Horse Racing News
Rivellino out to book spot in Inglis Millennium
Most of the two-year-old focus is fixed firmly on next week’s Magic Millions Carnival, but Rivellino will be racing for a spot in a rich Inglis race next month when he steps out at Randwick on Saturday. The son of Too Darn Hot, a $180,000 Classic Sale buy, is likely to...
She’s Bulletproof out to frank form in the Black Pearl Stakes
Charlotte Littlefield would have preferred that Niance was not one of She’s Bulletproof’s rivals in the How Now Stakes, but she’s hoping the formline through the classy sprinting mare stands up this Saturday at Geelong. She’s Bulletproof will make her first appearance since the Group 3 event at Caulfield on November 30 in...
Riot And Rose after another regional feature in Coastal Classic
Riot And Rose gets the chance to add another regional feature to his summer body of work at Geelong this Saturday. The Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman-trained gelding is one of the leading contenders for the day’s feature, the $300,000 Coastal Classic (1700m). The son of Pins won the $100,000 Wodonga Cup (1590m)...
Filly keeps unbeaten record up in Gosford Guineas
Winners win, as they say, and in three outings so far, Dance To The Boom is proving just that after her victory in the Listed Gosford Guineas (1200m) at Wyong. After wins at Kembla Grange and Canterbury, Bjorn Baker now has some decisions to make for the daughter of Exceedance with richer autumn...
Williams hoping first trip West is a fruitful one in Perth Cup
The famous navy-blue colours with a white armbands and cap will get another chance at Cup success tomorrow, when Serpentine lines up in the Perth Cup (2400m) at Ascot. The colours have been the first past the finishing post in seven Melbourne Cups, most recently with Twilight Payment in 2020, as...
Miraval Rose blumes in the Kensington Stakes
It was nearly three years ago to the day that Grahame Begg purchased Miraval Rose at the and on New Year’s Day 2025 the mare claimed her second stakes win in the Kensington Stakes. A winless 2024 ended with some hope of that drought being broken with two third placings at Caulfield last...
Grand Pierro makes amends in the Bagot Handicap
Having conquered the 2800-metre of the Bagot Handicap trip at Flemington, trainer Jason Warren wants to see if Grand Pierro ramp it up again over the two miles of the Adelaide Cup in March. After missing the win by a narrow margin last start in the Listed Pakenham Cup (2500m), this win in...
Eagle to get back on track at Wyong in Gosford Guineas
An eye issue threatened to derail Amazing Eagle’s Magic Millions quest, but Tuesday’s Listed Gosford Guineas gives him the chance to get his campaign back on track. The Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou-trained colt is equal favourite with Midnight Dynamite for the $200,000 event over 1200 metres at Wyong. The son of...
New Zealand via Bagot Handicap for Interpretation
Ciaron Maher elected against starting Melbourne Cup placegetter Okita Soushi in Wednesday’s Bagot Handicap at Flemington, but he still has one of the leading contenders for the $175,000 Listed feature. Another of the star trainer’s 2024 Melbourne Cup team will be Maher’s sole representative, with Interpretation to run with Saffie Osborne aboard in the 2800-metre...
Young Werther heads west for 2025 Perth Cup chance
Young Werther will tick off another racing jurisdiction when he contests Wednesday’s $1 million Perth Cup and trainer Danny O’Brien sees no reason why he won’t be a force in the 2400-metre Group 2 at Ascot. Western Australia will become the fourth state the seven-year-old has competed in, having placed in Group 1...