2 g Too Darn Hot – Volks Lightning by Volksraad O: MyRacehorse No 1 (Mgr: B K Willis), S M George, A Guoga, N S Psaltis, Mrs G C Psaltis & Peake Racing (Mgr: P N Edwards) B: Simon Raleigh T: Tony and Calvin McEvoy S: 2024 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale V: Bell... Read More

In-form filly Fancy Red (Sessions) will bid to make it three wins on the bounce when she lines up as a short-priced favourite in Saturday’s Belmont Oaks (Listed, 2019m) at Bunbury. Bred and raced by Oakland Park Stud, Fancy Red will look to deliver another Belmont Oaks victory for the operation’s owner Neville Duncan, trainer... Read More

Preparing to join Karis Teetan in the Shergar Cup at Ascot next month, Hugh Bowman slotted a treble at Happy Valley on Wednesday night to soar past 70 winners for the season and reach a Hong Kong personal-best. Bowman, 44, netted a race-to-race double to open the card with Notthesillyone (Super One) for Mark Newnham... Read More

Peter McGauran has announced his resignation from the role of Australian Turf Club (ATC) chairman, a position he has held for the past three years. The former politician’s tenure was due to expire in January next year but he announced his resignation on Wednesday evening. McGauran had served as a director of the ATC since... Read More

We’re not saying Caloundra Cup (Listed, 2400m) winner Half Yours (St Jean) is bred to get a trip or anything, but his grandsire Teofilo (Galileo) has left three Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) winners in the past seven years, and his damsire fathered a certain mare who won three more. Stay? Thought he’d never leave.... Read More

Dan Meagher laments that Melbourne racegoers won’t get to see Lim’s Kosciuszko (Kermadec) at his peak, but believes the former Singapore champion can make his presence felt in his Australian Group debut in Saturday’s Sir John Monash Stakes (Gr 3, 1100m). Lim’s Kosciuszko became one of the most storied horses in Singapore racing history, scoring... Read More