THE Spring Racing carnival officially starts on Saturday but for we dedicated racing punters we’ve been looking ahead to the Spring Majors for weeks now. Every time a Group or Listed race is run we’re analysing whether the combatants … Read more
Race 1 Divine Caprice [6] Deep Speed [2] Mildred [5] Boom Daddy [1] Race 2 Music Bay [7] Violate [3] Romancer [6] Mr Money Bags [8] Race 3 Wayupinthesky [10] Brooklyn Hustle [13] Sebrakate [1] Excess Funds [7] Race 4 … Read more
Race 1: No Selections Race 2: No Selections Race 3: Dealmaker (4) Greysful Glamour (5) Shock Alert (6) Muraaqeb (2) Race 4: Probabeel (2) Funstar (1) Girls Are Ready (3) St Covet’s Spirit (4) Race 5: Classique Legend (2) Graff … Read more
Melbourne Cup hopes Prince Of Arran, Constantinople and Mustajeer, as well as Cox Plate fancy Danceteria, are all horses currently ensconced at the quarantine centre in Werribee who each have fascinating backstories. But perhaps the most intriguing galloper of … Read more
BENBATL BACK IN A BIG WAY Godolphin’s Benbatl is far from done in his already decorated career and the 5-year-old winner of top-level affairs on three continents put an exclamation point on that sentiment with his return in this past Friday’s … Read more
Nine year olds filled three of the first four places in yesterday’s group 1 Underwood Stakes. Seven-year-old Scales of Justice won the group 1 Memsie Stakes and 100/1 bolter Gatting, a six-year-old, took out the other group 1 Makybe Diva … Read more
Alligator Blood stamped himself a real threat to Caulfield Guineas favourite Dalasan when he raced prominently and beat the pre-post favourite home in the Guineas Prelude for colts and geldings on Sunday. The win gave former Melbourne rider Ryan Maloney … Read more
THE UNDERWOOD Stakes has always been a significant guide to what lies ahead in the Melbourne Spring Carnival. Today’s renewal does not have any of the highly rated international raiders set to invade this town, but it does contain … Read more
Race 1 Pierrocity [3] Special Alert [2] Camelle [7] Annarbor [6] Race 2 Prophet’s Thumb [7] Victory Kingdom [9] Miss Norway [4] Petrelle [5] Race 3 Vassilator [5] Qafila [4] Masculino [6] Order Again [2] Race 4 Admiral’s Joker [10] … Read more
Race 1 Vellaspride [4] Midas Man [7] Shepard [3] Southern Yankee [5] Race 2 Sizzlefly [9] El Sicario [2] Shotgun Rosie [4] The Mayor [1] Race 3 Arctic Shock [2] Head Noises [9] So You Swing [8] Collectable [5] Race … Read more
Race 1 Humbolt Current [9] Dr Drill [1] Costello [8] Rapido Chaparro [5] Race 2 Who’s Shout [10] Storm Attack [6] Lolita Gold [3] Moss The Boss [2] Race 3 Accession [3] Pandemic [6] Cosmic Force [1] Bellevue Hill [2] … Read more
Race 1 Abbi Fede [2] Pierro’s Promise [1] Exalted Ambition [4] Sowpods [5] Race 2 Charossa [1] Aagas [2] Flow Meter [3] Cobber’s Mate [8] Race 3 Li’l Kontra [1] Xilong [5] Grinzinger Express [2] Puissance Dusoleil [6] Race 4 … Read more
Grand Final Richmond vs. GWS Giants, MCG, 2.30pm AEST Richmond 2019 Season Record: 18 Wins, 6 Losses Last 5 Games WIN Geelong 85-66 WIN Brisbane 112-65 WIN Brisbane 82-55 WIN West Coast 88-82 WIN Carlton 73-45 Last 5 … Read more
Experience is expected to be the telling factor in the AFL Grand FInal clash between Richmond and Greater Western Sydney at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday. The Tigers, who will have the majority of the 90,000-plus crowd on … Read more
Race 1: King Of Hastings (1) Alabama Express (6) Barcali (3) Zoushack (2) Race 2: Power Scheme (1) Conquerer (4) Vegas Knight (7) The Holy One (5) Race 3: Miss Siska (3) Rondinella (4) Shrouded In Mist (7) Princess … Read more
Fifteen years ago transplanted trainer Lindsey Smith – he has now shifted part of his operation from Perth to Warrnambool – won the Victoria Derby with a WA galloper called Plastered. He could pull off the feat again with Adelaide … Read more
Race 1 Love From Lucy [7] Cover Girl [2] Sacred Walk [5] Austin Raider [1] Race 2 Witchachar Star [7] Fight For Freedom [3] Dexstra [2] Hobo Bob [9] Race 3 Lope De Wolf [3] Swifty [8] The Bull McCabe … Read more
Race 1 No Selections Race 2 Soul Patch [1] Lake’s Folly [4] Triton Rising [14] Grinzinger Allee [3] Race 3 Cuban Toonite [2] Yeldarb [1] Abyssinian [5] Latin Beat [3] Race 4 Sisstar [3] Varda [2] Dane Clipper [4] Mockery … Read more
Race 6: Longneck Larry (8) Sebeat (3) Scotch O’Clock (6) Lord Mapperley (9) Race 7: Lovin Th’Castle (6) Golden Gee (5) Street Savvy (1) Inala Max (3) Race 8: Blandford Lad (2) Boomstock (1) Syd’s Coin (7) Rakau Whero (6) … Read more
Race 1: Just Zerine (11) Floreat Pica (2) Military Road (3) Outpost [5] Race 2: Beauty (1) Tiara Star (3) Bayou (5) Carlaluisa [7] Race 3: Grabbing Glory (10) Shop Til I Drop (7) Ocean Waltzer (2) Dr Dependable (5) … Read more
Race 1 Firstclass Dreamer [6] Heir To The Throne [4] Aristrocratic Miss [3] Shared Ambition [2] Race 2 Skiddaw [4] Long Jack [3] Huntly Castle [1] The Lifeline [2] Race 3 I Am Immortal [1] Lesage [10] Cardiff [3] Garner … Read more
SURELY the most significant factor when assessing the form for this Group 1 $500,000 George Main Stakes (1600m) has to be the heavy track. As is so often the case in Sydney in the Spring, heavy rain has turned … Read more
Saturday, September 21 First Preliminary Final Collingwood vs. GWS Giants, MCG, 4.35pm AEST Collingwood 2019 Season Record: 16 Wins, 7 Losses Last 5 Games WIN Geelong 61-51 WIN Essendon 76-65 WIN Adelaide 114-48 WIN Melbourne 70-53 WIN Gold Coast … Read more
The odds are that Collingwood, even without Jordan de Goey, can earn the right to avenge last year’s devastating five points AFL grand final loss to West Coast. After dumping Geelong in the qualifying final the Magpies meet Greater … Read more
Friday, September 20 Second Preliminary Final Richmond vs. Geelong, MCG, 7.50pm AEST Richmond 2019 Season Record: 17 Wins, 6 Losses Last 5 Games WIN Brisbane 112-65 WIN Brisbane 82-55 WIN West Coast 88-82 WIN Carlton 73-45 WIN Melbourne 93-60 … Read more
Three-year-old filly Search For A Song upstaged a slew of expensive and highly fancied Melbourne Cup candidates in only her fifth race start when she ran away with the Irish St Leger early Monday morning. Legendary Irish trainer Dermot Weld is … Read more
They say you can’t keep a good man down and Zac Purton proved that adage with a quartet of wins at Sha Tin today, Sunday, 15 September. The champion jockey saw a 26-meeting winning streak end on Wednesday night … Read more
Champion trainer David Hayes has pledged to throw everything he can at winning this year’s Melbourne Cup before he moves to Hong Kong next year. Hayes won the Cup in 1994 with Jeune before he went to Hong Kong for … Read more
Could a lightly raced three-year-old colt and a jockey barely known outside her state be the duo to shake South Australian racing out of the doldrums? After the way the Leon Macdonald and Andrew Gluyas-trained Dalasan and the reigning Adelaide … Read more