It’s clear that Sunline Vase (Gr 3, 1400m) winner Tajana (Darci Brahma) is for real. Her form at two was more than promising but in her two starts this season she has proved best of the fillies and maybe the best three-year-old at this point of the season. Although she performed fairly on top of... Read More

Peter V’landys’ Racing NSW has moved to illustrate why it issued a notice to the Australian Turf Club to show cause why its board should not be replaced by an administrator, highlighting a list of areas – financial and otherwise – where it says the ATC is falling down. RNSW issued a “participants bulletin” on... Read More

The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable and Coolmore’s young sire Home Affairs (I Am Invincible) were the stars of the show as the season’s juveniles stepped out at Sydney’s first official two-year-old trials on Monday. You can’t really get more “early running” than winning the first two heats at the Kensington trials but that’s... Read More

An abridged Sha Tin race meeting on Sunday was cut short due to the deterioration of the track in torrential rain, but not before Hugh Bowman secured an imposing double that took him to five wins for the season.  The Australian got off to the best possible start after landing the opener in yielding conditions,... Read More

Prominent industry figures have expressed alarm over Racing NSW’s (RNSW) show-cause notice against the Australian Turf Club (ATC), with some perceiving an attempt to revive the sale of Rosehill, and one fearing a bid by RNSW to seize total control of the sport in the state, in a Hong Kong-style scenario. Thoroughbred Breeders NSW president... Read More

Chris Waller’s star mare Joliestar (5 m Zoustar – Jolie Bay by Fastnet Rock) announced herself as a genuine contender for next month’s Everest (Gr 1, 1200m) with a dominant performance in Saturday’s $1 million The Shorts (Gr 2, 1100m) at Randwick. Sent out a $4.80 chance, the Kingsford-Smith Cup (Gr 1, 1200m) heroine was... Read More