Horse Racing News
Michael Hickmott’s two-pronged Vic assault
Michael Hickmott will look to add to his already-impressive record in Melbourne this season when he sends to horses across the border this weekend. The Murray Bridge horseman will run Irish mare Spirit Of Camelot at Saturday’s Caulfield Heath meeting after Stakes-placed filly Ad Astra contests a maiden race at Moonee Valley on Friday...
Diamond Scene to keep 2025 Perth Cup momentum going in Towton Cup
Trainer Michael Grantham says Diamond Scene can keep his Perth Cup (2400m) momentum going when he attempts to win the second leg of a feature double at Ascot on Saturday. Diamond Scene will tackle the G.A.Towton Cup (2200m), a critical Perth Cup lead-up race, against ten other rivals, nearly a month after...
Tony Gollan chasing dream HK debut with Antino
Brisbane’s dominant trainer for the past decade, Tony Gollan will realise a long-held ambition when he saddles up in-form gelding Antino in the Hong Kong Mile at the International meeting at Sha Tin. A brilliant winner of the Toorak Handicap at Caulfield two starts ago, Antino beat all but proven weight-for-age star...
Emotional win for Berkeley Square in the Ballarat Cup
It felt as if the stars aligned for Berkeley Square to win the Listed Ballarat Cup (2000m) with local trainer Dan O’Sullivan re-uniting with stable apprentice Jaylah Kennedy to take their hometown Cup. Kennedy, who had ridden Berkeley Square in his first six runs this campaign, including two wins at open level, wasn’t aboard...
Private Harry on track for the rich Magic Millions Sunlight
Promising three-year-old Private Harry continues to make all the right moves on and off the track, taking his unbeaten streak to three despite not enjoying the soft conditions at Rosehill. Displaying the type of racing manners that trainer Nathan Doyle says reflects his attitude at home, the young colt travelled generously for jockey...
Gollan’s Golden boy goes Boom in the Bribie Handicap
Saddling up half the field in the Bribie Handicap, Tony Gollan had weight of numbers on his side and the race went virtually to script as the two most fancied of his sextet, Golden Boom and Zarastro, fought out the finish. It was the former who came out on top, jockey Kyle Wilson-Taylor able...
Birdsville Cup winner returns at Morphettville races
It may not have been Australia’s richest race, but Phillip Stokes got a huge thrill out of winning the Birdsville Cup with Neodium. The victory in September was Neodium’s second on the outback circuit, the difference in the gelding’s latest victory, Stokes was on course to witness it. Stokes grew up around the...
Stradbroke Handicap shot lures Bianco to The Gateway
The opportunity to earn a ballot exemption for the Stradbroke Handicap has tempted connections of Mister Bianco to take on the older horses in The Gateway, but the move is more than just a throw at the stumps. The three-year-old has been scratched from a benchmark race on Saturday’s Eagle Farm program...
Nathan Doyle pinning summer hopes on Harry
It has been a game-changing start to the season for young Newcastle trainer Nathan Doyle and he is hoping promising colt Private Harry can continue the stable’s trajectory over the summer. Doyle made his first foray into Group 1 racing during the spring with Harlem Queen, who placed in the Flight Stakes...
Romantic Warrior poised for history making three-peat in Hong Kong Cup
James McDonald boasts an enviable book of rides at Sha Tin on Sunday spearheaded by Romantic Warrior who gets his chance to make history in the Group 1 Hong Kong Cup. McDonald has nine rides in the ten-race program with the most highly anticipated of those Romantic Warrior who on Thursday...