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A big day of mile racing at Flemington is highlighted by the 2023 Australian Guineas (1600m) where a last start winner against the older horses will start favourite. Jacquinot ($3.20 …

A slick piece of trackwork on Monday morning has JD Hayes confident Gentleman Roy is where he needs to be to lock away his All-Star Mile spot at Flemington this Saturday. …

Randwick will be again hosting two Group 1s this Saturday with a high quality day across nine individual black type races as we officially begin Autumn. The Randwick Guineas (1600m) …

This season is marking an inevitable changing of the guard in Australia’s elite sprinting ranks, but Joe Pride says that doesn’t mean the likes of his top galloper Eduardo and arch-rival Nature Strip are …

If Mick Price has his way, victory in the Australian Guineas could be the last race start for Jacquinot. The Mick Price and Michael Kent-Jnr-trained three-year-old is already a dual …

Alligator Blood has sewn up a start in the All-Star Mile with his first-up win in the Group 1 Futurity Stakes at Sandown. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained galloper was sitting …

Anamoe has moved another step closer to earning himself a Royal Ascot appearance but not before he takes on a smattering of international raiders on home soil in the Queen Elizabeth …

An emotional Ben Thompson has landed his first Group 1 win with Uncommon James taking out the Oakleigh Plate at Sandown. A former Victorian, Thompson relocated to Queensland following a stint in …

Lindsay Park trainers Ben and J D Hayes have continued the family tradition of winning Melbourne’s premier two-year-old race. Little Brose provided the Hayes brothers with their second Group 1 win in taking out the Blue Diamond …

Sunshine In Paris’s small stature didn’t stop her from standing tall in the Group 1 Surround Stakes, but it almost prevented winning trainer Annabel Neasham from spying her in the blanket …

Godolphin further strengthened its Golden Slipper hand with Corniche scoring an impressive Skyline Stakes win, while the Chris Waller-trained Lazzago ended the unbeaten run of Magic Millions winner Skirt The Law in the …

A good first-up record and a couple of handy lead-up trials has Godolphin trainer James Cummings confident Zapateo is ready to run a big race at Sandown. The four-year-old daughter of Brazen …

Almost a week on from his Black Caviar Lightning failure, Chris Waller has provided an encouraging update on Nature Strip. The Hall of Fame trainer on Friday morning reported that the …

Stockman hasn’t featured in a brace of runs over two-miles, but Joe Pride is adamant the horse can bely that statistic this autumn. The six-year-old stayer is again on a Sydney …

Winning a Group 1 race at your third start sets the bar high and Richard Litt is the first t admit Profondo hasn’t yet delivered on his early promise. But he hasn’t …

Damien Oliver would like to add to his haul of 123 Australian Group 1 wins and thinks he has the horse to do it in the Blue Diamond Stakes. Perth two-year-old …

Typically measured in the placement of his horses, Joe Pride has thrown caution to the wind with Cinderella Days, who will be out to parlay a black-type placing into a Group …

The racing future of star galloper Zaaki is in doubt with trainer Annabel Neasham sending him back to the paddock after being underwhelmed by his recent trials and trackwork. The multiple Group …

Star jockey Hugh Bowman will fulfil his engagements in Sydney this weekend after overcoming an illness that forced him to miss the midweek meeting at Happy Valley. Bowman was stood down …

Beaten just once in six starts this season, Anamoe will start a prohibitive favourite in his quest for an eighth Group 1 win in the Chipping Norton Stakes and trainer James …

Melbourne Cup winner Gold Trip is set for his first run since his victory in Australia’s great race at Flemington. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained stayer is down to run in the Group …

About the only thing Steven O’Dea and Matthew Hoysted have not done with their small team in Melbourne is win a Group 1 race. That could all change on Saturday when they saddle …

Godolphin could be forced into an eleventh-hour search for a jockey to partner In Secret in the Surround Stakes with Hugh Bowman in some doubt for the trip to Sydney. The top …

Lindsay Park trainers Ben and Jd Hayes are back at Sandown chasing a Group 1 win having thought they had won a race at the top level two weeks ago. The Hayes …

Four years after Castelvecchio finished third to Microphone in the Skyline Stakes, Richard Litt will saddle up another promising son of Dundeel in the same race, hopeful of a similar result. While Tavs may never …

Jarred Magnabosco knew it was a bold play going as hard as he did for Steel City, but he did so confident that a reward like the one that beckons …

Chuffed is how Symon Wilde sounded after a decision to take a near exact same approach as was done a year earlier saw Aurora’s Symphony claim a second Group 3 Launceston …

Trainer Scott Brunton believes that The Inevitable can “shake the life out” of the All-Star Mile should the seven-year-old attract enough votes for the final field for the $5 million feature over …

Craig Newitt declared Lofty Strike would one day win a Group 1 race after his first ride on the colt. Three months later, Lofty Strike will get that opportunity in the Group …

Peter and Paul Snowden will attempt to add to their haul of Blue Diamond winners when they saddle Don Corleone in Melbourne’s premier juvenile race. Saturday’s 1200m Group 1 race for two-year-olds …