Trueshan – Goodwood Cup (Tuesday) Alan King’s stable star didn’t get his ground at Royal Ascot but compensation could be in the offing because conditions have come right for this five-year-old at Goodwood this week. Trueshan showed just what he is capable of under ideal conditions when thrashing his rivals, including Stradivarius, in the Long Distance Cup at Ascot on […]

Stradivarius bids to put Royal Ascot disappointment behind him by claiming a remarkable fifth victory in the Al Shaqab Goodwood Cup. With three Gold Cups at Royal Ascot, back-to-back wins in both the Yorkshire Cup and the Lonsdale Cup and a Doncaster Cup thrown in for good measure, it is fair to say the seven-year-old’s status as one of the […]

Poetic Flare is the star attraction among 11 contenders for the Qatar Sussex Stakes at Goodwood. Jim Bolger’s charge has been kept busy since claiming Classic glory in the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket in May – finishing sixth in the French Guineas and runner-up in the Irish Guineas before his sensational victory in the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal […]

Hall of Fame trainer Chris Waller is relying on stable loyalty swaying champion jockey James McDonald to select superstars Verry Elleegant and Nature Strip as his big-race rides this spring carnival. McDonald is the nation’s most in-demand jockey and as the regular rider of middle distance champs Verry Elleegant and Zaaki, plus exciting sprinters Nature Strip and Lost And Running, […]

Queensland racing will be stuck with the troubled Eagle Farm track for at least another year, even if the sport’s powers heed calls to rip up the much-maligned surface. Leading trainer Robert Heathcote maintained his rage at the Eagle Farm surface in a Melbourne radio interview on Monday morning shortly after Racing Queensland chief executive Brendan Parnell refused to rule […]

Adayar will be stronger next year, claims trainer Charlie Appleby after colt became the first Derby winner to land the King George in the same season since Galileo in 2001 Adayar claimed an emphatic length and three-quarter win at Ascot on Saturday  Adayar now has the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in October in his immediate sights Stablemate Hurricane Lane […]

The star horses are stepping out on Tuesday – and Think It Over is now one of them. And the market are now respecting him more ahead of his first-up run next month in the Winx Stakes (1400m) at Randwick. It’s the start of what trainer Kerry Parker hopes is a bumper spring ending in a Cox Plate. Think It […]

William Buick believes King George winner Adayar must have the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on his agenda after a stylish victory at Ascot. Charlie Appleby’s Derby hero became the first horse since great Galileo in 2001 to do the double, under a fine ride from Buick, beating four classy rivals on Saturday. It marked another remarkable moment in a […]

Spoiled for choice champion jumps jockey Steven Pateman will ride Saunter Boy in Sunday‘s $250,000 Grand National Hurdle (4200m) at Sandown Lakeside. Joint record-holder Pateman, who won four on the bounce through 2011-14, is hoping to become the first jockey in history to win five Grand National Hurdles. But recent wins aboard Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained Saunter Boy‘s stablemates […]

King Adayar the best by a mile and half, says trainer Charlie Appleby after emphatic victory in King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Qipco Stakes Adayar fought off globetrotting Mishriff and Love, the 13-8 favourite Charlie Appleby missed the race after being pinged by the track and trace app   But the trainer could enjoy the King George race on his […]