‘Special K’ win in The Buffering earns him a berth in $1 million Cup, to be run days after his only yearlings go through the sales ring  The first day of 2022 may not go down as the best day’s racing for the calendar year, at least when the recaps are written 364 days from... Read More

The career-best form of Ryan Balfour’s sprinter Outlaws Revenge (Reward For Effort), a horse he hopes can one day deliver him a win in South Australia’s signature race The Goodwood (Gr 1, 1200m), coincides with the Adelaide trainer’s decision to downsize his stable. Four-year-old Outlaws Revenge, who shoots for a hat-trick of stakes victories in... Read More

Hard To Say (Exceed And Excel) will stay in Sydney this weekend instead of making a return trip to Queensland, but his Newcastle trainer Jason Deamer still has his sights set on the Magic Millions 2YO Classic (RL, 1200m) with the promising colt. The Dynamic Syndications-owned juvenile, a last-start runner-up to Palazzo Spirit (Spirit Of... Read More

Free confidential counselling and 24-hour call service funded by Thoroughbred Breeders Australia viewed as a welcome introduction Thoroughbred Breeders Australia has engaged an independent organisation to provide a raft of counselling services to industry participants in a bid to tackle the ongoing challenge of mental health, a wider community issue seemingly exacerbated by the pandemic.... Read More

Diligent agents and trainers do the miles in order to unearth their next racetrack star What do you learn on a 1000-kilometre, two-day round trip across the Southern Highlands and Southern NSW looking at horses in their own environment?  The answer is plenty and then you learn even more about the people who are inspecting... Read More