Queensland Oaks the likely target for Verona

5 Circuit Blazing can improve second-up in Hong Kong. He is expected to take closer order in the run and, with even luck, can improve drastically. 12 Starship Eighty rarely runs a bad race. He will roll forward and get his opportunity. 2 Romantic Fantasy can do similar. He will find the front and try to go all the way. 4 Darci Joy can mix his form…

Caspar Fownes hopes Straight Arron is ready for Hong Kong's richest race after his stable star booked his ticket to the international meeting by winning Sunday's Group Two BOCHK Jockey Club Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin. Winless from his three starts over 1400m, 1600m and 1800m this season, Straight Arron's step up to 2000m was a successful one as the…

Erno's Cube broke the class record in her Max Lees Classic win at Newcastle on Saturday. Picture: Jeremy Ng/Getty Images Rubick filly Erno's Cube stepped forward as a genuine Magic Millions Classic contender, halved her price to win the Golden Slipper and set a class record after a no holds barred edition of the Max Lees Classic (900m) at Newcastle…

William Freedman is hoping Miss Judas can put herself in the Golden Slipper frame. Picture: Mark Evans/Getty Images Trainers Richard and Will Freedman were more than happy to put a black-type pursuit on hold with an even bigger target in mind for Golden Gift contender Miss Judas. Miss Judas will chase the big cash on offer in Saturday's $1 million…

Champion jockey James Mcdonald has taken out a Classic double during Melbourne Cup week guiding Godolphin filly Zardozi to an easy win at Flemington. McDonald won the Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) aboard Riff Rocket on the opening day of the four-day Carnival and returned on Thursday to score aboard Zardozi for James Cummings in the Group 1 VRC…

Hall of Fame trainer Chris Waller made mention of Olentia's latent Group 1 ability after the mare's consummate win at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. "Olentia has come back really well, big and strong, right temperament and ready to announce'I'm here' and set take on some bigger things,'' Waller said. "She will join into the elite company as well,…

Team Waller's Golden Slipper winner Shinzo and nine-year-old stablemate Nature Strip step out for the first time. "They haven't taken a backward step, put it that way," McDonald said. "Shinzo is a beautiful colt. I'm thrilled with him. He's far from being [too colty]." Tiz Invincible resumes for Ciaron Maher and David Eustace, and could not have…

Sydney Cup winner Explosive Jack trialled at Rosehill Gardens on Tuesday morning. Picture: Atkins Photography Three-time Group 1 winner Explosive Jack's quest to become the first horse since Makybe Diva to claim a rare Sydney Cup-Melbourne Cup double kicked off on a quiet note at Rosehill Gardens on Tuesday morning. While the majority of this…

The Hardwicke Stakes produced two almighty roars that resonated around Ascot, the first coming when Pyledriver and PJ McDonald hit the front inside the final furlong and the second when it was announced he would keep the race following a prolonged stewards' inquiry for leaning across Changingoftheguard and West Wind Blows in the closing stages. The…

Overseas bookmakers almost halved Hong Kong Derby (2000m) favourite Beauty Eternal's odds within minutes of his Class Two Citigold Handicap (1600m) romp at Sha Tin on Sunday, a race he won by two lengths in a time nearly one second faster than the class standard without Zac Purton moving a muscle. One offshore betting agency slashed Beauty…

This was a training feat from hell. The job Shaune Ritchie did to have Keep The Peace fit enough to hold out a determined Wall Street in Saturday's $250000 Mudgway Stakes was phenomenal. Even father Frank Ritchie, who set the group one standard with Bonecrusher, shook his head in admiration. "I'm not sure I could have done it - Shaune's ability to…

Daily Telegraph racing editor Ray Thomas gives his best bets and runs the rule over every race for Kensington. 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! BEST BET Race 4, No.6: HEADWALL Trainer Matthew Smith's unbeaten Headwall resumes…

Classy four-year-old Star Patrol has trainer Clinton McDonald thinking big ahead of this year's autumn carnival. The Cranbourne-based conditioner has Group 1 goals for his son of Starspangledbanner, who kicks off in Thursday's WJ Adams Stakes (1000m) at Sandown. "He's come back great, he's had two good trials and he's been nice and bright on both…

No trainer is likely to be looking forward to the Classic Series more than David Hayes, who unleashes yet another contender at Sha Tin on Sunday. Straight Arron will be looking to follow first-up winner Flagship Warrior and fresh fourth Bon's A Pearla into the black books of Hong Kong punters when he makes his local debut in the Class Three Flame…

James McDonald and Chris Waller started what would could be a massive week for the pair, combining with Madame Pommery to win the Thousand Guineas (1600m) at Caulfeild on Wednesday in atrocious conditions. Read on for the 2022 The Everest Post Race Horse Ratings. 2022 Thousand Guineas Replay 2022 Thousand Guineas Post Race Horse Ratings 1. Madame…

The finish of the Premiere Stakes proved champion Nature Strip will have some real competition for the $15m The TAB Everest in a fortnight. Lost And Running narrowly defeated Mazu and Masked Crusader with the trio showing they will be worthy rivals to Nature Strip in the world's richest turf race at Royal Randwick on October 15. Throw spectacular…

An emotional James Cummings has declared Anamoe the horse to beat in whatever races he contests this spring after his grand return in a cracking renewal of the Group 1 Winx Stakes. In winning the opening major of the spring, the Godolphin glamour became the first Australian entire since Show A Heart in 2000-01-02 to win Group 1 races at two, three…

Daily Telegraph form analyst Shayne O'Cass gives his best bets and runs the rule over every race for Kembla. 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! BEST BET Race 1, No.3: DENILIQUIN Been itching to get out to 2000m, which he is…

In 29 attempts, Patrick Moloney had managed just three placings at group 1 level. But the 28-year-old is now a Newmarket Handicap winner, following his boilover victory on rank outsider Roch'N' Horse in Saturday's feature event at Flemington. Punters were left bewildered while bookies celebrated the shock result, with the little known Kiwi sprinter…

Trainer Annabel Neasham declared Mumbai Jewel "every bit as good as Lady Laguna" after she powered home to win the Royal Randwick opener on Saturday. Mumbai Jewel was a clear last at the top of the straight but finished determinedly to score a narrow but impressive win in the $150000 Coolmore Pierro Plate (1100m). Stay Inside won the Pierro Plate…

Caspar Fownes had one goal in mind for Senor Toba at Sha Tin on Monday - secure a spot in March's BMW Hong Kong Derby - and it was mission accomplished as the talented young stayer ground his rivals into the turf. Senor Toba has acclimatised well to life in Hong Kong after beginning his career in Australia, winning the Group Three Frank Packer…

No Gimcrack Stakes winner has taken the Golden Slipper - but Enthaar just might be the first filly to complete the coveted double. The boom two-year-old filly lived up to her trial form and the pre-race hype with a dominant debut effort in the Group 3 $160000 Gimcrack Stakes (1000m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. The Ciaron Maher and David…

Still smarting from a missed opportunity in the Randwick Guineas, there was some consolation for Chris Waller as Osipenko rounded out his autumn with a victory in the Frank Packer Plate. Osipenko had been favourite for the Group 1 Guineas before his scratching on race morning due to an elevated temperature and while Saturday's win won't have the…