Grahame Begg will saddle up a pair of mares both determined to seize their final chance this season of adding some invaluable black type to their respective pages in Saturday’s Bletchingly Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) at Caulfield. While Begg is quick to concede that the market is on the money in pricing his Group 2-winning... Read More

The Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained One Day At A Time (Bivouac) broke her maiden at the fifth time of asking on Wednesday when landing a 1000-metre contest at Sandown-Hillside. Having run third in the Maribyrnong Trial Stakes (Listed, 1000m) on debut back in October, the juvenile daughter of Bivouac (Exceed And Excel) had since produced... Read More

The words ‘unsung hero’ can be attributed to a number of different unseen participants in the horse racing industry, but one that definitely fits the bill is the job of a farrier, and none more so in the incredible case of Spicy Martini (Justify) and Scott Bryce. Bryce, a professional farrier that is now based... Read More

With the end of the 2025-26 campaign fast approaching, there are still a quartet of sires’ titles across both sides of the Tasman Sea that still theoretically hang in the balance. Having wrapped up the first-season sire titles in Australia and New Zealand, Coolmore sensation Home Affairs (I Am Invincible) is still chasing the great... Read More

There’s another potential star filly rising up in the west who’s giving a kick not only to her NSW sire D’Argento (So You Think) but to other facets of an intriguing pedigree. Ladies Pro, bought for a mere $45,000 at Magic Millions Adelaide by trainers Grant and Alana Williams and bloodstock agent Suman Hedge, has... Read More

Champion trainer Chris Waller and powerhouse operation Te Akau are hitting the groove in their spring preparations as they sent out a host of top-drawer contenders in trials held on both sides of the Tasman Sea on Tuesday. Over in New South Wales, Waller sent out Group 1 winners Beiwacht (Bivouac), Fireball (Snitzel) and Campione... Read More