Hail Manhattan looks to roll big guns in $2m The Ingham at Randwick

Sydney's form rider Nash Rawiller admits a hard look at the man in the mirror has helped inspire his golden start to the spring as the star jockey endeavours to avoid "a vicious cycle" of careless riding bans. Rawiller has long been one of the most prodigious riding talents in Australian racing but suspensions over the past two seasons have…

Tony Gollan and Jim Orman are the staples for a Saturday but there are always a couple of exotic side dishes that can add some spice and provide value. Capacity fields and the rail out 2.5 metres will make for competitive racing and with little rain around I am on those that can take luck out of the equation. BEST BET: HAIL MANHATTAN (Race 7…

Bjorn Baker has made a name for himself training in Sydney. Picture: Jeremy Ng-Getty Images. Every Wednesday over the spring carnival, Racenet will feature prominent racing identities to learn a bit more about their background and how they tick. We kick off by featuring popular trainer BJORN BAKER. * * * * * Bjorn Baker grew up as a kid picking out…

Dylan Gibbons currently leads the Sydney apprentice premiership by two wins. Picture: Getty Images Trainer Kris Lees is happy for star pupil Dylan Gibbons to do anything he can to win this year's Sydney apprentices' title, even if it means his young gun is riding against him. Lees has been a proud supporter of his emerging rider throughout this…

Felix The Scat is back for a crack at the Group 2 Sires' Produce Stakes at Eagle Farm. Picture: Grant Peters-Trackside Photography Will Hulbert has written off Felix The Scat's Group 1 Sydney tilt as a "disaster" but has seen some positive signs to suggest the colt can make his presence felt in Saturday's $1m Group 2 Sires' Produce Stakes at Eagle…

Tapildoodledo will back up in the Group 1 Australian Derby on Saturday after winning the Tulloch Stakes at Rosehill. Picture: Jeremy Ng/Getty Images Ian Taplin used to run a dairy farm for a living, now the Kiwi is looking to milk one of Australia's premier races on Saturday after causing a boilover with the little known Tapildoodledo. Taplin, who…

Dubai Honour for William Haggas and star jockey Ryan Moore have combined to win the Group 1 Ranvet Stakes in emphatic fashion. The European gelding was brought over on a mission similarly to Addeybb; who travelled to Australia completing the Ranvet Stakes and Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes double in 2020. He got into as short as $4.20 but punters…

Star Victorian hoop Craig Williams will make an important hit-and-run mission to Canterbury on Wednesday in a bid to help talented filly Queen Of Dragons earn a crack at the $2m Inglis Millennium. Williams will travel from Melbourne for one ride where he will partner Peter and Paul Snowden's filly in the Drinkwise 2YO Maiden Plate (1200m). Sydney…

TRAINER Paul Messara will turn to a former bull rider having what will be just his fourth race ride to help Lightfast break a run of near misses at Tamworth on Thursday. Messara is set to give young apprentice Braith Nock his first ride for the Scone stable when he pilots Lightfast in the TAB.com.au Class 1 Showcase Handicap - Heat Of The Rising…

Tony Gollan has produced the quinella in the Swiss Ace Plate with Le Palmier downing Sneaky Five Le Palmier's best asset is his speed and trainer Tony Gollan's plan to make full use of it has reaped dividends with the speedster running his rivals ragged in the Swiss Ace Plate at the Sunshine Coast. The short course specialist started at $9.50 and…

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 says his best attribute is the fact he races nothing like a European at all. With sustained speed to…

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…

Breeders' Cup Turf-bound Mishriff was partnered by Frankie Dettori, while Hollie Doyle was on board Nashwa ahead of her engagement in the Filly & Mare Turf. Mishriff will be having the final start of his globetrotting, money-spinning career, with Dettori in the saddle for the first time since the Champion Stakes two years ago. Nashwa, meanwhile,…

Luke Fernie believes Excellent Dream can hold his own in Thursday's Hannans Handicap Trainer Luke Fernie firmly believes if Excellent Dream can repeat his last start performance he will more than hold his own in Thursday's Hannans Handicap (1400m) at Kalgoorlie. Luke Fernie says he takes great confidence out of Excellent Dream's first up run when…

Trainer Will Hulbert has a big opinion of Sir Leonidas. Hulbert, who trains in partnership with father Peter, said the three-year-old could be the best horse they've ever had but concedes he's still got a stack to learn. Bookies rate Sir Leonidas as a $26 chance but Hulbert said the handy galloper will blow them away … if he puts it all…

Christmas Cup, Paul Cave will be back at Randwick looking to capture the race for the seventh time with Mcgeehan. Cave scored his breakthrough victory with Prince Weyand in 1981 but it was during the late 1990s and early 2000s that he made the race his own, earning the moniker of the'Çhristmas Cup King'. Cave won the Listed staying feature with…

It's time to go Dutch in the final race of Glorious Goodwood today. Mark and Charlie Johnston's horses have, predictably, been running well this week, as they often do here. They have three in the Federation Of Bloodstock Agents Handicap and I like in-form DUTCH DECOY (4.30) the most. He has struck up a great partnership with young rider Oliver…

Could there be a Queensland'victory' in the 2022 edition of The Kosciuszko? No way, you'll say, given that the $2 million event, the richest race in the world restricted to country horses, is strictly only for country horses trained in New South Wales, … but do you seriously think Queensland won't claim the win if Far Too Easy wins New South…

Trainer Chris Anderson thought he had never brought a better longshot to the races than Rubiquitous in Saturday's Listed Mick Dittman Plate at Doomben, and he was proved right, but he had to survive a protest first. Early markets had the three-year-old rated a 50-1 chance, while punters flocked to the likes of Prince Of Boom, Startantes, Alpine…

Trainer Will Hulbert is set to take on the big guns when he heads to Doomben on Saturday with handy galloper Hail Manhattan. The five-year-old has won seven races during his career including one at Listed level but will face the likes of Group 1 winners Private Eye and Kukeracha in Saturday's test. Despite taking on both an Epsom Handicap and…

Hail Manhattan will take on the likes of Private Eye, Kukeracha and Yonkers on Saturday. Picture: Trackside Photography Trainer Will Hulbert is set to take on the big guns when he heads to Doomben on Saturday with handy galloper Hail Manhattan. The five-year-old has won seven races during his career including one at Listed level but will face the…

Jockey Rachel King is ready to go for her Eagle Farm assault on Saturday. Photo: David Swift. Rachel King jokes seven years ago she couldn't even find Queensland on a map, now the English-born jockey has a chance to win its greatest race with the state's premier trainer. King will ride Vega One in the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) on…

Trainer Darryn Weatherley admits he isn't sure how New Zealand Group 1 winner Pier will measure up against some of Australia's most promising three-year-olds in the Hobartville Stakes, but he is happy to roll the dice and find out. Racing is a family affair for the Kiwi horseman, who trains in partnership with his daughter Briar while son Sam will…

Tofane narrowly missed out of a fairytale farewell in Sydney, but Mike Moroney was able to console himself with victory in the $200000 Group 3 Easter Cup (2000m) at Caulfield. Just 20 minutes after Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale-bound Tofane was run down by Cascadian in the Group 1 All Aged Stakes at Randwick, Milford prevailed in a…