In fact, Timeform reacted by immediately elevating Grunt to a clear lead on their 2018-2019 Four-Year-Old tables after allotting him a high 125 rating after his impressive victory  – the only horse to return a higher rating so far this season being Winx (Street Cry) [129+]. Grunt settled nicely under Damien Oliver, back in fifth... Read More

The Mark Newnham-trained three-year-old settled in fifth place on the rails from her improved inside barrier (1), before making nice progress into third coming to the home turn. The filly then showed a nice turn of foot and quickly took control at the 200 metre mark, before going on to score in very good style... Read More

The Andrew Balding-trained Group 3 winner Duretto (Manduro) worked upsides Japanese raider Langley (Deep Impact) in what was noticeably the fastest piece of work on Side Hill, with both galloping nicely. The son of Manduro (Monsun) holds an entry for the Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) at Flemington and he was last seen winning the... Read More

His ride combined bravado with bravery as Williams steered the Lonhro colt from gate one to the quicker grandstand rail of the Flemington straight six course. He then had to hold his nerve for the best part of 300 metres with no clear path unfolding before fearlessly pushing through a narrow gap inside the last... Read More

Kementari (Lonhro) seemed a shade disappointing in finishing fourth just ahead of Happy Clapper (Teofilo) who bled from both nostrils and will be off the scene until the autumn. Race time was 1:34.91 with the last 600 metres covered in 35.30.    With two Group 1 wins and three other successes from just eight starts... Read More

Exciting Godolphin trio Benbatl (Dubawi), Best Solution (Kodiac) and Prize Money (Authorized) looked in excellent order as they all made their way steadily up Warren Hill together. All trained by Saeed bin Suroor, the trio have lofty targets when they land in Australia with Benbatl likely to clash with Winx (Street Cry) in the Cox... Read More