Will Freedman is hopeful that progressive filly Let’s Fly (Flying Artie) can announce herself at the top level in Saturday’s $700,000 Queensland Oaks (Gr 1, 2200m), aided by a favourable draw, the booking of leading rider Craig Williams, and a race shape expected to suit her natural racing pattern. The three-year-old daughter of Blue Gum... Read More

2 c Ghaiyyath – Smooth by Lonhro O: Godolphin B: Godolphin T: James Cummings  W: Tile Importer Handicap ,1400m, June 4, Sandown Lakeside Darley’s former shuttler Ghaiyyath (Dubawi) chalked up his second individual winner on Wednesday when promising colt Observer (2 c ex Smooth by Lonhro) registered an impressive maiden victory at Sandown-Lakeside.  The James... Read More

Sweltering (Too Darn Hot) came within 1.3 lengths of joining the hall of infamy as one of the longest-priced winners of a Group 1 when she finished second in the Australasian Oaks (Gr 1, 2000m) last start at $201. And she’ll be at it again this Saturday – though not quite at those odds –... Read More

Justify (Scat Daddy) filly Spicy Martini (3 f Justify – Extra Olives by Redoute’s Choice) registered her third career stakes success and first at Group level when lunging late to land the Fred Best Classic (Gr 3, 1350m) at Doomben on Wednesday.  The Group 3 sprint was rescheduled after the abandonment of Eagle Farm’s meeting... Read More

Take a look at the pedigree of Saturday’s Queen Elizabeth II Cup (Gr 3, 2400m) winner Campaldino (Ghibellines) and there’s one thing that strikes you: there’s a lot going on. It’s a fair bet Darby Racing’s New Zealand-bred four-year-old has the most intricate pedigree of any Orange Cup (2100m) winner, the race that started what... Read More

If the bookmakers are to be believed, an interstate raider is again likely to make off with the Queensland Derby (Gr 1, 2400m) but co-trainer Maddy Sears is hoping the stable’s “loveable rogue” Beau Dazzler (Ardrossan) can plunder the prize for the locals at Eagle Farm this Saturday.   In the last 15 years, more New... Read More