The condition of Sydney’s racetracks is shaping as a major influence on the immediate future of star colt All Too Hard. Co-trainer Wayne Hawkes said All Too Hard was making a good recovery from the cold that forced his withdrawal from Saturday’s Australian Guineas at Flemington, a race that was… Read More »
The Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival kicks off this weekend with the running of the Group 2 Expressway Stakes at Warwick Farm racecourse. Throughout the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival there is a total of twenty one Group 1 races including the Golden Slipper Stakes, The BMW, AJC Australian Derby, TJ Smith Stakes and the Doncaster Handicap. View… Read More »
With the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival for 2013 about to get into full swing with the running of the first Group 1 event this weekend we take a look at the dates and races for the coming months of racing which include the Lightning Stakes in which star mare Black Caviar… Read More »
The unbeaten gallopers Philippi and Callanish are among more than 100 autumn prospects to be put to the test in what promises to be Melbourne’s most revealing set of trials of the season at Werribee on Monday. The 23 trials also include four Darley-owned two-year-olds from the Peter Snowden stable,… Read More »
Aided by unusually good weather and an air of optimism about the future, Sydney racing reclaimed the autumn in style. The carnival ended on Saturday on a high with the celebration of the country’s best two-year-old, the affirmation of a new star and the confirmation of an established one. Pierro… Read More »
There are still 10 Group One races to be decided in Sydney before the end of the month but Gai Waterhouse is already thinking beyond the autumn carnival. In a dream start to the Sydney carnival, Waterhouse has so far claimed the Golden Slipper, Rosehill Guineas and Queen Of The… Read More »
Sense Of Sun gave his connections a memorable season last year and they are hoping the ride continues when he has his first run in nearly five months at Moonee Valley. Geelong trainer Sheila Arnold, who has booked her son Steven for Sense Of Sun’s return in Saturday’s Device Technologies… Read More »
Autumn plans for Group One winner Ilovethiscity are up in the air following a perplexing barrier trial performance. Trainer Grahame Begg had been considering taking Ilovethiscity to Melbourne for a first-up tilt at Saturday’s Group One Newmarket Handicap but shelved the idea when he finished down the track in a… Read More »
If it wasn’t for Black Caviar, More Joyous would be acclaimed as the best mare, if not the best horse, in the country.
