Richards trio bound for Lime Country While they couldn’t find the winners’ enclosure at Randwick on Saturday, trainer Jamie Richards was more than satisfied with what his trio of stable stars have achieved during their extended autumn campaigns in Australia. Three-year-old filly Probabeel (Savabeel) found the Heavy 8 track surface too tough an ask when... Read More

Trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace and owners Phoenix Thoroughbreds had the perfect lead-in to today’s Golden Slipper Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m), in which they combine with Pago Pago Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) winner Prague (Redoute’s Choice), when their superstar filly Loving Gaby (I Am Invincible) scored a second top-level triumph in the William Reid... Read More

Delectation Girl (Delegator), a European-bred mare who has raced in six countries for Newcastle syndicator Australian Bloodstock, will get her chance to win a maiden Group 1 race in today’s fillies and mares Coolmore Classic (Gr 1, 1500m) at Rosehill. The well-travelled six-year-old, a three-time stakes winner in the northern hemisphere, is in what is... Read More

For the second year in a row, Godolphin prevailed in the Kembla Grange Classic (Gr 3, 1600m) as Asiago (Medaglia D’Oro) took the fillies’ feature yesterday in a blanket finish with the first seven across the line separated by a length. The James Cummings-trained Asiago settled midfield under Hugh Bowman, off what was a strong... Read More

Since finishing a strong and unlucky long-neck second in the New Zealand One Thousand Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) at Riccarton in November, Jennifer Eccles (Rip Van Winkle) has notched three Group 2 wins in four subsequent starts and she looks to have a stranglehold on next month’s New Zealand Oaks (Gr 1, 2400m). Like her... Read More