#Easter Yearling Sale

Promising type Piraeus can put himself on a path to a three-year-old stakes tilt when he hunts a hat-trick of wins in Wednesday's Huckel Excavations Benchmark 64 Handicap (1350m) at Wyong. Trainers Richard and Will Freedman have their son of Merchant Navy racing in top form and will raise the bar again in the gelding's fourth career start. Piraeus…

Dr Adam Gay is a cardiologist, so without being Captain Obvious, he knows a few things about hearts - the human ones. Like in-between doing the wards at Western Health in Footscray, his private rooms have been inundated with heart check-up bookings since the tragic death of cricket legend Shane Warne last weekend. But none of this should lead you…

Joe Cleary will make his annual pilgrimage to the Gold Coast next month hoping to build a war chest for the Magic Millions Yearling Sale courtesy of his talented sprinter King Gutho. That quest begins on Sunday at a jam-packed festive Moruya racetrack where King Gutho steps out in the Narooma Cup (1300m). "King Gutho heads to the Gold Coast after…

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Chris Waller filly Lazzago made an eye-catching debut at Randwick. Picture: Sam Ruttyn Lazzago, rated by trainer Chris Waller as a "special filly" in his biggest-ever two-year-old team, made an impressive debut at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Snapback started a long odds-on favourite but the colt had no answer to Lazzago's determined finishing…

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…

Daily Telegraph form analyst Shayne O'Cass gives his best bets at Wyong and Narromine and runs the rule over the Wyong meeting on Thursday. The Form: Complete NSW Racing thoroughbred form, including video replays and all you need to know about every horse, jockey and trainer. Find a winner here! BEST BET Race 1 No.1: DIAMOND DRUMMER Has placed at…

Mark Miniverini is intent on ensuring that jockey Josh Parr's first ride for the stable is a winning one when ace sprinter Fire And Ice steps out at Newcastle on Tuesday. Parr's expertise is no doubt going to be vital in the outcome given Fire And Ice's wide draw in the NJC Horsepower Benchmark 64 Handicap (1200m). "Josh is a very accomplished…

Daily Telegraph form analyst Shayne O'Cass gives his best bets and runs the rule over every race for Newcastle. The Form: Complete NSW Racing thoroughbred form, including video replays and all you need to know about every horse, jockey and trainer. Find a winner here! BEST BET Race 7, No.4: CAPPELLETTI Pricey Capitalist colt who was all at sea 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…

Tim Clark sends Rise Of The Masses into next week's Golden Slipper after winning the Pago Pago Stakes at Rosehill. Picture: Getty Images Rise Of The Masses and She's Extreme squeezed into the $5m Golden Slipper field with their strong wins at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. And Sweet Ride, a runner-up to Rise Of The Masses, has enough prizemoney to…

Coolmore's Tom Magnier has a unique description for the $3.5 million Longines Golden Slipper: "This is the race that changes people's addresses." Simply translated, if a well-bred colt wins the race, then he becomes very hot property. His owners will collect a cool $2 million first prizemoney - but wait, there's more. If the Slipper winner is a…