The world’s best descended on Tokyo for Sunday’s Japan Cup (Gr 1, 2400m) but it was local legend Yutaka Take who prevailed, delivering a perfectly timed ride aboard Do Deuce (5 h Heart’s Cry – Dust And Diamonds by Vindication) to win the race for the fifth time.  Do Deuce was last of the 14... Read More

Ciaron Maher bagged another valuable slot race when Nadal (Xtravanant) smashed his rivals to take out Saturday’s inaugural running of the $1 million The Meteorite (1200m) at Cranbourne. With Ethan Bown in the saddle, the four-year-old gelding defied the pattern of the day when he came from the tail of the field with an explosive... Read More

Gringotts (Per Incanto) continued his coming-of-age campaign with a powerhouse front-running performance under 60 kilograms to reward connections with another valuable pay day in Saturday’s $1 million The Gong (1600m) at Kembla Grange. Lining up off the back of his win The Big Dance (1600m) earlier in the month, the Ciaron Maher-trained gelding beat Superazi... Read More

Having registered a first stakes win in last weekend’s WA Champion Fillies Stakes (Gr 3, 1600m), the Grant and Alana Williams-trained Storyville (Overshare) continued her progression with a last-gasp victory in Saturday’s WA Guineas (Gr 2, 1600m) at Ascot. Sent off a $4.40 chance to back-up her win the previous weekend, where she came from... Read More

Port Lockroy lands Railway Stakes for Neasham and Archibald as Clint Johnston-Porter rides breakthrough Group 1 winner Annabel Neasham and Rob Archibald became the first trainers based outside of Western Australia to land the Railway Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) since the Lindsey Smith-trained Scales Of Justice (Not A Single Doubt) in 2016 when Port Lockroy... Read More