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Veecee was an impressive winner in the opening race at Flemington. Picture: Reg Ryan - Racing Photos Veecee was a sharp mover in betting on next month's Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes after a dominant debut performance at Flemington. TAB promoted the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace colt to the third line of Blue Diamond Stakes betting at $10 after the…

Monday racing at Muswellbrook and Queanbeyan and there's sure to be plenty of interest in a few well spruiked gallopers. BEST BET Race 2 No. 3: Florida Sky A handy filly like her mother, Kokomo, and put the writing on the wall with that recent trial win. NEXT BEST Race 6 No. 1: Jutland Stablemate of Florida Sky; this son of Dundeel was third in…

A race created on a platform of fan engagement and backed by a $5 million purse is set to deliver everything turf administrators want from the All-Star Mile. Now in its third year, the All-Star Mile field is shaped by a mixture of public voting and wildcard entries in a concept not too dissimilar to how players are picked for the NBA All-Star…

Trainers Peter Snowden and Paul Snowden celebrate with Blake Shinn after Capitalist won the Magic Millions 2YO Classic in 2016. Picture: Getty Images. Paul Snowden once had a short-lived career as a brickie but working for his famous father Peter is really all he has ever known. The son of the legendary trainer, the younger half of one of…

Spacewalk and Steel City have attracted plenty of support from TAB Fixed Odds punters going into the Rosehill Gardens meeting on Saturday. "When markets opened on Wednesday, Spacewalk was the first horse backed," TAB spokesman Andrew Georgiou said. "We wrote a lot of big bets against him in the first 20 minutes of betting and since then, although…

King's Gambit is on target for a big autumn after trialling brilliantly at Randwick on Monday. Picture: Julian Andrews Golden Slipper favourite King's Gambit made a resounding statement with an effortless barrier trial win at Royal Randwick on Monday. But Godolphin's boom unbeaten two-year-old colt Barber also impressed despite being beaten in his…

Alice Haynes admits that replicating the results of her first full season as a trainer will be a challenge in 2023. The young Newmarket handler recorded her 50th domestic winner of the campaign when Silks Pass scored at Southwell on Tuesday, making it 52 overall. Having previously worked for the likes of Henrietta Knight, Mick Channon and David…

Golden Slipper favourite King's Gambit made a resounding statement with an effortless barrier trial win at Royal Randwick on Monday. But Godolphin's boom unbeaten two-year-old colt Barber also impressed despite being beaten in his comeback heat. The Randwick trials session featured a number of potential autumn carnival contenders but none made…

World class sprinter Artorius is likely to have his first jumpout this time in later this month. Picture: Alan Crowhurst-Getty Images Trainers Anthony and Sam Freedman have identified the perfect distance for Artorius's latest bid for a second Group 1 win in the autumn. Artorius won the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes as a two-year-old in February 2021…

The year's biggest races are here again and as usual it's a tantalising puzzle, as the best horses from Australia and some of the best stayers from Europe descend on Melbourne. To hopefully help you find your way through the puzzle, here's five horses to follow this spring. Kayo is your ticket to the best sport streaming Live & On-Demand. New to…

The Caulfield Racecourse is set to close for six months from December. Picture: Getty Images The 2023 Blue Diamond Stakes will be run at Sandown while Caulfield closes for six months as part the Melbourne Racing Club's plan to build a second track at the venue. Caulfield Racecourse is set to be out of action from December this year for the rest of…

Well hopefully you enjoyed the Christmas cheer with family and friends, and imbibed responsibly of course. Now it is on to a new year and all those fatuous resolutions will be thought about. Punters - as you are - might even suggest it worth keeping a record of your investments (well at least for the first week or so of January) so as to know your…

The Melbourne Cup is one of the most prestigious horse races in the world, and if you're a fan, you'll want to know how to watch it live online from anywhere. Whether you're traveling or just can't get to a TV, we've got you covered with all the information you need. Keep reading for step-by-step instructions on how to stream the 2022 Melbourne Cup…

The Wednesday card from Turf Paradis e features the several stakes including the Arizona Juvenile Fillies and the Lost in the Fog Juvenile. The Arizona track will run 1 quarter horse stakes before the thoroughbred portion of the card. Post: 11:25 AM MT; $15k Dashing All The Way S. going 100 yards on dirt; Entries: 12 #10 HOT GIRL SUMMER B (8-1)…

Bookmaker TAB have released their fixed odds markets for a host of Melbourne feature races over the summer and autumn period. Identifying value in these markets is harder than it used to be - shrinking market percentages being the main reason - but below is our suggested $100 spend across four of the Group 1s. *Bets in chronological order BLUE…

Jason Collett rides El Padrino (right) to victory in the Inglis Nursery at Randwick. Picture: Getty Images Trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace are aiming El Padrino and the luckless Boldinho at the Golden Slipper - but they still have to catch brilliant stablemate Coolangatta. The Maher-Eustace stable claimed their second successive…

The Australian Cup, won by Duais this year, has doubled to $3m. Racing Photos via Getty Images Victoria will be the place to race in 2023 with $49m prizemoney to be won across supercharged summer and autumn carnivals. Fresh off a record spring carnival, in both wagering and prizemoney, Racing Victoria on Wednesday will confirm its latest round of…

Racenet's stable of bookies have come to the fore with their selections for a Saturday of racing across the nation, headlined by a trio of Group 1 contests at Flemington. The bagmen have done the form and provided their thoughts on the Blue Diamond Stakes at Flemington and the Chipping Norton Stakes at Randwick. They have also offered their best…

The Golden Slipper is the crown jewel of the Sydney Autumn Carnival, and we will be treated to another exciting edition of the world's richest two-year-old race this Saturday at Rosehill. The $5 million feature has attracted some of the top juveniles from around the country, including Ciaron Maher and David Eustace's undefeated filly Coolangatta,…

Newsboy's tips for the final card of Royal Ascot 2022 on Saturday, which has an international field for the Group 1 Platinum Jubilee Stakes. Frankie Dettori bids to add to his sole success on Friday Australian racing fans look set to enjoy another Royal Ascot as the five-day extravaganza draws to a close. But it's not Home Affairs, the stablemate…

Trainer Gerald Ryan is aiming for Golden Eagle absentee Flying Crazy to catapult himself into another million dollar feature via Sunday's Goulburn Cup. The son of Flying Artie missed the cut in the $10m Golden Eagle but remains on target to add to his wealth this campaign either north or south of his Rosehill base. Flying Crazy is timed to peak in…

The VRC Oaks is the first fillies-only staying Group 1 of the season and, therefore, every runner in the field is unknown over the 2500 metres. Below is a look at their breeding and whether they are likely to run out the trip strongly. 1 MONTEFILIA - Kermadec x Bana Wu (Shirocco) $1.80 favourite with Sportsbet With Kermadec's oldest progeny just…

Best Bet: Race 2 No.4 THE IRISHMAN Best Value: Race 9 No.16 ROCK Quaddie Leg 1: 3,8,16 Leg 2: 1,2,3,5 Leg 3: 1,2,10,16,18,19,20,21 Leg 4: 3,6,17 The Championships are here! Randwick plays host to my favourite day of racing in Sydney and one of my favourite races of the year, the Group 1 Doncaster Mile. Rail true and a few showers during the week…

James Cummings covets the Golden Slipper with a zeal that borders on religious fervour. The Godolphin trainer gave an insight into just what this race means to him by revealing a telling conversation he had with one of his stable staff earlier this week. "My foreman said to me the other day this is just a race,'' Cummings said. "I said it is not…

Queen Of The Ball is the early favourite for Saturday's Silver Slipper at Rosehill. Picture: Grant Guy The possibility of a $1m bonus could attract the biggest Silver Slipper field this century at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. There are 23 entries for the Group 2 $250000 Silver Slipper (1100m) with the final field and barrier draw released on…

Trainers Peter and Paul Snowden are keen for Cythera to enhance her reputation and Ebhaar to restore hers when they clash in the Group 2 $250000 Silver Slipper Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. Cythera is out to prove she is a legitimate Golden Slipper contender after making a winning start to her race career with a tough effort to…

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…

An elated Anthony Cummings extended the family's rich connection to the VRC Oaks to four generations after his classy filly She's Extreme silenced the doubters that she would be too brilliant to stay the 2500m journey. In the most popular win on a memorable Oaks Day, the daughter of sprinting star Extreme Choice started a hot $2.30 favourite and…

Anamoe franked the Blue Diamond form, Profiteer, Home Affairs and Stay Inside didn't have their reputations diminished by defeat, Remarque is out of the Golden Slipper mix. That was the wash-up after a thrilling Group 2 $300000 Todman Stakes (1200m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday that proved compelling but far from conclusive. The connections of…

Home Affairs was favourite for the Platinum Jubilee Stakes on Saturday afternoon. Alfred Munnings and Hurricane Lane were two of the key runners for Royal Ascot 2022's grand finale, but they could not claim a win Racing fans are under starter's orders for the grand finale of Royal Ascot 2022. The big meeting has already reached its fifth day, after…

The world's richest race on turf, The Everest (AU$15 million), will be staged for the sixth time this Friday night at Sydney's Royal Randwick. The wildly successful innovation, under a slot-holder format, has been brilliantly marketed and attracts a large crowd of significantly younger fans - the demographic that horse racing covets. This year's…

For a race that seems to be run and won in a blink of an eye, the first Golden Slipper Chris Waller ever attended left a lasting impression. It was 1996 and Waller was then an unknown 23-year-old from New Zealand and was asked to lead a horse for the nation's dominant big-race trainer, Lee Freedman. "I can't remember who asked me but I can…

Nashwa: will bid for back-to-back Group 1 wins in the Nassau Stakes at Glorious Goodwood next week Baaeed is unlikely to be the only odds-on Group 1 shot at Glorious Goodwood next week with Nashwa's Nassau Stakes task made easier by the defections of stablemate Inspiral and La Petite Coco. The €1 million Prix Jacques le Marois is under…

Race-by-race preview and tips for Randwick on Saturday We're sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We're working to restore it. Please try again later. 5. Voldemort won a Scone maiden over 1000m on debut as a $6 pop. Not the most conventional lead in to be competitive in a group 3 on day one of The Championships, but it was no ordinary win.…

IF it's not the greatest day there is since days were invented, it'll do us till Tuesday. That most glorious of race meetings - VRC Derby Day - is upon us once again. A smorgasbord wrapped in an extravaganza of an afternoon, as steeped in history as in prestige, kicking off Australia's grandest week of racing - Flemington's four-day Melbourne Cup…

How traditions at Goodwood have changed. It's well within living memory that the prospect of a female jockey winning any race in high summer amidst the Panama hats and picnic hampers on the West Sussex Downs was about as likely as holidaymakers at nearby Bognor Regis switching their summer holidays to the Moon. And even as the glass ceiling has…

The world's richest race on turf, The Everest (US$ 9.4 million), will be staged for the sixth time Friday night at Sydney's Royal Randwick. The wildly successful innovation, under a slot-holder format, has been brilliantly marketed and attracts a large crowd of significantly younger fans - the demographic that horse racing covets. This year's post…

Ingratiating is ready to run a big race in The Everest on Saturday. Picture: Getty Images Ingratiating is in career-best form and isn't just making up the numbers as the might of Godolphin seek their first win in the $15m The TAB Everest at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Trainer James Cummings believes Ingratiating's racing pattern of closing with a…

The sixth running of The Everest is upon us, and we can't deny that it's the weakest edition yet. The problem with The Everest was always going to be when there was an outstanding dominant sprinter. It's a concept that couldn't have been launched when Black Caviar was around, for instance. What this race has always needed is competition, and it has…

The Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) headlines Wednesday's Caulfield meeting. Rain (8 to 15mm) is expected on raceday, so there is a chance we'll see a downgrade into the soft range from Monday's Good 4 rating. The rail remains in the true position after the track raced perfectly on Saturday. Speed map, runner-by-runner analysis, predicted top four…

Caulfield will host their traditional Australia Day meeting on Wednesday, with several blacktype races across the eight event meeting. The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is out six metres for the entire circuit. WATCH LIVE RACING AT tab * Above offers may only be available to select customers.Back Me 1 Philosopher (Bet…

Hugh Bowman is confident Profiteer can bounce back to winning form in the Golden Slipper. Picture: Getty Images Hall of Fame jockey Hugh Bowman is convinced he has made the right choice with his early call to lock in Profiteer as his ride in the $3.5 million Golden Slipper. Bowman could have deferred his decision until studying the results of this…

Japanese raider Shahryar headlined the overseas stars on show at the International Challengers Media Morning in Newmarket. Shahryar ranks as one of the world's top middle-distance performers following his victory in March's G1 Dubai Sheema Classic. Last year's Japanese Derby winner aims to provide his nation with a first Royal Ascot success in the…

Confident we can get the cash late in the day with a Danny Williams-trained galloper looking hard to beat. KEMBLA GRANGE BEST BET Race 7 No. 13: Bella Broadway Grand-daughter of Melbourne Cup winner Jezabeel from the Danny Williams stable coming off two outstanding fifths, the last one in a Highway. The Form: Complete NSW Racing thoroughbred form,…

Gallop TV will be covering the Rosehill action from race 2 through 10. Off time of the first is 03h55. A field of 17 three-year-olds including four of Australia's best fillies line up in the A$1 million Chandon Golden Rose on a ten-race program that includes four Group races. Saturday's highly sought-after Group 1 Chandon Golden Rose is followed…

The Group 1 Golden Rose Stakes is one of the early highlights of the Sydney Spring Carnival as a quality field of three-year-olds step out at Rosehill on Saturday with $1 million in prize-money on the line. On the back of Anamoe's success last week, Godolphin is hoping to add to their good fortune with In Secret, who goes around as the short-priced…

The two-year-olds take centre stage at Rosehill Gardens with the big race for the juveniles, the Group One Longines Golden Slipper carrying a purse of $3.5 million. We've had to wait an extra week for Slipper day, after Sydney was hit with heavy rainfall causing the abandonment of the races last Saturday. Given the amount of rain, we're likely to…

Trainer Jane Clement is hoping it is a case of 35th time lucky for her perennial placegetter Jade who heads to Dubbo on Sunday in a quest for a long overdue but well-earned first win. The Coolmore bred daughter of former Queensland ace Sizzling has remained a model of consistency throughout her career, teasing her faithful trainer with a string of…