Horse Racing News
2024 Melbourne Cup favourite Jan Brueghel arrives safe and sound
Melbourne Cup favourite Jan Brueghel arrived at Werribee safe and sound last Saturday night with no idea of the task ahead of him come the first Tuesday in November. Aidan O’Brien, head trainer of Ballydoyle Stables, may not have had a better chance to win his first Melbourne Cup, with Jan Brueghel...
Broadsiding has eyes on the 2024 Cox Plate
Circumstance did not work out for Broadsiding in the Caulfield Guineas, but Godolphin trainer James Cummings has not lost faith in the colt heading towards the Cox Plate. It is 40 years since Red Anchor completed the Caulfield Guineas – Cox Plate double while more recent three-year-old Cox Plate winners had been beaten...
Pride springs King Charles III Stakes win with Ceolwulf
Billed as a showdown between bold frontrunner Pride Of Jenni and Sydney star Fangirl, the King Charles III Stakes has instead proven a happy hunting ground for rising star Ceolwulf. The last-start Epsom Handicap winner turned giant-killer at Randwick, doing what many horses before him have been unable to by mowing down...
Blake Shinn steers Ostraka to win The Silver Eagle
Ostraka has continued on his winning way in the Silver Eagle at Randwick and in the process has put forward a compelling case to be given his chance in the $10 million Golden Eagle in a couple of weeks. Jockey Blake Shinn was able to overcome the outside draw on Ostraka by electing...
Favourite toppled in G1 Victoria Derby lead up
For the second successive year the favourite has been beaten in the Caulfield Classic, a key lead up to the Victoria Derby. Following the scratching of Red Aces at the barrier before Saturday’s Group 3 contest over 2000m for three-year-old colts and geldings, Keeneland shortened dramatically to run an odds-on favourite...
G1 VRC Oaks remains in the sights of Too Darn Discreet
Trainer Dan O’Sullivan said he would let the dust settle and enjoy the win of Too Darn Discreet in the Group 3 Ethereal Stakes (2000m) before confirming further spring ambitions. O’Sullivan would like to press on to the Group 1 VRC Oaks (2500m) at Flemington on November 7 via the Group 2 Wakeful...
Lizzie too darn fast in Thousand Guineas Prelude
What had been a frustrating start to the day for the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable turned full circle with the all the way victory of Too Darn Lizzie at Caulfield. Prior to the running of the Group 2 Thousand Guineas Prelude (1600m) on Saturday, Waterhouse was bemoaning the frustration of...
Far Too Easy overcomes the odds to win $2m Kosciuszko
It has been a case of third time lucky for remarkable gelding Far Too Easy, who has capped his storied career with a stunning victory in the $2 million The Kosciuszko at Randwick. Having placed behind Front Page in the country feature for the past two years, Far Too Easy finally got...
Estriella bounces back at Caulfield
It wasn’t the race Ciaron Maher and owners Kevin and Vicky Payne had their eyes on coming into the campaign, but Estriella returned to winning form on the day of the world’s richest sprint race. The classy mare put two unplaced runs in Group 1 races earlier in the campaign behind her with...
Ciaron Maher lands big payday with $5m Caulfield Cup win
The ever-increasing juggernaut that is the Ciaron Maher stable capped its biggest payday when Duke De Sessa scored a memorable win in the Caulfield Cup. An hour before Duke De Sessa claimed the Caulfield Cup, the Maher stable welcomed Bella Nipotina home victorious in the world’s richest race, The Everest at Randwick. They were however,...