Horse Racing News
Zambardo to take on Via Sistina in 2025 Champions Stakes
Mick Price will roll the dice with Zambardo on Saturday as the improving gelding takes on superstar Via Sistina in the Champions Stakes (2000m) at Flemington. Rather than take a softer path in a Benchmark 90 on Oaks Day, Price and Michael Kent Jr opted for a test at the elite...
Low draw key for Snow In May in the 2025 Hot Danish Stakes
Snow In May will look to bounce back in the Hot Danish Stakes on Saturday, with co-trainer Tom Charlton urging punters to forgive her Silver Eagle run. The mare had resumed in fine form, placing in both the Mona Lisa Stakes and the Golden Pendant, before enduring a tough run from...
Hobby trainer gearing up for 2025 Five Diamonds assault
Truck driver and hobby trainer Craig Cousins will experience the biggest race of his training career when The Inflictor contests the $2 million Five Diamonds at Rosehill. “I’m excited — and usually when I get excited and nervous, he races well,” Cousins said. His stable consists of just three horses housed behind...
High priced yearling poised for Golden Gift 2025 debut
The Ciaron Maher stable will unleash one of the most talked-about yearlings of the season when The Next Episode steps out in the $1 million Golden Gift at Rosehill. By Snitzel out of Humma Humma, The Next Episode was the $2.8 million headline purchase from the Magic Millions sale before being...
Champion trainer Chris Waller chases first VRC Oaks win
Chris Waller will tick off a rare first this week, with The Pearls giving him his maiden starter in the VRC Oaks during Melbourne Cup week. The three-year-old filly has earned her shot at the 2500m Group 1 after steadily rising through the grades from a Hawkesbury maiden to Stakes-placed company. She...
How G1 Melbourne Cup winner Half Yours got to McEvoy stable
Half Yours has delivered Tony and Calvin McEvoy their most significant victory, just a year after they took a calculated gamble at the Late November Inglis Digital Sale. Purchased for $305,000 in the dispersal of Colin McKenna’s bloodstock, the St Jean gelding is now the latest horse to achieve the rare...
Sliding doors moment wins Caulfield Cup - Melbourne Cup double
Jamie Melham’s remarkable Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup double will go down in racing history — but it nearly never happened. Before her partnership with Half Yours, it was Ashley Morgan who steered the gelding to key early victories. But Morgan’s commitment to ride in The Everest opened the door for...
Mr Brightside back for a fifth Champions Mile
Class campaigner Mr Brightside returns to Flemington for another tilt at the Champions Mile, and co-trainer Ben Hayes says age has done nothing to dull the star gelding’s desire. The eight-year-old again brings form into Saturday’s $3 million event, having finished second in the King Charles III Stakes and earlier adding...
Dance placegetters in hunt for 2025 Five Diamonds consolation
Both Vivy Air and Lugh could be back at the races again this week, with the Ciaron Maher team keeping their options open for Saturday’s $2 million Five Diamonds at Rosehill. The stable celebrated a clean sweep of the placings in Tuesday’s Big Dance, and assistant trainer Jo Gerard-Dubord says both...
Gringotts leads home Maher trifecta in $3m The Big Dance
Ciaron Maher has created history in the $3 million Big Dance, training the trifecta just one year after preparing the quinella in the same race. Gringotts ($3 fav) backed up his 2024 victory with another polished performance, defeating Vivy Air ($16) once more, with Lugh ($31) hanging on for third after...