New Mandate (Eagle Farm, Race 7, #2) TRAINER: Chris Waller RACE: Tattersall’s Mile (Listed, 1600m) This lightly raced six-year-old import still has plenty of spring left in his legs and finds the perfect field to kick start his winter campaign. It’s been an interesting career for this son of the Dubawi (Dubai Millennium) stallion New... Read More

Trainer Robinson pays tribute to his daughter who led Assange’s fight for freedom Group-winning New South Wales horse trainer Terry Robinson was an immensely proud father on Thursday after his daughter’s 14-year legal fight on behalf of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange came to an end. Robinson, the father of six children including renowned human rights... Read More

Mawjood (AUS) 2 g Tassort – Maysoon by Eavesdropper O: Emirates Park (Mgr: N A H Lootah) B: Emirates Park T: Michael, Wayne and John Hawkes W: Vale David Mills Handicap, 1100m, June 26 Mawjood (2 g ex Maysoon by Eavesdropper) showed his potential when he landed a 1100-metre event at Warwick Farm on Wednesday. ... Read More

Peter and Paul Snowden are set to have their final elite-level runner together when Coco Jamboo (Massaat) contests Saturday’s Tattersalls Tiara (Gr 1, 1400m) at Eagle Farm following the shock announcement that the father-and-son team intend to dissolve their training partnership at the end the current racing season. Issuing a statement on Thursday, Snowden Racing... Read More

The 2023/24 Hong Kong trainers’ championship continues to hang in the balance after Francis Lui posted a crucial double, spearheaded by Copartner Prance’s (Epaulette) sixth successive win, at Happy Valley on Wednesday night to draw onto almost level terms with Pierre Ng in the title race. With only five meetings left in the season, Ng... Read More

Here’s something you might know about Neville Begg. He ran second to Tommy Smith in the Sydney trainers’ premiership no fewer than nine times. It could have exasperated a man of different mind. “Well, Tommy had a lot more horses than me, you see,” Begg tells It’s In The Blood. “I thought I was doing... Read More