‘It’s home for me now’: Dolan loving QLD with big Cups in mind
Robbie Dolan will look to secure back-to-back Ipswich Cups with Regal Lion, but he is daring to dream of much bigger Cups with Knight’s Choice later in the spring.
Robbie Dolan will look to secure back-to-back Ipswich Cups with Regal Lion, but he is daring to dream of much bigger Cups with Knight’s Choice later in the spring.
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.
Popular grey Luncies hasn’t won out of turn for trainer Kris Lees but he drops in grade significantly in Saturday’s Ipswich Cup.
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.
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.
As local champ Leap To Fame prepares for Friday night’s Patrons Purse at Redcliffe, mighty NSW stayer Swayzee is back in Brisbane and has his older sibling in his sights once again.
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.
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.
ANALYSIS: Racing Victoria has the whip hand, again, after a nine-month courtship of Gillon McLachlan, who will now run Tabcorp, writes Gilbert Gardiner.
Brilliant Stradbroke Handicap winner Stefi Magnetica is heading to the spelling paddock with a view to multimillion-dollar targets in the spring.
The Civic Stakes has attracted 26 entries with the James Cummings-trained Tamerlane conceding between 1.5kg and 5.5kg to his rivals.
Jockey Declan Bates will undergo surgery ahead of a break before he prepares for another big spring in partnership with wonder mare Pride Of Jenni.
With the world of wagering facing more headwinds than ever, Gillon McLachlan assumes the Tabcorp top job at a crucial juncture for the business.
Trainer Bjorn Baker celebrated his first Stradbroke Handicap victory from a business centre at a hotel in London, where he is staying for Rachel King’s wedding.
The Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou-trained gelding had to do the bulk of the chasing but was up to the challenge as he wore down the leaders to claim the Racing For Good On July 13 Benchmark 78 Handicap (1500m).
James McDonald has declared the racing world is at the feet of Broadsiding following his brilliant victory in the Group 1 JJ Atkins at Eagle Farm on Saturday.
Fawkner Park continued his rapid rise up the staying ranks with an effortless victory in the Q22 at Eagle Farm on Saturday.
Apprentice jockey Zac Lloyd landing his first Group 1 triumph was the headline moment out Stefi Magnetica’s Stradbroke Handicap triumph at Eagle Farm on Saturday.
There was an emotional backstory to Stefi Magnetica’s Stradbroke triumph with part-owner Lorilie Cunningham being to hell and back with a breast cancer battle.
Trainer Richard Laming says Name Dropper will be taken through the grades with a long-range goal to return to Queensland next year for the winter carnival before a tilt at the spring.
This is what the jockeys had to say after the running of the Stradbroke Handicap at Eagle Farm on Saturday.
Former English stayer Sir Lucan has returned to his best form with a strong win in the Listed $200,000 Winter Cup (2400m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday.
Former Group 1 placegetter Bases Loaded lands Gunsynd Classic for the all conquering Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott team.
This is what the jockeys had to say after the running of the JJ Atkins at Eagle Farm on Saturday.
Jockey Ethan Brown sealed a Sandown treble inside the first four races on Saturday.
On the evidence of Know Thyself’s runaway win it is easier to understand why part-owner John Messara knocked back a huge sum rumoured to be over $1 million for the three-year-old gelding.
Freedom Rally, unlucky not to secure a Stradbroke berth, handed trainer Tony Gollan some consolation when annexing the Wayne Wilson at Eagle Farm on Saturday.
Swiftfalcon settled back at the rear of the field and needed riding from Jay Ford just to stay in touch with his rivals before he was taken wide on the turn where he finished powerfully to win by a length at Rosehill Gardens.
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