Horse Racing News
D-day for Carini in the Easter Cup at Caulfield
Trainer Danny O’Brien is expecting a set of blinkers and a different race shape to spark Carini back into winning form at Caulfield. French-bred Carini heads to the Group 3 Easter Cup (2000m) on Saturday looking to land a second win in Australia. After starting his career in France, securing three wins from...
Geraldton Cup offering opportunity for community to connect trackside
Covering nearly one-fifth of Western Australia’s land area, the Mid West is a vast region home to top-quality racing highlighted by the Geraldton Cup. About 2000 racegoers are expected to attend the 2024 edition of the $125,000 TABtouch Geraldton Cup (2100m) at the Geraldton Turf Club (GTC) on Sunday, April 7. The...
A conservative case for Climate Change
While some of the opposition may have the runs on the board as far as black-type is concerned, Shane Nichols brings Climate Change to Adelaide on Saturday confident that his two-year-old’s race experience can bely her standing in the market. Climate Change lines up in the Listed Dequetteville Stakes (1000m) at Morphettville Parks...
Regan testing stakes company with Tin Chooks
Trainer Kieran Regan is on a stakes journey with Tin Chooks on Saturday, a decision prompted after the Hvasstan gelding continued his winning ways at Ascot a week ago. Tin Chooks is giving Kieran Regan a great thrill and he hopes that trend continues when the four-year-old faces career-best opposition in the Listed...
Peter Moody cautious ahead of I Wish I Win return in TJ Smith Stakes
Peter G Moody fears a lack of recent match practice could come against defending titleholder I Wish I Win when he resumes aPeter G Moody fears a lack of recent match practice could come against defending titleholder I Wish I Win when he resumes against a crack field of race-fit sprinters in the T...
“I didn’t know much of Les until I moved to Sydney”: Schiller
Tyler Schiller wasn’t born when Les Bridge won his first Doncaster with Row Of Waves almost forty years ago, but the Generation Z jockey will team up with the octogenarian trainer on a mission to win him a second. Schiller was put on notice to ride Celestial Legend in Saturday’s $4 million...
Top five in Golden Slipper prepare for Inglis Sires showdown
Blake Shinn will reunite with Golden Slipper winner Lady Of Camelot at Randwick where the pair will bid to add the second leg of the two-year-old triple crown to their autumn carnival haul. The first five horses across the line in the Slipper (1200m) will clash again in a strong renewal of the...
Interest in Winx’s first foal intensifies ahead of sale
A quick flick through the media guide Inglis has prepared for this weekend’s Easter Yearling Sale underlines the significance of Winx’s daughter being part of the catalogue. Thoroughbred auction houses are traditionally reluctant to single out specific lots, but Inglis has no option but to with the filly who will go...
Bandi’s Boy in doubt for the Country Championships Final
Trainer Danny Williams is confident he is winning the battle to have Bandi’s Boy fit to line up in the Country Championships Final. The horse was found to be mildly lame in his near foreleg after winning the Star Kingdom Stakes at Rosehill last weekend and will need to pass an inspection by...
First Immortal out to stamp 2024 Melbourne Cup claims
The Caulfield and Melbourne Cups are still six months away, but those two races are clearly in the focus of father-and-son training duo Mark and Levi Kavanagh. First Immortal was bound for those races last year, but with a less than satisfactory rating he was forced to try and win his way...
