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Run Harry Run takes out the Blue Sapphire Stakes. A second Australian Guineas contender could emerge for Flemington trainer Mike Moroney after a race on Saturday in New Zealand. Moroney operates a New Zealand stable in partnership with Pam Gerard with the duo set to run smart three-year-old Pendragon in the Karaka 3YO Classic at Ellerslie. Winning…

Little Brose will join two illustrious names on the Caulfield Guineas honour roll if successful in the Group 1 race for three-year-olds on Saturday. Only two horses have won the Blue Diamond Stakes and Caulfield Guineas double since the Blue Diamond was first run in 1971. Champion sprinter Manikato took the double in 1978 while Redoute's Choice won…

Lindsay Park trainers Ben and J D Hayes are looking forward to the Festival Of Racing with two of their stable stars Mr Brightside and Gentleman Roy. The pair meet in the first Group 1 race of the autumn, the CF Orr Stakes (1400m) at Sandown on Saturday with the $5 million All-Star Mile at Moonee Valley their long-term aim. Mr Brightside is a year…

What are the five big race meetings I can still look forward to at the Ballarat Turf Club in 2023? Picture Shutterstock Brought to you by Emmanuel Davis. Here are some of the biggest horse race events that are still to come this year at the Ballarat Turf Club racing venue, which is around an hour's drive from Melbourne in Victoria,…

Tahiyra stamped her class on the Coolmore America "Justify" Matron Stakes at Leopardstown with a fourth Group One victory for Dermot Weld and Chris Hayes. Off the track on a mid-season break since impressing in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot, Weld had brought the Aga Khan-owned three-year-old along steadily for her autumn targets. Hayes had…

Tahiyra stamped her class on the Coolmore America "Justify" Matron Stakes at Leopardstown with a fourth Group One victory for Dermot Weld and Chris Hayes. Off the track on a mid-season break since impressing in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot, Weld had brought the Aga Khan-owned three-year-old along steadily for her autumn targets. Hayes had…

Tahiyra stamped her class on the Coolmore America "Justify" Matron Stakes at Leopardstown with a fourth Group One victory for Dermot Weld and Chris Hayes. Off the track on a mid-season break since impressing in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot, Weld had brought the Aga Khan-owned three-year-old along steadily for her autumn targets. Hayes had…

Blue Diamond Stakes winner Little Brose will have a crack at earning a place in the Caulfield Guineas in the spring. Picture: Getty Images Blue Diamond winner Little Brose will be set the task of emulating some of the sport's greats in the spring. Little Brose won the Blue Diamond at Sandown in February at his fourth start but trainers Ben and JD…

A three-year-old fillies Stakes race at Flemington could determine the direction that Poifect takes later in her spring campaign. Poifect is engaged to run in the Group 2 Edward Manifold Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday with her Lindsay Park trainers Ben, Will and J D Hayes having an open mind on her potential'Grand Final'. Options include…

Champion Anamoe won't need to go anywhere to be tested on racing's international stage because the world is coming to take him on at Royal Randwick. Japan's classy Unicorn Lion is the latest overseas raider confirmed for the $5m Queen Elizabeth Stakes during The Championships on April 8 - and his flamboyant trainer Yoshito Yahagi plans to be at…

Top class performer Mr Brightside won a trial at Geelong on Tuesday as he continued his build-up to the Group 1 CF Orr Stakes. Picture: Getty Images Doncaster Mile winner Mr Brightside added his name to a long list of CF Orr Stakes contenders when he impressed at Tuesday's Geelong trials. Saturday week's Group 1 CF Orr Stakes looks set to be a…

The Lindsay Park stable is looking to bounce back after the disappointment of a narrow Cox Plate defeat in the first of three Group 1 races on the opening of the Melbourne Cup Carnival at Flemington. Mr Brightside was beaten in a deceptive photo finish in the Cox Plate last weekend and the gelding's trainers Ben, Will and J D Hayes are looking to…

The Chester Manifold Stakes has not been a race high on the agenda for Lindsay Park. David Hayes had only one win to his name before heading off on his second stint in Hong Kong, that being Grande Rosso in 2017. Now with Ben and Jd Hayes at the helm, Lindsay Park has three runners in the Listed race over 1400m at Flemington on Sunday, which is…

Ben and J D Hayes have come to the realisation that sprinter Nicolini Vito is at his best when his races are spaced. It will be 18 days between runs by the time Nicolini Vito lines up in the Tonks Plate (1200m) at Ballarat on Saturday. The Lindsay Park trainers decided to sidestep the majority of the spring after Nicolini Vito raced a little flat…

Taking his mind off the ladies could help stallion Aysar find the length he needs to win Saturday's Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes at Caulfield. Aysar finished a length from Sierra Sue in last year's edition of the $1m contest but that was when the now five-year-old was midway through a two-year winless run. That winless streak ended in the…

Champion jockey Damien Oliver has teamed with a new jockey manager following the disqualification of Mark Van Triet in July. Rayan Moore, also the Racing Manager for Ballarat-based trainers Tony and Calvin McEvoy, has taken over following Van Triet's disqualification by Racing NSW Stewards for betting on races in NSW that riders he managed rode…

The last horse to win the Feehan Stakes carrying Lindsay Park's famous silks won the Cox Plate two starts later. Better Loosen Up carried the white, green and black colours of Lindsay Park to a narrow win in the 1990 Feehan Stakes before getting the money in Australasia's weight for-age-championship six weeks later. Better Loosen Up was a narrow…

Lindsay Park is looking forward to a rise in distance and getting back on a bigger track when Always On My Mind competes in Adelaide. Always On My Mind will bid to give Ben and JD Hayes a second victory in a stakes race when she runs in the Group 3 Auraria Stakes (1800m) on Saturday. The daughter of Deep Impact and Stay With Me, has raced three…

Ben and JD Hayes have put one of the most famous names in Australian racing back up in lights with Mr Brightside's fast-finishing win in the $3m Doncaster Mile (1600m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. The brothers scored their first Group 1 win as a training partnership when Mr Brightside finished too strongly for I'm Thunderstruck to lead home a…

Embattled horse trainer Darren Weir's million-dollar racing winnings are under scrutiny as police investigate alleged'corrupt betting outcomes'. Victoria Police are assessing alleged conduct, which may have corrupted the outcome of races last year when Weir had multiple wins, The Herald Sun reported. Weir trained 10 Group 1 winners last year and…

Exciting sprinters Doull (Snitzel) and Arkansaw Kid (Harry Angel), as well as G1 VRC Derby prospect Sunsets (Dundeel) advanced their credential for future stud careers with stirring black type victories on a productive day for Inglis graduates at Caulfield. Four-year-old entire Doull (pictured), a $1.2 million purchase at the Inglis Easter Yearling…

The Coolmore Stud Stakes is always a fascinating contest, and some of the country's best three-year-old sprinters will blast down the Flemington straight on Saturday afternoon. For decades, the Coolmore Stud Stakes has figured as a key stallion-making race, and with names like Home Affairs, Exceedance, Merchant Navy, Flying Artie, Brazen Beau and…

Lindsay Park import The Summit will attempt to enhance his Caulfield Cup credentials in a Stakes race at Caulfield. The Summit snuck into the Listed Heatherlie Stakes (1700m) on Saturday with his trainers Ben, Will and J D Hayes looking to enhance his rating with a win, or placing, ahead of his next assignment. The Group 3 Naturalism Stakes…

The Lindsay Park stable of Ben and J D Hayes is again looking forward to seeing Nicolini Vito racing around a bend. After a first-up performance down the straight at Flemington on July 1 in which Nicolini Vito finished fifth, the gelding returns to Caulfield on Saturday to run in the Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m). It will be Nicolini Vito's…

Aysar has been a cause of frustration for those in charge at Lindsay Park after showing considerable promise as a three-year-old. Now in the care of Ben and Jd Hayes, Aysar heads to the Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on Saturday, bidding to win his first race in almost two years. Aysar won two of his first three starts and at start…