#Empire Of Japan

Trainer Peter Snowden maintains the right decision was made to postpone the rich Magic Millions race meeting due to concerns over the Gold Coast track surface last Saturday. The Gold Coast track was downgraded to a heavy 10 after two races and a section of the track near the home turn was particularly dangerous prompting the decision to move the…

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…

The big day and 10 super races await us. With fine weather for most of the week the track should be good and if anything like last week on-pacers will have an advantage. History has shown that form stands up on this day and I will be with those that can keep out of trouble and have proved their credentials. BEST BET: INDISCREETLY (Race 10 No…

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…

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…

Rachel King, rider of talented filly Infatuation, believes the absence of a standout two-year-old makes the barrier draw even more crucial ahead of the $2 million Magic Millions 2yo Classic (1200m) on the Gold Coast on Saturday. "It's one of the more open Magic Millions we have seen in the last few years,'' King explained. "There is usually one or…

Form analyst Mitch Cohen gives his best bets and runs the rule over every race for Canterbury, Orange and Port Macquarie. 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 4, No.2: FRENCH MARINE Talented Kris Lees-trained…

Global Ausbred can bounce back from his luckless run last start when he tackles the Listed January Cup at Rosehill on Saturday. Picture: Grant Guy Trainer Brad Widdup remains confident Global Ausbred is not out of place at stakes level and is giving the gelding another chance to prove himself in the Listed $160000 January Cup (2000m) at Rosehill…

Bjorn Baker believes there is improvement left in Infatuation for the Magic Millions Classic in a fortnight and is also toying with the addition of some headgear on the Gold Coast after she scored her first win at Randwick on Saturday. Infatuation ($4.40) confirmed her top prizemoney seeding for the Magic Millions by breaking her maiden with a…

What a difference a couple of months makes. They were the thoughts of Paul Snowden after Sovereign Fund's comprehensive victory at Doomben on Saturday. The class of the colt's victory - his second triumph from as many starts - has him equal second favourite at $7 to win the Magic Millions 2YO Classic. Snowden thinks he is worthy of this status. But…

Sydney's superstar jockey James McDonald has dismissed speculation he is considering riding overseas long-term as he sets his sights on one of racing's most revered records. The champion jockey is in hot demand wherever he rides and could command a prized position in the northern hemisphere with a leading stable or jurisdiction. But although…

Jason Collett is the only senior jockey currently in the Sydney top 10 rankings this season riding at the Group 3 $200,00 Summer Cup meeting at Royal Randwick on Boxing Day. Therefore, it is not surprising the talented Collett has a full book of eight rides including Diamil in the feature race. Sydney's reigning premier jockey James McDonald, Tim…

Daily Telegraph form analyst Shayne O'Cass runs the rule over every race, including suggested bets, for the Randwick meeting on Saturday. 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. Track: Soft 5. Rail: Out 9m. Overview: The Magic…

Platinum Jubilee was a sensational winner of the Gimcrack Stakes. Picture: Mark Evans-Getty Images Sydney punters will get an early Christmas gift when unbeaten juveniles Empire Of Japan, Godfather and Platinum Jubilee face off in a mouth-watering Magic Millions dress rehearsal at Randwick this Saturday. In what shapes as an absorbing showdown on…

The finish of the Premiere Stakes proved champion Nature Strip will have some real competition for the $15m The TAB Everest in a fortnight. Lost And Running narrowly defeated Mazu and Masked Crusader with the trio showing they will be worthy rivals to Nature Strip in the world's richest turf race at Royal Randwick on October 15. Throw spectacular…

James will be attempting to deliver Icebath into the Group 1 winner's enclosure for the first time in Saturday's Epsom Handicap. Photo: Mark Evans/Getty Images. Australia's best jockey James McDonald will be writing exclusively for News Corp for the rest of the spring carnival and we'll be getting inside his head to find out what he thinks of each…

Leading form analysts Dean Watling (The Barrier Attendant) and Mick Gannon (The Great Tip Off) have assessed the fields at Randwick and Flemington this Saturday. They have looked over some of the key races on a big day of Group 1 and Group 2 racing. Read their assessment of the Flight Stakes, Premiere Stakes, Epsom Handicap, Breeders' Plate, The…