Horse Racing News
All-Star Mile upgraded to G1, prizemoney reduced
The All-Star Mile (1600m) will join Flemington’s feature sprint, the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) on March 8 and run three weeks prior to the Group 1 Australian Cup (2000m). Racing Victoria on Tuesday released the race conditions for the All-Star Mile which was granted Group 1 status by international authorities...
Champion jockey William Pike sidelined following e-scooter accident
Champion Perth jockey, William Pike will be sidelined for the remainder of the Ascot carnival after suffering a broken wrist riding an e-scooter. It’s a major blow for the star hoop who was hoping to close out the Ascot carnival on Saturday partnering Western Empire in The Gold Rush (1400m). Western Empire...
Preusker ready to Party in The Ingham at Randwick
Paul Preusker believes Steparty is back in career best form and at peak fitness ahead of Saturday’s Group 2 The Ingham (1600m) at Randwick. A Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) placegetter, Steparty struggled for form earlier this year and was gelded after finishing 13th in the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m). “He just clocked off...
Rustic set to relish Randwick mile return in The Ingham
He has been mixing his distances this campaign, but classy gelding Rustic Steel will return to arguably his favourite trip as he bids to give trainer Kris Lees back-to-back victories in The Ingham. The seven-year-old has won half of his six starts over a mile and Lees expects him to relish extending to...
Light Infantry Man salutes in G1 Northerly Stakes
They came, they saw and they conquered. The eastern states raiders made it a clean sweep of Perth’s Group 1 races when Light Infantry Man rebounded to win the Northerly Stakes (1800m) at Ascot on Saturday. Giving powerhouse trainer Ciaron Maher and jockey, Ethan Brown the final Group 1 of the Australian...
Playhouse Patron’s Towton Cup win boosts 2025 Perth Cup credentials
As hard as they tried, they couldn’t get past Playhouse Patron in the Listed G.A.Towton Cup (2200m) at Ascot on Saturday, the Bob McPherson-trained gelding’s tough effort boosting his Perth Cup (2400m) credentials on New Year’s Day. Playhouse Patron was there for the taking and looked vulnerable when headed by Diamond Scene...
Freedman tests Magic Millions waters at Wyong
Michael Freedman will test out a couple of Magic Millions Raceday prospects when Wyong hosts its big preview meeting this Wednesday. The Randwick horseman will have Offenbach in the $200,000 Magic Millions Wyong 2YO Classic and Queen Of The Mile in the $150,000 Magic Millions Wyong 3&4YO Stakes. Offenbach, a $650,000 Gold Coast purchase...
Michael Hickmott’s two-pronged Vic assault
Michael Hickmott will look to add to his already-impressive record in Melbourne this season when he sends to horses across the border this weekend. The Murray Bridge horseman will run Irish mare Spirit Of Camelot at Saturday’s Caulfield Heath meeting after Stakes-placed filly Ad Astra contests a maiden race at Moonee Valley on Friday...
Diamond Scene to keep 2025 Perth Cup momentum going in Towton Cup
Trainer Michael Grantham says Diamond Scene can keep his Perth Cup (2400m) momentum going when he attempts to win the second leg of a feature double at Ascot on Saturday. Diamond Scene will tackle the G.A.Towton Cup (2200m), a critical Perth Cup lead-up race, against ten other rivals, nearly a month after...
Tony Gollan chasing dream HK debut with Antino
Brisbane’s dominant trainer for the past decade, Tony Gollan will realise a long-held ambition when he saddles up in-form gelding Antino in the Hong Kong Mile at the International meeting at Sha Tin. A brilliant winner of the Toorak Handicap at Caulfield two starts ago, Antino beat all but proven weight-for-age star...
