Horse Racing News
Highway an audition for 2025 The Kosciuszko for Without Parallel
Unbeaten filly Without Parallel is set to make her Sydney debut at Rosehill on Saturday in a Highway Handicap (1200m) as trainer Matt Dunn looks to put her on the path to the $2 million The Kosciuszko. Dunn has often used the approach of testing young prospects in Brisbane’s Saturday...
Extreme conditions won’t bother Ryan’s Lady
What began as a favour for a friend has become one of Blake Ryan’s biggest training success stories. When Lady Extreme arrived at his Hawkesbury stable, she was meant to stay only briefly before being retired to stud. But just hours before her scheduled departure, owner-breeder Luke Wilkinson made a...
Speedy Star poised for Rosehill races resumption
Group placegetter Roselyn’s Star is poised for his long-awaited comeback at Rosehill on Saturday in the Congratulations Chris Waller Handicap (1100m). The gelding, who has not raced for twelve months due to growing pains, has drawn the outside barrier but will benefit from the services of champion jockey James McDonald. “His...
Aurie’s Star Handicap 2025 kick-off for Melbourne Cup/Caulfield Cup hopeful
The Group 3 Aurie’s Star Handicap has long been a traditional first-up target for stayers on the road to the Caulfield and Melbourne Cup. This weekend, Leon and Troy Corstens and Will Larkin will adopt that approach with Lady In Pink as she kicks off her spring campaign at Flemington. “Bart...
One late bid for talented Fortunate Kiss
The curtain could come down on the racing career of Fortunate Kiss when she lines up at Flemington on Saturday. The Lloyd Kennewell-trained mare will contest the Victorian Jockeys’ Association Trophy (1410m) before going under the virtual hammer at next week’s Magic Millions Virtual Sale. Bought by Kennewell’s clients last year,...
Casino Seventeen's campaign hinges on Flemington start
Trainer Gavin Bedggood is looking to assess the spring credentials of Casino Seventeen when the well-travelled stayer contests the 25/26 VRC Membership Renewals Open (2530m) at Flemington on Saturday. It will be his third start since joining the Bedggood stable. “He’s been everywhere,” Bedggood said. “He hasn’t raced in Tasmania yet,...
Mare gets ready to Rumble Again in Flemington races return
Veteran mare Rumbled Again is set to make her return this weekend, and trainer Michael Trotter believes she’s in career-best condition as she approaches her eighth birthday. The Flemington-based Victorian Jockeys’ Association Trophy (1410m) on Saturday will mark her first run back, with Trotter hoping to add more Black Type to...
No Knockout for Maher at Rosehill races
Ciaron Maher will be without promising mare It’s A Knockout at Rosehill this weekend, with the four-year-old instead set to tackle Friday’s Coffs Harbour Cup. Maher’s Sydney foreman Johann Gerard-Dubord confirmed that while the mare had accepted for Saturday’s National Jockeys Trust Handicap (1500m), the 1600m feature up north was the...
Jason Collett continues late season form surge at Warwick Farm races
In a fitting end to a stellar season, jockey Jason Collett rode a treble at Warwick Farm’s final metropolitan meeting of the racing year. Collett partnered Fairway Star in the MyPlates Handicap (1600m) for Bjorn Baker before scoring aboard Prima Bella for Matt Smith in the Headwater @ Vinery Stud...
Skybird and Attrition put through their paces at Sandown races
Skybird’s road back to racing took another positive step when the Group 1-winning mare completed a race day gallop at Sandown, pleasing trainer Mitch Freedman as she builds towards a spring return. The daughter of Exosphere has not raced since her victory in the Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning at Flemington...