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Revitalised stayer Zavite's Hobart Cup mission could signal the beginning of an ambitious three-state campaign.Trainer Anthony Cummings said a good performance from the six-year-old in Monday's $40...
Champion jockey Damien Oliver remains cautious about Real Saga's chances of beating Rostova in the Blue Diamond Stakes despite the colt running nearly a second faster than the filly in their respec...
First-up specialist Tesbury Jack has unexpectedly been saddled with a daunting assignment against Australia's best sprinters Weekend Hussler and Apache Cat in the Australia Stakes after bushfires s...
Darren Weir and Craig Williams combined for the second successive year when Gotta Keep Cool scored a game win in the $400,000 Hobart Cup.The Ballarat trainer and Melbourne's three-time premier jock...
Tasmania's best weight-for-age galloper delighted the big crowd at Hobart when he held on to win the Thomas Lyons Stakes by a nose, giving trainer Charlie Goggin his fourth win in the Listed race.C...
Robert Smerdon, who almost sacked Cabazon as a two-year-old, was rewarded for a change of heart when she won the Strutt Stakes at Elwick in Hobart.Smerdon said he had all but given up on the daught...
Time Thief pleased Lee Freedman in a jumpout at his Markdel training establishment on Tuesday ahead of the classy colt taking on multiple Group One winners Weekend Hussler and Apache Cat in Saturda...
Trainer Gary Portelli has big plans for regally-bred two-year-old Mirrasalo who makes her debut at Warwick Farm on Wednesday, but he is in no hurry this campaign with the filly he believes will dev...
Iamzeus, one of Danny O'Brien's three Australian Guineas prospects, makes his much-anticipated return to racing when he takes on older horses in the Betfair Handicap at Sandown on Wednesday.The O'R...
Samantha Miss won't be the only filly taking her first steps on an AJC Australian Oaks campaign at Randwick on Saturday.Trainer Grahame Begg has given inexperienced three-year-old Palacio De Crista...
The Mornington Racing Club has increased the distance of its feature race, the Mornington Cup, to 2400 metres.By increasing the distance of the $200,000 feature by 400m, the winner will now pass th...
One of the many reasons the average punter loses money at the racetrack is an inability to rigorously assess the distance ability of the horses they are going to back. Knowing that Makybe Diva ca...
We can divide horses up into various categories where "distance" is concerned. If you've been reading Brian Blackwell's series on Class and Weight ratings then you will have been made aware of his...
Poor Judge won't be heading to Sydney for the spring even though his trainer Norm Hilton is confident the Toowoomba sprinter can pass a distance test at Doomben.Poor Judge will be stepping up in di...
A slight drop in distance for Dreamscape in the Group Three Missile Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday is the only concern Gai Waterhouse has with the exciting colt.Apart from that, Sydney's leading tr...
Triple Honour could be a surprise starter in the Stayers' Cup at Rosehill with trainer Chris Waller keen to take a step into the unknown and start the 2008 Doncaster winner over 3200 metres.After r...