Main aim: Damask Rose to fully bloom in $10m Golden Eagle
Te Akau Racing kingpin David Ellis has revealed brilliant Kiwi slot race winner Damask Rose will target a rich race during the Sydney spring carnival.
Te Akau Racing kingpin David Ellis has revealed brilliant Kiwi slot race winner Damask Rose will target a rich race during the Sydney spring carnival.
Champion jockey Tommy Berry will make a special trip to Goulburn on Tuesday to ride Mountain Chatter for his father-in-law/trainer John Nisbet.
Mike Moroney’s fellow trainers in the “middle hut” at Flemington pay one more tribute to the trainer before farewelling the Melbourne Cup-winning horseman on Tuesday morning.
Gun filly Gala Queen showed her class in the Morphettville Guineas when she handed unbeaten gelding Sabaj his first defeat.
Rochelle Milnes, the only apprentice in the field, pulled off a brave move to claim the biggest win of her career in the Group 2 Adelaide Cup.
New Zealand trainers Shaun and Emma Clotworthy will have a final shot at history with Willydoit in the Australian Derby before the young stayer moves to the Ciaron Maher stable.
South Australian trainer Andrew Gluyas isn’t panicking after Goldrush Guru’s failure in the Rosehill Guineas as he pushes on towards the Group 1 Australian Derby.
Kimochi hasn’t raced in close to a month but is ready to make her presence felt on day one of The Championships at Royal Randwick.
Rosehill’s racecourse manager Shaun Patterson has resigned from his role to take up a position with an interstate club.
Luck hasn’t gone the way of promising filly Rapid Cheval as trainer Richard Laming targets a Group 1 Oaks race in either Queensland or South Australia.
Trainer Matt Hoysted will set realistic targets for Uncommon James after his stable star’s encouraging return to racing.
A promising spring campaign could develop into a winning autumn preparation for a Lindsay Park galloper while jockey Luke Currie should be among the winners at Pakenham.
Superstar sprinter Giga Kick is set to return next month, but trainer Clayton Douglas is still deciding which Group 1 race that will be.
Grahame Begg won’t be taking the traditional path to the Group 1 Australasian Oaks with Cilacap, who will have a key lead-up run at Caulfield on Saturday.
Dual Doncaster Mile winner Mr Brightside has blazed a path his fellow “ugly duckling” Rise At Dawn can follow in Saturday’s $4m Doncaster Mile at Randwick.
The James Cummings-trained Reducio was good in both starts of her first campaign and can kick off her second preparation with a win. BEST BETS, INSIDE MAIL
A promising stayer which had been one of the top fancies for the 2024 Melbourne Cup has injured his tendon and faces a lengthy stint on the sidelines.
Tony Gollan would love to give promising Transatlantic a shot at the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap and will kick him off in a $1m slot race in regional Queensland.
Dubai Honour kept his unbeaten Australian record intact in the Group 1 Tancred Stakes and a clash with superstar mare Via Sistina now awaits in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes.
Star Victorian filly Treasurethe Moment enhanced her standing as the ATC Oaks favourite with a commanding victory in the Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes at Rosehill.
This is what the jockeys had to say after the running of the Tancred Stakes at Rosehill on Tuesday.
Joe Pride concedes Ceolwulf will needs to improve to threaten Via Sistina in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes after scrambling to a narrow victory in the Neville Sellwood Stakes at Rosehill.
What is likely to be her final racing preparation, Lekvarte powered through the heavy track at Rosehill to claim a thrilling win in the Group 2 Emancipation Stakes.
This is what the jockeys had to say after the running of the Vinery Stud Stakes at Rosehill on Tuesday.
The Group 1 Australian Derby wasn’t on the agenda for Pocketing but a fighting win in the rescheduled Group 2 Tulloch Stakes at Rosehill has forced a change.
Young jockey Kyle Wilson-Taylor approached Chris Waller looking for an opportunity and the partnership is bearing fruit as they combined for a win at Doomben with a potential Queensland Derby prospect.
Victorian trotter Arcee Phoenix has made his third trip to New Zealand for the TAB Trot, and it’s the most confident trainer-driver Chris Svanosio has been.
Trainer Ciaron Maher has patiently waited for a wet track for the return of stakes-winning colt Perspiration and gets ideal conditions at Warwick Farm.
Mornington trainer David Brideoake is mulling a trip to Sydney for the Group 1 Sires’ Produce Stakes for a product of a developing partnership with a Hong Kong-based businessman.
An Archie Alexander-trained mare will relish getting back to her home track while a developing stayer could make sharp improvement stepping up in trip at Ballarat on Wednesday.