Waterhouse and Bott to launch strong assault on Sydney’s first juvenile races of the season  Tulloch Lodge trained the trifecta in last year’s Breeders’ Plate (Gr 3, 1000m) and they may just do it again – if not the first four – as they debut what Gai Waterhouse believes is another “outstanding” batch of two-year-olds... Read More

Flemington’s Super Impose Stakes looms for Nick Ryan-trained colt Emerging colt Red Aces (Dundeel) will put his Victoria Derby (Gr 1, 2500m) credentials on the line when he contests the Super Impose Stakes (Listed, 1800m) at Flemington on Saturday. The Nick Ryan-trained three-year-old had rocketed into Derby favouritism after his gutsy win on his home... Read More

Owner eyeing up a tilt at Group 1 riches with his Heritage Stakes winner  n recent seasons the Heritage Stakes (Listed, 1100m) has unearthed several Group 1 sprinters who are now performing at stud, and it would be no surprise if this year’s winner Perspiration (Too Darn Hot) were to continue that trend. The talented... Read More

Oaks winner knocked down to Walnut Farm at special Inglis Online sale yndicator Wylie Dalziel has welcomed the arrival of a “silver lining” to the injury-enforced retirement of Autumn Angel (The Autumn Sun) after the ATC Oaks (Gr 1, 2400m) winner was sold on Tuesday for $1.225 million. In a swift dispatch to the breeding... Read More

Yorkshire-based trainer hatching plans to get his star stayer into the Flemington showpiece Fate has often conspired against Brian Ellison in the Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m), but the shrewd British trainer is confident he has found the right horse this year with Onesmoothoperator (Dialed In). Thirteen years on from his last trip to Australia,... Read More