Racing News

Lucrative goals await Makarena

The Team Hawkes-trained Makarena put a valuable Group win on the board, when she claimed the scalp of Group 1 winner Amelia’s Jewel (Siyouni) in Saturday’s Group 2 Golden Pendant at Rosehill. The mare was forced to do the heavy work behind runaway leader Belclere (Per Incanto) first-up in the Sheraco Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m)... Read More

Auguste Rodin set for Japan Cup swansong

Dual Derby winner and multiple Group 1 star Auguste Rodin (Deep Impact) is set to sign off his racing career in the Japan Cup (Gr 1, 2400m) on November 24 before taking up stallion duties at Coolmore Stud in Ireland for the 2025 season. Bred in the purple as a son of Japanese leviathan Deep... Read More

Empire Rose on the horizon for Alsephina

Star Western Australian mare Alsephina (6 m Star Turn – Delta Gee by Street Cry) showed she was a force to be reckoned with this spring when proving too good for her rivals in Friday night’s Stocks Stakes (Gr 2, 1514m) at The Valley. A winner of two stakes races and a Group 1 runner-up... Read More

Pride Of Jenni blows rivals away in Feehan

Star mare Pride Of Jenni (7 m Pride Of Dubai – Sancerre by O’Reilly) looks set to take on both the King Charles III Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) and Cox Plate (Gr 1, 2040m) within the space of a week after she returned to the winner’s enclosure in Friday night’s Feehan Stakes (Gr 2, 1600m)... Read More

Caulfield Guineas plans for upwardly mobile Evaporate

Lindsay Park’s rapidly improving gelding Evaporate (Per Incanto) confirmed his place in next month’s Caulfield Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) with a dominant display in Friday night’s Stutt Stakes (Gr 2, 1600m) at The Valley. The son of Per Incanto (Street Cry) had failed to break his maiden in four starts as a juvenile before scoring... Read More

Bellatrix Star dispels wet track theory in Scarborough Stakes 

New Zealand-bred mare Bellatrix Star (Star Witness) proved she is just as effective on a sound deck as she is a soft one when running out a dominant winner of the Scarborough Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) at The Valley on Friday night. Having proven herself a sprinter to follow when landing the Eclipse Stakes (Gr... Read More