Horse Racing News
Gringotts takes next step towards The Big Dance
The decision to bypass the Epsom Handicap and concentrate on The Big Dance could reap a $1.5 million bonus if Gringotts can capture the Alan Brown Stakes at Rosehill, en route to his main mission. The Ciaron Maher-trained five-year-old passed the qualifying clause for the Melbourne Cup Day feature with his...
Nonconformist targeting Sydney riches in the Hill Stakes
Nonconformist had never raced in Sydney prior to this campaign, but with a plethora of Group races worth significant prize money, Grahame Begg has been happy to send his evergreen gelding north and will run in Saturday’s Group 2 Hill Stakes (1900m) at Randwick. The eight-year-old, who has won over $2 million in...
Oxford Blue Geelong Classic 2024 bound after Sale win
The good form on paper stacked up in midweek country company and trainer Julius Sandhu is now eyeing a black-type feature on the other side of Melbourne for Sale winner Oxford Blue. The Listed Geelong Classic (2200m) on October 23 is where the Cranbourne-based horseman is hoping to send the three-year-old by...
The Everest, All-Star Mile obtain Group 1 status
The world’s richest sprint race, Randwick’s $20 million The Everest, has received Group 1 status in time for this year’s running. Racing Australia on Wednesday announced that the 1200-metre event, which will be run for the eighth time next Saturday, had been upgraded to Group 1 status after ratification at board...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Randwick trainers dominate Breeders Plate and Gimcrack Stakes
Tulloch Lodge has produced the Breeders’ Plate trifecta for the second year in succession with King Kirk, the first runner for freshman sire Ole Kirk, putting his hat in the ring for a Magic Millions campaign with a come-from-behind win. A $300,000 buy, King Kirk ($8) got back from a midfield...
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...