The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott autumn train has rolled towards the winter as Dawn Passage (Dawn Approach) cemented his spot, and favouritism, for next Saturday’s Stradbroke Handicap (Gr 1, 1400m) with a commanding win in the Fred Best Classic (Gr 3, 1350m) at Doomben yesterday. Bringing up a hat-trick of stakes wins, Dawn Passage... Read More

Trainers are set to be given the go-ahead to step up their horses’ work next week at Kranji Racecourse ahead of the likely return of Singapore racing from the start of July, in what has been a coronavirus-hit period that stakeholders hope is the catalyst for the revitalisation of the country’s industry. Racing in Singapore... Read More

Trainer Yoshito Yahagi and jockey Damian Lane combined to give Japan a first Cox Plate (Gr 1, 2040m) win last year with Lys Gracieux (Heart’s Cry), but on Sunday, they will be in opposing corners as they tackle the world’s richest and most heavily-bet Classic, the Tokyo Yushun (Gr 1, 2400m). The Derby (Gr 1,... Read More

The Osarus Breeze-Up Sale broke new ground on Wednesday by staging what was essentially Europe’s first bloodstock online auction, with each of the 63 lots offered sequentially in absentia.  The sale, originally due to be held in a physical format at La Teste on April 8 and 9, was forced to reschedule due to coronavirus... Read More

2 g Night Of Thunder – Tortoni by Strategic O: Mr O P Tait, Mrs J G Nivison B: Mr O P Tait T: Patrick Payne W: 2YO Maiden Plate, 1200m, May 27, Sale The Tait family’s red colours with a white cap have graced racetracks right across Australia for almost a century and have... Read More

Kings Shield (Scat Daddy) put his rivals to the sword with a routing run to victory in the Class 2 Egret Handicap (1650m) on the Sha Tin dirt on Wednesday. The former British-trained import has given his handler Frankie Lor a puzzle to crack, though. The 90-rated galloper will climb high in the handicap for... Read More