It will be a case of David versus Goliath as Toowoomba trainer and one-time taxi driver Kevin Kemp looks to take down some of racing’s biggest names with a $30,000 filly in the $1m BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes at Eagle Farm on Saturday.
Navy King started his career as a sprinter before convincing trainer Symon Wilde he was stayer worth aiming at Saturday’s Group 1 Queensland Derby at Eagle Farm.
Tony Gollan has had more than 12,000 starters, with only 33 of them over 2400m or more, with the trainer hoping his 34th can add a seventh Group 1 to his collection on Saturday.
Trainer Noel Mayfield-Smith will use his hometown meeting to take the wrapping off exciting debutant More Out’N’About.
Returning to the scene of his maiden win will suit a Ciaron Maher-trained galloper while a $19 chance could continue his improvement at Friday night’s Cranbourne meeting.
Mishani man Les Ross has talked about retiring many times – but this time it’s for real as he confronts a cancer battle.
It has a storied history in preparing champions of the turf, and Angaston Park, the former Lindsay Park property, will now be operated by an emerging force in South Australian racing.
Chris Waller concedes Autumn Angel is an almighty object to overcome in the Queensland Derby on Saturday but says his newly cut gelding has the upside to tackle the $1m Group 1 feature at Eagle Farm.
A consistent galloper from the Patrick Payne stable can post the first win of his autumn campaign while a $34 chance can build on two solid jumpouts leading up to his first-up assignment at Caulfield on Saturday.
Patient punters could be in for a win on a Ciaron Maher-trained mare while jockey Luke Currie is the rider to follow at Thursday night’s Pakenham meeting.
Punters could benefit from a handy form reference on Saturday before First Accused tackles the 1600m Benchmark 100 at Caulfield.
Trainer Troy Corstens is happy for ‘ultimate professional’ Blake Shinn to navigate the visitor’s draw dished out to Group 2 Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) contender Bittercreek.
Patient punters could be in for a win on a Ciaron Maher-trained mare while jockey Luke Currie is the rider to follow at Thursday night’s Pakenham meeting.
SKY News host Tim Gilbert is living out his own ‘Racing Dream’ at the moment with the lightly-raced and promising colt Cryptonic who goes around at Hawkesbury on Thursday.
Respected Queensland trainer Darren Bell, who lost his training business after a strangles outbreak, is helping to prepare Tuvalu for Saturday’s Group 1 Kingsford Smith Cup.
Owner-breeder Duncan McPherson is drawing inspiration from trotting megastars Just Believe and Sundons Gift when his star Aldebaran Zeus returns from a year of international racing at Melton on Saturday night.
The Annabel Neasham-trained import won the Rosehill Gold Cup first up in Australia before suffering a tendon injury that’s kept him out ever since.
In a battle of two of Australia’s biggest studs, Yulong beat out the big-spending Coolmore for the 10-time Group 1 winner at the Magic Millions on the Gold Coast.
A Nick Ryan-trained sprinter can return a winner while a $15 chance could get punters off to a big start at Wednesday’s Sale meeting.
The young gun drew the ire of Racing NSW stewards for his ride aboard Bullawa Creek at Tamworth last week.
There will be few dry eyes around young Alex Rae’s stable if Shock ‘Em Ova can win Saturday’s Group 3 Lord Mayor’s Cup at Eagle Farm.
Tony Gollan knows Antino has all the talent in the world but says the Group 1 galloper and Stradbroke Handicap favourite takes the Mickey out of him at jumpouts and trials.
Gun hoop Kerrin McEvoy has been on the sidelines since a hard fall on Golden Slipper day in March but is ready to make his return this week.
Can’t Recall One has attracted significant interest from Hong Kong buyers, but the unbeaten two-year-old has some lofty Queensland winter carnival goals including a $1m race on Saturday.
Joe Pride has fired a warning shot to Think About It’s rivals in Saturday’s Kingsford Smith Cup, declaring his Everest champ will win if he brings his A-game.
Gifted pacer The Lost Storm will be ‘selling himself’ when he returns to racing at Melton on Saturday night.
The Annabel Neasham-trained Fawkner Park is an exciting stayer on the rise and Saturday’s Group 1 Doomben Cup could be just the start of a big Group 1 Cups agenda.
The training team of Tony and Calvin McEvoy hadn’t initially have a $1m Queensland winter carnival race on their radar for speedy young filly Arabian Summer.
Young Ballarat trainer Tom Conlan is confident he has a stakes filly after an unlucky Group 3 run in Adelaide so has decided to stay on the hunt for black type rather than compete at Sandown on Saturday.
Racing Victoria is reviewing the structure of next year’s All-Star Mile while shaving seven meeting off the 2024/25 racing fixture.
Super Bowl Monday has become an unofficial public holiday for many sports fans so the Melbourne Racing Club has decided to hold a race meeting on the Caulfield Heath track to complement the day.
Trainer Danny O’Brien has found the perfect assignment for a developing filly while jockey Blake Shinn has an impressive book of rides at Wednesday’s Bendigo meeting.
A prominent trainer says racing authorities should consider binning the rule which forces connections to publicly declare changes of tactics in the way horses are going to be ridden.
It has almost been 12 months since Kovalica entered the winners’ enclosure, but his champion trainer believes he’s finally hitting his straps as he steps up in distance in the Group 1 Doomben Cup.
A long-running case has finally ended with a stablehand being fined $2000 but cleared of cruelty charges in a Victorian Racing Tribunal hearing into the use of a stockwhip at Flemington in 2021 and 2022.
The in-form Tom Dabernig stable can continue on his winning way when racing switches to the synthetic at Ballarat on Tuesday.
A long spell has led to Victorian filly Poifect earning a shot at the Group 1 Queensland Oaks via Saturday’s Group 3 The Roses at Doomben.
Mornington trainer Clayton Douglas will take the wraps off a three-quarter brother to The Everest-winning sprinter in a two-year-old maiden at Bendigo on Wednesday.
Ten-year-old warhorse completes a Two Rivers Steeplechase (3800m) hat-trick as he improves his record to seven wins from nine starts over the iconic live hedges.
Gilbert Gardiner thinks a step back in class could see punters toasting with a gin at Stawell on Monday.
Gilbert Gardiner reflects on Saturday’s Flemington meeting, where there were some key runners who look poised to win in the very near future.
Racing Victoria could be spoiled for choice with at least three quality credentialed candidates vying for the chief executive vacancy.
He endured a luckless run last year, continually racing well without breaking through. But the winter of 2024 has been a different story for the Pat Carey-trained Who Dares.
South Australian raider The Map sealed an emotional victory at Flemington on Saturday for trainer and part-owner Oopy MacGillivray to book a place in the Melbourne Cup.
The hype around Angel Capital was lowered as fellow Victorian colt Bittercreek smashed his maiden status and put his name up in lights as a winter Group 1 contender.
A former Hong Kong sprinter has the fitness to perform first-up in the Listed Straight Six at Flemington on Saturday despite an 18-month hiatus.
There might not be a dry eye or an empty glass among connections of The Map at Flemington should the SA mare book a ticket to the Melbourne Cup on Saturday.
Gilbert Gardiner runs a rule over Saturday’s Flemington card, where it could pay for punters to follow in-form jockey Damian Lane.
A smart sprinter who’s been luckless so far this campaign can put some serious value into the quaddie for punters at Flemington on Saturday.
Locally-trained galloper Night People could continue his rides through the grades with another win while jockey Ethan Brown could be among the winners at Friday night’s Cranbourne meeting.
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