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Plans to run Group One winner Northern Meteor in England have been cancelled by the colt's owner, Eduardo Cojuangco of Gooree Stud.Trainer Gai Waterhouse was keen to campaign the colt at Royal Asco...
Diminutive but gutsy filly Romneya, who was consistently thereabouts during the spring without winning, made up for it with her success in the Group Three The Vanity at Flemington.Weighing in at ar...
Toowoomba sprinter Azzaland convinced trainer Ritchie Stephenson he was worthy of an interstate campaign following a narrow win at Doomben.Backing up following his six-length defeat by Burdekin Blu...
A return to winning form has expanded the options for Zavite with trainer Anthony Cummings eyeing races like the Hobart and Adelaide Cups.Zavite won the Australia Day Cup (2400m) at Randwick to rec...
Star Queensland sprinter Burdekin Blues is heading to Sydney for a dress rehearsal before his Newmarket Handicap mission.The four-year-old will leave Brisbane by float on Tuesday and race in either...
A decision on an Expressway Stakes start for Patinack Farm's flagship sprinter Raheeb will be left until later this week.Raheeb is among 10 nominations for the Expressway at Rosehill but trainer Ja...
Champion jockey Damien Oliver will test the Blue Diamond Stakes credentials of Real Saga when the exciting Sydney colt makes his much anticipated Melbourne debut.Unbeaten in two starts, Real Saga i...
The depth of nominations for the CF Orr Stakes has prompted trainer David Payne to keep Gallant Tess in Sydney and delay her tilt at an overdue Group One victory.There were 16 entries for Saturday'...
Darren Beadman will return to race riding in Hong Kong on Wednesday after a month on the sidelines due to injury.Beadman obtained a medical clearance on Friday and also passed a crucial test when h...
Trainer Colin Little will delay a decision until just before acceptance time on Wednesday on whether to run El Segundo in Saturday's CF Orr Stakes at Caulfield or wait another week for the Australi...
The one thing I dislike about systems is that they have rules that are seemingly inflexible. They worry me. When I look at system rules I often cannot accept the rigid formulas by which they ope...
Fitness, consistency and blinkers are the key words Peter Moody uses for his three runners in the Group One Coolmore Stud Stakes.Fastnet Rock colt Wanted spearheads the Moody team at $7.50 in TAB S...
This is the second and final extract from James Quinn’s best-selling book The Best of Thoroughbred Handicapping, Leading Ideas and Methods, which we have chosen as one of the 10 best racing books ...
Robert Saunders Dowst is regarded as we of the worlds leading racing experts. He is legendary for his books about in-depth handicapping and money management his theories being formulated in the ...
Celestial Smile has a proud record of consistency as he has made his way through the grades and he is poised to break into Group Three company with the handicaps in his favour in the Centenary V...
Stablemates Rock Me Sweet and Johnnydrama will be doing their best to lift the spirits of trainer Leon Corstens when they contest the Listed Creswick Stakes at Flemington.Corstens will watch Saturd...
Three-year-old Admiration continues to build a platform to the top next season, but he faces a serious stumbling block in the Skol Cup (1,200m) at Sha Tin today when he meets the John Size-trained ...
Group One winner Gold Trail's consistency could play against him when he resumes as equal topweight in Saturday's Galaxy at Randwick.Gold Trail won the Group One Railway Stakes (1200m) on New Year'...
The name Robert Saunders Dowst pops up every now and again whenever I get into detailed discussions about horse racing handicapping, and how to pick winners and avoid losers, and so on. Most peop...