Horse Racing News
Vinrock ready for spring launch in 2025 McNeil Stakes
Unbeaten colt Vinrock will return to racing in Saturday’s Group 3 McNeil Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield, with trainer Matt Laurie confident the rising star can build on an outstanding juvenile season. Laurie paid $300,000 for the I Am Invincible colt at the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale, before guiding him to victories...
Weather query for She’s Bulletproof at Caulfield
Rain looms as the biggest obstacle to She’s Bulletproof making her return in Saturday’s Group 3 Heath 1100 (1100m) at Caulfield, with trainer Charlotte Littlefield set to keep her mare at home if conditions deteriorate. Littlefield said a surface rated Soft 5 would be acceptable, but anything wetter could force connections...
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...
Snowden splits 3YOs between 2025 San Domenico Stakes and Up And Coming Stakes
Grand Prairie will step out in the Group 3 Up And Coming Stakes (1300m) at Rosehill after trainer Peter Snowden chose to avoid a head-to-head with stablemate Raging Force in the San Domenico Stakes (1100m). Snowden felt Raging Force was better suited over the shorter distance, while Grand Prairie would benefit...
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...
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...
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...