Racing News

Quickie begins long road towards Melbourne Cup

Today’s Memsie Stakes and its handicap equivalent have traditionally featured contenders heading towards the first Tuesday in November The 2019 Queensland Derby (Gr 1, 2400m) winner Mr Quickie (Shamus Award) begins his spring campaign in today’s Memsie Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) at Caulfield – a race which has been the most common launching pad for... Read More

European carnival raiders face expensive trip

Owners of European challengers being aimed at this year’s Melbourne Spring Carnival are set to foot a hefty bill as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Entries for both the Caulfield Cup (Gr 1, 2400m) and Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) are set to be unveiled today and it is anticipated that the number travelling... Read More

Loving Gaby retires to Phoenix broodmare band, no stallion chosen as yet

Dual Group 1 winner Loving Gaby (I Am Invincible) has been retired after her campaign geared towards the $15 million The Everest (1200m) was thwarted due to injury, with owners Phoenix Thoroughbreds said to add the prized filly to their burgeoning broodmare band. Trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace announced on Twitter yesterday that Loving... Read More

Triumphant Prince rules the Ebor roost

York win impresses RV handicapper Carpenter Fujaira Prince (Pivotal) became just the second favourite since 1998 and the first since Purple Moon (Galileo) in 2007 to land Europe’s richest handicap, York’s Ebor (1m 6f), and set up a potential trip to Australia for a tilt at the Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m). The Roger Varian-trained... Read More

Funstar Epsom-bound but is it the Golden Eagle or a Cox Plate after that?

Olly Koolman, the part-owner of Group 1-winning mare Funstar (Adelaide), has warned that the Chris Waller-trained four-year-old is not at her peak for her seasonal return in the Show County Quality (Gr 3, 1200m) while her spring swansong remains up in the air. The Flight Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) winner, who took out the Phar... Read More

Global G1 Races 2020

RACE COUNTRY COURSE DATE DISTANCE (TURF/DIRT) AGE SEX/CONDITIONS PRIZEMONEY (USD) Secretariat Stakes USA AP 15 August 2020 8 Furlongs (T) 3YO $500,000 Beverly D. S. USA AP 15 August 2020 9.5 Furlongs (T) 3YO & Up F&M $600,000 Arlington Million XXXVIII Stakes USA AP 15 August 2020 10 Furlongs (T) 3YO & Up $1,000,000 Alabama... Read More