Ryan kept an eye on Saturday's sprint races at Randwick and Caulfield but is more than happy with his charge who will resume in the Group Two[...]

Multiple stakes winner Crack Me Up has trialled well in the lead-up to an attack on the Melbourne spring carnival. Crack Me Up won a trial at Deagon on Thursday over 1000m in handy time for the morning. The five-year-old is listed in the market for the Epsom Handicap at Randwick later this month but[...]

Too Darn Hot has been promoted to favouritism for the Epsom Derby and 2000 Guineas following his high-class display to win the Solario stakes at Sandown. An impressive seven-length winner on debut over a mile, the John Gosden-trained colt was stepping up in class but down in distance for the Group Three race over seven[...]

Sydney sprinter Ball Of Muscle has repelled the army of Darren Weir-trained sprinters in the Group Three Heath at Caulfield to claim a satisfying win for his trainer Joe Pride. Pride has enjoyed great success with some of the progeny of the late broodmare Parfore, highlighted by Group One wins with half-brothers Terravista and Tiger[...]

Trainer Peter Snowden has greeted the winning return of Pure Elation at Randwick with pure relief. The filly showed a brilliant turn of foot to win Saturday's Group Two Furious Stakes (1200m) at her first start since she suffered a bleeding attack shortly after her win in the Percy Sykes Stakes in the autumn, incurring[...]

Darren Weir says it takes a decent horse to be a three-time Group One winner. Humidor joined those ranks on Saturday taking out the Memsie Stakes at Caulfield to go with previous Group One victories in the Makybe Diva Stakes and Australian Cup. The gelding also pushed Winx in last year's Cox Plate with Weir[...]

Vastly improved gelding Tversky has set trainer Jack Duncan a poser by winning his third straight race at Caloundra on Saturday. Tversky ($3.70) had led at his two previous wins but was ridden off the pace before finishing strongly to beat Fiery Heights ($4.80) by a long neck in the Bloomhill Cancer Care Handicap. The[...]