Horse Racing News
Team Botti excited for 2025 Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup mission
European trainers Alessandro and Giuseppe Botti are preparing a bold tilt at Australia’s biggest staying contests with Presage Nocturne, a French grey with proven international credentials. After capturing the Group 3 Prix de Barbeville and placing in the Group 1 Prix Vicomtesse Vigier at Longchamp, the Botti brothers are targeting both...
Via Sistina down for Randwick trial ahead of return in 2025 Winx Stakes
Chris Waller is set to unleash his stable stars in trials this week, with champion mare Via Sistina leading a high-profile contingent heading toward major spring targets in Sydney and Melbourne. Via Sistina will step out in Tuesday’s opening 850m trial at Randwick’s Kensington track, joined by stablemates Fangirl, Tom Kitten...
Godolphin's Amusing has last laugh at Rosehill races
Godolphin assistant trainer Darren Beadman enjoyed a bittersweet triumph at Rosehill on Saturday as the promising filly Amusing scored a determined win, bringing joy to a stable nearing a major transformation. With Godolphin's current private training model set to be replaced by a public training framework next season, the win was...
Trip south brings winning result for Mormona in the Flemington Cup
Strategic placement paid off handsomely for the Annabel and Rob Archibald team as Mormona claimed top honours in the Deane Lester Flemington Cup 1849 (2800m) at Flemington on Saturday. With few staying races available in Sydney, the Archibalds transferred four of their European imports—Mormona, Hopeful, Sir Chartwell, and Double Cherry—to their...
Robusto gets the bob in 2025 Winter Challenge at Rosehill
Robusto made a successful return to black-type company at Rosehill on Saturday, prevailing in a gripping finish to the Listed Winter Challenge and marking a potential spring campaign launch pad for trainer Bjorn Baker. Carrying a race-record 60kg, the gelding outlasted Accredited in a two-horse battle up the straight to win...
2025 Victoria Derby run secured for Arcora
Promising colt Arcora stamped himself as a genuine spring contender by winning the Byerley Handicap (1800m) at Flemington on Saturday, earning a ballot-free pass into the Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m). Trained by Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young, and piloted by John Allen, Arcora ($4.20 fav) held off Bayou Music ($5)...
Rose Hammond lands breakthrough Flemington races win
Rose Hammond realised a career highlight at Flemington on Saturday by guiding Lake Vostok to victory in the RMBL Investments Rising Stars Final (1600m), a race reserved exclusively for apprentice jockeys. Despite being out of contention for the Rising Stars series title, Hammond was laser-focused on capturing the race itself and...
Country gelding Knights Armour wins at Rosehill races
Rebecca Bronett Prag experienced a career highlight at Rosehill on Saturday when she partnered Knights Armour to a breakthrough Saturday metro win, marking a significant step in her riding career. Apprenticed to Canberra trainer Keith Dryden, the Swedish-born jockey was having just her 20th ride in town, with her only other...
Maher juvenile Without Peer in Rosehill races win
Without Peer lived up to his name at Rosehill on Saturday, storming home from the rear of the field to score a debut win in the Traffic Warden @ Darley Handicap (1200m). Jockey Chad Schofield was impressed by the Ciaron Maher-trained colt’s performance, noting his greenness in the run but raw...
Bootlegger more than a sneaky chance in the SA Sires’ Produce Stakes 2025
Feature race trainer Dan Clarken will saddle up another promising youngster this Saturday, with Bootlegger stepping out in the Group 3 SA Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m). Clarken and co-trainer Oopy McGillivray have already had success with Steel Trap this season and hope to repeat the dose with Bootlegger, a son of...