William Haggas’s habit of plundering Australian riches continued apace on Saturday when Lake Forest (No Nay Never) swooped late to spring an upset in a drama-filled edition of the $10 million Golden Eagle (1500m) at Rosehill.  Ridden by visiting jockey Cieren Fallon, the Tony Bloom and Ian McAleavy-raced colt settled in the second half of... Read More

South Australian raider Goldrush Guru (American Pharoah) etched his name into the history books when he proved too good for his rivals in Saturday’s Victoria Derby (Gr 1, 2500m).  Having made continuous progress since running third on debut in a 1050-metre maiden at Balaklava in April, including back-to-back wins at Morphettville, headed by a last-start... Read More

‘Awesome and arrogant’ Snitzel colt caps off brilliant cross-hemisphere success for Coolmore with potentially more in the pipeline Switzerland (Snitzel) lived up to his hefty price-tag and topline breeding when he conjured up a dominant display to join the list of future stallion prospects to land the Coolmore Stud Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m), the headline... Read More

Onesmoothoperator’s (Dialed In) participation in Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) remains in the balance with a reinspection on Saturday required after he was deemed an unsuitable runner by Racing Victoria (RV) stewards having sustained a cut. Trained in the UK by Brian Ellison, Onesmoothoperator has tumbled in the betting for the Flemington feature following... Read More

Two more “NSW black type” races have been quietly added to the calendar, and a third given a supposed upgrading, as the international impasse continues over the state’s stakes race debacle. Next Saturday’s $1m Golden Gift (1100m) has been listed as having black type for the first time at Group 3. A race called The... Read More