Dan Alford is in the food business, specifically a Melbourne factory that bakes treats like mudcakes, biscuits, jam tarts and snowballs. It can’t be a bad place to work. At the very least, it smells better than a stable. What the 68-year-old also likes to do is cook up pedigrees, and he has a particularly... Read More

Latecomer Raging Force (Cosmic Force) has had to play catch-up in striving to reach the top echelon of the nation’s young horses, but trainer Peter Snowden feels he can again show he belongs there in Saturday’s Run To The Rose (Gr 2, 1200m). The Darby Racing runner did show up early in one way, winning... Read More

Mulberry Racing made their presence felt during the opening session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale on Monday when they purchased a Quality Road (Elusive Quality) colt out of dual Royal Ascot winner Lady Aurelia (Scat Daddy) for US$550,000 (approx. AU$833,000).  Backed by billionaire investor Mike Gregg, Mulberry Racing made headlines earlier this year when... Read More

Ole Kirk (Written Tycoon) has made a strong start in 2025-26 as he looks to kick on from his first season sires’ title, and his top ranked offspring will try to boost the stallion’s stocks further when he resumes for the spring on Saturday. Legacy Bound, the homebred for Ole Kirk’s farm Vinery Stud who’s... Read More

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