Australia could be on the way to again having a body resembling a normal black type pattern committee after confirmation that a Racing Australia (RA) review of the current moribund system was under way. Rob Rorrison, an RA board member and Australia’s representative on international bodies including the Asian Racing Federation’s (ARF) Asian Pattern Committee... Read More

While male horses may have dominated the scoreboard at Flemington on Saturday with geldings winning the first seven races, it was the girls who undoubtedly left a lasting impression as Grahame Begg’s mare Splash Back (Le Havre) and Ciaron Maher’s filly She’s An Artist (Trapeze Artist) notched notable victories in the last two contests on... Read More

The Willie Mullins-trained Sober (Camelot) was a facile winner of Royal Ascot’s concluding Queen Alexander Stakes (2m 5.5f). A dual Group 2 winner in France before his debut win for his new stable over hurdles last month, Sober was sent off the 4-5 favourite under Ryan Moore and proved a class above his eight rivals.... Read More

Charlie Appleby called on global superstar Rebel’s Romance (Dubawi) as a “last roll of the dice” at Royal Ascot on Saturday, and the seven-year-old once again came up with the goods to give his stable a first victory at the meeting in three years in the Hardwicke Stakes (Gr 2, 1m 4f).  A winner in... Read More

A thrilling edition of the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes (Gr 1, 6f) went the way of last November’s Golden Eagle (1500m) runner-up Lazzat (Territories), who showed plenty of resolve to dismiss Japanese raider Satono Reve (Lord Kanaloa) and land a second Group 1 victory in Saturday’s feature.  The Jerome Reynier-trained gelding arrived in Australia... Read More