The Kris Lees-trained Graff met the previously unraced Mickey Blue Eyes in Saturday’s Clarendon Stakes (1300m) at Hawkesbury with Graff holding off his Lindsay Park-trained rival to score by a half-neck in a race that featured fast closing sectional times. While The Autumn Sun, a colt from the Chris Waller stable, made a most impressive... Read More

With three seconds in her five runs leading into the Redoute’s Choice Stakes (Listed, 1200m) at Caulfield on Saturday, the promising Let Me Sleep On It (Manhattan Rain) made her maiden win a stakes win with a dominant victory.   She began quickly from barrier seven under jockey Stephen Baster, attempted to lead three wide... Read More

A change could, of course, not only potentially open the door to what would be be the most anticipated and readily promoted racing clash of the year – the Legend versus the Enigma. Winx versus Pakistan Star in the Cox Plate. It would also allow trainer John Size to consider running any one of his... Read More

The winner, in dashing style by a half-length, was rising star Ivictory (Mossman), a four-year-old gelding, who defeated two stablemates, Mr Stunning (Exceed And Excel) and Beat The Clock (Hinchinbrook), giving their Australian trainer John Size a memorable trifecta in this prestige sprint test. Ivictory was bred in NSW by John Woods (The Old Crossing),... Read More

Although good ground prevailed at Randwick earlier in the month, the two-day meeting has often been run on quite testing conditions and with the rain continuing to fall in Europe, now seems a prudent time for identifying those horses with the right credentials to compete at The Championships next April. Two such candidates emerged at... Read More

The two, of course, had not previously met but they were together in the paddock at Ascot as Moreira had drawn – by lot – Appleby’s charge Ahtoug in the Shergar Cup Dash and the five-year-old proceeded to oblige trainer and jockey by winning the race. “I really didn’t know anything about him but there... Read More