Fanfare surrounds return of Waller mare

Champion jockey Hugh Bowman is excited to see what level Fangirl can get to this campaign, adamant the best is yet to come. The Chris Waller-trained mare kicks off her four-year-old season in Saturday’s Group 1 Winx Stakes (1400m) at Randwick on what promises to be...

Shinn and Allen set for returns at The Valley

Two big guns will be back in the saddle soon bringing their own brand of considerable riding expertise to an already top-drawer line-up of jockeys in Australia. Melbourne Cup winning jockey Blake Shinn, who has been based in Hong Kong for the last three seasons, has...

Grove getting in the Aussie groove

Chris Waller has the bases stacked for the Group 3 Premier’s Cup with his six likely runners accounting for almost half the field and three of the top four places in betting. His promising stayer Lord Ardmore leads the charge as a clear cut $3.20 favourite, ahead of...

All eyes on Go Wandji at Doomben

It is an early race on the card, and a pretty unassuming Open Handicap at that, but there is no doubt that the performance of the highly rated Go Wandji in that 1350m contest will be the main focus of attention at Doomben on Saturday. A winner of eight of… Read...

Prix De Turn to bounce back at The Valley

For a young trainer, Matthew Brown seems to have his head screwed on the right way. After a Group 2 win with Prix De Turn as a three-year-old, the temptation would be to aim high as a spring four-year-old and target races like the Caulfield Cup, the Melbourne Cup or...