Horse Racing News
Imperatriz to take up G1 Newmarket Handicap challenge
Star mare Imperatriz is set to run in one of Australia’s most iconic sprint races, the Newmarket Handicap down the famous straight six at Flemington. Te Akau Racing announced their decision on social media on Friday after the mare had worked at Moonee Valley. The Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) will be run...
The show’s not Over for Kerry Parker’s spritely 8YO
A veteran of the weight-for-age arena, Think It Over doesn’t have the speed in his legs that he once did, but time has done little to dull his desire for racing. Trainer Kerry Parker was delighted to see his stable star show his customary competitive spirit when finishing a fighting third behind Fangirl and...
Shock first-up winner Makram out to prove it was no fluke
Lindsay Park has the idea of travelling the eastern seaboard in coming months with last start surprise winner Makram. But first Makram’s trainers Ben, Will and J D Hayes want to ensure the gelding’s first-up win at $151 with betting apps two weeks ago at Flemington was no fluke. The imported galloper...
Blinkers called on for King Colorado in Australian Guineas
The Ciaron Maher stable has called on a set of blinkers in its bid to capture the Australian Guineas with King Colorado. The shades were applied to King Colorado when the colt ran in the Cox Plate at Moonee Valley last spring, but the headgear has been missing in his two runs...
Bigger fish to fry for Apulia
It has been a long time between celebratory drinks for Lindsay Park in the Australian Guineas. The stable, now run by Ben, Will and J D Hayes, has not tasted success in the Group 1 race over 1600m at Flemington since Miss Finland took out the race for the boys’ father...
Hope In Your Heart to miss the autumn
Talented mare Hope In Your Heart has been all but ruled out of the autumn carnival as connections weigh up whether to continue her racing career. A multiple stakes winner and Group 1 placegetter, Hope In Your Heart was due to barrier trial at Warwick Farm in January but was a...
Jockeys green light new Caulfield Heath track
Racing beginning on the new inner circuit at Caulfield, named Caulfield Heath, has been given the go ahead by senior jockeys. Six official trials and three jump outs were held on Tuesday and despite continued controversy around the tightness of the turn out of the home straight and the obvious dip...
Cummings’ bullish ahead of Zardozi's return
James Cummings predicts VRC Oaks winner Zardozi to belie her early spring form over sprint trips and potentially give her rivals a fright when she resumes in the Group 1 Surround Stakes at Randwick. The filly was beaten more than 12 lengths first-up in the Silver Shadow Stakes (1200m) in August...
Caballus chases three straight in the Inglis Sprint
Sydney trainer Bjorn Baker will attempt another raid on a rich Flemington three-year-old sprint when Caballus runs in the Inglis Sprint. Baker collected the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes with Ozzmosis last spring and while the Inglis Sprint (1100m) does not carry the same prestige, it does carry $1 million in prize...
Manaal set to contest the Sweet Embrace Stakes
Manaal has largely flown under the radar since her Gimcrack Stakes win, but trainer Michael Freedman is looking for her to put her name back up in lights at Randwick. A narrow victor of Sydney’s first two-year-old race of the season, Manaal returned with a closing second to the speedy Lady...