Heavy forecast rain has left the door slightly ajar for the Mark Newnham-trained Burning Passion to run in Saturday’s Listed Regal Roller Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield.
Winx has been nominated to make her return to racing at Randwick on Saturday.
Trainer Troy Corstens is anticipating Saturday’s Group III Vain Stakes at Caulfield will shape the spring campaign of exciting colt Kobayashi.
Top class three year-old colt Al Wukair provided Aquis Farm shuttler Dream Ahead (USA) with his first Group I winner overnight when taking out the Group I Prix Jacques le Marois at Deauville in France.
Premier Victorian trainer Darren Weir has six of the 18 nominations for Saturday’s Group II PB Lawrence Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield.
Four winners, a $5610 quaddie and the emergence of a potential The Everest contender made it an enjoyable Saturday for the Racenet team.
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One of the more valuable fillies in the country can add race performance to her rich pedigree this season, according to her trainers.
Entries are closing soon for New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale of 2YO's – the most successful sale of its kind in Australasia – with a deadline of Friday 18 August.
The Bryce Heys-trained Spieth looks on track to clinch a well-deserved Group I springtime victory after turning in a sharp barrier trial win at Warwick Farm on Monday.
It was one of those days at Rosehill – I could have listed 10 horses to follow but have stuck to the format – here are my top three.
A few promising stayers put their hand up and showed they were capable of rewarding their backers in the next few weeks with their efforts at Flemington on Saturday.
The negative use of social media is again in the spotlight following the death of the Mark Johnston-trained Permian at Arlington Park on Saturday.
It took comeback jockey Jason Maskiell a meeting to get his eye in before he booted home his first winner in more than three years at Devonport on Sunday.
How is a 23-time champion jockey able to claim in a race?
Mitchell Bell with three strong winning chances is the jockey to follow for a profitable day at Goulburn on Monday.
Quirindi is somewhat a horses for courses track and two trainers that know what it takes to win at the circuit provide the best bets on Monday.
This is the Racenet preview and tip sheet for Monday’s meeting at Quirindi.
This is the Racenet preview and tip sheet for Monday’s meeting at Goulburn.
There was plenty of interest in the Rosehill meeting on Saturday, and rightfully so with an old-fashioned plunge being landed and, also a race full of controversy.
The steeple grass was on fire last Friday with some of the fastest times we have seen at Flemington jumpouts and a proven speedster scorching the track.
Some promising types contested Sunday’s Jayco SV 3YO Maiden Plate (1300m), which makes the dominant winner Illumicon one to follow.
The Aquis Farm stallion parade and open day on Sunday drew a huge crowd to their picturesque Canungra base and there was good news to start the day with the first Aquis owned runner in North America saluting at Saratoga on Saturday.
The Breednet Foal Gallery showcases thoroughbred foals from all over Australia and New Zealand and while the majority are sent in by commercial studs, we have plenty of support from owner breeders and one of those tasted success with a foal gallery star from 2013 at Morphettville on Saturday.
Chris Waller trained a treble at Flemington on Saturday where several favourites were beaten.
Punters landed one of the biggest plunges seen for years at Rosehill on Saturday.
The Rest of the World team finished second in Saturday’s Shergar Cup standings at Ascot with Kerrin McEvoy as captain.
Beach Patrol surged late to land Saturday’s Grade I Arlington Million (1m2f) with a 2017 Cox Plate entry finishing third.
The 2017 Cox Plate entry Taj Mahal finished runner-up in Saturday’s Grade I Secretariat Stakes (1m 2f) at Arlington Park, won by Oscar Performance.
Francis Of Assisi failed to land a blow when well beaten in Saturday’s Group III Rose Of Lancaster Stakes (1m 2 1/2f) at Haydock.
Racing Victoria Stewards have adjourned an inquiry into tactics used in a race at Coleraine on Saturday.
One of the more intriguing first season stallions in Australia this spring is the Group I Breeders’ Cup Turf winner Bobby’s Kitten, a son of the El Prado stallion Kitten’s Joy who has dominated turf racing in the US to the extent few have done before.
Widden Stud’s Outreach impressed many broodmare owners at the stallion parades last year with his typically powerful bay Danehill line good looks and judging by his first foal, there will be a lot of happy breeders this spring.
Aquis Farm’s versatile sire Domesday will be on show at their stallion parade and open day later this morning in Queensland and has made a swift start to the new season with six winners since August 1 including progressive five year-old Ingeegoodbe who made it back to back wins at Doomben on Saturday.
All Too Hard has had a flurry of recent winners, but it was Black Caviar’s full brother Moshe that had a smart winner at Flemington on Saturday with three year-old gelding Sheer Madness impressing with a stylish victory.
The hard fought victory of the Simon Miller-trained Meteoroid in Saturday’s Listed Belmont Newmarket was worth considerably more than the $60,000 winner’s cheque for her owners Barry and Jean McRostie.
Illness has forced Michelle Payne to withdraw from Saturday’s Shergar Cup meeting at Ascot.
Michelle Payne has caused a few ripples in the UK while a weird sight greeted punters in the public area at Flemington on Saturday.
On the eve of a new breeding season, Kooringal Stud resident Duporth showed just what he has to offer with a three- state treble highlighted by the win of the outstanding Hey Doc in the Group III Aurei’s Star Stakes at Flemington.
Saturday saw a potential The Everest contender emerge while an old fashion plunge was pulled off in the opening event at Rosehill.
Back at work after a few days of R&R and there was plenty to talk about at Rosehill on Saturday.
Jockey Tim Clark handed over his phone to stewards for inspection during an inquiry into his tactics aboard the luckless Washington Heights in the Canterbury Hurlstone Park RSL Club Spring Preview (1400m) at Rosehill on Saturday.
Hey Doc led most of the way to win Saturday’s Group III Aurie’s Star Handicap (1200m) at Flemington.
Hey Doc’s class was enough to claim the Group III Aurie’s Star Handicap (1200m) off a light preparation at Flemington on Saturday.
Among the best two-year-olds of his generation, Menari finished the season without at black-type win to his credit.
David Vandyke revealed he has Group I Caulfield Guineas aspirations for his debut winner Let’s Party Marty after the impressive colt led all the way to win at Doomben.
Trainer Gerald Ryan is thinking Australia’s richest race with his quality three-year-old Menari after he made an emphatic statement with victory in the $150,000 Listed The Rosebud (1100m) at Rosehill on Saturday.
Time spent at the beach proved vital to trainer Chris Waller landing a double at Flemington on Saturday with Jaminzah and Wayanka before Alward made it a treble for the stable.
In a stable full of stars and potential carnival aspirants, Badajoz is not at the top of the Godolphin tree but the talented sprinter holds his own with his consistency.
A gruelling regime of dieting and wasting to make the weight for the ride on Oink was made easier for Damian Browne as he was doing it in memory of his great mate Tim Bell.
Sovereign Nation has earned a crack at Group I targets in the spring following his comfortable win in Saturday’s Graeme McMenamin Handicap (1400m) at Flemington.
Another Sin has created history by becoming the first horse to win a Highway Handicap on debut and in doing landed a massive, well executed plunge.
Sheer Madness went some way towards justifying a tall home reputation with victory in Saturday’s Raymond Ali Handicap (1400m) at Flemington.
Racenet has analysed where the early money has gone for Saturday’s meetings at Rosehill, Flemington, Doomben and Morphettville Parks.
This is the Racenet preview and tip sheet for Saturday’s meeting at Morphettville Parks.
A Mark Newnham-trained mare whose name says it all rates as the day's best bet at Newcastle on Saturday.
This is the Racenet preview and tip sheet for Saturday’s meeting at Newcastle.
This is the Racenet preview and tip sheet for Saturday’s meeting at Casino.
There are two stakes races for the new season three-year-olds on Saturday with the Aurie's Star Handicap at Flemington and the Listed Rosebud at Rosehill, however, we will be travelling to Doomben for an intriguing QTIS Three-Years-Old Handicap over 1200 metres.
The catalogue for the 2017 Inglis Ready2Race sale is now online, with 158 select juveniles set to be offered.
There is nothing better than cheering home the final leg to land a fat quaddie and Racenet’s analysts have put their heads together to give you a chance at a big dividend on Saturday.
The big punters have fired up in early pre-post betting with some big bets being written by Australia’s largest bookies on this weekend’s meetings.
Welcome to Weekend Winners, your one-stop tipping sheet for Saturday's big meetings.
Three year-old filly Oscietra, the first foal of undefeated world champion sprinter Black Caviar, is a winner on Friday after saluting at Geelong on the synthetic track.
Black Caviar’s daughter Oscietra gave the public what it wanted by leading all the way to win the Hanlon Industries Maiden Plate (1000m) on the synthetic track at Geelong on Friday.
Spring racing is getting closer and the Racenet analysts have put their heads together to give punters another tool to help them turn a profit with the Racenet lays of the day.
Each week Racenet's video review analysts highlight a runner from each state to follow and here are the horses recently blackbooked that are racing around Australia on Saturday.
It’s another day and another winner for Vinery Stud’s All Too Hard, whose three year-old filly Hard Faith added to his growing list of winners with a victory at Geelong on Friday.
Toowoomba trainer John Zielke has high hopes for Americain (USA) filly Queen Consort, who cast off maiden status with a powerful win at Ipswich on Friday.
Racenet’s stable of bookies have come to the fore with their selections for a big weekend of racing.
AMONG the visitors to the first two of the four successive open days to be conducted August 24-27 by Australia’s most iconic thoroughbred stud, Widden, will be representatives of the Victoria Racing Club (VRC).
Punters have crunched one in early betting in the last race at Morphettville Parks on Saturday.
Punters have got stuck into a Tony Gollan-trained runner in early betting at Doomben on Saturday.
The Racenet Speedmaps and Racenet form analysts have combined to give punters a leg-up in the Listed Smithfield RSL Club Rosebud (1100m) at Rosehill on Saturday.
The pulling power of Rich Hill Stud’s 2017 roster was emphasised at their recent stallion parade.
Laurie Sainsbury has found Saturday’s Flemington meeting more difficult than usual in selecting runners at big prices that have genuine winning chances – but he’s given it his best shot.
Donna Logan isn’t prepared to take any early season chances with Not Usual Trip.
On pace runners are generally advantaged wherever horses race but they have an extra head start at Tamworth with horses that settled in the first two in running at their latest outing winning 29 per cent of races.
With two 1750m races on the program at Canberra on Friday I thought it was worthwhile to have a look at the statistics for the trip and the results provide a good starting point to find a winner over the journey.
This is the Racenet preview and tip sheet for Friday’s meeting at Tamworth.
This is the Racenet preview and tip sheet for Friday’s meeting at Canberra Acton.
Caulfield Cup runner-up Scottish has been ruled out of a second trip to Australia with a recurrence of a fetlock injury.
It’s a new season and a new generation of colts are about to stake their claim for stud careers starting this weekend with the Listed ATC Rosebud Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill that has delivered past winners Eurozone (Newgate Farm) and Scissor Kick (Arrowfield Stud) both now standing in the Hunter Valley.
Tricky day at both Rosehill and Flemington but I still see some value plays at both venues so I’m keen to get involved.
A little while back Kitchwin Hills unveiled to Breednet readers some of the breeding industry heavyweights who have put their own hard earned behind first season sire Sooboog.
A Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained runner has been backed in the Merrylands RSL Club Premier’s Cup Prelude (1800m).
A Hayes’ and Dabernig-trained galloper has been well-supported in the Group III Aurie's Star Handicap (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday.
Likely track conditions are the reason for Seattle Boom’s drift in the early betting on Saturday’s Charles White Handicap (1000m) at Flemington.
With fine weather forecast and a good track expected I am sticking with Rosehill on Saturday.
Newcastle horseman Kris Lees is set to claim his third consecutive NSW Provincial Trainer Of The Year Award.
Champion trainer Ciaron Maher produced a short priced winner at Bairnsdale on Thursday with this three year-old son of All Too Hard carrying the Vinery Stud colours to victory.
Tony Gollan believes the addition of blinkers will make the world of difference to his unbeaten colt Rock ‘N’ Summer at Doomben on Saturday.
Zumanity, a black-type mare by champion broodmare sire O’Reilly, features in the current gavelhouse Australia catalogue.
Caulfield trainer Henry Dwyer will spare Swampland from a trip to Sydney after deciding a race at Flemington was the right assignment for the in-form mare.
Officials are confident Saturday’s feature meeting at Belmont will proceed despite surface water forcing the abandonment of Wednesday’s program.
I’m playing a straight bat at Doomben on Saturday and confident we can make money by attacking the easier deliveries and letting the tricky ones go.
Gerald Ryan’s Menari will have to break a weight-carrying record to take out Saturday’s Listed Rosebud (1100m) at Rosehill.
A small profit eventuated at Flemington last Saturday but we’ll be out to parlay that into a much bigger return at the same track this week.
Sky Racing will accept a key recommendation of the Eagle Farm report that the controversial track have a greatly reduced racing workload when it re-opens next year.
Corey Brown will miss the Group II Warwick Stakes meeting after pleading guilty to a careless riding charge at Canterbury.
Sydney mare Flippant has met with plenty of support in the early betting on Saturday’s Group III Aurie’s Star Handicap (1200m) at Flemington.