Ballarat racing Sunday will be conducted on a heavy track and despite a few scratchings the fields have held up well. BEST BET STRIPPED BACK (Race 6 No 1) Stripped Back could not have been more impressive on debut trailing the pace before charging clear late for an impressive win at Ararat. That was back in January and if there’s […]

The horse racing community is in mourning this afternoon after the tragic death of world-renowned sire Galileo. He was the father of arguably the greatest racehorse ever in the form of Frankel – and was the son of iconic horse Sadler's Wells. During his eight-race career, he scooped up £1.6m in prize money after winning the 2001 Epsom Derby, Irish […]

Richard Hannon is eyeing a return to Newmarket for next month’s Sweet Solera with Ardbraccan after she made it third time lucky in the Rossdales British EBF Maiden Fillies’ Stakes. Down the field on her Kempton debut in early June, the daughter of Lawman raised her game to fill the runner-up spot on her second start here a fortnight ago. […]

Irish Derby hero Hurricane Lane will bid to double his Group One tally in France next week after being supplemented for Wednesday’s Grand Prix de Paris. Winner of the Dante Stakes at York, the Frankel colt was subsequently third behind stablemate Adayar in the Cazoo Derby at Epsom, before claiming Classic glory in the Irish equivalent – flying home at […]

Victoria’s premier jockey Jamie Kah took just two races at Caulfield on Saturday to notch her 100th city win for the season, breaking a record set by Brett Prebble more than 20 years ago. Partnering with fellow South Australians Tony and Calvin McEvoy, Kah took Deep Speed straight to the lead over the sprint trip and held off the challengers […]

Roger Teal is taking inspiration from England’s football team ahead of Oxted’s bid to become the first back-to-back winner of the Darley July Cup in over 60 years at Newmarket on Saturday. In beating Denmark in extra time at Wembley on Wednesday, Gareth Southgate’s men became the first squad since the World Cup heroes of 1966 to reach a major […]

King Of Swing may be Australia’s best pacer but champion driver Luke McCarthy thinks his stablemate Expensive Ego may already be as good as him ahead of Saturday night’s Group 1 The Rising Sun at Albion Park. With a tricky back-row draw (gate nine), the rising star will have to be every bit as good as McCarthy hopes if he […]

James Tomkins has been on a fairy-tale ride since getting involved as part-owner of July Cup contender Rohaan, whose journey through the ranks reminds the Crystal Palace defender of Jamie Vardy’s rise from non-league to Premier League champion. Tomkins joined Rohaan’s ownership group, run by Chris Kiely – son of Palace goalkeeping coach Dean Kiely – in April after watching […]

Jamie Kah is the golden girl of Australian racing but she could once have been lost to the sport when she became a target for online trolls and received vicious text message abuse. Kah’s first boss, South Australian trainer John Macmillan, has for the first time laid bare how close an upset Kah came to walking away from the sport […]

Tom Dabernig wrestled with the question: Would there be a right or wrong time to leave Lindsay Park? There was pros and cons for both but the proud long-time custodian of one of the best pedigrees in racing needed to be selfish, for the greater good. The biggest motivation was close to home, as the new Warrnambool start-up trainer wanted […]