Racing News

Ellis and returning Walker hunting for more riches on the Gold Coast

Travel restrictions force Te Akau boss to sit out Magic Millions for second consecutive year, but trainer on the ground With Covid travel restrictions still playing havoc in parts of the world and the travel corridor between New Zealand and Australia remaining closed, Te Akau supremo David Ellis will once again be forced to watch... Read More

A tenth Perth Cup for Peters who ends year among leading global owners

Prominent breeder has dominated Western Australian racing scene, feats that see him placed fifth on TRC worldwide rankings Bob Peters has been breeding and racing horses for 48 years and enjoyed remarkable success during that time, particularly in his home state of Western Australia where he has won every major there is to – and... Read More

Entriviere lands first Group 1 blow in Railway

Te Akau Racing, trainer Jamie Richards and jockey Opie Bosson have gone back-to-back in the world’s first Group 1 race of the year, stealing the show with a scintillating performance by Entriviere (5 m Tavistock – Marcey’s Belt by Golan) in the Sistema Railway (Gr 1, 1200m) at Ellerslie yesterday. Last year’s Railway was the... Read More

Kementari locks in rare double at Magic Millions

‘Special K’ win in The Buffering earns him a berth in $1 million Cup, to be run days after his only yearlings go through the sales ring  The first day of 2022 may not go down as the best day’s racing for the calendar year, at least when the recaps are written 364 days from... Read More

Outlaws Revenge living up to Balfour’s big opinion with Group 1 aims on horizon

The career-best form of Ryan Balfour’s sprinter Outlaws Revenge (Reward For Effort), a horse he hopes can one day deliver him a win in South Australia’s signature race The Goodwood (Gr 1, 1200m), coincides with the Adelaide trainer’s decision to downsize his stable. Four-year-old Outlaws Revenge, who shoots for a hat-trick of stakes victories in... Read More

Gold Coast looms but Sydney first for Exceed And Excel colt Hard To Say

Hard To Say (Exceed And Excel) will stay in Sydney this weekend instead of making a return trip to Queensland, but his Newcastle trainer Jason Deamer still has his sights set on the Magic Millions 2YO Classic (RL, 1200m) with the promising colt. The Dynamic Syndications-owned juvenile, a last-start runner-up to Palazzo Spirit (Spirit Of... Read More