Racing News

Empire Rose plan for classy Quintessa

Te Akau-raced mare Quintessa (4 m Shamus Award – Chaquinta by High Chaparral) will be prepared for the Empire Rose Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) at Flemington on November 2 after she battled to success in Saturday’s Cockram Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) at Caulfield. A Group 1 winner in her native New Zealand, the Mark Walker-trained... Read More

Talented Autumn Glow takes flight at Rosehill

Chris Waller labelled Autumn Glow (The Autumn Sun) a “very, very serious horse” after the 2023 Inglis Easter sale topper strolled home for her second win in two starts in the Up And Coming Stakes (Gr 3, 1300m) for three-year-olds at Rosehill. While colts Storm Boy and Growing Empire scored electrifying victories on Saturday in... Read More

Big targets beckon for impressive Storm Boy

Multi-million dollar future sire Storm Boy (Justify) put his career firmly back on track with a dominant victory in his first three-year-old appearance in Saturday’s San Domenico Stakes (Gr 3, 1100m) at Rosehill. And such was the nature of his win, co-trainer Adrian Bott said a vast range of races were possibilities for him this... Read More

Empire’s growing reputation hits new heights with McNeil romp

On Friday, Ciaron Maher warned that the lightly raced Growing Empire (Zoustar) was shaping up as a special horse. On Saturday, the Yulong-owned colt gave a near frightening display of just how special. The winner of two of his first three starts and he resumed for his fourth in Caulfield’s McNeil Stakes (Gr 3, 1100m),... Read More

Pinstriped delivers on early promise to hand Jusufovic dream result in Memsie

The son of Street Boss hands trainer a much-deserved first Group 1 It wasn’t quite Dandy Andy crashing the Bonecrusher- Vo Rogue party, but for match race spoilers the emotional and long overdue major victory of Pinstriped (Street Boss) in Saturday’s Memsie Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) will live long in the memory. Melbourne’s traditional first... Read More

Giga Kick passes trial test

Giga Kick (Scissor Kick) continued his build-up to a return to the track at Randwick on Friday, where the star sprinter won a talent-laden 900-metre trial. The dual Group 1 winner and 2022 The Everest (1200m) champion sat fourth, improved from the midway point and was given slight encouragement from James McDonald to get alongside... Read More