#Andrew Gibbons

Port Macquarie trainer Marc Quinn is hoping recent addition Auzstar can lay down a marker for a Country Championships tilt in 2023 when he travels south to Taree on Sunday. Auzstar will have just his third start for the Quinn yard in the AG Mowers Country Boosted Benchmark 66 Handicap (1250m). The son of star sire Zoustar has only been in Quinn's…

Sydney's star apprentice jockeys Tyler Schiller, Zac Lloyd, Dylan Gibbons and Reece Jones have more in common than just their riding skills. On the racetrack, the four young men are fierce rivals and each has premiership ambitions but away from it they often team up to take on the world … in video games. "We like to get on our Xbox or PlayStation…

Find out what the jockeys made of their mounts after the Group 1 $2m Schweppes Sydney Cup (3200m) at Royal Randwick. Rachel King (Knights Order): "He was the nicest horse ever to ride over 3200m and to get one for Gai (Waterhouse) it means a lot definitely. She's been such a huge supporter of mine and being apprentice to her for so long, it's just…

With the new racing season underway we've put it to our stable of experts to lay their reputations on the line and hand out some predictions for the next 12 months, including their early selections for The Everest and Melbourne Cup plus what's the next'big thing' we've got to look forward to. THE NEXT BIG THING RAY THOMAS - Dylan Gibbons: The son…

It won't be long before Tuncurry mare Robarge is on the freeway to a Highway but not before she warms up in the Coastal Fire Protection Handicap (1200m) at Port Macquarie on Sunday. The Terry Evans trained four-year-old has quickly established herself as one of the most progressive mares on the state's mid-north coast with two wins and five…

Yankee Hussel can race herself into much better races if she keeps progressing at Canterbury on Wednesday for trainer Kris Lees. The American Pharoah three-year-old will run in a Benchmark 78 Handicap (1550m) against odds-on pop Roots after winning second-up as a well backed horse at Hawkesbury over 1330m. Lees wasn't talking her up too much and…

HorseBetting's New South Wales racing analyst provides you with best bets and quaddie numbers for Friday's eight-race meeting at Muswellbrook Racing Club. The track is rated a Soft 5 and the rail is out 3m from the 1000m to the 300m, where the cutaway comes into affect in the straight, while it is true for the remainder of the course. Racing is…