Horse Racing News
Motorace set to drive home Adelaide win
The Lindsay Park stable of Ben, Will and JD Hayes has hit the ground running in the early part of the new season and will look to add a win in Adelaide to their tally on Saturday. The Hayes boys sit at the top of the Australian Trainers’ Premiership with 17...
Sunlight colt out for Rosehill breakthrough
Dawn Service has made headlines for being the first progeny out of multiple Group 1 winner Sunlight, but co-trainer Adrian Bott believes he will eventually garner attention for his on-track deeds as well. The colt followed a debut third on the Kensington track last month with an emphatic four-length win at Hawkesbury...
Stallions for Yulong’s big name mares revealed
Vin Cox would have loved a dollar for every time he was asked who Imperatriz would visit at her maiden season at stud. The Yulong general manager joked he might have been able to pay for the 10-time Group 1 winner, who Yulong bought for $6.6 million at the Magic Millions’ National...
No limits for Easthope in Blue Spec Stakes
Trainer Jeremy Easthope is looking forward to saddling Upper Limits and believes he’s primed to turn the tables in the $100,000 Blue Spec Stakes (1650m) at Belmont on Saturday. Upper Limits ran second to hot commodity Triple Jay in the Jockey Celebration Day Stakes (1400m) two weeks ago, but Jeremy Easthope says he has...
A Closer Look at the PB Lawrence Stakes 2024
Mr Brightside reinjected some class onto the PB Lawrence Stakes honour roll the past two years. The 1400-metre Group 2 was the unofficial launch of the weight-for-age feature-race season, counting Lord, Tobin Bronze, Tauto, Sydeston, Mahogany and Apache Cat as winners, but was also the launching pad to spring stardom for...
Randwick trial to help shape Celestial Legend’s spring racing carnival
It might just be a barrier trial, but Kerrin Mcevoy expects Celestial Legend’s first public appearance of the season to provide an important guide to his spring program. The Doncaster Mile hero will step out in a tantalising 850 metre heat at Randwick on Friday which also showcases 2022 Everest winner Giga...
Easter sale-toppers accept at Rosehill
The state of the Rosehill track will determine whether both start, but a pair of Chris Waller-trained three-year-olds who were among last year’s benchmark yearlings could clash this Saturday. Autumn Glow and Imperial Force, the highest-priced filly and colt from last year’s Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, are acceptors for the $160,000...
Brave One to start Hawkes Racing’s Spring Racing Carnival charge
Boasting a profile not dissimilar to the one his sire Exceedance took into his three-year-old season, Brave One is being given an opportunity to lay an important spring marker in The Rosebud. A strong winner of his only start as a late-season juvenile at Randwick in June, Brave One has been freshened for...
Madrina to tick off Melbourne start in the Quezette Stakes
Lightly raced Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained filly Madrina is no stranger to travel. Having raced in Sydney, Canberra and Brisbane in her five starts to date, Madrina will tick off a run in Melbourne when she contests the Group 3 Quezette Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday. In those five starts, Madrina...
Arabian Summer chases Caulfield Black Type in Quezette Stakes
Arabian Summer has been a beneficiary of some excellent prize money on offer from Magic Millions through her first season on the racetrack. And trainers Tony and Calvin McEvoy would like to add some more Magic Millions money early in the New Year, but first there are some early spring assignments in Melbourne. One...