Star Stable, racing’s leading fantasy game, is back once again! The game, which is a solid test of racing knowledge and management skills, returns for the spring, beginning with tomorrow’s feature meetings at Randwick and Flemington. If you’ve never played before, don’t worry! Just Horse Racing is pleased to bring… Read More »
Frankel has captured the imagination of the racing industry all over the world. It’s hard not to be swept up in Frankel fever – the four year old is unbeaten, having recorded some of the most breathtaking wins imaginable. His 2000 Guineas annihilation and his Queen Anne Stakes romp at Royal… Read More »
French galloper Brigantin is set to miss the Caulfield Cup, with the Geelong Cup firmly on the radar. Andre Fabre’s charge will head to Geelong so preferred jockey Mickael Barzalona can ride him in both the Geelong Cup and the Melbourne Cup. He will be riding at Champions Day at… Read More »
Melbourne Cup contender Quest For Peace will race in Australia as My Quest For Peace. The small but significant name change is the result of a clash with a Peter Moody two-year-old filly, also named Quest For Peace. Moody’s filly, by Hard Spun, is entered to make her debut in… Read More »
Thoroughbreds are fleeting spectacles: at their peak one day, gone the next. We experience them for one, maybe two seasons – hey, if we’re lucky, sometimes even a whopping three or four seasons!
Here is The Spring Brief, your daily wrap of the racing headlines: Australia has three new Group 1 races. The Australian Pattern Committee (APC) has approved the upgrading of the Memsie Stakes (1400m, Caulfield, August/September), the Moir Stakes (1200m, Moonee Valley, September) and the Canterbury Stakes (1300m, Rosehill, March) to… Read More »
Here is The Spring Brief, your daily wrap of the racing headlines: Shamexpress, who rocketed home for third first up in the Group 3 McNeil Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield, will be the only late entry for Saturday’s Group 1 Golden Rose (1400m). The barrier draw is at 11am tomorrow at… Read More »
Over the next two months, you’ll be seeing a lot of The Spring Brief. What is it? It is a summary of the morning’s racing news, all in one article. Compiled by journalist Andrew Hawkins, it is your one stop shop for all that is making news in horse racing…. Read More »
In order to help Australian punters, Just Horse Racing has collated replays of the imports set to make their debut at Caulfield on Saturday.
There could be as many as 12 Europeans on the first shipment of horses for the spring carnival, due to arrive September 29, but two high profile gallopers will not be amongst them.
Unbeaten Kiwi star Dundeel turned heads with his last-to-first win at Wyong last week, but administrators have advised the High Chaparral colt will race under a new name this spring.
It’s become one of the traditions of Cox Plate day – singer Daryl Braithwaite belting out his cover of Rickie-Lee Jones’ The Horses, the slightly inebriated crowd singing every word of the iconic chorus.
It may be late August and the footy finals are yet to pass, but two and a half months until the race that stops the nation – the $6.2m Emirates Melbourne Cup (3200m) – there is already widespread public attention. The Victoria Racing Club (VRC)’s Emirates Melbourne Cup Tour has… Read More »
2:40pm (11:40pm AEST) – Unfortunately the indications are here that the server is about to collapse. Therefore, we have to end this live blog prematurely. Head over to my Twitter feed, @AndrewNJHawkins, for continuing coverage of this (hopefully) historic day. LISTED CHESHAM STAKES 1. THA’IR 2. CRUCK REALTA 3. LOVELY… Read More »
We are up to the penultimate day of Royal Ascot and the focus is now on the three year old fillies with today’s feature the Coronation Stakes. Just Horse Racing’s Andrew Hawkins is trackside, and he has prepared the following preview. Race 1 – GROUP 3 ALBANY STAKES (6f/1200m) A… Read More »
Day 3 at Royal Ascot sees the meeting’s most prestigious race, the Ascot Gold Cup. JHR’s Andrew Hawkins has looked at the fields and come up with this preview. Race 1 – GROUP 2 NORFOLK STAKES (5f/1000m) Another two year old race to kick off Day 3 at Royal Ascot…. Read More »
Day 2 is already here at Royal Ascot, with dual Cox Plate winner So You Think the headline act in London today. But can he hold off the challenge of Carlton House, owned by Queen Elizabeth II? And can he make amends for his shock defeat at short odds last… Read More »
Royal Ascot is here again for another year! The world’s biggest race meeting is back, only this year it has captured the Australian imagination like never before, thanks to the presence of one horse – the world’s best sprinter, Black Caviar. She has everyone mesmerised – the Australian public, the… Read More »
9:50pm (11:50pm AEST) – And so brings a wrap to today’s proceedings in Singapore. I was hoping to post the professional photos of the victories of Ato and Chinchon, but they are unavailable at the moment so I will post them later. Many thanks for joining us during the blog…. Read More »
Tonight’s race meeting in Singapore is seen as the “teaser” meet ahead of the big international card on Sunday evening. While no horses will race on the two day back up – at least not in the feature races – there is still some outstanding horseflesh on display tonight in… Read More »
