Trainer Nick Olive confident debutant Inveterate set for forward first up display at Leeton

The lure of Big Dance eligibility will see Port Macquarie trainer Paul Shailer make the seven hour round trip to Armidale on Sunday for the $60000 Armidale Cup (1900m). The feature race the Racing NSW Showcase meeting offers the Armidale Cup winner and runner-up qualification for the $3 million Big Dance (1600m) which will be run at Royal Randwick…

Another One is chasing a first-up win in the Goulburn Cup on Sunday. Picture: Bradley Photos Another One will forgo the opportunity to become the inaugural winner of the $250000 Barn Dance next Tuesday at Royal Randwick to chase Sunday's Goulburn Cup (1400m) instead. Trainer Gary Colvin was keen to take part in the first Barn Dance ever run but…

Another One will forgo the opportunity to become the inaugural winner of the $250000 Barn Dance next Tuesday at Royal Randwick to chase Sunday's Goulburn Cup (1400m) instead. Trainer Gary Colvin was keen to take part in the first Barn Dance ever run but made sure he had a reservation in Sunday's Cup, just in case. "Plan A was the Sydney race but…

Country Championship winner Another One is both ready and able to add the Kosciuszko to his resume if and when he gets the call-up. Gundagai-bound trainer Gary Colvin is naturally eager for the newly announced Kosciuszko slot-holders to select Another One in this year's $2m feature on Everest day, October 14. "Everyone is keeping pretty quiet but…

Another strong season has Bjorn Baker firmly entrenched in the top half dozen trainers in NSW and he is keen to keep the momentum rolling. Baker finished the 2022/23 season with 113 winners across the country with a career-high $11.7m in prizemoney and has made quite a start to the new term with four winners and can add to that with four runners at…

Queanbeyan trainer Nick Olive is hoping for a reverse of fortunes for Invincible Dash when the gelding lines up for another shot at the Narrandera Cup after a forgettable run in last year's edition. After being slow away, the gelding was trapped out three-wide and forced to make a sustained run very wide on the bend before finishing just over three…

Promising filly Frilled is blessed with breakneck speed that runs in the family and trainer Matthew Smith expects it to be on show again at Goulburn on Sunday. Frilled will attempt to maintain her unbeaten record when the bold frontrunner lines up for start two in the Campbell Petroleum Distributors Benchmark 58 Handicap (1000m). A daughter of…

Form analyst Mitch Cohen gives his best bets and runs the rule over the Quaddie legs at Muswellbrook and Sapphire Coast. 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 6 No. 3: ICE IN VANCOUVER The Cody Morgan-trained gelding…

A stable triple threat will ensure the powerhouse Joseph and Jones yard have all bases covered in their pursuit of a hat-trick of Bega Cheese Bega Cup (1600m) wins at the Sapphire Coast on Sunday. Training partners Barbara Joseph and sons Paul and Matt Jones are eager to defend their crown and have Manderboss, Nieces And Nephews and Roman all in…

Ruby Tuesday, named after a famous Rolling Stones song, has become a wonderful advertisement for racing. When Ruby Tuesday races and earns prizemoney, the mare's ownership group donate 10 per cent to breast cancer research. The mare has already bankrolled $360500 prizemoney from her 29-start career which equates to $36050 being donated to the…

Form analyst Mitch Cohen gives his best bets and runs the rule over every race for Canterbury, Orange and Port Macquarie. 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.2: FRENCH MARINE Talented Kris Lees-trained…

Daily Telegraph form analyst Mitch Cohen gives his best bets and runs the rule over every race for Gosford. 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.4: PER INAWAY After racing without luck last time, this Kris…

Scone horseman Scott Singleton is no stranger to Highway Handicap success, but he will find himself rubbing shoulders with some of Sydney racing's biggest names when he saddles up two-year-old Super Norwest at Randwick. The only country trainer represented in Saturday's Drinkwise Plate (1100m), Singleton will go head-to-head with the likes of James…

Port Macquarie trainer Marc Quinn is hoping recent addition Auzstar can lay down a marker for a Country Championships tilt in 2023 when he travels south to Taree on Sunday. Auzstar will have just his third start for the Quinn yard in the AG Mowers Country Boosted Benchmark 66 Handicap (1250m). The son of star sire Zoustar has only been in Quinn's…

A four-time winner over Happy Valley's 1650m course for trainer Tony Millard - including twice with Karis Teetan in the plate - Gallant Crown steps out for only his second outing this season as he chases a first win at the city circuit since June, 2021. "He goes well at the Valley, last time his win at Sha Tin was a nice win, I thought, but he's…

If the theory is right that you need to lose one to win one then Kris Lees and the Australian Bloodstock team are overdue. There has been three renewals of the $1m The Hunter at Newcastle and each time the trainer and owners have had to settle for second place. In the inaugural running of The Hunter, they had Tactical Advantage beating all but…

CANBERRA trainer Nick Olive will use Monday's Leeton meeting to kick off the career of the flashiest horse in the nation's capital. Four-year-old gelding Inveterate bears a striking resemblance to Olive's beloved mare Single Gaze. Both have the pronounced white blaze, Inveterate ups the ante with four white socks to go with his baldy face. ''I…

Racing heads to Tamworth on Monday Racing in New South Wales on Monday heads to Tamworth and Leeton with intriguing cards at both venues. TAMWORTH BEST BET Race 1 No. 8: Really Serious Newcastle placed mare inside her four runs. Trained here now and trialled super at Scone. NEXT BEST Race 2 No. 12: Cool Ruler Cody Morgan trained filly who ran well…

Local trainer Stirling Osland knows how horses win races at Armidale which is why he thinks Special Day will have to race a little more promising if she's to win the fourth race on Sunday. "It can be tough at Armidale for horses that like to drop back so I hope we don't get too far out of our ground to reel them in there," he said. "There's not…

Trainer Brett Robb was more than pleased with the first-up run of new stable addition Rubi Air and gave a strong push that the mare is his best chance from his handy team on Sunday. The daughter of Rubick had three runs in her first campaign for Rod Northam which netted a second at Scone and a fourth at Orange in December before moving to Robb's…

Moon Stories is rated a firm favourite to beat stablemate Foxtrot Bravo at Wagga on Sunday and their trainer Theresa Bateup said they've got that spot on. Moon Stories is set to start favourite in the Heat of the Wagga Stayers Series (1800m) while Foxtrot Bravo should start second pick. But the gap between them in the market ($2.90 and $7) is about…

Tony Gollan is undecided about a Golden Slipper start for Capital Tower should he win on Saturday. Picture: Trackside Photography Tony Gollan will test Capital Tower's Golden Slipper credentials against his red-hot stablemate at Toowoomba on Saturday as he ponders launching a mission to the top juvenile race in Sydney from Brisbane. The premier…