Horse Racing News
Fully Lit to fire in the Black Opal Stakes
Gai Waterhouse and Adrain Bott will be well represented in the nations capital’s biggest day of racing, headlined by unbeaten two-year-old colt Fully Lit in the Group 3 Black Opal Stakes (1200m). The stable are enjoying an unprecedented two-year-old season with 19 total wins, including Fully Lit, with the Hellbent colt set to...
Militarize poised to fire in Randwick Guineas
A rising star of the three-year-old ranks and a colt that has already stamped himself among the best of his generation will clash for the first time in a tantalising rendition of the Randwick Guineas. The Group 1 race features a small but select field of 11 runners but it is...
Cummings bullish over return of multiple Group winner in Challenge Stakes
Missing the spring could prove a blessing in disguise for Godolphin sprinter Aft Cabin, who will be looking to make some immediate autumn inroads when he resumes in the Challenge Stakes at Randwick. The four-year-old has been off the scene since finishing midfield in the Stradbroke Handicap in June, trainer James...
Berkshire Shadow set for Australian debut in Shaftesbury Avenue Handicap
Imported galloper Berkshire Shadow is set to make his Australian debut in a Stakes race at Flemington. The Ciaron Maher-trained galloper is set to contest the Group 3 Shaftesbury Avenue Handicap (1400m) on Saturday where he will avoid a clash with stablemate Jimmysstar. Jimmysstar is NSW bound for the Group 3 Newcastle Stakes...
Bustler’s interstate campaign over-Zipaway to press ahead
Following another disappointing performance on the weekend, Bustler has been ruled out from the remainder of Melbourne’s autumn carnival. Perth’s top five-year-old hasn’t been able to reach the heights of last November when he claimed Group 1 honours in the Railway Stakes (1600m) at Ascot. Bustler flopped at his first Melbourne start, failing...
Hot weather forecast shortens Flemington card
With hot weather expected for Super Saturday at Flemington, the meeting will be shortened to eight races with the potential of an early start. The change has been brought about with the Bureau of Meteorology forecasting the temperature to reach 39 degrees at Flemington on Saturday. Racing Victoria and the Victoria Racing...
Bunbury Cup back at South West’s state-of-the-art racecourse
The $150,000 Bunbury Cup is returning to the state-of-the-art Bunbury Racecourse this weekend for the first time in three years, with up to 8000 racegoers expected to attend. The past two Bunbury Cups were held at Ascot during the $30 million upgrade of the South West’s premier thoroughbred track. Racing resumed in...
Change of pace for Chad Ormsby at Flemington
If an adrenalin rush from riding racehorses is not enough, then try bull-riding. Not content with a lower-level past-time like golf, New Zealand trainer Chad Ormsby has had a crack a bull-riding for a change of pace, with some success. Ormsby, in Melbourne with his sprinter Master Fay for the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap...
Luke Fernie hot on the Heels of another feature
Chock-full of confidence, Luke Fernie believes his outstanding training form can continue when one of his former proteges resumes at Albany on the weekend. Fernie is excited by the return of Laced Up Heels and has high expectations the mare can return with a bang and add to his haul of...
Internationals settling in to Sydney
The Northern Hemisphere horses targeting riches at this year’s Autumn Carnival in Sydney have started arriving with five horses landing in Australia at the weekend. Three Group 1 winners are included among the batch of horses who have taken up residence at the Canterbury Park Quarantine Centre, several of which will...