Racing News

‘We just want to focus on the grand final’

Star juveniles make early season reappearance at Sydney barrier trial session An imposing array of three-year-old talent from Coolmore was on show at Canterbury’s barrier trials yesterday, as a quartet headed by Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m) winner Shinzo (Snitzel) and $3 million stablemate Kandinsky Abstract (Zoustar) returned for their spring campaigns on the first... Read More

Goodwood all set for a Glorious week of action

The five-day Glorious Goodwood meeting kicks off in West Sussex today, it’s a week famous for panama hats, linen suits and of course a host of top-class racing. With three Group 1s throughout the week, kicking off with the Goodwood Cup (Gr 1, 2m) today, the Sussex Stakes (Gr 1, 1m) tomorrow, while the Nassau... Read More

Hukum rises above all in King George and Queen Elizabeth Stakes

Owen Burrows’ stable flagbearer Hukum (6 h Sea The Stars – Aghareed by Kingmambo) answered all potential doubters in emphatic fashion yesterday as he bravely battled to deliver a historic success in the King George and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (Gr 1, 1m 4f) at Ascot. Having registered a breakthrough victory at flat racing’s top table... Read More

La Danseuse Rouge waltzes to victory in Lightning Stakes

Cliff Brown’s three-year-old opens her stakes account with Exploring scratched at the barrier on veterinary advice In the literal French translation that reads ‘The Red Dancer’, La Danseuse Rouge (Manhattan Rain) showed plenty of moves to etch her name on the illustrious roll of honour in yesterday’s Lightning Stakes (Listed, 1050m) at Morphettville. The final... Read More

I Am Invincible out to cap off wonderful season at Randwick

Yarraman Park’s stalwart stallion well-represented in last juvenile race in Sydney Australia’s sires’ tables have been settled for some time now but the last Saturday of the season arrives today with a handful of noteworthy events, quirks and points of interest. In Adelaide, the country’s final stakes race of 2022-23 – the Lightning Stakes (Listed,... Read More

Ingratiating warms up winter with Bletchingly success

Godolphin’s stallion prospect adds another stakes win to CV Godolphin’s plot to enhance the appeal of stallion prospect Ingratiating (Frosted), a talented stakes winner at two, three and four, gained traction in the Bletchingly Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) yesterday. The high-class sprinter was touted as a potential stud retiree to Darley last year but trainer... Read More