Santa Ana Lane draws wide in Chairman's Sprint Prize

Horse racing's world number one trainer and jockey have a runner in each of Hong Kong's four richly endowed international races at Sha Tin on Sunday Aidan O'Brien; bidding for glory in Hong Kong Aidan O'Brien has never assembled a stronger quartet of horses to compete at the Longines Hong Kong International Races. The Ballydoyle trainer has three…

Aidan O'Brien has never assembled a stronger quartet of horses to compete at the Longines Hong Kong International Races. The Ballydoyle trainer has three victories to his name, each of them gained in the Hong Kong Vase. This year he has all bases loaded as he tries to complete a sweep of the Vase, Sprint, Mile and Cup. Often an afterthought at the…

Keen to back the 2023 Melbourne Cup winner and claim bragging rights over your friends, workmates, and family? Racenet has compiled some critical form indicators for this year's big race. Racing and Sports Wakeful Stakes Punters have many theories during the Melbourne Cup Carnival and some look to land a roughie or two during the massive four-day…

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…

Churchill Downs' Barn Notes: Horses Based in Louisville Ready For Trip to Santa Anita & Breeders' Cup World Championships (Saudi Crown / Photos by Holly M. Smith) From the Churchill Downs Media Team: LOCAL BREEDERS' CUP CONTENDERS READY TO SHIP TO CALIFORNIA FOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS A total of 22 Breeders' Cup pre-entrants based at Churchill Downs…

LEXINGTON, Ky.- Chris Beaver pupil Pizzelle (Walner) pulled off the pylons to the final turn and slid to the lead with ease to nab the first of four harness racing divisions for the $348000 International Stallion Stakes for 2-year-old trotting fillies on Saturday afternoon (Oct. 7) at The Red Mile. Draw The Line led the field to the quarter in:28.1…

The stage is set for what could be one of the most compelling stories of this year's Breeders' Cup. Trainer Mark Glatt's 5-year-old Dr. Schivel, beaten by a heartbreaking nose when second in the 2021 Breeders' Cup Sprint, out-gamed a determined Speed Boat Beach by a head in taking Saturday's Grade 2, $200000 Santa Anita Sprint Championship. The…

National Treasure gallops Sep. 9 (Ernie Belmonte/Past The Wire) Santa Anita Stable Notes by Victor Ryan ARCADIA, Calif.- After a disappointing effort in last month's GI Travers at Saratoga, Bob Baffert was not initially planning to run National Treasure back in Saturday's GI Awesome Again in what will be his first race against older horses. Things…

Santa Anita Barn Notes: Clearly Unhinged Ready for G3 Chillingworth From the Santa Anita Media Team: CLEARLY UNHINGED TAKES ON BAFFERT PAIR IN G3 CHILLINGWORTH Trainer Michael McCarthy made a bold move this summer when shipping 3-year-old filly Clearly Unhinged across the country for a shot at the GI Test at Saratoga. She proved more than worthy of…

The poise and power of Nash Rawiller looms as a vital factor for Cylinder in the Golden Rose at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. Rarely, if ever, have so many potentially outstanding three-year-olds matched with superb saddle technicians contested what has been a major group 1 sprint producing many topliners. Yes, the Chris Waller's dual group 1…

King's Stand Stakes second Highfield Princess will quickly bid to avenge her dramatic defeat when facing 15 rivals in the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes (3.40) on the final day of Royal Ascot on Saturday. A three-time Group 1 winner last season, the John Quinn-trained six-year-old ran a gallant race in defeat behind Bradsell on Tuesday, who had…

Subzero was more than a racehorse. The 1992 Melbourne Cup winner was described by Richard Freedman, one-quarter of the Freedman brothers training team who conditioned the famous grey to victory in Australia's most famous race, as'Australia's greatest thoroughbred' for more than his racing record. Not just a Melbourne Cup hero but as Freedman noted…

Blake Shinn lifts Elliptical to victory in the CS Hayes Stakes at Flemington in a blanket finish. Picture: Vince Caligiuri-Getty Images Elliptical's class prevailed in Saturday's Group 3 CS Hayes Stakes but the Australian Guineas picture remains murky a fortnight out from next month's $1m event. The Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained Elliptical…

Juan Diva returns to Queensland where she is a stakes winner. Picture: Grant Peters-Trackside Photography Stakes-winning mare Juan Diva will need to overcome a visitors draw to win Saturday's Tattersall's Classic, but trainer Will Freedman believes she is equipped with the right tools to do it. The Sydney-based mare detests anything but a bone-dry…

Champion sprinter Nature Strip remains a short-priced favourite to go back-to-back in The Everest (1200m) after Tuesday's spectacular barrier draw despite copping the widest gate. The Chris Waller-trained gelding drew barrier 12 for the $15m feature race at Randwick which is typically not ideal, however, there are some suggestions this will allow…

Luke Currie rode Blue Diamond Stakes winner Artorius in a trial at Randwick on March 11. Photo: Mark Evans/Getty Images. A bad habit could lead to a Golden Slipper victory for Blue Diamond Stakes winner Artorius. Artorius has won two of his three starts in Victoria despite giving his opposition a start in all his races. But a slow beginning could…

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…

Sha Tin: FWD Champions Mile (Group 1) 1m, 3yo+ Beauty Generation enjoyed nothing more strenuous than the equivalent of a morning workout to repeat last year's success, coming home a length and a half clear of Singapore Sling, and in the process beating Hong Kong records for the highest career prize-money, and the biggest winning sequence in a…

Prolific Australian owner Rupert Legh has won some of the biggest races Down Under but will never forget the moment his pride and joy Chautauqua won the Group One Chairman's Sprint Prize at Sha Tin in 2016. "I actually stood there for about what seemed about 30 seconds or a minute to get my composure and ask myself the question'did that really…

KEIRA Dunn approached the podium at yesterday's barrier draw for the UBET Stradbroke Handicap confronted by a minefield, ensuring Care To Think's miserable run with wide gates will continue on Saturday. The good draws had been taken early and there was precious few options for Dunn as she chose her mini trophy from the table. She picked up barrier…

Australian mare Viddora has been cleared to start in the Chairman's Sprint Prize in Hong Kong but Zac Purton has lost his mount with Mr Stunning failing a veterinary test. Viddora has been monitored since early this week when she was found to have some lameness in a hind leg from which she has now recovered in time for Sunday's Group One race at…

The clash between New Zealand's best middle-distance filly Prowess and Sydney's leading light Pavitra is shaping as one of the match-ups of the afternoon at Rosehill. A last-start Group 1 winner against the older horses, Prowess arrives in Sydney with quite the reputation while Pavitra, runner-up in the VRC Oaks last spring, is coming off an…