Five-time New South Wales champion country trainer Brett Cavanough says victory in the $200,000 Listed Grafton Districts Services Ramornie Handicap (1200m) on Wednesday would be as good as winning a first Group 1. The Scone-based larrikin has come close to winning the race on two occasions. In 2017, The Monstar was beaten a short-head by Calanda then in 2019 there […]

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Leading trainer Michael Hickmott is confident the best is to come for his unbeaten rising star Pindaric. The four-year-old son of Fastnet Rock gave followers a nervous watch before holding on to win a 1200m Benchmark 1200m at Murray Bridge on Saturday to make it five wins from as many starts. Under pressure and hard riding from Jess Eaton, Pindaric […]

Last year’s winner Oxted is among 23 confirmations for Saturday’s Darley July Cup at Newmarket – with Rohaan and Line Of Departure both supplemented. Roger Teal’s stable star arrived for the race last year as something of an unknown quantity, but blitzed the opposition that day and has subsequently added the King’s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot to his roll […]

Gun sprinter Haut Brion Her is in a race against the clock to be ready for a crack at The Everest as star stablemate Nature Strip continues to make steady progress towards the $15m feature. Trainer Chris Waller already has Nature Strip locked into his The Everest slot for 2021 and Haut Brion Her shapes as his stable’s top seed […]

Hughie Morrison is eyeing the John Smith’s Silver Cup at York on Saturday for his impressive Royal Ascot winner Quickthorn. Having just the sixth run of his career the four-year-old justified 7-2 favouritism in the Duke of Edinburgh Handicap. Now rated 103, Morrison hopes he has a new stable star on his hands. “As long as we don’t have any […]

Richard Hannon will seek some Newmarket “closure” as Snow Lantern goes for gold in the Tattersalls Falmouth Stakes on Friday. The Frankel filly is a daughter of Sky Lantern, who finished a neck second in the Group One contest for Hannon’s father, Richard senior, in 2013 after a dramatic battle during the closing stages that saw Elusive Kate hold on […]

Jamie Kah’s ability to shut-out the hype around her dominant and imminent record Victorian season has helped the star jockey “rise above” the pressure, trailblazer Clare Lindop says. Kah will head to Sandown on Wednesday needing one win to create Victorian racing history. A Flemington double on Saturday saw Kah move to 99 winners this season. Brett Prebble holds the […]

Trainer Stuart Kendrick and his family have completed a rags to riches story with I’ve Bean There, selling the two-year-old originally purchased for just $13,000 to Hong Kong for a $900,000 bonanza. I’ve Bean There looked like he was set to be a spring player in Australia, finishing fourth in the Group 1 Champagne Stakes (1600m) which was won by […]

What a difference a week has made for Anthony Butt. The champion driver left Redcliffe thinking young Kiwi sensation Krug was “unbeatable” in the new $250,000 Group 1 The Rising Sun after his stunning Redcliffe Derby win last Saturday week. Butt was always going to switch to Copy That as his drive in The Rising Sun, a commitment he made […]