Horse Racing News
Darby out to make $2m Inglis Millennium mark
The Darby Racing team is dedicating the latter part of this week to exploring Inglis’s Riverside Sales Complex, aiming to uncover future stars at the Classic Yearling Sale. If the 2025 group performs as well as last year’s selections, they will have done an excellent job. Led by Scott Darby, the...
Palm Angel ripe for Blue Diamond Stakes Fillies Prelude improvement
Palm Angel has a significant margin to make up on My Gladiola following their last meeting in the Blue Diamond Preview, but trainer Jason Warren believes his filly has several factors in her favor this time to close the gap. The Starspangledbanner filly will complete her lead-up to the $2 million...
Jockey Tim Clark happy to land on Mayfair in Eskimo Prince Stakes
Top jockey Tim Clark believes Mayfair only needs to replicate his spring form to be a strong contender for a first-up victory in the Eskimo Prince Stakes at Randwick. The colt is currently the $4.40 third pick in early betting markets for Saturday’s Group 3 race, sitting behind $2.70 favorite Gatsby’s...
$1.15 million filly set to debut in the Lonhro Plate at Randwick
Blue-blooded filly Kerber is set to make her debut in stakes company at Randwick, an outcome that has even surprised her trainer. A $1.15 million purchase, the daughter of champion sire I Am Invincible and multiple black-type winner Eloping has a pedigree that suggests success. However, her impressive physical stature led Johann...
Melham off the Pine to test 2025 Blue Diamond Stakes hopes
Jamie Melham’s bid for back-to-back Blue Diamond Stakes victories gains momentum this weekend at Caulfield. The newly-married jockey, who claimed last year’s $2 million Group 1 aboard the late Hayasugi as Jamie Kah, will partner with promising Godolphin colt Aleppo Pine in the colts and geldings Prelude, while also taking the...
Hit-and-run Warwick Farm missions for Lloyd, Clark
Zac Lloyd and Tim Clark both made the trip to Warwick Farm for a single ride each, ensuring their efforts were worthwhile by securing victories in the opening two races. Lloyd had to work hard aboard the Matthew Smith-trained Idle Flyer ($1.35), as the filly took her time reeling in Metaphoricallly...
Tom does owner proud in thrilling finish
The Phillip Stokes-trained Tom has scored an emotional breakthrough victory for his connections at Sandown. Tom, who is named after a close friend of part-owner Jeremy Payne, did the right thing by his large legion of supporters in taking out the Sportsbet Jockey Watch Plate (1200m) on Saturday. Stokes stable representative Shae Dinunzio...
WA mare over the odds in the G1 CF Orr Stakes says trainer
She’s facing a tough test against a high-caliber field, but trainer Dan Morton firmly believes his Perth mare Super Smink isn’t just there to fill out the numbers in her interstate debut this Saturday. While Morton acknowledges the challenge ahead in the Group 1 C.F. Orr Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield, he...
Gelded Linebacker ready to rumble in the Eskimo Prince Stakes
John O’Shea is confident that Linebacker will hit the ground running when he returns to the track as a gelding in the Eskimo Prince Stakes at Randwick. Having previously placed at Group 1 level, Linebacker had a short spring campaign, last seen finishing sixth in the Golden Rose after displaying pre-race...
Angel Capital kicks off in the Autumn Stakes
Trainer Clinton McDonald is aiming to capitalize on the dry conditions with a strategic three-race autumn campaign for Angel Capital. The campaign begins this Saturday at Caulfield in the Group 2 Autumn Stakes (1400m). Depending on his performance, McDonald is considering the Group 1 Futurity Stakes over the same course and...