Racing News

Madam Rouge expected to race on next season after Stradbroke placing

Zoustar mare unlikely to back up in Dane Ripper at Eagle Farm Stradbroke Handicap (Gr 1, 1400m) runner-up Madam Rouge (Zoustar) is a doubtful starter in Saturday’s Dane Ripper Stakes (Gr 2, 1400m) with connections confident the rising five-year-old has bigger things in store next season. The Chris Waller-trained Madam Rouge, a dual stakes-winning daughter... Read More

Irish racing returns with a taste of Australia

You may not hear Advance Australia Fair at Leopardstown tonight – although there is an Order Of Australia listed on the card – but there is set to be a true Australian flavour to the second Irish card back post Covid-19. Russian Emperor (Galileo), the third foal out of four-time Australian Group 1 winner Atlantic... Read More

Kameko dethrones Pinatubo in 2000 Guineas

The winning run of sensational colt Pinatubo (Shamardal) has ended after last year’s Vertem Futurity Trophy (Gr 1, 1m) winner Kameko (Kitten’s Joy) took out the 2,000 Guineas (Gr 1, 1m) in front of an empty Rowley Mile grandstand at Newmarket yesterday. Trained by Andrew Balding and ridden by Oisin Murphy, Kameko settled behind Arizona... Read More

Victorian spring carnival dates to remain unchanged in 2020

Racing Victoria has rejected a proposal to make sweeping changes to the 2020 spring carnival. In a Melbourne Racing Club-backed move, plans were tabled to shift the Caulfield Cup (Gr 1, 2400m) from a traditional mid-October date to a late November timeslot. The proposal would have upended decades of thoroughbred racing tradition by running the... Read More

Dawn Passage secures Stradbroke start with Doomben victory

The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott autumn train has rolled towards the winter as Dawn Passage (Dawn Approach) cemented his spot, and favouritism, for next Saturday’s Stradbroke Handicap (Gr 1, 1400m) with a commanding win in the Fred Best Classic (Gr 3, 1350m) at Doomben yesterday. Bringing up a hat-trick of stakes wins, Dawn Passage... Read More

Melody Belle and Probabeel begin build-up to spring

It may not even be winter yet, but top New Zealand gallopers Melody Belle (Commands) and Probabeel (Savabeel) arrived at the Randwick stables of John Thompson yesterday to begin their preparations for the spring. The Group 1-winning pair had been spelling at Lime Country, the Burradoo property of Kiwi expatriates Greg and Jo Griffin, along... Read More