#Gloaming Stakes

The race is loaded with superbly-bred colts potentially worth millions of dollars - and then there is Raging Bull. He's the epitome of a "bargain basement buy". The maestro, David Payne, spotted the gelding roaming the paddock as a yearling and purchased him for just $6000. At Royal Randwick on Saturday, Raging Bull has an opportunity to put a dent…

Five horses who could star in the Sydney Autumn The Autumn Carnival is Sydney is almost upon us with the Golden Slipper, Doncaster Handicap and Queen Elizabeth Stakes among the features in store over the coming months. Who are the horses to follow and what are the horse racing tips predicting? Which unknown quantities could emerge as stars of the…

Tommy Berry had a big few days with a two-state feature double taking out the VRC Oaks and the Five Diamonds. Picture: Daniel Pockett-Getty Images Star jockey Tommy Berry's VRC Oaks-Five Diamonds feature race two-state double last week is a sign of the changing times in Australian racing. Sydney's extended spring carnival has encroached on…

Flemington will host the precursor to the Melbourne Cup this Saturday, with the running of the $2 million Victoria Derby. The race will be run over 2500m and features the best three-year-old horses in the country under set-weight conditions. The winning connections will take home $1.2 million, with Hitotsu taking out last year's event. Other past…

Warwick Farm Racecourse will host a very competitive nine-race program on Wednesday, highlighted by the rescheduled Group 3 Gloaming Stakes (1600m) from last Saturday. The track is currently rated as a Heavy 10 after rain all of last week; however, there is no rain on the forecast, so we may not be on a bog track come raceday. The rail will be out…

John O'Shea could win two of the biggest prizes in Australian racing within an hour of each other on Saturday as Lost And Running looks for Everest glory before Maximal and Benaud chase the Caulfield Cup. There is a calmness around O'Shea leading into a week when he will have to split his time between Sydney and Melbourne. It comes from a…

Hall of Fame trainer John Hawkes concedes there is no certainty even a proven wet-tracker like Mr Mozart will handle the extremely heavy conditions at Royal Randwick on Saturday. "When the track gets to a Heavy 10, then you can't say with any confidence if a horse will get through the going," Hawkes said. "Even those horses like Mr Mozart, who…

Rarely has a trainer taken an in-form horse to a Group 1 with as much reason to be peeved as John Bary has heading to Matamata on Saturday. But while Spring Tide's chances in the $300000 Plate may be fading with every track update, the Hawke's Bay trainer thinks Best Seller can give him Group 2 consolation in the Hawke's Bay Guineas. The Plate and…

Queensland trainer Tony Gollan has his eyes on the weather in Sydney and Melbourne this weekend. Picture: Grant Peters-Trackside Photography Tony Gollan has confirmed Nettuno will take his place even if the Randwick track is a swamp on Saturday, but that won't be the case for Zoustyle if the rain tumbles down in Melbourne. Nettuno, previously…