Horse Racing News
Blinkers go on Vestas in the 2025 Doveton Stakes
After watching Vestas complete a piece of work at Caulfield, trainer Clinton McDonald jokingly asked whether anyone could organise a wide draw for the mare. Unfortunately for him, she has instead come up with barrier two for Saturday’s Listed Doveton Stakes (1100m), but McDonald is banking on blinkers to help refocus...
2025 Zipping Classic hit-out for Brayden Star
The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young yard is not about to walk away from a $750,000 staying opportunity at Caulfield without having a crack. That means Brayden Star will take his place in the Group 2 Zipping Classic (2400m) on Saturday, even though Busuttin readily acknowledges that the Listed Pakenham Cup...
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...
Carbery keen to get back on Jokers Grin in 2025 Winterbottom Stakes
While Patrick Carbery was forced to sit and watch Jokers Grin win without him last start—a moment he admits felt bittersweet—the veteran jockey is thrilled to be reunited with the sprinter for Saturday’s Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) at Ascot. A concussion sustained in a Bunbury fall on November 13 sidelined...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...