Horse Racing

The money is starting to flow in for the 2013 Golden Slipper (1200m) as the start to Saturday’s $3.5 million Rosehill feature race draws closer.

Overreach remains a steady $2.15 favourite at but finally has some company under double figures.

Darley-owned colt Sidestep has received plenty of support and has shortened from $11 on Wednesday evening to $9.

The Peter…

It’s a case of Overreach against the rest in the 2013 Golden Slipper (1200m) and one of the horses gunning for the favourite is Darley-owned colt Sidestep.

The Exceed And Excel colt is at $11 to take out the prized juvenile race and has shown plenty of ability early in his career.

Sidestep will be backing up just seven days after…

The betting suggests the 2013 Golden Slipper is Overreach’s for the taking but there are 15 other horses in the field including in-form colt Criterion.

The David Payne-trained colt has progressed steadily towards the $3.5 million event and brings with him terrific form.

An $11 chance in the Golden Slipper market, Criterion will chase a third straight win this weekend….

While the marquee race on the Rosehill card this Saturday is the two-year-olds’ Golden Slipper there is sure to also be plenty of fanfare over the star stayers facing off in the 2013 The BMW– the Races.com.au team’s inside form guide and betting preview for which is detailed below.

One of the richest races at the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival,…

At $2.15 and with no other runner falling under double figures, Overreach is considered to be almost unbeatable in the 2013 Golden Slipper (1200m).

But can the Gai Waterhouse-trained filly stand up on the biggest stage this Saturday at Rosehill in the world’s richest two-year-old race?

The emerging star certainly brings terrific form into the race and there’s no doubting…

The countdown to the Group 1 2013 Golden Slipper (1200m) is nearly over, with the $3.5 million glamour two-year-old race to take place at Rosehill on Saturday.

The premier juvenile event in Australia and the richest for its age group in the world, the Golden Slipper is one of the nation’s biggest races.

Amongst all the hype, glitz and glamour…

Leading Victorian trainer Peter Moody refuses to concede there is anything wrong with triple Group 1 winner Manighar except a lack of fitness and will start him in the Group 1 2013 George Ryder Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill on Saturday.

The seven-year-old import was one of last autumn’s shining lights when winning three times in the top grade but has…

Tony McEvoy’s promising European import Le Roi is gearing up for their biggest test since joining the Angaston-based trainer’s operation early last year in this Saturday’s The BMW 2013, the Sydney Cup bound galloper one of the early market movers for the Golden Slipper Day showdown.

The lightly-raced Areion four-year-old had just the one run in France in September of…

Two last-start winners will have key gear changes for the Group 1 $3.5 million 2013 Golden Slipper (1200m) which will take place at Rosehill on Saturday.

Darley colt Sidestep was dominant when winning the Group 2 Pago Pago Stakes on Saturday but trainer Peter Snowden is hoping he will sharpen up even further with the addition of blinkers.

“Trainer Peter Snowden…

Kicking off the all-Group-race program at Rosehill Racecourse this Saturday on Golden Slipper Day is the Neville Sellwood Stakes 2013 where Peter Moody’s Group 1 winning mare Lights Of Heaven tops a small field of gallopers.

Due to jump as Race 1 at 11:55am (AEST) the $125,000 Group 3 Cellarbrations Neville Sellwood Stakes (2000m) has this year drawn a final…