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Lee Freedman is leaving his options open with promising young stayer Mount Everest.Freedman, who returned from the Gold Coast Magic Millions yearling sales on Monday, entered Mount Everest for the ...
Jason Coyle is loving life as a Sydney trainer and is hoping Subtle Cove will give Patinack Farm its first stakeswinner out of its Warwick Farm stables.Coyle, 31, relocated from a 20-horse stable a...
Keen fisherman Matthew Palmer is hoping for a big catch at Eagle Farm on Saturday.The 22-year-old apprentice, who loves to throw in a line at his canal home on the Gold Coast, will outride his clai...
Moments after the Golden Slipper is run each year, a statue of a jockey at the Rosehill winning post is painted in the colours of the victorious owner.John Singleton reckons they can put his blue a...
More Joyous did more than rocket up the Golden Slipper betting charts with a stunning win on debut.The filly confirmed that her trainer Gai Waterhouse might have a modern day freak on her hands.But...
Local trainer John Marzol and Sydney jockey Jeff Penza have enjoyed a stellar day at Moruya, combining for a winning treble including the two feature races.Flying Along ($1.90 fav) scored a compreh...
Mick Price says he is a little bit nervous about Light Fantastic maintaining his unbeaten first-up record after the grey drew barrier one for Friday night's Group Two Carlyon Stakes at Moonee Valle...
Two-time Group One winner Theseo will be given his chance to become Tulloch Lodge's latest weight-for-age star.Trainer Gai Waterhouse confirmed an exclusive weight-for-age campaign for Theseo after...
Juvenile Alright Already surprised Gary Portelli with his debut victory but the trainer believes it will be no shock to see the colt defeat the much-hyped Manhattan Rain at Rosehill on Saturday.The...
Trainer Bryan Guy is trying to tread a diplomatic path at home ahead of the clash of stablemates Masai Pride and Pentacity at Doomben.Magic Millions Cup winner Masai Pride is part-owned by Guy's wi...
Phil Purser runs the Just Racing website ( www.justracing.com.au ) and is a regular contributor to PPM. His new book, of some 628 pages, has just been released. This is an extract from the book. ...
Phil Purser runs the Just Racing website ( www.justracing.com.au ) which is always well worth a visit for its information and many thought-provoking articles. An opinion is just that, an opinion ...
Flemington Tue 1 Nov 2011@ 2:56pm on Mon 31 Oct 2011Track: Dead 4Overall penetrometer: 4.73Track rating variations: None.Rail LocationToday: 3 metres.Previous meeting 29 Oct 2011 - True.Last meetin...
Very heavy...Stewards downgraded the Caulfield track rating to Heavy-10 after 9am. The track was hit by rain through the early morning period. Officially, 24mm (an inch) fell overnight at Caulfield...
Flemington track report: 6:15amTrack: Dead 4Overall penetrometer: 4.74Track rating variations: None.Rail LocationToday: 3 metres.Previous meeting 29 Oct 2011 - True.Last meeting with current rail ...
Track's in good nick...Moonee Valley has a dead 5 rating for Friday night's Manikato Stakes meeting. Track boss Marty Synan says a penetrometer reading of 4.85 was taken at 6:30am .He says: 'We had...
Bad news at Randwick...The track rating has been downgraded to a Heavy (9) after more heavy rain on Thursday night. Racecourse manager Dave Hodgson says 22mm of rain fell in the last 24 hours. 'It ...
áPutting on a PumpkinThe retired ace commentator and thorough gentleman, John Tapp, frequently used to make the comment that the punter sometimes can leave his head in the cloak room and put on a...
Yes, But How Wet?If the Doomben Ten Thousand, one of Australia's biggest sprint races, wasn't being run this weekend I'd be tempted to go to the movies.Well not seriously. I'm addicted to racing wh...
Warwick Farm trainer Guy Walter is almost resigned to his home track conspiring against Villiers Stakes plans for promising galloper Straight Albert.Straight Albert, the Goulburn Cup winner in reco...