Kris Lees only has one entry for this year’s big spring features and on Thursday Luncies will start his campaign in the $200,000 Coffs Harbour Cup (1605m). Lees is without his stable star Mugatoo for the spring after suffering a tendon injury in the Group 1 Doomben Cup, but he believes Luncies could be a ready-made replacement. The imported galloper […]

Is this the year for Brett Bellamy to win his local cup race? The Coffs Harbour trainer races Northern Knight in Thursday’s $150,000 event and he comes into the race off a close seventh placing behind Greek Hero in the Sawtell Cup. Bellamy said he had a lot in his favour but some challenges to overcome as Raymond Spokes rides […]

Group racing in Sydney and Melbourne on Saturday heralds in the new racing season and Racenet has all the fields and form online. In Sydney, Covid-19 lockdowns has resulted in the Group 2 Missile Stakes card being moved from Rosehill to Randwick which will host its fourth Saturday meeting in the past five weeks. The Missile Stakes (1200m) is the […]

Victoria Derby winner Johnny Get Angry heads the 15 acceptors for Saturday’s Group 3 Aurie’s Star Handicap (1200m) at Flemington. Johnny Get Angry hasn’t raced since breaking his maiden in the Victoria Derby at Flemington last October, which provided trainer Denis Pagan with a Group 1 win months after getting his licence. The Melbourne Cup-bound stayer will carry 59kg against […]

George Boughey enjoyed a first Group-race victory as Oscula ran out a decisive winner of the Sky Sports Racing Prix Six Perfections at Deauville. Ridden by Ryan Moore, the filly went into the race having run respectably in both the Albany and Duchess of Cambridge Stakes. A Group win had not yet been achieved, but a trip to France proved […]

William Haggas has the defence of Adeyybb’s Qipco Champion Stakes crown very much in mind for his globe-trotting gelding. Having struck gold in Australia in the early part of last year, the son of Pivotal landed a cherished first domestic Group One at Ascot in October, beating French ace Skalleti by two and a quarter lengths. He went to Australia […]

Herald Sun form analyst Brad Waters runs the rule over Wednesday’s card at Moe, which has been transferred from Cranbourne. BEST BET FACEMASK (R5 No.4 – $4) Facemask was scratched from a race over the weekend to be saved for this and the Peter Moody-trained gelding finds himself in a winnable assignment. He likes wet ground and racing near the […]

While Rothfire got most of the attention at the Doomben trials on Tuesday morning, a younger stablemate trying to follow in his footsteps showcased his own spring aspirations. Newly-turned three-year-old Prince Of Boom is being set for the same Sydney spring races as Rothfire raced in last year, the Group 2 Run To The Rose and the Group 1 Golden […]

Robin Goodfellow’s racing tips: Best bets for Tuesday, August 3 Sportsmail’s racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Tuesday’s meetings at Catterick, Ffos Las, Nottingham, Lingfield and Chelmsford City. CATTERICK ROBIN GOODFELLOW  1.00 Sweeping 1.35 Street Kid 2.10 Sfumato 2.45 Berry Edge 3.20 Fossos 3.50 True Romance  4.25 Myboymax  GIMCRACK 1.00 Sweeping 1.35 Entwistle 2.10 Alsvinder 2.45 Berry […]

Neil Mulholland is keen to let the dust settle on Milkwood’s excellent effort in last week’s Galway Hurdle before making future plans. Making his first appearance since winning the Scottish Champion Hurdle at Ayr in April, the seven-year-old produced a fine performance to fill the runner-up spot behind the Willie Mullins-trained Grade One winner Saldier. “It was a great run […]