Horse Racing News
Broadsiding primed for 2024 Caulfield Guineas assault
With one important contest under the belt, it is now time for number two when Broadsiding heads to the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas. Crowned Champion Two-Year-Old of the season in Adelaide on Tuesday night, Broadsiding will be out to continue the momentum he built as a late two-year-old and early three-year-old when...
Two-time G1 winner ready to rebound in Alan Brown Stakes
Bjorn Baker is set to have a strong hand in the $1.5 million Alan Brown Stakes at Rosehill with his team spearheaded by two-time New Zealand Group One winner Belclere. Baker has nominated five horses for Saturday’s 1400m race and believes it shapes as an ideal target for Belclere, who has been...
Another Will short odds to win the G1 Toorak Handicap
Rising star Another Wil is on a mission to reaffirm his Cox Plate credentials when he bids to maintain his unbeaten run this campaign in the Group 1 Toorak Handicap at Caulfield. The Ciaron Maher-trained gelding is a clear-cut $2.20 pre-post favourite with betting apps in Australia for Saturday’s mile after two...
Top Godolphin colt locked in for The Everest
Golden Rose runner-up Traffic Warden has been officially confirmed to represent Godolphin in the $20 million The Everest. The colt is the second runner locked in over the past two days with last year’s placegetter Private Eye announced as the contender for the slot held by prominent owners Max Whitby and Neil Werrett on...
No Glow, but Waller finds right Lady for Flight Stakes
Chris Waller lost his top seed for the Flight Stakes on race eve, but it hasn’t stopped him from claiming the Group 1 fillies’ feature with another richly talented three-year-old in Lady Shenandoah. Odds-on favourite Autumn Glow was found to be lame on Friday, ruling her out of the race and the spring,...
A 2024 Melbourne Cup start is Just Fine
Just Fine has raced his way into the Melbourne Cup with an all-the-way victory at Flemington. The G Waterhouse & A Bott-trained stayer dominated the Group 3 The Bart Cummings (2500m) on Saturday to cement his place in the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on November 5. Just Fine was already...
Reece Jones notches first G1 win the hard way in The Metropolitan
A thrilling two-horse war in the Metropolitan spilled over into a stewards’ room battle as jockey Reece Jones had to fight a second time to land his maiden Group 1 win aboard the Chris Waller-trained Land Legend. Land Legend prevailed by a short half-head over Zac Lloyd’s mount Zardozi after the pair had...
Via Sistina rebounds in the Turnbull Stakes
After a below par effort at her Flemington debut, Via Sistina has bounced back to winning form and in the process provide the Chris Waller stable with a Group 1 quinella. Via Sistina was sent out the $2.60 betting site favourite at her Melbourne debut but was comfortably held behind Mr Brightside and...
Quinella for Cranbourne pair in the Danehill Stakes
Cranbourne trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr produced almost the perfect result when their colts ran the quinella in a Stakes race at Flemington. Only a half-head separated First Settler and Reserve Bank at the end of the Group 2 Danehill Stakes (1100m) on Saturday with the pair expected to clash again in...
Tremonti scores fighting win in the Maribyrnong Trial Stakes
The decision by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott to send Tremonti to Melbourne produced an immediate result with the colt scoring at Flemington. Waterhouse and Bott have a strong team of two-year-olds and filled the placings in the Group 3 Breeders’ Plate (1000m) at Randwick on Saturday and collected the prize...