Murwillumbah trainer Edward O’Rourke cut his teeth trading jumps horses in Ireland, now he is looking to strike a blow with a 100-1 chance in the Doomben 10,000. The Irishman worked under his father buying, training and then selling young jumpers before making the move to Australia where he worked under the likes of Gai Waterhouse, John Thompson, David Hayes […]

Leading Victorian trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace will have three runners in Saturday’s Andrew Ramsden Stakes, but just one Melbourne Cup ticket will be on offer for the winner. Persan, Grand Promenade and Through Irish Eyes all boast very different profiles, but come into the race with form good enough to claim a direct passage into Australia’s greatest race. […]

Snowfall led her rivals a merry dance to provide Aidan O’Brien with his first victory in the Tattersalls Musidora Stakes at York. The daughter of Japanese superstar Deep Impact managed just one win in seven outings as a juvenile last season, albeit her final two outings were at Group One level in the Moyglare Stud Stakes and the Fillies’ Mile. […]

There’s high-class racing across much of the nation on Saturday with Doomben and Morphettville the headline acts and Racenet has all the fields and form online. Eighteen black-type races will be held on Saturday with each of Australia’s five main racing jurisdictions hosting pattern racing. The Group 1 fields for the Doomben 10,000 and The Goodwood were announced on Tuesday […]

Robin Goodfellow’s Racing Tips: Best bets for Wednesday, May 12 Sportsmail’s racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Wednesday’s meetings at York, Worcester, Perth and Newton Abbott.  Sportsmail’s racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Wednesday’s meetings ROBIN GOODFELLOW 1.40 Ilaraab (nap) 2.10 Mr Lupton 2.40 Starman 3.10 Noon Star (nb) 3.40 Northern Express 4.15 Project […]

Punters favouring big odds struck lucky with a pair of shock winners this afternoon. Cool And Clever hit 999-1 in-running in the Irish EBF Median Sires Series Maiden at Roscommon, the 1.30pm race on the card. Bookies made the son of Vocalised the 10-11 favourite from an encouraging racecourse debut 38 days ago. After a quick start, he was pushed […]

John Leeper will seek to enhance his reputation in the Fairway Stakes at Newmarket Stakes on Saturday, after the impeccably-bred colt was not declared for the Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Dante Stakes. Trainer Ed Dunlop is looking to run the son of Frankel and Snow Fairy – who won 16 Group Ones between them – at his local track as […]

A shock winner gambled right down from odds of 100-1 has been handed a 52lb weights hike by the handicapper. Danilo D'Airy had shown very little on the track under rules before taking Saturday's Racing TV Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Chase at Warwick. Officially rated 35 for the three-mile race, he was backed in from huge odds on Friday into a […]

Michael Freedman remembers bringing the great Mahogany to Queensland as a two-year-old almost 30 years ago, now the trainer is looking to set Tiger Of Malay on a similar path when he kicks off in the Group 2 Champagne Stakes on Saturday. The Freedmans have long been regarded as masters with juvenile horses and their victory with Stay Inside in […]

Mark Newnham says Splintex can be the stalker in the Doomben 10,000 and thinks he is a realistic chance of toppling star sprinter Eduardo in the first Group 1 of the Queensland winter carnival. Newnham was initially hesitant about giving the last-start Group 3 Hall Mark Stakes winner a crack at the $1 million dash when it looked like Nature […]