3 c Pierro – Pelican by Fastnet Rock O: Mr X Y Huang, Mrs M N Annetts, Mr A D Bowler, Mr F Dimitravis, H & M Racing, Mr R Thwaite, Mr L Caminiti, Summit Thoroughbreds, Mr J D Widdows, Znodz Racing B: Katom, NSW T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott S: 2024 Magic Millions... Read More

John Messara is a byword of Australian breeding, a man who founded Arrowfield Stud in the 1980s and built it into not only one of the thoroughbred powerhouses of the famed Hunter Valley, but this nation and indeed the world. His reputation on stallions is unsurpassed, with the now 78-year-old having brought Danehill (Danzig) to... Read More

Thursday morning’s official Caulfield trials offered the first public glimpse of some of Victoria’s most exciting juvenile prospects, with a strong field of two-year-olds stepping out on the Heath track. The opening heat over 1000 metres for the older horses saw Tropicus (Too Darn Hot), a last–start winner of the Heath 1100 (Gr 3, 1100m),... Read More

Where do you start with the story of Piggyback? It’s a tale with such a sprinkling of unexpected, strange and purely wild elements that – were this not racing and breeding – it’d be hard to believe. She’s an Australian-bred stayer (no wait, there’s more) – an Australian-bred stayer who after winning last Saturday’s Colin... Read More

Trainer Dennis Yip claimed a timely first win of the 2025/26 season, taking out the feature National Day Cup Handicap (Gr 3, 1000m) at Sha Tin’s National Day fixture on Wednesday when his stable star Fast Network (Wrote) blitzed an impressive field under Alexis Badel, who won the contest for a third time. Badel won... Read More

Western Australia’s dominant sire Playing God (Blackfriars) will get a chance to land a blow on the eastern seaboard this Saturday when his speedy son West Star lines up in the Gilgai Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m), after which trainer Simon Miller will prepare the four-year-old for a “redemption mission” in the $10 million Golden Eagle... Read More