Brisbane-based trainer Rob Heathcote declared Cosmo Centaurus (Cosmic Force) the most exciting young horse he has had in his care since Group 1 winner Rothfire (Rothesay) after the gelding became his second-season Newgate sire’s tenth winner in impressive style at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday. After wins in the past three of his four barrier... Read More

Buoyed by his best season yet, Bjorn Baker believes five-year-old mare Shezanalister (Star Turn) can enhance her value when black–type racing returns to Sydney in Saturday’s Missile Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) at Randwick. The powerfully built chestnut steps up for her maiden attempt at black type in Sydney’s first stakes race of the season, as... Read More

Dirt track revelation Hadouken (6 g Real Impact ex Any Other Day, by Redoute’s Choice) kept his perfect Northern Territory record intact by claiming the local industry’s biggest race, the Darwin Cup (2050m), on Monday. The well-travelled gelding, who started his career in Sydney with now retired Warwick Farm-based trainer Gabrielle Ellis before joining the... Read More

Leading Victorian stallion Toronado (High Chaparral) may have an early spring Classics contender after Detroit City stepped up to city class to make it two wins in two starts on Saturday at Flemington. Following an impressive four-length victory on a Heavy 10 surface in a 1200-metre Wodonga two-year-old handicap, the gelding handled metro level with... Read More

Two million dollar yearling I Am Famous (I Am Invincible) made it a day for emerging grey mares in showing she was ready to serve justice to her price tag – and a renowned relative – by winning at Rosehill on Saturday. On the same day that Right To Party took Flemington’s Aurie’s Star Handicap... Read More