Horse Racing News
Accredited gets a shot at the 2025 Festival Stakes
Reliable campaigner Accredited will be out to finally snare the Stakes victory he has been threatening when he heads to Rosehill this Saturday. The Joe Pride-trained gelding is set for a start in the $250,000 Group 3 Festival Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill. Representing Proven Thoroughbreds, the six-year-old arrives on the back of...
Rawiller lands 2025 The Gong with another daring ride
Nash Rawiller has a reputation for zigging when others zag, and he lived up to that billing once again with a bold rails-hugging ride on Gringotts to win The Gong at Kembla Grange. A wet afternoon and heavy-track downgrade had the majority of jockeys swinging wide into the straight, following what...
Sabaj takes out the 2025 Cranbourne Cup in style
Sabaj looks set to play a significant role in the upcoming autumn carnival after securing a maiden Stakes success for the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr operation. The gelding gave Price his fourth win in the Listed Cranbourne Cup, and his determined 1600m victory has the stable excited about what...
Glory in The Warra 2025 as Jason Coyle makes right call
Trainer Jason Coyle revealed he repeatedly considered scratching Catch The Glory from the The Warra, but his decision to stay in the race proved decisive as the mare claimed an important stakes win. She had been earmarked for next week’s Starlight Stakes (1100m), but with the The Warra (1000m) field smaller...
Jigsaw solves 2025 The Meteorite puzzle
Jigsaw delivered a polished front-running effort to secure victory in the second edition of The Meteorite at Cranbourne, giving local trainer Cindy Alderson a million-dollar result. The 1200m slot race, carrying $1 million in prize money, played perfectly to Jigsaw’s strengths as he dictated throughout for the Moonee Valley Racing Club...
First Australian winner for Irish jockey Adam Farragher
Irish rider Adam Farragher achieved a long-held goal at Kembla Grange, landing his first Australian winner aboard the talented galloper Spywire. The milestone follows months of committed work for Ciaron Maher, who admitted he deliberately pushed the young jockey before finally rewarding him with the mount that delivered Saturday’s impressive result. “We’ve...
Hedged aims for the stars in The Meteorite at Cranbourne
Hedged has endured more bad luck than most this spring, and he now aims to turn things around for the Gavin Bedggood stable in The Meteorite at Cranbourne. The gelding has four wins from 20 starts, but a breakthrough for his new stable has proved elusive so far this preparation. Each of...
Gear change for Port Lockroy in 2025 The Gong
Nearly twelve months after claiming Western Australia’s premier mile, the Group One Railway Stakes, Port Lockroy will attempt to rediscover winning form in Saturday’s $1 million Gong at Kembla Grange. Though he hasn’t placed in nine runs since, he has produced several competitive efforts, including a narrow defeat in the Doncaster...
Emma-Lee and David Browne in search of 2025 Cranbourne Cup consolation
Emma-Lee and David Browne once held high expectations for Statuario, hoping he could force his way into the Caulfield Cup after promising staying form late in his three-year-old campaign. The plan was ambitious and Statuario produced several powerful efforts to justify it, but a stretch of unfavourable draws stalled his momentum. Accepting...
Sunrise ready to shine in 2025 The Warra
Mitchell Beer and George Carpenter hope to give the locals something to cheer about when their speedy mare Sunrise contests The Warra at Kembla Grange. This year’s $1 million Gong (1600m) does not feature a single home-trained runner, and with Cani Cancan rated a $151 chance in The Warra (1000m), Sunrise...