Viking’s Legendary Winter Stakes Venture

He may not have been in the winner’s circle since September 2009, but Viking Legend is back at Rosehill this Saturday attempting to break the drought in the $100,000 Listed...

Cups off the Spring Menu for Heidilicious

John Sadler’s promising Zabeel filly Heidilicious is unlikely to target the Caulfield or Melbourne Cups this Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival, the rising four-year-old instead to target Group glory on Emirates...

Early Morning Kick Off For Turnbull Stakes

Spring carnival racegoers may need to set their alarm clocks if they wish to attend the Turnbull Stakes meeting at Flemington after it was announced that the card will kick...

God Playing for 2011 Cox Plate Win

Group 1 winning galloper Playing God is in preparations for a spring carnival return, their Ascot-based trainer Neville Parnham eyeing off Australasia’s richest weight-for-age showdown, the Cox Plate. The $3...

Health Scare Doesn’t Stop Cups Kings’ Spring Dreams

Legendary Hall of Famer Bart Cummings may have spent the week in hospital, but the 12-time Melbourne Cup winning trainer hasn’t stopped planning his assault on this year’s Melbourne Spring...

Cummings Sets Smart Missile for Spring

Fastnet Rock colt Smart Missile was the second-highest rated two-year-old of the season behind Peter Snowden’s Blue Diamond – Golden Slipper double winner Sepoy, and now their Randwick-based trainer Anthony...

Moudre Makes Moves For Melbourne Cup Run

One of the ante-post favourites for last year’s Melbourne Cup, Ciaron Maher’s Warrnambool-based galloper Moudre is back in work and preparing for another tilt towards the world’s richest handicap this...

Ormsby Backs Guineas Winner for Cups

New Zealand hoop Chad Ormsby believes the horse he rode to a strong Sunshine Coast Guineas win on the weekend, Shenzhou Steeds, has the potential to develop into a genuine...

Cox Plate Hat-Trick Still a Thought after Eclipse Win

After original reservations to target superstar galloper So You Think at a third Cox Plate victory this Melbourne Spring Carnival, connections of the now European-based champion are being forced to...

Spring Carnival Doubts for Internationals

This year’s Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival attracting its largest number of international hopefuls has suffered a blow with two major quarantine facilities in Europe found to be unsuitable. Over the...

Absolutely Set for Caulfield Cup

Cranbourne-based horseman Michael Kent has begun preparations with his AJC Oaks winning filly Absolutely for a Melbourne Spring Carnival assault with the grand final target being this year’s Caulfield Cup....

Woorim Warms up for Spring with Record Glasshouse Win

Robert Heathcote’s budding spring hopeful Woorim sent an early warning to his rivals for next season, the ever-gallant five-year-old setting a weight carrying record to win last Saturday’s $175,000 Listed...