Doncaster Mile Field 2021: Favourite draws ideal barrier for Randwick feature

Mazu, the only horse already locked for a start in the $15 million The Everest later this year, is clashing with most of his potential rivals at Royal Randwick on Saturday. The Group 1 $3 million Furphy TJ Smith Stakes (1200m) has been called the "Autumn Everest" such is the quality of the field. There are eight individual Group 1 winners among the…

Hall of Fame trainer Chris Waller has promised to "shout the public bar" on course if he can train two Group 1 winners at Royal Randwick on Saturday. During the stable's weekly preview for social media, Waller was challenged by assistant trainer Charlie Duckworth to make the pledge and the trainer confirmed he would buy the public a round of drinks…

Two in-form milers are battling for top spot in Doncaster Mile 2023 betting this weekend in Sydney with the reigning champion Mr Brightside and the talented Chris Waller -trained mare Fangirl tipped to fight it out in the $4 million Royal Randwick showdown. The Championships Day 1 features four elite level autumn events led by the Group 1 Doncaster…

Godolphin trainer James Cummings is relying on his crack squad of young guns to attempt an unprecedented Group 1 clean sweep on Day One of The Championships at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Cummings decided to keep stable warhorse Cascadian for another day and rely on three-year-old Golden Mile in the $4 million The Star Doncaster Mile…

James Cummings is on track for his most successful Group 1 season since joining Godolphin with eight wins at the highest level and five months of the racing term still remaining. Cummings has already equalled his best mark of eight Group 1 wins achieved in 2018-19, five of them delivered by weight-for-age champion Anamoe, and he has genuine chances…

Godolphin has a history with the Expressway Stakes in the James Cummings era that suggests Caulfield Guineas winner Golden Mile could be underrated heading into the autumn, but he will face a stern test from Forbidden Love, which saves her best for this time of year. The pair at the top of the betting stand out being only group 1 winners in the…

The 2022 Sydney Stakes will feature a full field of 18 runners and five emergencies that will battle it out for the $2 million prize pool over 1200m on Saturday. The winner will take home just over $1 million in a race that has become the consolation for horses that don't gain a slot in The Everest on the same day. This year's Sydney Stakes field…

Nature Strip winning the 2021 Everest. Can he go back-to-back? The final field and barrier draw for the $15m TAB Everest have been revealed. Hot favourite Nature Strip, who drew the widest barrier, is looking for back-to-back wins in the great race on Saturday. The barrier draw was made public on Tuesday night with a 500-strong drone light show…

David'Gator' Gately has the game plan for this Saturday's action with the Listed Golden Mile the highlight at Bendigo. The Bendigo Jockey Club are hoping for a big crowd at the stand alone Saturday meeting. The Nine-race card gets underway at 12:25pm with the feature Golden Mile to run at 4.50pm, with the Listed Bendigo Guineas another highlight…

Ben and JD Hayes have put one of the most famous names in Australian racing back up in lights with Mr Brightside's fast-finishing win in the $3m Doncaster Mile (1600m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. The brothers scored their first Group 1 win as a training partnership when Mr Brightside finished too strongly for I'm Thunderstruck to lead home a…

Forbidden Love is set to overcome the favourite's jinx and keep her Group 1 winning streak going in the $3m The Star Doncaster Mile (1600m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. After brilliant wins at weight-for-age in the Canterbury Stakes and George Ryder Stakes in recent weeks, the Richard and Michael Freedman-trained Forbidden Love dominates…

Spearheaded by the Doncaster Mile (1600m), Saturday's Day 1 of The Championships is set to kick off in style with fellow G1 features: the TJ Smith Stakes (1200m), Australian Derby (2400m) and the Inglis Sires (1400m). Getting in light at the weights and chasing a hat-trick of Group 1 victories, George Ryder Stakes winner Forbidden Love leads the…

Eduardo is on target for the Group 1 T.J Smith Stakes. Picture: Grant Guy Trainer Joe Pride's powerful presence for The Championships including stable stars Eduardo, Private Eye, Brutality and Shalatin, could provide him with a historic Group 1 treble at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Pride's done his job. His talented quartet are primed and ready but…

Racing's "Mr Reliable" Tim Clark is riding for a unique three-peat in the Group 1 $600000 Coolmore Classic (1500m) when he partners classy mare Vangelic at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. Clark has won the last two Coolmores on Krone (2021) and Con Te Partiro (2020). No jockey has ridden a hat-trick of winners in the feature fillies and mares race…

Randwick Guineas winner Converge will head to the Doncaster. Picture: Grant Guy Converge will stay in Sydney and be aimed at the $3m Doncaster Mile (1600m) during The Championships next month. Trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott ended speculation about last start Randwick Guineas winner Converge's main autumn carnival target by ruling out the…

Punters have a staged a late plunge on today's $3m Doncaster Mile at Randwick with heavy support coming for a long shot out of the Godolphin yard. The Godolphin owned Cascadian has been subject of a late plunge on the G1 Doncaster Mile at Randwick today with the geldings price tightening from $18 into $8.50 and continues to shorten with heavy…

Much like a few races on the card, punters are casting the net far and wide when it comes to the Doncaster Mile (1600m) this afternoon at Randwick. A host of runners have firmed at odds to win the big mile race, namely Avilius ( $15-$11), Cascadian ( $18-$11), Dalasan ( $51-$35), Funstar ( $21-$1 6), Best Of Days ( $41-$26), Nettoyer ( $101-$61),…

Forbidden Love is shooting to become the first filly in more than two decades to win the Doncaster Mile. The last time Forbidden Love contested a G1 race over a mile, she was an immature filly still learning how to be a racehorse. When she takes her place in Saturday's Doncaster Mile (1600m), it will be as a more relaxed and mature…

All Star Mile winner Mugatoo is the favourite with Sportsbet for the feature race at Randwick this Saturday, the Doncaster Mile (1600m). The star galloper got his big win at the Valley in the All Star Mile and looks primed to run well. Market agrees, having him as a dominant $4.40 favourite. Only two other runners sit at single figures, with that…

Having won the Group 1 Doomben Cup as if he was Winx, Zaaki is the new $4.20 favourite with online bookmakers for the 2021 Cox Plate. Prior to his win on Saturday, the Annabel Neasham-trained six-year-old was a $17 chance to take out the best weight-for-age race in the country. Zaaki had put the writing on the wall with a dominant win in the Group…

A dominant winner from last Saturday has been an early firmer with the TAB in their all in market for the Doncaster Mile (1600m) this Saturday at Randwick. Yao Dash needed to win the Doncaster Prelude last Saturday at Rosehill to secure a start in the race. He led throughout and was dominant. Was $51 to $13 after that win but on Monday, the firm up…

Kris Lees will rely on Mugatoo in his quest for a first Doncaster Mile win after stablemate Gem Song pulled up sore following trackwork on Thursday. Despite being down to one runner in the Doncaster Mile field, Kris Lees has arguably his best chance yet to carve out a first for his famous Newcastle racing family. His late father, legendary trainer…

There was no shortage of wincing from connections on Tuesday morning when barriers were drawn for the Epsom Handicap, one of three Group 1s to be run at Randwick this Saturday. The 1600-metre event has drawn a huge field of 20, plus two emergencies, meaning some big numbers were allocated and several leading contenders were among those to draw off…