#Craig Newitt

Straight track performer Vespertine is favourite with Ladbrokes.com.au for the Standish Handicap (1200m) this Saturday at Flemington. Trainer Grahame Begg has a strong hand in the race, headlined by Vespertine, who hasn't raced since winning here on Cup Day in a Stakes race and looks ready to go for this weekend. She is favourite at $6 and just…

Local star Bello Beau holds the call with Ladbrokes.com.au for one of the feature races at Hobart on Friday, the Tasmanian Guineas (1600m). Trainer Adam Trinder has a strong hand in the race, headlined by Bello Beau, regarded as one of the more promising gallopers to come out of Tasmania since Mystic Journey. He heads the market at $2.05. GaiBott…

The Flemington finale takes place at 4am UK time, so it will be an early start for punters looking to kick start their Tuesday with a winner. But it's a British raider who could reward bettors with James Ferguson's Deauville Legend heading the betting. Who does Sun Racing tipster Templegate fancy for the big one though? Read on for his tip below…

Tasmanian jockey Craig Newitt still holds the record for the UK's premier sprint, the King's Stand Stakes. Nature Strip's win in the group 1 King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot was hailed by some media commentators as the "best ever" by an Australian horse at the famous track. And, it may well have been. But it didn't take away the crowning glory of…

Caulfield Cup favourite Smokin' Romans has drawn barrier five. Picture: George Sal-Racing Photos via Getty Images Jamie Kah's Caulfield Cup mount Smokin' Romans has drawn perfectly for Saturday's $5m Group 1 to comfortably hold favouritism. Smokin' Romans leapt to the top of Caulfield Cup betting after his last-start win in the Group 1 Turnbull…

The most improved horse among Australian staying ranks has finally received a ringing Caulfield Cup endorsement from his stable as Smokin' Romans bids for one of the spring's signature races. Master trainer Ciaron Maher concedes Smokin' Romans has confounded him twice in the past month, creating a spring detour that has catapulted the horse into…

The Caulfield Cup takes place at Caulfield on Saturday. Raced over 2400m under handicap conditions and worth $5 million with winning connections to rake in $3m. Last year, Incentivise won in dominant fashion while Verry Elleegant (2020), Mer De Glace (2019) and Best Solution (2018) are recent winners. See our guide below: Ciaron Maher & David…

Jockey Craig Newitt will ride Metropolitan Handicap winner No Compromise in wet conditions in Saturday's Caulfield Cup. Picture: AAP The jockey roundabout and La Nina could combine to break a six-year drought for jockey Craig Newitt in Saturday's $5m Caulfield Cup (2400m). Newitt has ridden 33 Group 1 winners but none at the highest level since he…

The Might And Power Stakes promised to be one of the races of the year and it didn't disappoint with Anamoe scoring a narrow but decisive victory while the'blue army' was dominant in landing three races including two Group 1s. It was certainly a task to sift through so many good performances in landing on five to follow but there were also plenty…

An eight-race program is set down for decision at Ballarat on Sunday afternoon on a track currently rated a Heavy 10. With plenty of rain forecast over the weekend, it will be the battle of the fittest come Sunday afternoon, and with the rail out 8m the entire circuit, it should be advantageous to be up on speed throughout the day. The first event…

I Wish I Win (NZ) is favourite for the Toorak Handicap. Picture: Scott Barbour-Racing Photos via Getty Images Punters are backing boom galloper I Wish I Win to overcome a tricky draw in Saturday's Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m) at Caulfield. I Wish I Win was $3.20 into $2.60 when TAB markets opened for the feature mile where Peter Moody's in-form…

Christmas for punters is finally here, with the best month and a half of racing in Australia kicking off last Saturday with two massive Group 1 meetings at Randwick and Flemington. We have focused this week's Follow Files on those two meetings, where we have found some horses that produced very good runs on their way to Victoria's top Cup…

Progressive galloper Visinari is a short priced favourite with Ladbrokes.com.au for the Paris Lane Stakes (1400m) this Saturday at Flemington. The Price/Kent trained import resumes after a fruitful Winter prep and resumes, potentially with eyes towards the Champions Mile on Cup Week. He gets J Kah fresh and finds a winnable kick off point,…

Sale Turf Club is the venue for Victorian thoroughbred racing on Thursday afternoon, with gallopers predicted to be running on a rare Good track for this time of year. Race one gets underway at 1pm AEST, with the last of eight set to start at 4:30pm. The quaddie starts at 3pm and it looks to be a tough one to predict for the second day in a row,…