Horse Racing News
Overpass out to maintain Perth dominance in G1 Winterbottom Stakes
Fresh from Port Lockroy taking out the Railway Stakes (1600m) on Saturday, the Annabel Neasham-Rob Archibald training operation are quietly confident of securing a second Group 1 victory in the space of seven days in Perth this weekend. Neasham and Archibald will saddle up Lady Laguna in the Winterbottom Stakes, optimistic she can bounce...
Perth Cup 2025 looms for Lucy Fiore
Peter Fernie and Lucy Fiore, who proved an irresistible combination in the recently completed Kalgoorlie season, carried that force into black-type company at Ascot on Saturday following the front-running win of Sentimental Hero in the Listed A.J.Scahill Cup (2100m), opening the possibility to an even bigger prize on New Year’s...
Pisces in line for 2024 Sandown Guineas honours
James Cummings and the Godolphin team are happy to again step up to 1600m with a more mature Pisces at Caulfield. Gelded at the end of his two –year-old season, Pisces has finished in the placings in his two runs this campaign, including a win in the Group 3 Blue Sapphire Stakes (1400m)...
Winterbottom Stakes 2024: Archibald-Neasham look for second G1 in Perth
Fresh from Port Lockroy taking out the Railway Stakes (1600m) on Saturday, the Annabel Neasham-Rob Archibald training operation are quietly confident of securing a second Group 1 victory in the space of seven days in Perth this weekend. Neasham and Archibald will saddle up Lady Laguna in the Winterbottom Stakes, optimistic she can...
Winterbottom Stakes: Quarter dozen for Bjorn Baker’s sprint star?
Hit and run missions in Perth have been somewhat the making of Overpass, who has won thrice at Ascot, collecting the first two editions of The Quokka (1200m) and last year’s Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m), a crown he’ll attempt to defend on Saturday. The six-year-old gelding has won over $5...
Clint Johnston-Porter wins first G1 with Port Lockroy in Railway Stakes
Port Lockroy has built upon his eye catching Golden Eagle performance with a maiden Group 1 victory in the Railway Stakes at Ascot on Saturday. Three weeks after a closing sixth in the $10million Golden Eagle at Rosehill on November 2, Port Lockroy was a class above in WA’s feature Group 1...
Portelli looking for Festival Stakes bounce-back from Kintyre
A recent barrier trial hitout has confirmed Gary Portelli’s suspicions that Kintyre is better ridden quietly, and he plans to revert to that pattern for the horse’s next assignment. While the gelding collected the Frank Packer Plate (2000m) and Queensland Guineas (1600m) as a three-year-old when racing on the speed, earlier in...
Emotion for Blake Spriggs as Headwall wins The Warra
Winning a $300,000 race is significant but for Blake Spriggs it meant a whole lot more when Headwall strode to victory in The Warra. Now with two wins and a placing in three starts at the track, the Matthew Smith-trained, Warwick Farm-based galloper is quite at home at Kembla Grange and the victory...
Nadal too good in inaugural The Meteorite
Jockey Ethan Brown expects Nadal to rise to better company after he blew his rivals away in the inaugural running of The Meteorite at Cranbourne. The $1 million race on Saturday is one of two slot races run by Southside Racing, four weeks apart. Southside Racing was borne out of the merging of...
Exciting Gringotts lands big bets in The Gong
The punters had it right as the strong firmer Gringotts made it a one act affair in The Gong and will now chase a yet to be achieved treble as the Maher stable turns their focus to The Ingham at Randwick next month. “He was just better than them,” Maher’s representative...