Horse Racing News
Waller cautious ahead of Wodeton’s 2025 San Domenico Stakes return
Chris Waller will kick off Wodeton’s spring campaign in the San Domenico Stakes (1100m), using the race as a launching pad towards his major goal, the Golden Rose (1400m). The Golden Slipper placegetter faces a stiff task resuming over Rosehill’s specialist sprint trip, and Waller admits he is more focused on...
Minor alteration to program for Deakin
Phillip Stokes has adjusted Deakin’s spring campaign kick-off, with the stayer to avoid the star-studded Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield in favour of the Sportsbet Feed Handicap (1400m) on the same program. Originally pencilled in to resume in the Memsie, Deakin will instead line up in the benchmark 100...
McEvoy to mull over 2025 Run To The Rose test for Prestar
Promising colt Prestar delivered a strong performance at Randwick’s Kensington track on Wednesday to give Tony and Calvin McEvoy a new spring option, possibly keeping him in Sydney for black-type company. At $3.40, Prestar outkicked the favourite Johnny to score by half a length in the Schweppes Handicap (1150m). It was...
Stars kick off in the 2025 Memsie Stakes
Caulfield hosts the first Group 1 contest of the Victorian Spring Racing Carnival this Saturday, with the Memsie Stakes (1400m) assembling one of its strongest fields in years. Eleven runners will face the starter, with all bar one already Group 1 winners, underlining the depth of the line-up. Ciaron Maher will...
The Metropolitan favourite to face first Sydney test
Rosehill will see Tony and Calvin McEvoy unleash two staying prospects on Saturday, both on course for The Metropolitan (2400m). The team lines up South Australian Derby winner Coco Sun and emerging stayer Half Yours, who has been installed favourite for the Group 1. The McEvoys are buoyed after Prestar’s midweek...
Treasurethe Moment set for return in the G1 Memsie Stakes
Treasurethe Moment faces her toughest assignment yet when trainer Matt Laurie saddles her up in the Memsie Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday. A winner of nine from 11 starts, the mare will be tested against seasoned campaigners for the first time in the Group 1 1400m contest. She returns following an unbeaten...
Tyler Schiller out to build 2025 Spring Racing Carnival momentum
Jockey Tyler Schiller is waiting on Team Hawkes’ decision to find out if he will chase his first Group win of the season aboard Devil Night. The Blue Diamond Stakes winner holds acceptances for both the Group 3 San Domenico Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill and the McNeil Stakes (1200m) at...
European stayer Al Riffa eyes the 2025 Melbourne Cup
European star Al Riffa will spearhead Joseph O’Brien’s bid for a third Melbourne Cup after being purchased by Australian Bloodstock to target this year’s race. The powerful stayer, fresh off his Group 2 Curragh Cup triumph in July, will travel to Melbourne in the second shipment of international contenders. He will...
Three-time G1 winner Sunshine In Paris retired
The racing career of triple Group 1 winner Sunshine In Paris is over following an injury sustained at trackwork on Tuesday morning. Training partners Annabel and Rob Archibald broke the news on social media after consulting with the six-year-old’s owners John and Deb Camilleri. “Our stable star Sunshine In Paris has unfortunately picked up an...
Fangirl gets first look at Caulfield ahead of 2025 Memsie Stakes
Fangirl will finally begin her spring preparation in Saturday’s Group 1 Memsie Stakes, with Chris Waller making a special trip to Caulfield to monitor her trackwork. The mare bypassed last week’s Winx Stakes due to the heavy Randwick surface and travelled to Melbourne that night. Tuesday marked her first gallop at...