Horse Racing News
Forecast rain not a Shocka for ATC Cup hope
AA forecast for rain in Sydney later this week is music to the ears of two of Rosehill’s newest residents as Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr prepare Hezashocka for the ATC Cup. Based primarily at Cranbourne in Victoria, the training partners have recently been granted 16 permanent boxes at Rosehill and are...
Shepherdson takes aim at G2 Sandown Guineas
Trainer Mick Shepherdson has high hopes for My Zephyr and one way to find out about the filly’s ability is to throw her into the deep end. My Zephyr is jumping straight from victory in a Donald maiden to the Group 2 Sandown Guineas (1600m) on Saturday, looking to continue the successful run...
Consistency a focus for Jason Collett this summer
Top Sydney jockey Jason Collett will be bidding to consolidate his strong start to the season with a handy book of rides at the Festival Stakes meeting at Rosehill. Coming off his best ever year in 2023-24 when he rode 72 city winners, Collett currently sits third on the premiership with 23...
Serpentine in shape for the Zipping Classic
Jockey Jye Mcneil is looking to be third time lucky aboard Serpentine when the pair again combine, this time in the Zipping Classic at Caulfield. McNeil last rode the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained galloper in the 2023 Melbourne Cup when 19th behind Without A Fight with his only other time aboard being in...
The veteran and up-and-comer in Wolfe’s Winterbottom Stakes bid
An ageing warrior and an up-and-comer. Veteran trainer Steve Wolfe has the Winterbottom Stakes loaded with two horses at opposite ends of the spectrum. Red Can Man has been Wolfe’s stable flag bearer for years and as an eight-year-old he’s having his fifth attempt at landing the major prize in Perth’s most lucrative sprint...
Morton raises the bar in the Winterbottom Stakes
The Sessions five-year-old is quirky and enigmatic, but a stable favourite. He’s teased and tantalised in some of his races, but when he can finally put all the pieces together there is a horse laden with a ton of ability. That talent came under notice last year when he ran out of...
Abounding shows her class in Tattersall’s Classic
It might have been a late November victory but Rob Heathcote is a believer that Abounding is a proper Sydney autumn and Queensland winter carnival horse after her return victory at Doomben on Wednesday. The now four-year-old may not have hit the winners’ list last May and June but Heathcote says...
Championships test for unbeaten Cambar
Gary Colvin is no stranger to Country Championships success, and he hopes to confirm he has unearthed his latest contender when the unbeaten Cambar runs at Rosehill. The Colvin-trained Another One finished second to Art Cadeau in the 2021 Country Championships Final before going one better the next year. He believes Cambar has the scope...
Rothfire the right horse with the right barrier
When a conversation starts about Rothfire, it seems to bring on a Buffering-like glow in Robert Heathcote and with his stable star set to make a return to racing at Doomben, he is excited to see the now seven-year-old step out. This will be Rothfire’s first race day outing since finishing fourth...
Starlight Stakes or George Moore Stakes for Front Page
Matt Dale is still debating where to run evergreen sprinter Front Page this weekend, although stablemate and debutant Bombay Boom is a confirmed starter in Sydney. Front Page is an acceptor for the Listed Starlight Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill and the Group 3 George Moore Stakes (1200m) at Doomben and Dale will...