Horse Racing News: On The Lead upsets Inundation, Prebble heads off a winner

The Golden Eagle, Sydney's second richest horse race after The Everest, will be run and won this Saturday at Rosehill Racecourse for a prize pool of $10 million. Like The Everest, the Golden Eagle is a brainchild of Racing New South Wales chief executive Peter V'landys. It is a 1500-metre race strictly for four-year-old horses, meaning there is…

Derby Day - one for the racing and punting purists. It also marks the start of the four-day Flemington Spring Carnival which also includes next Tuesday's Melbourne Cup, Thursday's Oaks meeting (Ladies Day) before concluding on Saturday November 11 with Stakes Day. This year's Derby Day program promises to be a cracker with it's three Group 1 races.…

Trainer Michael Freedman is looking for a forward showing from his expensive colt Moravia in Saturday's $1 million Golden Rose at Randwick. Moravia, an $800000 purchase at the 2022 Gold Coast Yearling Sales has won one of his three starts and ran second at his two other starts. Freedman, who has 50 horses in work at his Randwick stables said he's…

Star jockey James McDonald has declared gun mare Fangirl is as good as any horse in the country as he prepares to chase his third Group 1 Winx Stakes (1400m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. McDonald has won two of the past three editions of the $1m feature and piloted Godolphin superstar Anamoe to victory in the race last year when Fangirl finished…

Star jockey James McDonald gave punters an instant reminder of what they've been missing after helping million-dollar colt Caballus highlight his spring carnival credentials at Royal Randwick on Saturday. McDonald was riding at a Sydney Saturday for the first time since April 29 but was quick to make his presence felt when helping Chris Waller's…

Fresh performer Kalino has earned an early spring carnival crack but trainer Chris Waller concedes Saturday week's Group 2 Missile Stakes will likely come too soon for his impressive Rosehill Gardens winner. Kalino returned from a break in style with a determined success in the Rosehill Gardens Bowling Club Benchmark 88 Handicap (1300m) in the…

Brett Prebble became the second rider to engineer the defeat of a $1.40 favourite at Sandown on Saturday when he partnered On The Lead to victory, giving Victorian racing fans a farewell reminder of his talent in the process. The 45-year-old unleased a powerful finishing burst aboard the Richard and Will Freedman-trained On The Lead to run down…

She's won a Melbourne Cup, been the subject of a movie and ridden over 750 winners, but Aussie jockey Michelle Payne's new career highlight might just be joining the broadcast team for the Royal Ascot carnival. The 37-year-old became the first (and currently still only) woman to win a Melbourne Cup when she stunned the racing world by winning the…

When Brett Prebble's phone rang early on Golden Slipper morning, he feared the worst. The caller was Adrian Bott, trainer of Prebble's Slipper mount, Red Resistance. This could only be bad news. "I had been at trackwork that morning and I had seen Adrian Bott there,'' Prebble said. "But after riding a few gallops, I went home then the call from…

It was the Zac Purton show at Randwick as the superstar Hong Kong-based jockey made a clean-sweep of the two Group 1 races, both wins coming for the famous Freedman family. Just 40 minutes after teaming with Anthony and Sam Freedman to guide Artorius to an overdue win in the Canterbury Stakes (1300m), Purton linked with the former's brother Michael…

Sandown Hillside is where Melbourne metro racing heads to this Saturday. The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is out six metres for the entire circuit. WATCH LIVE RACING AT tab * Above offers may only be available to select customers.Back Me 6 All Sassed Up (Bet Now: $4.00) is a maiden but I think she has a bit on these.…

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…

A small but select field has been assembled for the Rosehill Guineas (2000m) this Saturday where Pericles is favourite in what could be a fat day for James Cummings and James McDonald. Down below is a speed map, runner preview and $100 betting strategy for the 2023 Rosehill Guineas. Elliptical should lob into a beaut spot from gate one and be…

It's the world's richest race for two-year-old horses, and the 2023 Golden Slipper at Rosehill is set to be as hotly contested as ever, with a wide-open field headlined by a Godolphin star. A who's who of Aussie celebrities, from David and Candice Warner to Rachel Griffiths and Sonja Kruger, will be dressed in their finest to enjoy the action on…

Form analyst Mitch Cohen gives his best bets and runs the rule over every race for Canterbury. BEST BET Race 1, No.1: GAGO The Chris Waller-trained gelding has placed in his first two starts. Stepping up to 1550m now, he can break through with J-Mac aboard. NEXT BEST Race 6, No.4: DAYTONA The Michael Freedman-trained three-year-old is drawn to get…

The most improved horse among Australian staying ranks has finally received a ringing Caulfield Cup endorsement from his stable as Smokin' Romans bids for one of the spring's signature races. Master trainer Ciaron Maher concedes Smokin' Romans has confounded him twice in the past month, creating a spring detour that has catapulted the horse into…

Surefire has drawn barrier 13 for The Metropolitan. Picture: Mark Evans - Getty Images Trainer Chris Waller nearly makes up half the field for Saturday's The Metropolitan (2400m) at Randwick having seven of the 15 which accepted on Tuesday morning. The champion horseman has taken out the race three times, including in back-to-back years with…

Naval Crown (blue) won the Platinum Jubilee as Home Affairs (left) faded. Picture: Ryan Pierse-Getty Images Artorius ran a luckless third, Home Affairs faded out of the placings and Godolphin may have found their sprinter for The Everest. The Platinum Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot on Saturday didn't go to script for Australian sprinters Artorius…

Trainer Chris Waller has given his strongest hint yet he will try to avoid a clash between his super sprinters Nature Strip and Home Affairs when they race at Royal Ascot in England next month. "We are keeping our options open with both horses, there is still a long way to go," Waller told The Daily Telegraph on Wednesday. "But I am leaning towards…

For a race that seems to be run and won in a blink of an eye, the first Golden Slipper Chris Waller ever attended left a lasting impression. It was 1996 and Waller was then an unknown 23-year-old from New Zealand and was asked to lead a horse for the nation's dominant big-race trainer, Lee Freedman. "I can't remember who asked me but I can…

The Golden Slipper is one of the most prized trophy's in Australian racing. Photo: Jason McCawley/Getty Images. The two Golden Slipper pre-draw favourites Profiteer and Stay Inside have been handed favourable gates for Saturday's $3.5 million contest over 1200 metres at Rosehill. This year's line-up consists of 11 colts and geldings and five…

James McDonald won't ride Stay Inside in the Golden Slipper. Picture: Getty Images Two-time winner Tommy Berry has picked up the coveted Golden Slipper ride on Stay Inside after the decision by James McDonald to commit to ride for the Chris Waller camp in the juvenile feature next week. McDonald had been in pole position to ride Stay Inside in the…

Chris Waller checked in with the Anthony and Sam Freedman stable to see how their preparation was progressing ahead of their trip to Royal Ascot. They will become fierce competitors come race day, but in the planning for a trip to Royal Ascot the two trainers involved are happy to work in together. Chris Waller along with the Anthony and Sam…