Category: Australian Racing

Explosive colt First Settler opened his account with a stylish win at Caulfield on Saturday.The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr-trained son of Written Tycoon was a $750,000 yearling purchase for Yulong at last year’s Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale and on debut he surged clear inside the last 200m of the Two-Year-Old Open…

Champion jockey Nash Rawiller gave his endorsement of former English galloper Bear On The Loose after his Australian debut win at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday.Bear On The Loose led most of the way and held off another import Don Diego De Vega to win the Petaluma Handicap (1800m).“I thought it was a good effort by…

Staying marvel Vow And Declare has wound back the clock to achieve the incredible feat of winning the same race five years apart in a thrilling Group 3 Tattersall’s Cup at Eagle Farm on Saturday.The 2019 Melbourne Cup winner arrived in Queensland as a three-year-old to win the race after running second in the Derby…

Bella Nipotina has reaffirmed her credentials for an Everest slot, capping an outstanding winter carnival with victory in the Tattersall’s Tiara.A campaign that began in Melbourne in February and encompassed trips to Sydney, Perth and Brisbane has had a fitting finale with incredible mare Bella Nipotina outclassing her rivals to claim the final Group 1…

It’s been a long road back to race riding, but jockey Nathan Punch snared his first race win in almost two years on Monday, guiding Ellmaknific to victory at Pakenham.The Victorian hoop spent 22 months on the sidelines battling severe concussion symptoms, stepping away from riding in August 2022, and there was no guarantee that…

Lindsay Park has a spring in its step with superstar Mr Brightside and rising star Bold Bastille taking the next step in their pre-training program.A bulked up Mr Brightside, a six-time Group 1 winner and Cox Plate runner-up, will start pace work this week along with electric filly Bold Bastille.Trainer Ben Hayes, fresh off a…

Elson Boy took his remarkable winning streak into the city on Saturday and just kept on rolling, collecting his sixth victory in a row in the $160,000 Rosehill Bowling Club Handicap (1300m) in Sydney.The four-year-old son of El Roca kicked off his hot streak with a win on his home track of Dubbo in early…

Godolphin’s Tamerlane will need to set a modern-day weight-carrying record for the Listed $200,000 Civic Stakes (1400m) after being allocated topweight of 59.5kg for the feature sprint at Royal Randwick on Saturday.The Civic Stakes has attracted 26 entries with the James Cummings-trained Tamerlane conceding between 1.5kg and 5.5kg to his rivals.In recent years, Ninth Legion…

Lindsay Park trainer Ben, Will and J D Hayes had Derby aspirations with Rise At Dawn, but they were equally as happy to come away with a narrow Flemington win.Rise At Dawn was coming off a short break to claim the RDAV Mary Longden Mile (1600m) on Saturday, his first run since April.Ridden by apprentice…

Tim Clark says French import Eliyass has the scope to make his presence felt in the spring after dominating at his Australian debut in the Lord Mayors Cup at Randwick.While many former European horses take a preparation to acclimatise to local conditions, the five-year-old made an immediate impact.Trailing the solid tempo set by stablemate and…