Horse Racing News
Filly ready to make mark at Caulfield races
Rosangela, trained by Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr, will be out to shed her maiden tag this Saturday in the Next Payments Handicap (1100m) at Caulfield. After two career runs, the filly has shown ability. She was fifth behind Palm Angel in the Listed Merson Cooper Stakes (1000m) last November...
Tulloch Lodge filly has Wood on her rivals at Warwick Farm races
After an impressive debut at Warwick Farm, Agarwood has put herself on the radar for a Queensland winter campaign. The filly led home a dominant 2-1/2 length victory in the Schweppes Plate (1000m), a race won last year by stablemate Clean Energy, who went on to secure black-type honours in...
Frostnip too speedy on debut
Frostnip announced herself as a filly to watch with a commanding all-the-way win in the MRC Foundation Gala May 8 Plate (1000m) on debut at Caulfield Heath. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained youngster used her speed to full effect, overcoming a wide draw to win convincingly. Sent out a...
Deltason to end campaign on a winning high in 2025 WA Sires Produce Stakes
Meryl Hayley’s patience with Deltason could be rewarded at Ascot on Saturday as the juvenile prepares to contest the Group 3 WA Sires Produce Stakes (1400m), the final big race of the season for two-year-olds in Western Australia. Deltason was denied a run in both the Perth Stakes (1100m) and Karrakatta...
Miller feeling generous about G1 glory in The Goodwood 2025
Simon Miller knows Generosity faces her toughest test yet when she steps out in the Group 1 Goodwood (1200m) at Morphettville, but the trainer says her performances in top company make her a worthy contender. After securing her maiden Stakes success in the Sheila Gwynne Classic (1200m), Generosity turned heads with...
Consistent Medatsu heads Chris Waller’s 2025 Gosford Cup quintet
Chris Waller will send out a team of five for the Gosford Gold Cup on Saturday, hoping to secure his fourth victory in the 2100-metre contest. However, unlike previous years, none of his runners are expected to start near the top of the market, with all listed at double-figure odds. Medatsu,...
Price & Kent pair Good to go in Goodwood Handicap
Michael Kent Jnr knows exactly how big the task is to overcome Giga Kick in Saturday’s The Goodwood, but he’s optimistic his two runners have the credentials to make their presence felt. Together with co-trainer Mick Price, Kent Jnr will be represented by Group 1-winning mare Charm Stone and progressive colt...
Gosford Cup assignment for Naval College
Naval College returns to Gosford this weekend in the $300,000 Gosford Gold Cup (2100m) with a possible Queensland Winter Carnival on the line for the Annabel and Rob Archibald-trained gelding. The six-year-old resumes for the second time this prep following a solid fourth in the Group 3 JRA Plate (2000m) at...
Singapore gallopers set to kick-off at Caulfield races
Dan Meagher has opted to unveil highly rated Singapore import Lim’s Saltoro in a benchmark 100 race over 1400m at Caulfield this Saturday instead of chasing Group 1 glory in the The Goodwood (1200m) at Morphettville. Meagher had also nominated Lim’s Kosciuszko for The Goodwood but is holding off on his...
2025 Takeover Target Stakes the aim for talented Xidaki
Gosford’s stand-alone Saturday fixture will be the setting for Xidaki’s next step, as trainer Peter Snowden looks to launch his four-year-old into a Brisbane campaign. The gelding will contest the Listed Takeover Target Stakes (1200m) after an encouraging first-up run in the Hall Mark Stakes (1200m), where he was beaten under...