Shangri La Express (Rosehill, R7, #1) TRAINER: Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott RACE: Up And Coming Stakes (Gr 3, 1300m) After coming off the boil in the Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m), Shangri La Express (Alabama Express) is arguably the forgotten colt who could be the surprise packet of the spring. It was an encouraging... Read More

New Mandate (Eagle Farm, Race 7, #2) TRAINER: Chris Waller RACE: Tattersall’s Mile (Listed, 1600m) This lightly raced six-year-old import still has plenty of spring left in his legs and finds the perfect field to kick start his winter campaign. It’s been an interesting career for this son of the Dubawi (Dubai Millennium) stallion New... Read More

Felix The Scat (Eagle Farm, Race 8 #7) TRAINER: Tony Gollan RACE: Queensland Derby (Gr 1, 2400m) There is a real sense of timing about this three-year-old gelding out of Coolmore Stud’s one-season shuttler Mendelssohn (Scat Daddy). His past three runs have all seen improvement at each trip to the track and it culminates here... Read More

Broadsiding (Randwick, Race 7 #3) TRAINER: James Cummings RACE: Champagne Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) Godolphin has made a late charge over the Autumn Carnival, racking up the feature racing wins. This included last Saturday’s Fernhill Mile (Listed, 1600m) at Randwick with Too Darn Hot (Dubawi) colt Broadsiding. Ridden by James McDonald for trainer James Cummings,... Read More

Last Command (Rosehill, Race 3 #5) TRAINER: Michael Freedman RACE: Baillieu (Group 3, 1400m) There will be plenty of eyes on the 2024 edition of the Baillieu with red hot favourite Linebacker (Super Seth) ready to tackle his way into Sires’ Produce Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) field. However, there is another young colt in this... Read More