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Vendidit ready to step up in Winx Guineas

Thursday 9 July 2020, 11:27am

Co-trainers Bryan and Dan Guy have had plenty of winners for Orbis Bloodstock and they hope to add the Group Three Winx Guineas to their recent haul.  Read more »

Glasshouse Hcp fancy Krone set to race on

Thursday 9 July 2020, 10:45am

Smart mare Krone will race on for another season, starting in the Glasshouse Handicap, after being withdrawn from a broodmare sale.  Read more »

Golden Horde set for July Cup examination

Thursday 9 July 2020, 9:50am

Three-year-old Golden Horde will take on older horses for the first time in the Group One July Cup at Newmarket.  Read more »

Spring hopes for Toyetic after Sandown win

Wednesday 8 July 2020, 6:08pm

Despite being locked away on the home turn, Jamie Mott got Toyetic clear galloping room in the straight enabling the gelding to win his maiden race at Sandown.  Read more »

Signore Fox wins Listed Ramornie Handicap

Wednesday 8 July 2020, 5:49pm

The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained Signore Fox has finished strongly between runners to bounce back to winning form in the Listed Ramornie Handicap at Grafton.  Read more »

Intuition leads Goldman charge to Victoria

Wednesday 8 July 2020, 4:40pm

Trainer Kurt Goldman says there is no point stressing about about getting Intuition back to NSW after he runs in the Sir John Monash Stakes at Caulfield.  Read more »

Winter Stakes next target for Trumbull

Wednesday 8 July 2020, 3:58pm

Civic Stakes winner Trumbull will be chasing his second-straight Listed race victory when he runs in the Winter Stakes at Rosehill.  Read more »

Acrobatic lives up to breeding at Doomben

Wednesday 8 July 2020, 3:45pm

Smart two-year-old Acrobatic lived up to his strong breeding with an easy midweek win at Doomben.  Read more »

Ballarat turf meeting moved to The Valley

Wednesday 8 July 2020, 2:13pm

Concerns over certain sections of the turf course at Ballarat have prompted officials to move an upcoming meeting to The Valley in Melbourne.  Read more »

The Bostonian has plans to scale Everest

Wednesday 8 July 2020, 1:51pm

New Zealand Group One-winning gelding The Bostonian has a spring campaign in Sydney in the pipeline, where The Everest looms as the ultimate goal.  Read more »

Racing continues in Vic despite lockdown

Wednesday 8 July 2020, 1:22pm

Despite the reintroduction of stage three lockdown in Melbourne and the Mitchell Shire, racing will continue in Victoria as it has done through COVID-19.  Read more »

Victorian horses barred from racing in NSW

Wednesday 8 July 2020, 12:40pm

Racing Victoria is calling on Racing NSW to review its ban on Victorian horses racing in NSW in the wake of the Melbourne's recent COVID-19 lockdown.  Read more »

Sixties Groove, Big Duke to run at Grafton

Wednesday 8 July 2020, 12:37pm

Trainer Kris Lees will have Sixties Groove and Big Duke in the Grafton Cup, but has decided not to run McKell Cup winner Frankely Awesome.  Read more »

Weight concern for resuming Kisukano

Wednesday 8 July 2020, 12:07pm

Trainer Michael Nolan is worried about the big weight allocated to top filly Kisukano when she returns to racing on the Sunshine Coast.  Read more »

Waller seeks sentimental Winx Guineas win

Wednesday 8 July 2020, 11:37am

Champion trainer Chris Waller is hoping improving filly Starla can win the Group Three Winx Guineas, which is named in honour of his star mare.  Read more »

Aquanita horses face race disqualification

Tuesday 7 July 2020, 6:36pm

Several horses involved in the Aquanita 'top up' case face potential disqualification dating back years as Racing Victoria stewards write to managing owners.  Read more »

VJA agree to template for whip penalties

Tuesday 7 July 2020, 5:56pm

Racing Victoria and the Victorian Jockeys' Association has come to terms on a template for penalties relating to the use of the whip.  Read more »

Winter Stakes plans for Ready For Prophet

Tuesday 7 July 2020, 5:52pm

Co-trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott are planning to have two runners, Ready To Prophet and the resuming Taikomochi, in the Listed Winter Stakes.  Read more »

Jungle Edge out to atone in Monash Stakes

Tuesday 7 July 2020, 3:35pm

After a narrow defeat in the Sir John Monash Stakes 12 months ago, trainer Mick Bell is looking to go one better when Jungle Edge runs again at Caulfield.  Read more »

Southern Lad on target for Ramornie Hcp

Tuesday 7 July 2020, 2:11pm

Southern Lad will be out to break through for the first win of his current preparation in the Ramornie Handicap, having placed in his four starts this campaign.  Read more »

Mystic Journey set to bypass Bletchingly

Tuesday 7 July 2020, 1:09pm

Tasmanian trainer Adam Trinder has pushed back the planned return for Mystic Journey, who is set to bypass the Bletchingly Stakes at Caulfield later this month.  Read more »

Lung infection holds up Shark post surgery

Tuesday 7 July 2020, 12:43pm

A lung infection has kept Te Akau Shark in hospital after the star New Zealand galloper successfully underwent eye surgery.  Read more »

Stackhouse and Ashlor to team up in Monash

Monday 6 July 2020, 5:38pm

Jockey Daniel Stackhouse will be back aboard last-start winner Ashlor in the weight-for-age Group Three Sir John Monash Stakes at Caulfield.  Read more »

French Derby runner-up to join Hayes in HK

Monday 6 July 2020, 3:56pm

British trainer John Gosden has landed his first victory in the French Derby as the runner-up The Summit heads for David Hayes's Hong Kong yard.  Read more »

OTI part-owned filly claims Italian Oaks

Monday 6 July 2020, 3:08pm

A filly part-owned by prominent Australian syndicator OTI Racing has won the Group Two Italian Oaks.  Read more »

Lees, Waller with top Grafton Cup chances

Monday 6 July 2020, 12:20pm

Prominent trainers Kris Lees and Chris Waller are set to have strong hands in the Grafton Cup with both stable's having three acceptors in the country feature.  Read more »

Dunn sets sights on Ramornie with Snitz

Monday 6 July 2020, 11:55am

Locally trained sprinter Snitz has been set a Ramornie Handicap mission as he bids to upstage several Sydney stables in the Grafton feature.  Read more »

Dee to have surgery on broken collarbone

Monday 6 July 2020, 10:29am

Jockey Michael Dee has suffered a broken collarbone after a fall from a horse in winning an eventful race at Pakenham.  Read more »

Purton poised for fourth HK premiership

Monday 6 July 2020, 10:23am

Zac Purton has a six-win lead in the Hong Kong jockeys' premiership with arch-rival Joao Moreira to miss two of the final three meetings through suspensions.  Read more »

Irish fillies dominate in G1 French Oaks

Monday 6 July 2020, 9:45am

Irish-trained fillies have made a sweep of the French Oaks placings with Fancy Blue winning for rookie trainer Donnacha O'Brien.  Read more »

Ghaiyyath beats Enable in Eclipse Stakes

Monday 6 July 2020, 8:18am

Ghaiyyath has upset champion mare Enable's reappearance in making most of the running to win the Eclipse Stakes at Sandown.  Read more »

Winx Stakes first-up target for Dreamforce

Sunday 5 July 2020, 2:55pm

Trainer John Thompson plans to have George Ryder Stakes winner Dreamforce wound-up for a first-up tilt at the Winx Stakes next month.  Read more »

Smart Boomsara to return in the Ramornie

Sunday 5 July 2020, 2:28pm

Smart Brisbane sprinter Boomsara will head to Sydney if he races well in the $200,000 Ramornie Handicap at Grafton on Wednesday.  Read more »

Ramornie Hcp jockey wait for Boomtown Lass

Sunday 5 July 2020, 12:10pm

Boomtown Lass will run in the Ramornie Handicap after skipping a Listed race Eagle Farm.  Read more »

Duric looking forward to Singapore return

Sunday 5 July 2020, 11:25am

Leading Singapore jockey Vlad Duric did not follow his fellow Victorian jockeys back to Australia, preferring to stick it out ahead of a racing return.  Read more »

Oaks win for Love seals Classic double

Sunday 5 July 2020, 10:28am

Love, trained by Aidan O'Brien and ridden by Ryan Moore, has won The Oaks at Epsom Downs.  Read more »

Stunning Serpentine win in Derby at Epsom

Sunday 5 July 2020, 10:15am

Serpentine, trained by Aidan O'Brien and ridden by Emmet McNamara, has won the Derby at Epsom Downs.  Read more »

Prince Fawaz chasing spring pot of gold

Sunday 5 July 2020, 10:05am

Rosehill Guineas placegetter Prince Fawaz has recovered from a leg injury and will be set for one of Sydney's richest races this spring.  Read more »

Star Of Michelin to back-up in G3 Guineas

Sunday 5 July 2020, 9:25am

Eagle Farm winner Star Of Michelin is set to back-up in the Group Three Winx Guineas at the Sunshine Coast.  Read more »

Jami Lady far too speedy in Bright Shadow

Saturday 4 July 2020, 5:24pm

Consistent mare Jami Lady has earned a chance at longer distances after a brilliant win in the Listed Bright Shadow over 1200m at Eagle Farm.  Read more »

Sircconi wins Winter Championship Final

Saturday 4 July 2020, 5:21pm

The Nick Ryan-trained Sircconi has made a one-act affair of the Listed Winter Championship Series Final at Flemington with a four-length victory.  Read more »

O'Hara on the mark back in the big smoke

Saturday 4 July 2020, 3:49pm

The trainer-jockey combination of Gary Portelli and Kathy O'Hara has continued their stellar recent form, combining for a Randwick victory with Spaceboy.  Read more »

More Flemington success for Lord Von Costa

Saturday 4 July 2020, 3:35pm

The $1.3 million Kosciuszko at Randwick during spring is on the radar for connections of Lord Von Costa who has claimed his second Listed win at Flemington.  Read more »

Plutocrat breaks through for stakes win

Saturday 4 July 2020, 3:22pm

Trainer Chris Anderson's prediction Plutocrat would win a stakes race when she finally drew a good barrier was proved right at Eagle Farm.  Read more »

Tailleur puts spring in Godolphin's step

Saturday 4 July 2020, 3:05pm

Lightly raced filly Tailleur has stamped herself as a candidate to join Godolphin's spring carnival squad with a classy performance to win at Randwick.  Read more »

Cherry Tortoni makes it three from three

Saturday 4 July 2020, 2:19pm

Cherry Tortoni has remained unbeaten from three starts in the Listed Taj Rossi Series Final while Denis Pagan's first runner as a trainer finished third.  Read more »

Humbolt Current finds niche in Queensland

Saturday 4 July 2020, 1:16pm

Former English stayer Humbolt Current has helped trainer Chris Waller reach a Queensland racing prize money milestone with a strong win at Eagle Farm.  Read more »

Spring races on radar for Sense Of Honour

Saturday 4 July 2020, 1:01pm

Promising two-year-old filly Sense Of Honour will be aimed towards the spring after making it two wins from three starts with victory at Flemington.  Read more »

Edison shines bright as Travest goes under

Saturday 4 July 2020, 12:56pm

Edison has forced Glen Boss to eat some humble pie after proving the top jockey wrong by handling the wet conditions at Randwick to upstage favourite Travest.  Read more »

Enable heads super seven in Eclipse Stakes

Saturday 4 July 2020, 9:19am

Enable will return to racing against six rivals, including the Mackinnon Stakes winner Magic Wand, in the Eclipse Stakes at Sandown.  Read more »