Dom Sheed’s inspiration behind All-Star Mile hope
A rival trainer has declared Dom To Shoot the best named horse he has seen, after owner-breeder named his Shooting To Win gelding after Dom Sheed’s famous Grand Final-winning goal in 2018.
A rival trainer has declared Dom To Shoot the best named horse he has seen, after owner-breeder named his Shooting To Win gelding after Dom Sheed’s famous Grand Final-winning goal in 2018.
Sara Ryan is cut from a different cloth to most racehorse trainers and it will be another major moment in her young career when Attractable contests the $3.75m All-Star Mile on Saturday.
From Bernborough to Vo Rogue, Buffering and Blacks A Fake, champion pacer Leap To Fame now ranks alongside Queensland’s equine greats.
The new Caulfield inner track had its first meeting with the son of a rescued mare and two rising stars among the first winners.
Storm Boy pleased James McDonald in a track gallop at the Randwick Kensington meeting as a decision looms on who will ride the colt in the Golden Slipper.
Holymanz has come a long way from his darkest time last autumn to have a chance at a big payday in Saturday’s All-Star Mile at Caulfield.
Globetrotting star Just Believe will have his final run in Australia at Melton this week before embarking on another overseas campaign.
It was a big weekend for powerful owner Jonathan Munz, who won a Group 2 with a comeback mare and had his first ever winner at the picnic races.
This year’s $3.75m All-Star Mile will be survival of the strongest and Racenet has produced a runner-by-runner guide to who will be left standing at the end.
All-Star Mile contender Puntura may not be a name familiar to many Australian punters but retired Queensland training legend Barry Baldwin knows him well.
Kerrin McEvoy rode Celestial Legend to victory last weekend in the Randwick Guineas — but can’t ride the 49kg the colt has been given in the Doncaster Mile. So, who’s in line to get the nod?
In form mare will be out to extend her rich vein of form when she looks to give Peter and Paul Snowden their first Coolmore Classic trophy on Saturday.
Star galloper Mr Brightside heads a field of 12 confirmed runners for Saturday’s All-Star Mile at Caulfield.
A Group 1-winning mare in Europe has joined the stable of Chris Waller, who intends to add a Southern Hemisphere major to her name this preparation.
The Melbourne Racing Club will host its first meeting on the Caulfield Heath track on Wednesday with a frontrunner a great chance to end the day on a high for punters at $15.
The heavily criticised new Gold Coast track has been stripped of a meeting as Racing Queensland boss Jason Scott admits the surface was not up to scratch last Saturday.
Annabel Neasham and OTI Racing will wait another week to unleash brilliant Canterbury Stakes winner Lady Laguna again.
A Toowoomba-based apprentice will face court next month after an alleged attack on a fellow racing participant with a dangerous weapon last week.
Toowoomba apprentice Alisha Donald has overcome a serious brain bleed and made history as the first apprentice to ride winners at three separate tracks in a single day in the space of a few months.
Beaten favourites Think About It and Private Eye remain on track for The Championships despite frustrating defeats at Royal Randwick.
A field of 11 is locked in for Saturday’s $3.6 million All-Star Mile at Caulfield — but who else will get a spot?
Fab’s Cowboy has done the unthinkable and has surpassed the winning record for a modern-day racehorse when scoring at Mount Isa to claim his 52nd career win.
The superstar jockey is riding in the form of her life, snaring Group 1s each of the past three Saturdays, and she’s hoping to keep that incredible form going when she returns to Morphettville for her hometown cup.
Amade is the best-performed horse lining up in Monday’s Group 2 and connections are confident about another big run after finishing third last year.
Trainer Mick Price cannot wait to reunite All-Star Mile contender Ayrton with jockey-of-the-moment Jamie Kah on Saturday at Caulfield.
Golden Eagle winner Obamburumai is due to travel to Sydney on March 19, where he needs to spend two weeks in the Canterbury quarantine and training facility.
Trainer Joe Pride says his stable superstar Think About It has piled on 20kg of “muscle” during his summer spell and is much stronger than before he won The Everest last spring.
Last year’s placegetters will carry significantly more weight than the rest of the field if they line up in next Monday’s Group 2 at Morphettville.
A luckless outing in the Oakleigh Plate could become a distant memory for Mornington trainer Jason Warren after Benedetta competes in Saturday’s Group 1 Newmarket Handicap at Flemington.
Leading trainer Mick Price says unlucky Blamey Stakes runner Ayrton deserves a Racing Victoria wildcard into Saturday week’s All-Star Mile at Caulfield.
Militarize is the $2.50 favourite to win the Randwick Guineas and his trainer Chris Waller expects rivals will have to be at their best to beat him at Royal Randwick.
English trainer William Haggas has won three of the past four Queen Elizabeth Stakes but will have a different target in mind during the Sydney Autumn Carnival.
Master trainer David Hayes has spoken from Hong Kong to senior racing writer Ben Dorries about the amazing similarities between Mr Brightside and his former superstar, Better Loosen Up.
Regardless of Fangirl’s previous win in the Apollo Stakes, the comparisons to Winx were always overblown.
A jumpout at Flemington last Friday was a final touch in Magic Time’s bid to topple Kiwi star Imperatriz and defeat the history books in Saturday’s Group 1 Newmarket Handicap.
Star jockey Jamie Kah landed her second Group 1 win in a week in the Australian Guineas but there were several runners to follow out of Saturday’s Flemington meeting.
During the next week, Racenet will go one on one with some of the wagering industry’s major CEOs to shine a light on the current state of the wagering environment in Australia.
David Vandyke and Ryan Maloney share a special Group 1 memory and are hoping to make more with a promising two-year-old who heads to Sydney to take on the big guns on Saturday.
Valuable filly Estriella is “destined for far greater things” following her emphatic victory in the Inglis Sprint at Flemington.
Atishu won the Blamey Stakes on her way to the Australian Cup, but Chris Waller will have to decide if that’s via the All-Star Mile.
A superb ride by champion jockey Nash Rawiller aboard a tenacious Think It Over lands the Group 1 Verry Elleegant Stakes at Randwick.
Tulloch Lodge frequently turns out winners with their “bone and muscle” regime and it provided them a first-up win with Tropical Squall in the Group 1 Surround Stakes at Randwick.
Jamie Kah is having a dream patch as she executed her plan to perfection to cause an upset in the Australian Guineas with Southport Tycoon.
James McDonald was in awe as multimillion-dollar colt Storm Boy rounded off his Golden Slipper preparation with an easy win in the Group 3 Skyline Stakes at Randwick.
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Ruby McIntyre, who took and sent the controversial white powder footage, has been handed a three-month suspension.
Form analyst Gilbert Gardiner is tipping a $23 shot in the Inglis Sprint at Flemington as he gives his betting strategy and detailed quaddie selections.
Harry Coffey is enjoying a run of big wins and is eager to continue his hot form in the Group 2 Blamey Stakes at Flemington.
Most punters know that if they back a James McDonald mount, they’ll be taking unders. Now a corporate betting giant has revealed the staggering figures on J-Mac’s impact on betting markets.
Te Akau Racing has decided to run Imperatriz in the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington next Saturday — instead of taking her to Sydney.
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