Programming pain for Melbourne Cup contender Mark Twain
A golden ticket into the Melbourne Cup doesn’t guarantee a golden path into the race that stops a nation – as New Zealand trainer Roger James is finding out with top fancy Mark Twain.
A golden ticket into the Melbourne Cup doesn’t guarantee a golden path into the race that stops a nation – as New Zealand trainer Roger James is finding out with top fancy Mark Twain.
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A mare with an excellent fresh record appeals on a competitive eight-race card at Sandown-Hillside on Wednesday. Get Daniel Sankey’s best bets and value bets.
Group 1 Memsie Stakes Day on August 31 will host the first 10-race card of the new racing season, with the additional race programmed up until April 26 next year.
Team Hayes has cornered the market for Flemington Finals Day contenders, with Sneaky Sunrise and Aztec State among potential spring aspirants in action.
Herald Sun and Racenet racing writer Gilbert Gardiner’s recap of Saturday’s Caulfield card.
Fresh off a fast-closing third at Ballarat last month, a Tony and Calvin McEvoy filly can notch a deserved maiden victory at Seymour on Tuesday.
Herald Sun and Racenet racing writer Gilbert Gardiner’s selections for Pakenham.
As Chris Waller and James McDonald continued to dominate, there was an eye-catching performance from a promising import at Rosehill on Saturday … and Ray Thomas is not talking about impressive winner Bear On The Loose.
Vow And Declare did more than turn back the clock last Saturday in Brisbane – he smashed it.
Leading Melbourne rider Damian Lane has sharpened a focus on the jockeys’ premiership.
Bella Nipotina’s win in the Tatt’s Tiara capped one of the best autumn/winter preparations you’ll see — but an even bigger prize awaits in October.
Handy gelding Crop Duster finds himself in a tricky place between country and provincial grade but trainer Jeremy Gask has found an ideal race at Dubbo.
Trainer Daniel Bowen his sights on a shot at the Ramornie Handicap with progressive mare Tectonic Plate who chases a sixth career win at Ballina.
Former English galloper Bear On The Loose was heavily back at his Australian debut at Rosehill and left jockey Nash Rawiller suitably impressed with a fighting win.
Baraqiel continues to make up for injury enforced delay to his career and remained unbeaten at Caulfield on Saturday.
Melbourne Cup hero Vow And Declare solidified his standing as Australia’s true ‘war horse’ with a second Tattersall’s Cup victory at Eagle Farm on Saturday.
With his 11-week-old son Copper having his first day at the races, jockey Chad Schofield marked the occasion with a winning double including victory in the feature event, the Listed McKell Cup.
A race-to-race double at Rosehill Gardens has jockey Jay Ford and trainer Joe Pride poised to reach a special milestone.
Victorian trainer Matt Laurie backed his judgement and was rewarded with his first Sydney winner when Amberite won at Rosehill and he now has his sights on The Everest.
Premier trainer Chris Waller has become the first trainer to surpass $50 million in prize money for a season following Speycaster’s Stayer’s Cup success at Rosehill Gardens.
Owner and breeder Michael Christian admits it has been a wild ride with Bella Nipotina, going to the races thinking it could be her last start over the past year.
A fit and firing Father’s Day is ready for a career best performance in Saturday’s Stayers Cup at Rosehill Gardens.
Ray Thomas and Shayne O’Cass look at all 11 races on a monster card at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday.
Racing editor Ray Thomas and his panel of experts discuss the two feature Cup races from Rosehill Gardens and the Group 1 Tatt’s Tiara
Jockey Luke Currie wants to take luck out of the equation for short-priced favourite Craig on Saturday in the Rod Johnson Handicap (1620m) at Flemington on Saturday.
Elouyou has not missed the placings in seven starts and trainer Scott Cameron is quietly confident that won’t change this Saturday.
Ipswich Cup day brings in all types, but a function of 170 Chinese VIPs will be on course to cheer on their new horse Fancify in the Listed Eye Liner Stakes on Saturday.
Future plans for exciting Oak Hill should become clearer after the VRC Country Race Day Sprint (1100m) at Flemington.
Group 1 winner Uncommon James hasn’t been able to find his brilliant sprinting best in recent times and his moment of truth will come in the Queensland summer carnival.
Racenet’s Victorian form analyst Brad Waters is happy to snap up the $4.60 on offer for a last-start winner who steps out at Flemington on Saturday. Get his best bets and quaddie picks.
A strong first-up second has a Matthew Brown-trained galloper well placed for a breakthrough win while a veteran galloper could prove hard to run down at Thursday’s Wangaratta meeting.
Sundons Gift is the first standardbred resident of Living Legends, which is home to retired galloping greats such as Prince Of Penzance, Efficient, Lankan Rupee and Apache Cat.
An invitation to this year’s Melbourne Cup was a major talking point between VRC chairman Neil Wilson and King Charles III at Royal Ascot on Tuesday, it is understood.
Jockey Mitch Aitken had an alarm set, about 17,000km away, to watch Asfoora take on the world and win at Royal Ascot.
Just four days after celebrating her wedding, Rachel King will fulfil another dream in her home country of England.
Hawkesbury trainer Blake Ryan is keen to continue a milestone week for his stable with a pair of strong chances at Kembla Grange.
Party For Two has a high cruising speed and it will be handlebars down for the one-time Blue Diamond Stakes filly in the Gai Waterhouse Classic at Ipswich on Saturday.
A strong first-up second has a Matthew Brown-trained galloper well placed for a breakthrough win while a veteran galloper could prove hard to run down at Thursday’s Wangaratta meeting.
Seven days after scoring the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap, Sydney trainer Bjorn Baker can land another Queensland winter carnival feature race.
Sheila Laxon has claimed the Caulfield and Melbourne Cup double before and she is aiming to turn back time and do it again in 2024.
Leading syndicator Terry Henderson has confirmed the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes runner-up Docklands “is a realistic chance” to target the Cox Plate and then Champions Day at Flemington.
Star Victorian trotting mare Rockinwithattitude will look to add to her stunning interstate record when she tackles a string of Albion Park feature races next month.
Trainer Gary Portelli believes Houdini Spirit has a big future but has one key concern heading into his first start at Canterbury on Wednesday.
The Victorian Racing Tribunal case involving five trainers charged with presenting horses to race with a breast cancer drug in their systems was again adjourned on Tuesday.
Brett Prebble, who won Group 1 races in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan in a stellar career, will step away from race riding.
A runaway Werribee winner could go on with the job with in-form jockey Jye McNeil aboard at Wednesday’s Sandown Hillside meeting.
Not many horses have started their racing careers in Ireland and been a winner at Ipswich, but that’s what Sinawann is attempting on Saturday.
ANALYSIS: Racing Victoria has the whip hand, again, after a nine-month courtship of Gillon McLachlan, who will now run Tabcorp, writes Gilbert Gardiner.
The Civic Stakes has attracted 26 entries with the James Cummings-trained Tamerlane conceding between 1.5kg and 5.5kg to his rivals.
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