Horse Racing: Australian Oaks

Adrian Knox winner Honeycreeper has been a key firmer with Ladbrokes.com.au for the ATC Oaks (2400m) this afternoon at Randwick. The James Cummings trained filly bolted up in the Adrian Knox last Saturday, a race which has been a good form reference for this race in recent years and the market is siding with the recent form. She opened $6 and is…

Adding his star power to the midweek meeting at Warwick Farm, celebrated jockey Joao Moreira wasted no time making an impact with a winner at his first ride. Moreira, who has been competing in Japan, is back in town to partner the Chris Waller-trained Militarize in Saturday's $1 million Golden Rose (1400m), tuning up for the big race assignment…

Trainer John Sargent is expecting So Dazzling to turn around her form when she returns to Brisbane for the Queensland Oaks. So Dazzling produced a less than flattering performance when finishing in the second half of the field in the Group 3 Rough Habit Plate (2000m) at Doomben on May 13. That effort followed a one-and-three-quarter length second…

Star Victorian jockey Craig Williams is relying on a pair of key factors for filly So Dazzling to turn around her last "so-so run" and bounce back to win Saturday's Group 1 Queensland Oaks at Eagle Farm. One is the sublime record of recent Australian Oaks runners-up in the Queensland Oaks. Recent history shows Winx, Duais and Gypsy Goddess all…

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The Australian Oaks is one of four outstanding Group 1 contests slated for Day 2 of The Championships at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Kiwi raiders have a great record in the Australian Oaks and a couple have accepted into this year's field, but it is leading local Pavitra that has opened our favourite in Australian Oaks betting, and she has already…

The Australian Oaks is the first of four Group 1 races on Day 2 of The Championships at Royal Randwick this Saturday. There's a $1 million prize packet up for grabs as we see a strong field of 15 three-year-old fillies set to line up for the 2400m journey. Most of the runners engaged on Saturday come from the Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes, where New…

Ed Cummings will monitor Arts over the coming days before deciding whether she backs-up in the ATC Australian Oaks The Xtravagant filly unleashed a withering finish to come from back in the field and street her rivals in Saturday's Group 3 race, a traditional Oaks lead-up. While Arts ($26) snuck under the guard of most punters, Cummings said the…

Fireburn will emulate the unique feat of former champion filly Miss Finland if she wins the Group 1 $600000 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. Trainer Gary Portelli is optimistic Fireburn can recapture her outstanding two-year-old form of last season which included wins in the Golden Slipper and ATC Sires' Produce Stakes…

It has been more than two decades since a New Zealand-based trainer has upstaged the locals in the Vinery Stud Stakes and the man who last achieved the feat is back to break the drought. Roger James, who now trains in partnership with Robert Wellwood, claimed the Group 1 with Sixty Seconds in 2002 and on Saturday at Rosehill he will saddle up star…

Jockey Robbie Dolan could kick off the massive Eagle Farm meeting on a high note on Saturday. The rider, who has captured the imagination of music fans with his singing performances in his recent appearances on The Voice, would have good cause to celebrate if he can guide the perhaps apply named Gin Martini to victory in the Group 2 The Roses which…

Honeycreeper is primed for Saturday's Australian Oaks at Randwick. Picture: Mark Evans-Getty Images Trainer James Cummings is confident the Adrian Knox Stakes can prove the right form line again for his stable when emerging talent Honeycreeper chases Saturday's Australian Oaks (2400m) at Randwick. The daughter of Teofilo is looking to follow in the…

Godolphin filly Honeycreeper couldn't come away with a win in the Tasmanian Oaks, but she has put herself in a position to land an even bigger classic victory. Wearing blinkers for the first time, the three-year-old has demolished her rivals to claim Saturday's Group 3 Adrian Knox Stakes (2000m) at Randwick and is in line to back-up in next…

Trainer Pat Carey will have crack at Saturday's $1m Australian Oaks with longshot filly Commando Drift. Picture: AAP Pat Carey thinks it's about time he headed north to take some more of the Sydney autumn carnival cash. Carey launched a successful Tancred Stakes raid in 2011 with Cedarberg before returning two years later to win the Australian…