Pierossa flies late in the Spring Stakes

Castanya (centre) has earned herself a shot at a Golden Slipper lead-up with her barnstorming win in the Listed Lonhro Plate at Randwick. Picture: Getty Images Castanya underlined the Switzerland form and put herself on the Golden Slipper path with her impressive win at Royal Randwick on Saturday. The Annabel Neasham -trained Castanya unleashed a…

New father Ciaron Maher welcomed home his partner and their newborn daughter, Eliza Fleur, at the start of the week. Come tomorrow, he will be doting on another one of his babies, Golden Slipper hope Odinson, which will be among the favourites in the $2 million Inglis Millennium (1100m) at Randwick. Maher has several Slipper contenders, including…

The Brisbane Summer Carnival continues at Doomben this Saturday for George Moore Stakes Day. Weather is fine, track is heavy (8) and the rail is out a metre for the entire circuit. Back Me I want to give 2 Cutting Edge (Bet Now: $17.00) another chance. He was met with market support two weeks ago at the Sunny Coast but he did plenty wrong in the…

Ballarat trainer Nigel Blackiston will have a crack at Saturday's Edward Manifold Stakes with developing filly Subrising. Picture: Colleen Petch Turnbull Stakes day will always be special for Ballarat trainer Nigel Blackiston, irrespective of how Subrising performs in Saturday's Group 2 Edward Manifold Stakes at Flemington. Littorio…

Lossiemouth demonstrated her dominance over her Willie Mullins-trained stablemates to win the Ballymore Champion Four Year Old Hurdle. The grey claimed two juvenile contests impressively at the start of the campaign but was then defeated when hindered in the Spring Juvenile Hurdle at Leopardstown. Her conqueror was Gala Marceau and the two fillies…

Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott will chase a second win in the Group 1 VRC Oaks after Amazonian Lass led throughout to claim the traditional lead-up at Flemington. In a perfectly judged ride by Tim Clark, Amazonian Lass took out the Group 2 Wakeful Stakes (2000m) on Saturday to hold off the fast finishing $2.20 favourite Zardozi. Amazonian Lass…

A quality field has been assembled for the Group l Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) this Saturday at Rosehill, where Prowess and Pavitra dominate betting. Down below is a speed map, runner preview and $100 betting strategy for the 2023 Vinery Stud Stakes. 2023 Vinery Stud Stakes Speed Map Soul Choice comes back from a fruitful Tassie prep and looks the…

Team Hawkes don't have a Group 1 runner but the stable can still make a real impact on the final day of the Golden Slipper Festival at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. Zeyrek can get the Hawkes stable away to a winning start when he contests the Group 3 $200000 Neville Sellwood Stakes (2000m). TAB Fixed Odds price assessors have installed Zeyrek as…

Tricky day for black bookers with so many having reached their grand finals, but I've found a range of horses we can stick with from maiden grade right through to Group 1 races. The track as expected was firm with an upgrade to a good (3) after race six. This naturally favours horses in the front half of the field and punters adjusted well to the…

Any assessment of I Wish I Win should be reserved until Luke Nolen is legged aboard at Flemington. One thing for sure and certain, neither will be overawed as equal favourites under the Super Saturday spotlight ahead of the $1.5m Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m). "Lazy old man has been used to describe both of them at times," assistant trainer…

Sam Clipperton, left, will ride Mazu for the 12th time this weekend for Peter and Paul Snowden. Picture Getty Images Top class Sydney sprinter Mazu gets his chance to win one of Melbourne's sprinting features in Saturday's $1.5 million group one Newmarket Handicap at Flemington. Mazu makes his Victorian debut against 15 rivals in the 1200 metre…

Spacewalk and Steel City have attracted plenty of support from TAB Fixed Odds punters going into the Rosehill Gardens meeting on Saturday. "When markets opened on Wednesday, Spacewalk was the first horse backed," TAB spokesman Andrew Georgiou said. "We wrote a lot of big bets against him in the first 20 minutes of betting and since then, although…

Twilight racing heads to Gosford on Friday afternoon for a competitive seven-race program set down for decision. The track is listed as a Soft 5 currently heading into race-day, however, with some clearing forecast ahead, we think it's likely to find an upgrade into the Good 4 range come start time. The rail is out+2m between the 1100m-300m markers…

Star jockey Sam Clipperton joins forces with Hall of Fame trainer Chris Waller to try and secure a second successive Listed $160000 January Cup (2000m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. Clipperton and Waller team up with the handy English import Aleas, the $6.50 TAB Fixed Odds favourite to win the feature race. "I actually won this race last year…

Trainer Tracey Bartley is relying on Mabel's top first-up record to get her over the line at Hawkesbury on Wednesday. The four-year-old Dream Ahead mare lines up in the fourth race over 1000m and has never run worse than second from three first-up runs to date. Bartley is confident she will run well but has one little doubt in his mind ahead of her…

Trainers Peter and Paul Snowden have decided to spell two of their spring stable stars, Sheeza Belter and Mazu, but they are bringing in some handy replacements in Old Flame and Huetor to target some of the big money races going into the Sydney summer carnival. Sheeza Belter scored a deserved win in the Group 2 Hot Danish Stakes at Rosehill last…

The New Corp Racing and Wagering team have put together an expert panel to give you, the audience the early inside running on feature races in Melbourne and Sydney this spring. The panel of six will be offering their early thoughts on all of the Group 1 races and other feature contests during the spring, through until the end of the Melbourne Cup…

An outstanding lead-up win, a perfect draw and the best hands in the business have favourite My Whisper ($3.80) primed to claim the first Group 1 of the 2022 Adelaide Racing Carnival tomorrow. Over the past 48 hours, the promising filly has been heavily backed to win the 2000m Australasian Oaks at Morphettville - and the betting trend makes perfect…

It's Weekend Winners time again and the Racenet team have got together to deliver a host of bets across the land at all the major metro meetings. *NOTE: Apart from the Star Bet and feature race tips - the remainder are in order of race time. STAR BET (Hawkesbury Race 7 No 1 - 2.50pm AEST) Hard to be against Mr Mozart after his past two wins, the…

Having resisted the temptation to propel Autumn Bloom straight into the Princess Series races, Peter and Paul Snowden believe the time is right to give the filly an opportunity against the cream of her age. Placed at Group level as a juvenile, Autumn Bloom was scratched from the Silver Shadow Stakes (1200m) and instead took a softer first-up path…

Another shrewd placement from John Sargent sees his stable with a genuine VRC Oaks chance after Harlow Mist won the Kennedy Oaks Preview (1800m) at Flemington and maintaining a perfect race record. At her third start, and after wins at Goulburn and Scone, the three-year-old ran 0.27 seconds outside of Barb Raider's class record to win by a…

Caulfield will play host to a nine race card on Saturday. The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is oiut eleven metres for the entire circuit. WATCH LIVE RACING AT tab * Above offers may only be available to select customers.Back Me 3 Starry Legend (Bet Now: $2.50 TOP ODDS) will jump on the punny and give his all. Dominant win two…