Filly out to continue Spring form Renaissance

Laurie is banking on the addition of blinkers for the first time helping a couple of his tips find the winner's stall. Melbourne form men Laurie Sainsbury is spriking the prospects of a $51 chance at Flemington on Saturday. Here are this week's tips. LAURIE SAINSBURY DUKE DE SESSA (Race 4 No 2) He's an Import that had his first Aussie run in the…

They are set to fly on Melbourne Cup Day at Flemington on Tuesday. Photo Ja:y Town/Getty Images. Melbourne form men Laurie Sainsbury and Cameron Happ have taken a different approach to getting a winning result out of the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday. Sainsbury, known as'Longshot Laurie' to Racenet regulars is tipping a roughie while Happ believes a…

It's the Saturday before the first Tuesday of November, which can only mean one thing: It's Derby Day at Flemington, one of the greatest racedays in the country. Since 1855 the Victoria Racing Club's VRC Derby has been run at headquarters, making it the oldest feature in Australia, pre-dating the Melbourne Cup by six years. It's a brilliant day, a…

John Sargent, the genial Randwick trainer, joked that Glad You Think So's insatiable appetite could send him broke. "I can't give that colt enough food,'' Sargent said. "He's the biggest eater in my stable by a mile. He's always hungry so if he leaves anything in his feed bin then there must be something wrong. "But he's tall and lean - I don't…

A three-year-old fillies Stakes race at Flemington could determine the direction that Poifect takes later in her spring campaign. Poifect is engaged to run in the Group 2 Edward Manifold Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday with her Lindsay Park trainers Ben, Will and J D Hayes having an open mind on her potential'Grand Final'. Options include…

The 74th running of the Group 1 Queensland Oaks will take place at Eagle Farm this Saturday afternoon, with a full field of 18 three-year-old fillies set to do battle over 2200m. Australasian Oaks winner Affaire A Suivre will be looking to win her second Oaks in as many races, while Fireburn will be seeking her third Group 1 victory and goes into…

An 11th hour decision by Bjorn Baker has resulted in a delayed start to the campaign of three-year-old filly Renaissance Woman. The daughter of Reliable Man was set to resume at Randwick on Saturday in the Listed South Pacific Classic (1400m) but Baker made the last minute call to scratch the filly. "I debated long and hard then at 7.29am I decided…

Trainer Bjorn Baker confirmed Tancred Stakes winner Arapaho will chase more Group 1 success in the $2 million Sydney Cup (3200m) during The Championships at Royal Randwick next week. But the other Group 1 winner at last Saturday's Rosehill Gardens meeting, boom filly Prowess, has already returned to New Zealand following her Vinery Stud Stakes…

Roger James reckons he's waited 40 years for a filly as good as Prowess but his Kiwi sensation proved she was well worth the wait at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. Prowess confirmed her status as an emerging superstar of Australalasian racing with a stunning performance to win the $600000 Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m). The daughter of Proisir…

Trainer Richard Freedman has questioned the form of boom New Zealand filly Prowess as he plots her downfall with promising Pavitra in the Group 1 $600000 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. Prowess is making her Sydney debut but she has impeccable recent form winning four races in succession including the Group 1 Bonecrusher…

Kiwi raider Sharp'N' Smart could be in for a huge 2023. Last year's Spring Champion Stakes winner is set to target races like the Queen Elizabeth Stakes and could also find himself lining up in a Melbourne Cup in spring. Sharp'N' Smart is already a Group 1 winner this year having taken out the Herbie Dyke Stakes and now sets sights on Saturday's…

Kiwi stayer Sharp'N' Smart is set to tackle the Australian Derby and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. Picture: Bradleyphotos.com.au Kiwi raider Sharp'N' Smart could be in for a huge 2023. Last year's Spring Champion Stakes winner is set to target races like the Queen Elizabeth Stakes and could also find himself lining up in a Melbourne Cup in…

As a Golden Slipper winner, Fireburn has already achieved more than most horses. As an eight-time Group 1-winning trainer, Gary Portelli is even more accomplished. But there would be few more satisfying achievements for the Warwick Farm horseman than winning Saturday's Queensland Oaks (2200m) with his 2022 Golden Slipper winner. Not only have few…

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…

She's Extreme is expected to start favourite in the Spring Champion Stakes as punters continued to back the filly on Friday. While another filly in the classic, Renaissance Woman, was crunched from $21 into $7 at the start of the week, She's Extreme firmed from $6 into $4.80 and is expected to leapfrog Melbourne visitor Elliptical ($4.20) by start…

Champion jockey Blake Shinn will look to the future in the Spring Champion Stakes as he comes to Sydney to ride Elliptical at Randwick on Saturday. Shinn has been riding in great form since returning from Hong Kong and had a winning treble, including winning the Geelong Cup with Emissary, on Wednesday. He admitted a trip to Sydney at the end of…

Trainer Mark Newnham believes he has got all the bad luck out of the way with Matcha Latte going into the Group 1 $2 million Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Matcha Latte earned a start in the three-year-old classic after a narrow loss to Sharp'N' Smart in the traditional Spring Champion lead-up, the Gloaming…

Trainer Gerald Ryan can't believe gun colt Williamsburg isn't favourite for Saturday's Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) as his stable looks to continue its golden run at Randwick. Williamsburg sits on the third line of betting at $6 with TAB for the $2m feature for three-year-olds alongside Caulfield Guineas winner Golden Mile, who is…

Gilbert Gardiner and Clinton Payne Four-time Cox Plate-winning jockey Hugh Bowman is set to be reunited with Duais in the $8m Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m). Josh Parr has been Duais's regular pilot this year, following early success winning the Australian Cup and Tancred Stakes in back-to-back Group 1 autumn starts. Duais ran eighth at Caulfield on…

Again, it's the royal blue of Godolphin that opens the Sydney Everest Carnival, and its Anamoe who's the $2.10 Ladbrokes favourite for the Fijutsu General George Main Stakes. Already launching the Sydney Spring with a'workable' 1½ length victory in the Winx Stakes, Anamoe was first up from a 19 week spell in this the first Group 1 of this new…

As one of the better two-year-old fillies of last season, Anthony Cummings would like to see She's Extreme end her spring campaign with a win on the board. It is for that reason that Cummings has sent She's Extreme to Melbourne to contest the Group 1 Kennedy Oaks (2500m) at Flemington on Thursday. She's Extreme won the Group 3 Magic Night Stakes…

It's here again, the most fabulous day on the Australian turf - Derby Day at Flemington. While the Melbourne Cup is rightfully No 1, and the Cox Plate can lay claim to being the country's top quality race, the Saturday before the first Tuesday in November is where it's at for racing purists. There are four Group 1s - all in a row - on Day One of…

Sydney trainer David Payne has high hopes of landing one of Australia's "big four" races with his star stayer Montefilia - but he is waiting to see whether her Caulfield Cup chances will be badly dampened by a hefty penalty. Last year's Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Jye McNeil will take the ride, having beaten off a number of other candidates for…

It is often said that you don't need to be stayer to win an ATC Australian Oaks (2400m), however Saturday's classic over 2400m at Randwick threatens to be survival of the fittest on a bottomless track. The last three winners of the Oaks all line up in Group 1 contests at Randwick again on Saturday. The 2021 winner Hungry Heart (Frankel) and 2020…