Glenall earns a spring break after winning debut
It takes something very special to get Stuart Ramsey away from Turangga Farm in the foaling season but Glenall is that good, he came down from the Hunter Valley to Canterbury on Wednesday
It takes something very special to get Stuart Ramsey away from Turangga Farm in the foaling season but Glenall is that good, he came down from the Hunter Valley to Canterbury on Wednesday
Irish raider Order of St George – part-owned by Victorian multiple Melbourne Cup winner Lloyd Williams – and the globetrotting Highland Reel head the Caulfield Cup weights that were revealed by Racing Victoria handicapper Greg Carpenter on Wednesday.
Entries from nine countries are set to make this year's Melbourne Cup the most international of all, with candidates from Europe, Asia and North America lined up to clash in Australia's greatest race.
As Australian Turf Club launched its spring carnival on Tuesday, with the announcement the TAB will sponsor the Epsom Handicap, the spring path still remains unclear for one of the potential stars – three-year-old filly Omei Sword.
Australian Bloodstock's Jamie Lovett spring team may yet include Melbourne Cup winner Protectionist, as Andreas Wohler takes over the training of Articus and Red Cardinal in Europe.
Not many horses can win a Group One race first time up, let alone one over 1600 metres.
The six-month trial of 30-minute gaps between races at midweek meeting will come to an end at Canterbury on Wednesday and NSW is set to return to the traditional 35 and 40-minute gaps from next week.
The air of invincibility about WInx is garnering public attention and scaring off rivals.
There are few shrewder judges around than Peter Snowden – as his stable's strike rate regularly attests – so when the Sydney based handler brings a couple of horses south for a tilt at two valuable support races on the first group 1 day of the new racing season, it's probably worth paying attention.
Midwinter, Godolphin trainer John O'Shea had nearly given up on getting his best colt Astern to the Golden Rose. Now he is the favourite.
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott will follow the Pierro path to the Caulfield Guineas with unbeaten colt Evacuation after his return win at Rosehill on Saturday.
Winx may look to have a lock on the Cox Plate, but as great as the Chris Waller trained galloper is, record-breaking trainer Darren Weir might have the legitimate challenger in Black Heart Bart.
Despite the promise of a spring of much content, emphasised by Caulfield's Memsie Stakes meeting, Melbourne is the "most depressing race scene in all my time", according to Shelley Hancox.
Bookmakers will explore offering betting on a quickfire form of horse racing set to be legalised in Queensland in an attempt to make up for revenue losses when NSW's greyhound racing ban takes effect.
There is honour in the bush when it comes to horse dealings and unbeaten filly Beside You is a case in point for trainer Barry Ratcliff.
Turn the clock back 12 months and Alpine Eagle had many eyes on him as a possible star of the spring.
James McDonald has "a soft spot" for Astern, that's why he rides him in Saturday's Run To The Rose at Rosehill, but it might not carry through to the main event, the Golden Rose, in a fortnight.
Michelle Payne says it will be hard to watch someone else ride Prince Of Penzance in the Memsie Stakes, but admits she is not at full fitness.
Dwayne Dunn ended a frustrating run of seconds to win his first Scobie Breasley Medal in a thrilling vote count at Flemington racecourse on Thursday night.
Racing Australia will look for a senior administrator with "significant racing knowledge and experience" to take over from departing chief executive Peter McGauran who will not renew his contract when it ends in December.
Blake Shinn is thankful to have a talent like Mediterranean waiting in the wings for the Golden Rose and believes he will move towards the top of betting for the group 1 after the Run To The Rose at Rosehill on Saturday.
Let's hope Bloodlines followers enjoy the feats of the world's highest-rated racehorse of all time, Frankel, with today's column following on from last week's exploits at the Arqana Yearling Sales in France where nine of his progeny sold for €3,800,000 ($5.6 million) at an average of €422,222.
Pound for pound there wouldn't be a breeder in Australia who has had as much success as John Camilleri in the last five years. Not that the man who produced Winx, Vancouver and El Divino will be shouting from the rooftops about it.
Gabrielle Englebrecht will start Cannyescent at Rosehill on Saturday after scratching him a number of times because of wet tracks in the past month. Cannyescent worked home well first-up when second to Chetwood at Canterbury and the fitness edge from that run has the Warwick Farm trainer more comfortable about running the four-year-old on a soft track.
Singing came from Germany with baggage, not all of his own making, but trainer Kris Lees is careful not to get too carried away about the stayer.
Premier trainer Chris Waller will find out at Rosehill on Saturday whether a handful of his three-year-olds have group 1 potential.
While Darren Weir's vast resources of quality racehorses will be on display this Saturday in the $500,000 Memsie Stakes at Caulfield, another trainer from over the border will be hoping that his sole entrant can return to his best in the first group one for the season.
Victoria Police are making a new bid to ban controversial jockey Danny Nikolic from race tracks.
After only a year with Victoria Racing's big online investment, CEO Scott Perrin has left the operation.
At rain-soaked Ballarat on Sunday, one of the nation's finest fencers won a second Grand National steeple.
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