Racing News

Smart Snitzel filly kept from public auction makes mark in Thousand Guineas

Yearning could be Oaks bound after coming from last to land fillies Group 1 The upset Thousand Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) win of Yearning (Snitzel) did not come as a surprise to her prominent group of owners, leaving co-breeder and part-owner John Messara to declare the spring far from over, believing that the VRC Oaks... Read More

Bookmaker Merlehan banking on a Debutant boilover with his young Pride Of Dubai colt

Milo Racing syndicate excited about Lindsay Park’s Dubai Oak having first start in stakes race Big-betting corporate bookmaker Tristan Merlehan hopes the latest member of his family’s expanding racehorse portfolio can spring an upset in the Debutant Stakes (Listed, 1000m) at Caulfield and go some way to helping the balance sheet on two fronts. The... Read More

It’s Go Go on the Gold Coast

Bowditch adamant all is on track to welcome interstate participants for a big season-opening January yearling sale Magic Millions has given the biggest indication yet that it is full steam ahead towards the Gold Coast in January, moving to allay fears that the vital Australasian season-opening yearling sale in early 2022 could be without key... Read More

Montefilia silences distance doubters with fine Metropolitain victory

There were never any questions surrounding Montefilia’s (Kermadec) talent, but ahead of Randwick’s Metropolitan Handicap (Gr 1, 2400m) a few had reserved judgement as to whether she could see out the 2400 metres effectively. But yesterday, the daughter of Kermadec (Teofilo) proved her many critics wrong, staying on strongly to clinch her third win at... Read More

Coolangatta out to provide instant success for Highclere investment in Australia

Juvenile filly to bid for Gimcrack glory tomorrow, whose dam Piping Hot was the catalyst for John and Jake Warren to pursue portfolio Down Under As esteemed UK bloodstock agents Jake Warren and his father John cast their studious eyes over a More Than Ready (Southern Halo) filly at Inglis’s flagship Easter yearling sale in... Read More

Head Of State powers American Pharoah to first stakes winner

US Triple Crown winner American Pharoah (Pioneerof The Nile) struck for his first southern hemisphere-bred stakes winner yesterday, as the Coolmore raised and now owned Head Of State won the Gloaming Stakes (Gr 3, 1800m) at Rosehill, with the colt now assigned Group 1 targets and the Spring Champion Stakes (Gr 1, 2000m) in sight. ... Read More