Legendary Australian rider Damien Oliver has announced his retirement from race-riding at the age of 51, with his final ride set to be in his home state, Western Australia in December. The champion jockey is one of just eight jockeys to have won the ‘big four’ of Australian racing, landing a trio of Melbourne Cups... Read More

The Ming Dynasty looms as the next assignment for Saturday’s Up And Coming Stakes placegetters  Trainer Gary Portelli has been forced into a re-think on spring plans for Fireburn’s half-brother Kintyre (Hallowed Crown) and “Australia’s best maiden” Encap (Capitalist) after they opened an array of possibilities with exceptional performances on Saturday. Kintyre and Encap caught... Read More

Punters got it spot on in the feature event at Te Rapa yesterday, as favourite Dragon Leap (7 g Pierro – Pontiana by Redoute’s Choice) defeated second elect Skew Wiff (Savabeel) in a thrilling finish to the Waikato Stud Foxbridge Plate (Gr 2, 1200m).  The Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott-trained seven-year-old had looked to be... Read More

Acromantula (Written Tycoon) went within a whisker of breaking the Moonee Valley 1000-metre track record as a positive ride from Craig Williams saw the Western Australian claim an all-the-way win in the Carlyon Stakes (Listed, 1000m). Trainers Daniel and Ben Pearce had targeted the Moonee Valley stakes contest as the ideal late winter/early spring feature... Read More

Annabel Neasham and Chad Schofield recreated their San Domenico Stakes (Gr 3, 1100m) success of 12 months ago, with Libertad (Russian Revolution) extending his unbeaten run to three and stamping his spring ambitions with victory at Rosehill yesterday. Schofield and Neasham have enjoyed a terrific association since Sweet Ride (Deep Field) won the San Domenico... Read More