Horse Racing News
Melbourne Cup dream a step closer after 2025 Geelong Cup win
Royal colours and local dreams collided in a thrilling edition of the Geelong Cup, where Celine Gaudray guided Torranzino to a famous victory and sealed the gelding’s place in the Melbourne Cup field. More than half a century after King Charles III’s schooling days in Geelong, his colours were carried proudly...
Dual Pressure ready to roll in Gawler Cup 2025
Local trainer Aaron Bain is confident that 2025 will finally be the year he conquers his hometown feature, the Gawler Cup, with in-form runner Dual Pressure leading his two-pronged assault on Friday’s race. Bain, who trains in partnership with Ned Taylor at Angaston Park in the Barossa Valley, went agonisingly close...
Champions to the fore in the 2025 Cox Plate
Top jockey Blake Shinn believes Antino has what it takes to win one of Australia’s most famous races — the Cox Plate (2040m) — describing the gelding as a horse capable of matching it with the very best. Saturday’s edition will be the final Cox Plate on Moonee Valley’s current surface,...
Attica’s tricky Group 1 assignment in 2025 Spring Champion Stakes
Randwick trainer Joe Pride is full of confidence in Attica’s condition ahead of the $2 million Spring Champion Stakes but admits the barrier gods haven’t been kind. The talented colt drew gate 13, which will become 12 if the emergency Pinot Nero is scratched from Saturday’s Group 1 feature. Attica turned...
Light Infantry Man lines up for honours in 2026 Cox Plate
Ciaron Maher believes Light Infantry Man can bounce back to his best in Saturday’s $6 million Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley, even if he admits the gelding needs to find a little more to match the country’s elite weight-for-age performers. The last time the British import raced in Victoria, he...
Sir Delius to target 2026 Queen Elizabeth Stakes in the Autumn
The high-profile spring campaign of Sir Delius has officially come to an end, with trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott announcing that the talented import will miss Saturday’s Craven Plate at Randwick and head to the paddock. After being controversially ruled out of the Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup due to...
Geelong Cup 2025 program to be rescheduled to Thursday
Wild weather wreaked havoc on Wednesday’s Geelong Cup meeting, with gale-force winds forcing the abandonment of the program after only three races. The feature event, along with the remaining six races, will now be run on Thursday under clearer conditions. Officials from Racing Victoria made the call after sustained wind gusts...
San Giovanni ready to go in the 2025 Spring Champion Stakes
San Giovanni will get his chance to shine over a longer trip on Saturday when he tackles the Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) at Randwick, and trainer Michael Freedman couldn’t be happier with the way his emerging stayer is trending. After beginning his career with back-to-back wins at Newcastle and...
Chris Waller trio ready to rumble in 2025 Cox Plate
Chris Waller’s Cox Plate team had a far smoother preparation this year than 12 months ago, with his trio of Via Sistina, Aeliana, and Buckaroo all completing trouble-free gallops at Moonee Valley on Tuesday morning. Last year’s winner Via Sistina, who caused a stir when unseating jockey James McDonald during her...
Globe in doubt to line-up in 2025 Cox Plate
Globe’s dream of contesting the Cox Plate hangs in the balance after Racing Victoria vets identified an issue with his fetlock during a pre-race inspection this week. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained gelding, who cost his owners a $200,000 late-entry fee after winning the Might And Power Stakes (2000m)...