After beginning smartly from his inside barrier (1), Redzel travelled well in front at quite a reasonable tempo in the heavy 9 conditions, got a break on turning for home and then fought back well to score by a length from Trapeze Artist (Snitzel) in a time of 1:12.03. One race earlier, Pierata (Pierro) ran... Read More

Brazilica (Redoute’s Choice) looks a rising star for the Chris Waller stable after the three-year-old filly landed the Vancouver @ Coolmore Australia Maiden (1100m) on her debut at Randwick-Kensington on Wednesday. She came into the races having won her two trials at Warwick Farm (800m) in January and Rosehill (900m) in early October, and she... Read More

Straight out of quarantine, trained by Saeed bin Suroor and ridden by Irish jockey Pat Cosgrave, Benbatl outgunned another Godolphin runner, Blair House (Pivotal), to prevail by a half-head with Humidor (Teofilo) another two and a quarter lengths back in third place.Time on the good track was 2:00.84 with the last 600m covered in 34.65.... Read More

Yucatan won the Herbert Power Stakes in the fastest time ever recorded in the race. I cannot recall seeing two more extraordinary performances at the one race meeting. Alas, we are unlikely to see The Autumn Sun again until next autumn. He won’t be taking on Winx in the Cox Plate. In truth, it’s because... Read More

Yucatan was allocated a 2.5kg penalty for the Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m), securing him a place in the line-up at Flemington and allowing Count Octave (Frankel), who was formerly trained in Britain by Andrew Balding, a guaranteed slot towards the foot of this weekend’s $5 million race. Although the final line-up will be revealed... Read More

It’s rare that the world’s leading racing operations clash with multiple numbers in this part of the world so today’s action is intriguing to say the least. Thus it’s a shame the TAB has not launched a bet type pitting stables and visitors alike against each other. It could have been based on which stable... Read More