Gai Waterhouse is confident North England (Farnan) will prove himself the latest advertisement for a training plan that has netted her a record eight Golden Slippers (Gr 1, 1200m) when he resumes in Saturday’s Todman Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) at Randwick. He may only be as long in the market as a $5.50 second favourite... Read More

2 f Hanseatic – Absolute Puzzle by Rubick O: Mr D P Azzopardi, Ms S K Shultz, Mr J Nowicki, Mr N Lovell, Mr G D Chapman, Mr M P Chapman, Chevron Racing, Heidi Heidi Ho, Mr R Andrew, Merrymen, Mr M H Christie, Mr S J Collett, Mr G J Anastasio, Mr G Chappell,... Read More

Four juvenile trials were conducted at Rosehill on Friday morning and the Bjorn Baker-trained Lavender Rose, an unraced filly by Russian Revolution (Snitzel), clocked the quickest two-year-old time of the morning when she covered 900 metres in 54.87 seconds.  Last sighted finishing second in a 740-metre Randwick trial, the filly defeated $1 million colt Federalist... Read More

Te Akau maestro David Ellis is feeling the excitement levels ahead of Saturday’s Champions Day meeting at Ellerslie, where he is hopeful of seeing the operation’s iconic tangerine colours – so often in the limelight in New Zealand – brighten what he has described as “the biggest day ever in the history of New Zealand... Read More

Champion jockey Ryan Moore crowned a short-term Hong Kong riding stint in style at Happy Valley on Wednesday night, departing with a double which propelled John Size to the top of the 2024/25 trainers’ championship. Moore and Size combined with Golden Rise (Written Tycoon) and Beauty Alliance (Starcraft), leaving Moore with four wins and five... Read More

Given his rapid accomplishments as a sire it was about time Super Seth (Dundeel) had a Group 1 winner. And that’s exactly what Australian Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) hero Feroce (Super Seth) is: he’s all about time. Time in the pedigree, to let a couple of duplications “mature” – one way of saying they’ll be... Read More