Horse Racing News
McEvoy, Bridge hunt first G1 together
They shared in Classique Legend’s remarkable Everest triumph, but trainer Les Bridge and jockey Kerrin Mcevoy are yet to team up for a Group One win. The pair is hoping to change that on Saturday when they combine with emerging three-year-old Celestial Legend in the Randwick Guineas (1600m), more than 20 years after...
Vianarra on VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes assault
The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young stable are expecting a rise in trip to suit Vianarra in a Stakes race at Flemington. Vianarra heads to the Group 2 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) on Saturday in a bid to break through for his maiden success. The son of Shalaa is the most experienced...
Sharper Amenable first-up at Flemington races
Without a win in a Stakes race to hang his future on as a stallion, Amenable returns for an autumn campaign at Flemington as a gelding. Not seen since running fourth in the Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m) at Caulfield last October, Amenable runs first-up as a gelding in the Group 3...
Top colts in Todman Stakes showdown at Randwick
Star colt Storm Boy will be at home in his box this weekend, but the result of the Todman Stakes at Randwick is set to reveal the horse who will pose his biggest Golden Slipper threat. Among the 10 Todman Stakes (1200m) runners are the next three horses in Slipper betting –...
Time for some Magic in G1 Newmarket Handicap
A trip to Flemington for a jump-out consisting of horses in the Newmarket Handicap provided Magic Time with the ideal lead-up to the Group 1 handicap. Trainer Grahame Begg took advantage of giving Magic Time a look at the straight 1200m course over which the mare will race first-up on Saturday. Magic Time finished...
Cummings bullish over return of multiple Group winner in Challenge Stakes
Missing the spring could prove a blessing in disguise for Godolphin sprinter Aft Cabin, who will be looking to make some immediate autumn inroads when he resumes in the Challenge Stakes at Randwick. The four-year-old has been off the scene since finishing midfield in the Stradbroke Handicap in June, trainer James...
Militarize poised to fire in Randwick Guineas
A rising star of the three-year-old ranks and a colt that has already stamped himself among the best of his generation will clash for the first time in a tantalising rendition of the Randwick Guineas. The Group 1 race features a small but select field of 11 runners but it is...
Fully Lit to fire in the Black Opal Stakes
Gai Waterhouse and Adrain Bott will be well represented in the nations capital’s biggest day of racing, headlined by unbeaten two-year-old colt Fully Lit in the Group 3 Black Opal Stakes (1200m). The stable are enjoying an unprecedented two-year-old season with 19 total wins, including Fully Lit, with the Hellbent colt set to...
Berkshire Shadow set for Australian debut in Shaftesbury Avenue Handicap
Imported galloper Berkshire Shadow is set to make his Australian debut in a Stakes race at Flemington. The Ciaron Maher-trained galloper is set to contest the Group 3 Shaftesbury Avenue Handicap (1400m) on Saturday where he will avoid a clash with stablemate Jimmysstar. Jimmysstar is NSW bound for the Group 3 Newcastle Stakes...
Change of pace for Chad Ormsby at Flemington
If an adrenalin rush from riding racehorses is not enough, then try bull-riding. Not content with a lower-level past-time like golf, New Zealand trainer Chad Ormsby has had a crack a bull-riding for a change of pace, with some success. Ormsby, in Melbourne with his sprinter Master Fay for the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap...