One thing is certain about opening night (Jan. 3) of the Dubai World Cup Carnival: if Settle for Bay wins the co-featured Group 3 US$200,000 Singspiel Stakes, there will likely be one robust celebration afterward. Owned by Dennis McGettigan’s McGettigan’s … Read more
The 13 yearlings by Brazen Beau in Book 1 of the Magic Millions Yearling Sale catalogue have suddenly increased in considerably value, on two occasions. The first of these followed the brilliant debut of Godolphin’s Brazen Beau colt Tassort in … Read more
INTER-DOMINION TROTTERS FINAL SUMMARY: THIS trotters’ series has appeared to be a race in two since night one. Kiwi champ SPEEDING SPUR and Melbourne’s local superstar TORNADO VALLEY have dominated the heats and they look like dominating the Final. TABCORP … Read more
The Gold Coast Magic Millions Yearling Sale has had been on an incredible upward trend over the last five years. The sale, which can lay claim to having Australia’s two highest stakes winners the mighty Winx and dual TAB The … Read more
Champion harness racing drivers Chris Alford and John Caldow took two former stars of the track, Smudge Bromac and Waikare Aristocrat, for a stroll along the banks of the Yarra River with Southbank as a backdrop in Melbourne. The … Read more
The Kingston Town Classic at Perth’s picturesque Ascot racecourse is the last group 1 race of the year. And it’s just possible – Winx aside, of course – that WA racegoers saw one of the best group 1 winners of … Read more
Rising stars of the Australian turf such as The Autumn Sun and Ringerdingding could be tempted to try their luck in Sydney during next year’s spring carnival after Racing NSW launched another salvo in the multi-million-dollar turf wars that have … Read more
The popularity of Australian wonder mare Winx seems to know no bounds. Not only is she a phenomenon in her own country, pulling huge crowds to Moonee Valley when she contests the Cox Plate, but she has made an equally … Read more
Latrobe in action at Sha Tin on Thursday. Image: Grant Guy grantdguy@yahoo.com.au Hong Kong’s balmy winter weather is taking a turn for the worse this weekend, with a sharp temperature drop and even the remarkable prospect of rain but … Read more
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Race 4. TAB INTER DOMINION TROTTING CHAMPIONSHIP (Heat 5): TORNADO VALLEY: Australia’s best trotter, unbeaten through the series and has the gate speed and the all-round smarts to tackle any racing situation. Looks the winner again. MAORI LAW: Massive run … Read more
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Damien Oliver was the homecoming hero who rode into town in the west last weekend and flew out with a group 1 win under his belt after getting Voodoo Lad up to win the Winterbottom Stakes for Victorian trainer Darren … Read more
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Complements of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Leg wraps were the talk of the commentary booth at Sha Tin Racecourse this morning as five horses from Japan’s talented cohort upped the ante ahead of their assault on Sunday’s (9 … Read more
Race 4. TAB INTER DOMINION TROTTING CHAMPIONSHIP (Heat 3): MAORI LAW: Lead-in form to this series was very solid, ran big race opening night behind Speeding Spur is hot form. Horrible draw here is the real concern, but with … Read more
It will not be until well into the third day, January 11, before yearlings by highly valued international sires – Deep Impact, Frankel and Invincible Spirit – begin appearing at the Gold Coast Magic Millions sale. Deep Impact, who is … Read more
The 2019 Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale has considerable depth among the 786 lots catalogued. The offering features relations to 73 stakes winners as well as the progeny of 84 stakes-winning mares. This follows on from the success the Melbourne … Read more
Race 3. TAB INTER DOMINION TROTTING CHAMPIONSHIP (Heat 1): TORNADO VALLEY: Currently holds the mantle as the best trotter in Australia. Has won an amazing 13 of his past 15 starts in the very best company. The one to … Read more
Golden Slipper Stakes winner Vancouver heads the list of 19 first season sires represented at the 2019 Gold Coast Magic Millions yearling sale. Vancouver, who stood at Coolmore at a fee of $66,000 in 2016 when this season’s yearlings were … Read more
NEALE DONNELLEY previews the Listed $350,000 Ballarat Cup: LOCAL training superstar Darren Weir is gang-tackling tomorrow’s $350,000 Ballarat Cup with no less than six runners. Wild weather in and around Melbourne over the past 24 hours has seen Ballarat … Read more
A half-brother by Sebring to Tony McEvoy’s brilliant speedster Sunlight is foremost among the lots related to Group 1 winners in the 2019 Magic Millions Yearling Sales catalogue. Since being purchased for $300,000 at last January’s Magic Millions sale Sunlight … Read more
It’s Sandown, the end of the carnival. It’s a group 2 race over a staying trip. There’s only one outfit to look for – Team Williams. There is no stable in Australia more committed to running distance horses than the … Read more
Top sports performers often seem to have addictive personalities. It’s that focus, that determination, that ability to shut out everything else to just concentrate on their chosen field that separates the best from the run-of-the-mill performers. For full story follow … Read more
The carnival may be over – save for the Ballarat Cup which officially ends the spring racing season next Saturday – but that doesn’t mean the pursuit of group 1 glory ends for the year. Several Victorian gallopers are being … Read more
Radical, innovative, and sure to attract debate, controversy and comment. Racing Victoria’s imaginative initiative for a $5 million All-Star Mile contest, with more than half the field voted in by public ballot and the race rotating around the three metropolitan … Read more
Group 2 $250,000 SANDOWN GUINEAS. (1600m): WE may be at the back-end of the Spring Carnival yet tomorrow’s Sandown Guineas hasn’t thrown up any off-season surprises. Our power stables – Weir, Team Hayes, McEvoy and Price – have the runners … Read more
The Sandown Guineas, as it is now known, has quite an interesting history. It was introduced in 1957 when the race was run at Caulfield and was for fillies only. The inaugural running was won by Orient, a daughter of … Read more