#Golden Eagle

Berry was given another four-week suspension after he pleaded guilty to having, and using, his phone in jockeys' rooms on more than 70 occasions, which were found not to be related to racing integrity. Berry immediately appealed the finding and asked for a stay of proceedings to allow him to continue to ride. Miller was given a 15-month…

Ayrton returned to the winners' list after saluting in the Gunsynd Classic. Picture: Trackside Photography It wasn't quite the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap they had dreamt of, but boom horse Ayrton is back on track after a dominant win in Saturday's Group 3 Gunsynd Classic, prompting trainer Mick Price to put the super rich Golden Eagle on the…

Apache Chase had no trouble winning the Nudgee Old Boys' Cup at Eagle Farm. Picture: Trackside Photography Desleigh Forster and Jim Byrne will consider braving 14 days in hotel quarantine to take top Queensland galloper Apache Chase to the super-rich Golden Eagle in Sydney later this month after asserting himself as one of the state's best at Eagle…

Australian racing is in rude health. It is almost in spite of itself. People are betting like never before, be that either lockdown driven or without a care for the use of the whip. Owners from one percenters to moguls are getting more in return for their fun or investment because of it, and breeders are riding a bloodstock boom that defies…

Colette confirmed herself as Australia's latest weight-for-age star by dominating the Apollo Stakes at Randwick on Saturday. The Apollo Stakes is a good horse's race with a winners list including Emancipation, Beau Zam, Red Anchor, Naturalism, Sunline, Lonhro and the mighty Winx. While not in that category yet, she proved she wasn't just a flash in…

Peter Moody and Luke Nolen are back in business as one of the more formidable partnerships in Australian racing. A trainer and jockey combination best known for their association with unbeaten champion Black Caviar, Moody and Nolen teamed up to win the $10 million Golden Eagle with former New Zealander I Wish I Win. WATCH IN THE VIDEO ABOVE: Moody,…

Verry Elleegant and Nature Strip, the nation's best racehorses, are defying time - but for how much longer? Since the retirement of all-time great Winx three years ago, the Chris Waller-trained duo have reigned supreme. Nature Strip inherited the Horse of the Year title from his former stablemate in 2019-20 before Verry Elleegant claimed the honour…

Enver Jusufovic is hoping to get Pinstriped back to form in 2023. Picture: Reg Ryan-Racing Photos Trainer Enver Jusufovic is aiming to put a "terrible" Sydney trip behind him as he looks to get talented galloper Pinstriped back to winning form. The son of Street Boss was last seen taking on the Golden Eagle at Rosehill where it all went pear-shaped…

Within six months Apache Chase has morphed from the hunter to the hunted. The speed machine made his name upstaging boom horse Ayrton to book a last-minute ticket into the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap during the winter carnival, now trainer Desleigh Forster has the best part of six months to plot her way to the race after securing a spot by winning…

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…

Trainers David Eustace and Ciaron Maher with the Melbourne Cup after Gold Trip's victory last month. Picture: Michael Klein A $10m Melbourne Cup is part of a Victoria Racing Club New Year's resolution. News Corp has established the Flemington hierarchy intends to lobby Racing Victoria for a $2m boost for the race that stops the nation. It follows…

So too, some one-eyed Sydney racing bugles. The Everest is better than this, or more talked about than that. Only thing missing is a swing set, slide and monkey bars. Ever heard a Victorian compare the Caulfield Cup to another race? What about the Cox Plate? Let alone the Melbourne Cup? The short answer is no. Why? Because Victorians, in racing…

Horse racing has taken back its rightful place as king of the spring due to the strength of Sydney and Melbourne's competing carnivals, but the evolution must continue. For too long racing depended on Melbourne in the spring. While it will always have history on its side, competition has taken the sport to another level. In six years, The Everest…

Racenet's stable of bookies have come to the fore with their selections for a Saturday of racing across the nation, headlined by a trio of Group 1 contests at Flemington. The bagmen have done the form and provided their thoughts on the Blue Diamond Stakes at Flemington and the Chipping Norton Stakes at Randwick. They have also offered their best…

Beating home a Cox Plate winner last start should give you a fair idea of why there is so much excitement - and concern from bookmakers - about what European raider Light Infantry might do in Saturday week's $10m Golden Eagle. The chestnut colt stretched his legs for the first time on Tuesday morning while in quarantine at Canterbury. Trainer…

The Golden Slipper is the crown jewel of the Sydney Autumn Carnival, and we will be treated to another exciting edition of the world's richest two-year-old race this Saturday at Rosehill. The $5 million feature has attracted some of the top juveniles from around the country, including Ciaron Maher and David Eustace's undefeated filly Coolangatta,…

A ten race card has been set down for Rosehill on Saturday. The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is out five metres for the entire circuit. WATCH LIVE RACING AT tab * Above offers may only be available to select customers.Back Me 2 Secret Glamour (Bet Now: $6.00) is a progressive mare for the Maher/Eustace camp that has good…

Trainer Gerald Ryan is aiming for Golden Eagle absentee Flying Crazy to catapult himself into another million dollar feature via Sunday's Goulburn Cup. The son of Flying Artie missed the cut in the $10m Golden Eagle but remains on target to add to his wealth this campaign either north or south of his Rosehill base. Flying Crazy is timed to peak in…

The best two minutes in Australian sport is how racing fans down under describe the Cox Plate, and with the race growing in stature world wide, those from overseas are becoming more interested in claiming the WFA championship of Australasia. Here at Justhorseracing, we've put together a preview of key runners likely to take their place in the 2021…

A crack bunch of four year olds head to Rosehill on Saturday for what is shaping up to be a strong edition of the Golden Eagle (1500m), now worth $10 Million. Down below is a speed map, runner preview and $100 betting strategy for the 2022 Golden Eagle. There looks to be a stack of early speed here, ensuring a fast tempo. In The Congo, Lavish Girl,…

Hope In Your Heart, the talented mare named after a famous song, is lucky to be alive. If fate had not intervened 11 years ago, Hope In Your Heart would never have been born but here she is lining up in the $10m XXXX Golden Eagle (1500m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. This story is about an owner's love of the thoroughbred, a trainer's belief,…

Another weekend, another A$1 million race in New South Wales. For the ninth weekend in a row, there's a seven-figure race in Australia's most populous state; this time it's The Gong, a handicap over about a mile at Kembla Grange, near Wollongong, south of Sydney. TwinSpires' Rest of the World Bet Back offer, where those who opt in can get up to $10…

Without Revenge will race at Kembla Grange on Saturday. Picture: Grant Peters-Trackside Photography David Vandyke thinks so much of his latest European import Without Revenge, he will send him to Sydney in just his third Australian start on Saturday. The gelding has taken Queensland racing by storm in his two undefeated starts to date, but Vandyke…

Racing NSW should be looking to help bigger punters with a raise in minimum bet level and some sort of guarantee they can get on, or risk watching funding levels drop in the future. Meanwhile, Victoria, which has the biggest race fields fees in the country, is set to establish another tier for races worth more than $5 million. What is ridiculous…

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…

North Melbourne Premiership coach Denis Pagan has won the Victoria Derby with Johnny Get Angry - his first-ever Group 1 contender and the great AFL coach's first runner when he began his training career just six months ago. And, making things even sweeter, Pagan himself owns the gelding, having bought him for just $50000, meaning he will pocket the…

Quality four year old Vilana has taken over as favourite with Ladbrokes.com.au for the key race at Newcastle this afternoon, The Hunter (1300m). The Godolphin galloper was far from disgraced in the Golden Eagle and was only second up so back to 1300m and third up looks an ideal set up. Market agrees, now into $4.60 from $6, and did bottom out…

Race-by-race preview and tips for Newcastle on Saturday We're sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We're working to restore it. Please try again later. The barrier looks problematic for 1. Cylinder but we'll leave that to James McDonald to overcome. The Godolphin colt has the benefit of two trials and he has looked professional in both…

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…

Hall of Fame jockey Hugh Bowman can leave for his three-month riding stint in Hong Kong with winning momentum from The Hunter meeting at Newcastle on Saturday. Bowman has eight rides including the Kris Lees-trained Gem Song in the $1 million The Hunter (1300m). Lees has trained three successive second placings in The Hunter with Wandabaa (2021),…

Daily Telegraph form analyst Matt Jones runs the rule over every race, including suggested bets, for the Newcastle 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. NEWCASTLE Track: Good 4. Rail: True Overview: The…

Soulcombe and Craig Williams cruise to victory in the Queen's Cup at Flemington. Picture: Robert Cianflone-Getty Images Soulcombe could be a horse worth drawing in next year's Melbourne Cup sweep after the imported son of Frankel surged to the top of futures markets with an imposing Australian debut in the $300000 Group 3 Queen's Cup (2600m) at…

The first of the Group l races at Flemington this Saturday is the Newmarket Handicap (1200m), with a high class bunch of sprinters engaged to tackle the time honoured contest. Down below is a speed map, runner preview and $100 betting strategy for the 2022 Newmarket Handicap. *Existing customers only. 2nd Racing bet. Excl SA & WA. T's & C's apply.…

Chris Waller's import Soulcombe has attracted plenty of bets for his local debut at Flemington on Saturday. Picture: Mark Evans-Getty Images Every carnival has a plunge horse and Queen's Cup favourite Soulcombe could be the one. Whispers franked by a sustained wagering push suggest the prized import, having his first Australian start for Chris…

Welcome to Champions Day at Flemington, a new concept designed by the Victoria Racing Club as we continue to see the evolution of racing in Australia since the inception of the Everest. Not so long ago we had the Mackinnon Stakes (2000m at weight for age) run on Derby Day, the Emirates Stakes (1600m handicap) run as the feature on Stakes Day, which…

Trainers Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou can continue their successful Sydney spring carnival with stable star Ellsberg in the $2m Five Diamonds (1800m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. Ellsberg is racing for a hat-trick of wins after his dead-heat (with Top Ranked) in the Group 1 Epsom Handicap and his last start romp in the Five Diamonds…

Racing NSW chief executive Peter V'landys has hinted at further stakes increases in coming months after releasing details of a massive $30m prizemoney package. "These increases are absolutely sustainable and fully funded, and there is a possibility we will be announcing further prizemoney increases in the next six months," V'landys revealed at a…

It's the type of scenario that would have been unfathomable just a few years ago, when there was an annual pilgrimage south for Cup week. Conversely, Sydney's No.1 rider, James McDonald, will ride in Melbourne on Saturday, and most trainers and jockeys are now choosing to be at the meeting where they think they have the best winning chances. But in…

Hype builds ahead of Melbourne Cup! | 01:14 Staff Writers from Fox Sports Who is in the 2022 Melbourne Cup field? We'll know for sure on Saturday evening. Caulfield Cup winner Durston's withdrawal on Thursday - and the shock news second favourite Loft is also out of the race - means the eligible field for the $7.75 million Melbourne Cup has been…

Derby Day at Flemington is one of the most famous days of racing in Australia. It used to be where the best horses in the country would gather, but it's status has been one of diminishing returns in recent years. The invention of the Golden Eagle in Sydney, and a reshuffling of the racing calendar across Cup week has meant the last day has more…

Victoria's leading trainer Ciaron Maher has won 29 group one races at the elite level including a Cox Plate, Manikato Stakes, Caulfield Cup and VRC Oaks but he thinks imported galloper Light Infantry might be the best of the lot. Light Infantry runs in Saturday's $10 million Golden Eagle at Rosehill, under a unique training arrangement and his hit…

Australian racing delivers a sensory overload this Friday night, with stakes riches and fabulous wagering opportunities in both Sydney and Melbourne. A gigantic field of 4-year-old horses - and some famous European jockeys - will chase a $10 million purse at Rosehill Racecourse in the Golden Eagle, while racing "purists" will relish one of the…

What do Overpass, Converge and In The Congo have in common? They have all beaten Godolphin superstar Anamoe. Given the trio boast the strongest form in Australian racing, it is telling that neither of them are favourite for the $10m Golden Eagle (1500m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. This is a reflection of the depth and quality of the field that…

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…

Rosehill will host its final major raceday of the spring carnival, with the running of the $10 million Golden Eagle set for Saturday. The race will be run over 1500m and features the best four-year-old horses in the country under set-weight conditions. Since its introduction in 2019, it has become the world's fourth richest race on turf behind The…