Horse Racing News
Imperatriz heading back to New Zealand
Imperatriz’s season is now over but don’t expect to hear David Ellis now ramping up a campaign for her to be crowned Australia’s Champion Racehorse for the 2023/24 season. The five-year-old finished fourth in last Saturday’s T J Smith Stakes at Randwick won by Chain Of Lightning, her only unplaced run...
Winx’s first foal sells for $10m at the Inglis Easter auction
Winx’s highly anticipated first foal, a Pierro filly, has been sold for a staggering amount of $10 million at the Inglis Easter auction on Monday, shattering records for a yearling filly in Australia. Lot 391, presented by Coolmore Stud, garnered intense interest due to her illustrious lineage. The previous record of $2.6...
Another shot at redemption for Amade in Sydney Cup
Amade’s chance to end his career one of the best-performed horses Phillip Stokes has trained has probably passed, but the enigmatic import will continue to be given chances to land a big staying feature. The 10-year-old’s next opportunity comes in this Saturday’s $2 million Group 1 Sydney Cup at Randwick. The 3200-metre...
Lady Of Camelot redirected to the G2 Percy Sykes Stakes
Golden Slipper winner Lady Of Camelot is scheduled to run in the Percy Sykes Stakes on Day 2 of The Championships after being scratched from the Sires’ Produce Stakes. Lady Of Camelot will not be in one of the four Group 1 races but the Golden Slipper winner still shapes as one...
Bold Bastille bound for Bendigo in VOBIS Gold Rush
Lindsay Park two-year-old Bold Bastille has a couple of rich assignments ahead of her before she enjoys a break leading into the spring. The first of those assignments for the Ben, Will and J D Hayes-trained filly is the $250,000 VOBIS Gold Rush (1000m) at Bendigo on Saturday which will be followed...
Riff Rocket gives Waller first ATC Australian Derby
Riff Rocket has raced to a rare staying double and in the process delivered Sydney’s premier trainer Chris Waller with his first ATC Australian Derby success at Randwick. Waller admitted it had been a source of a little frustration that he had yet to train the winner of the time-honoured Australian Derby during...
Feroce hands Dominic Sutton city victory
New Zealand-bred gelding Feroce will forever hold a special place in the stable of Dominic Sutton after his on-pace victory at Caulfield. The $160,000 Karaka Ready To Run purchase provided Sutton with his first metropolitan winner when successful in the Vale John Russell (1200m) on Saturday. Feroce also provided Sutton with his maiden victory...
Circle Of Fire firms for the 2024 Sydney Cup
Imported stayer Circle Of Fire has firmed to the second line of Sydney Cup betting after securing a ballot exemption into the Group 1 race with a narrow-but-impressive victory in the Chairman’s Quality at Randwick. In his third Australian start, the English import was sent out the $3.60 betting app favourite in Saturday’s...
Manaal delivers another major for the fillies in the ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes
Fillies have continued their dominance of the country’s Group One two-year-old races with Manaal nailing Godolphin’s Traffic Warden in the final bounds to capture the ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes at Randwick. The filly started at $5.50 with betting apps and atoned for a luckless run from a wide draw in the Golden Slipper,...
Staying options aplenty for Gold Wolf
Trainers David and Coral Feek will have some thinking to do in coming weeks after the win of Gold Wolf at Caulfield. Gold Wolf proved the superior staying three-year-old when he scored a shock win in the Listed Galilee Series Final (2400m) on Saturday. Ridden by Neil Farley, Gold Wolf ($41) scored by a head from...