The Cox Plate (Gr 1, 2040m) at The Valley will have no overseas runners in 2025, but there could be as many as four international contenders in the Caulfield Cup (Gr 1, 2400m). Following the release of first declarations for both races on Tuesday, the number of Caulfield Cup hopefuls fell from the original 142... Read More

Mega trainer Ciaron Maher has a quartet of nominations for Saturday’s Run To The Rose (Gr 2, 1200m), as four more quality runners embark on spring campaigns amid an extremely classy crop of three-year-olds. It’s unlikely all four will start in the Rosehill set weights and penalties feature, but two who look likely to clash... Read More

Yulong’s four-time Group 1-winning mare Treasurethe Moment (Alabama Express) will miss this weekend’s Makybe Diva Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) after suffering what her trainer Matt Laurie has described as a ‘very mild case of colic’. The four-year-old daughter of Alabama Express (Redoute’s Choice) – who landed the VRC Oaks (Gr 1, 2500m), Vinery Stud Stakes... Read More

The early spring has tended to bring the very best out of Quintessa (Shamus Award), and that trend continued at Ellerslie on Saturday with a spectacular last-to-first performance at $36 odds in the Proisir Plate (Gr 1, 1400m). The $400,000 weight-for-age triumph came almost exactly a year after the Te Akau Racing mare’s last win,... Read More

An emphatic maiden win by Street Artist (Super Seth) at Mornington on Friday kicked off what could be a big weekend for his sire, with La Dorada and Linebacker both vying to add to their black type tally when they commence their respective spring campaigns in the Moir Stakes (Gr 1, 1000m) and the Tramway... Read More