Australia
Danzdanzdance (Mastercraftsman) will don new gear and step through a new routine in Sydney on Saturday. The dual Group One winner will race for the first time for new trainer Chris Waller in Saturday's Gr.3 Craven Plate (2000m) at Randwick. Waller has immediately made changes to the
New Zealand
Saturday’s A$500,000 Bentley St Leger Stakes (2600m) at Randwick could have a major bearing on the 2019 spring campaign for well-performed New Zealand stayer Sir Charles Road (Myboycharlie). A highly creditable seventh in the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) last November, Sir Charles Road is currently 43rdin
Breeding
Book 3, the third and final session of the 94th National Yearling Sales Series, will now take place on the afternoon of Friday 31 January, instead of Sunday 2 February. The new structure will see around 160 yearlings go under the hammer straight after the completion of the Book 2
Audio
Co-trainer Roger James joins Michael Felgate on RSN Racing Pulse to talk about Rondinella who lines up in Thursday's Ladies Day Vase at Caulfield.
Australia
Caloundra galloper Victory Eight (NZ) (Nadeem) will take the first step towards rich mile races during the Brisbane summer carnival when he resumes at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Victory Eight is first-up in the DSS Law Open (1200m) in a race trainer Trevor Miller believes will give a good guide
Australia
Hong Hong-based Australian jockey Blake Shinn will reunite with Humidor (NZ) (Teofilo) in the Cox Plate if the gelding makes the field for the A$5 million race. Shinn rode Humidor in the 2017 Cox Plate when the gelding gave Winx (Street Cry)a scare, getting within a long neck
New Zealand
Group Two winner Supera (NZ) (Savabeel) is nearing a return to racing. The five-year-old mare rounded out her last preparation with a win in the Gr.2 Travis Stakes (2000m) and took the next step towards resuming on raceday with an exhibition gallop between races at Matamata on Saturday. Co-trainer
New Zealand
The Listed Staphanos Classic (1950m) at Arawa Park on Saturday has been a major aim for Verry Flash (NZ) (Zed) this spring, however, the well-related gelding could miss the Rotorua feature. The full-brother to dual Group One winner Verry Elleegant (NZ) pulled up with a minor injury after his fifth-placing
New Zealand
Affectionately known throughout Australasia as simply the “Great Race”, the legacy of the Melbourne Cup and its place in thoroughbred racing is one of triumph and of tragedy, of winners, losers and a myriad of colourful characters, sights, scenes and scenarios over its sparkling 158-year history. The 2015 running of
New Zealand
Riccarton trainer Andrew Carston will use Saturday’s Gr.3 Barneswood Farm Stakes (1400m) at Ashburton as the litmus test for Miss Federer’s (NZ) (Swiss Ace) Gr.1 gavelhouse.com New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) prospects. The daughter of Swiss Ace has impressed at her two starts this spring,
Australia
Chris Waller's preference is to run Verry Elleegant (NZ) (Zed) in the Cox Plate but the champion trainer is keeping the door ajar for the Caulfield Cup until after the mare works at The Valley. Waller has favourite Finche and Naturalism Stakes winner Brimham Rocks heading to Saturday&
New Zealand
Te Aroha’s meeting scheduled for Wednesday has been abandoned. The racecourse had received 124mm of rain in less than 24 hours and the decision was made to call off the meeting after a track inspection by Stipendiary Stewards and Club representatives on Tuesday.