Damian Lane new rider for Monash Stakes contender
Smart sprinter Ashford Street will have a crucial jockey change for his attempt to return to winning ways in the Group 3 Sir John Monash Stakes at Caulfield.
Smart sprinter Ashford Street will have a crucial jockey change for his attempt to return to winning ways in the Group 3 Sir John Monash Stakes at Caulfield.
As he aims for three wins on the trot with In Flight at Randwick on Saturday, trainer Joe Pride is confident the filly can develop into more than just a winter wet track wonder.
The managing owner of the Caulfield Cup favourite has guaranteed a young Sydney gun the ride in the Melbourne spring.
An Annabel Neasham-trained import who was an impressive runner-up in his Australian debut can go one better at Randwick on Saturday. Get Shayne O’Cass’ tips and analysis for the 10-race card.
Jay Ford is not your quintessential sportsman. He likes to smoke and couldn’t care less about social media. Nonetheless, the jockey has carved out a successful career in the cauldron of Sydney racing.
It’s Queensland racing’s version of The Oscars as Ben Dorries and Trenton Akers dish out the gongs and identify some left-field horses to follow from the winter carnival.
Just weeks after Chris Waller became the first trainer to break the $50 million prizemoney barrier, Ciaron Maher has also achieved the incredible feat.
Lindsay Park trainers Ben, JD and Will Hayes think their $34 shot Sheva is worth a crack at the older sprinters in Saturday’s Group 3 Sir John Monash Stakes at Caulfield.
Espiona, the quirky sprinter with the cult following, has run her last race and will be sold as a broodmare prospect at the end of the month.
The five Victorian trainers charged with presenting horses to race with a breast cancer drug in their systems intend to plead not guilty.
Harness Racing NSW will offer the biggest bonus prize pool in Australian harness racing history with a $1 million payment for any horse that can make a clean sweep of the coveted five-race Carnival of Cups series.
Newcastle trainer Nathan Doyle heads to Hawkesbury with a small but in-form team chasing a winning double.
An Annabel Neasham-trained filly appreciated a step up in trip to win her maiden out of class last start and can make it two in-a-row when she heads to Hawkesbury. BEST BETS, INSIDE MAIL
Leah Ellerton said the likes of top jockeys Ben Melham and Jamie Kah were “amazing” support after her trainer husband Mathew Ellerton was struck down by a stroke in Bali last month.
Trainers Paul and Martha Cave are looking to last start winners McGeehan and La Belle Claire to salute again at Warwick Farm and Hawkesbury.
A much-hyped Godolphin gelding could well be unbeaten after going down by a nose last start but he can make amends when he heads to Warwick Farm on Wednesday.
Hall of Fame trainer Chris Waller is likely to use his tried and true spring carnival race program for gifted mares Via Sistina and Fangirl with both expected to return to racing in the $1 million Winx Stakes at Royal Randwick next month.
Brave jockey Sonja Logan says she is in a good place ahead of the Darwin Cup carnival after last year’s shocking incident where she was bashed in a brutal assault which created global headlines.
Stewards are attempting to rehear the long running Alligator Blood saga in a closed session after a string of high-profile losses in court, with the steward at the centre of the infamous Beaudesert upheld protest earlier this year to be involved.
Scott Singleton’s blue-blooded Consenza has raced well in successive Benchmark 82s at her past two starts and will appreciate a drop in grade at Muswellboork on Tuesday.
Tulloch Lodge is loaded with some of the most talented rising three-year-olds in training but it is three mystery imported horses that excite Gai Waterhouse for the new season.
A locally-trained galloper that’s placed in five of his 12 starts can finally shed his maiden status when he steps out at Muswellbrook on Tuesday.
Lightly-raced and progressive Pierro filly California Sunrise looks ready for the mile when she heads to a wet Wyong on Monday in search of a second career win.
Herald Sun racing writer Gilbert Gardiner review of Flemington Finals Day.
The race for the Sydney jockeys premiership is heating up with Nash Rawiller making a late surge.
The Ron Stubbs-trained Cooee, a hulking son of Holler, aims to stretch his unbeaten sequence to three when he fronts up for a third time at his home track at Albury on Monday.
Without A Fight remains under the care of rehab guru Lee Evison as he continues his slow journey back from a tendon injury following his 2023 Melbourne Cup triumph.
Champion trainer Ciaron Maher has a personal-best season milestone to record as attention turns to Cups qualification for Berkshire Breeze.
Tony Gollan will be sending horses north by the float load as he looks to land the lucrative $20,000 trainers bonus at the two-day Rockhampton carnival this week.
The Group 3 Winx Guineas along with the Listed Glasshouse Handicap and Caloundra Cup will be run next weekend after rain saw the end of racing at the Sunshine Coast.
Zac Lloyd rode four winners at a Sydney Saturday meeting for the first time, capping a big day with an upset win in the feature Winter Stakes at Randwick.
It’sourtime gave trainer Danny O’Brien his first winner of the season, and now his 100th after a return to winning form at Flemington.
Despite a long campaign, Gary Nickson’s tough gelding One Destiny has found career best form in recent starts and landed another fighting win at Randwick on Saturday.
Arrowfield Stud’s imported mare Clear Thinking overcame an early incident to score a remarkable win in the TAB Highway to remain unbeaten at Randwick.
The Hawkes training partnership looks to have unearthed a talented youngster in Brave One following his stylish debut win at Randwick.
Local trainer Mack Griffith holds a strong hand with his five runners and has an ace to play with leading jockey Aaron Bullock to ride four of them at Mudgee.
Trainer Jake Hull knows it won’t be easy but is looking forward to testing his improving stayer Six Foot Song in the Grafton Cup Prelude.
A proven wet track record and an on-pace racing pattern will prove two key elements as the Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou-trained Candy Women chases victory at Wyong.
Form analyst Adam Sherry is banking on a Peter and Paul Snowden-trained filly to get punters off to a cracking start on Saturday at Wyong.
Trainer Bjorn Baker is banking on the race fitness of Iknowastar and Highlights to handle the heavy track conditions on a seven-day turnaround for the Listed $200,000 Winter Stakes (1400m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday.
Ray Thomas provides his best bets and quaddie selections for Royal Randwick on Saturday, plus he takes a closer look at a fascinating clash that will kick-off the 10-race card.
By a world champion sire out of a Galaxy winner, Clear Thinking was bred to be special. Can she continue her unbeaten run at Randwick on Saturday? Ray Thomas is firmly in the ‘yes’ camp.
Trainer Barry Gibbons Jnr will be chasing a group 1 double at Wentworth Park on Saturday night in the Peter Mosman Opal and Vic Peters Classic.
The Inevitable is set to return to Tasmania after Saturday’s Listed Glasshouse Handicap at Caloundra where it was -3 degrees during the week, but another spring campaign is looming for the evergreen sprinter.
Gai Waterhouse demonstrated her trademark confidence when asked to assess first-starter Mayfair’s chances in the Petaluma Handicap (1100m) for two-year-olds at Royal Randwick on Saturday.
Star jockey Chad Schofield’s form surge could coincide with a return to the winner’s list for under-rated mare Essonne in the Listed $200,000 Winter Stakes at Royal Randwick on Saturday.
Jockey Rachel King almost certainly would have ridden the Stradbroke Handicap winner, but she celebrated as hard as anyone from England where she was getting married.
Bailey Wheeler has been hit with a ban after he told stewards he had not been drinking prior to returning a positive blood alcohol result prior to the races last month.
He still has a bad taste in his mouth from the last time he went from Highway grade to stakes level, but Paul Messara can change all that at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday with the promising Know Thyself.
Radio TAB’s popular presenter and racecaller David Fowler is behind a push to rename a Queensland sprint race after champion racehorse, Bernborough.
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