Star Kiwi filly We Can Say It Now, unbeaten South Australian raider Southern Speed and Crown Oaks runner-up Shamrocker will be given their shot at emulating two of Australia’s all-time great three-year-old fillies in Saturday’s $750,000 Group 1 Australian Guineas at Flemington. (more…)

Auckland Cup Week kicks off this Saturday with the running of the $2.2m Group 1 Telecom New Zealand Derby (3YO, 2400m) at Ellerslie. (more…)

Last season’s joint European champion two-year-old Frankel heads 125 hopefuls going forward for the 2011 Investec Derby.  (more…)

Boom colt Sepoy stamped himself as one of the great two-year-olds of the modern era when he blitzed his rivals by over four lengths in the $1 million Patinack Farm Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on Saturday. (more…)

Eagle Falls confirmed his status as one of the country’s leading sprinters when he steamed home to win the Group One $400,000 Oakleigh Plate (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday. (more…)

More Than Ready’s superstar filly More Joyous is chasing the 12th win of a 16-start career in the Group One Futurity Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday and is a short $1.50 favourite to win her fourth major after drawing barrier one. (more…)

The order of entry for Saturday week’s $755,000 Group 1 Australian Guineas at Flemington has been updated by Racing Victoria handicappers following last weekend’s feature racing along with Blackie’s recent victory. (more…)

Unbeaten colt Sepoy is set to give his trainer Peter Snowden his first Blue Diamond Stakes winner - if the betting market is any guide - when he contests Saturday’s $1 million two-year-old race over 1200 metres at Caulfield. (more…)

A field of 14 will contest Victoria’s richest two-year-old race, the $1 million Patinack Farm Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield this Saturday, following final acceptances at 9am (AEST) this morning. (more…)

An enhanced Global Sprint Challenge now taking in elite sprint races across five nations will commence in spectacular style this Saturday at Flemington. (more…)

Following the announcement that six-time Group 1-winning Red Ransom mare Typhoon Tracy has been retired from racing, it has been confirmed that the outstanding Horse of the Year will be covered by Darley stallion Street Cry in 2011. (more…)

Australia’s newly crowned World Champion sprinter Black Caviar will face nine rivals upon her return to racing this Saturday at Flemington in the Group 1 $750,000 Coolmore Lightning Stakes (1000m). (more…)

Group 1 action in New Zealand over the weekend was highlighted by the fifth win at the elite level for Mufhasa in the Waikato Draught Sprint (1400m) on Saturday. (more…)

The reigning horse of the year Typhoon Tracy is not a certain starter in the first weight-for-age race of the Melbourne summer / autumn Festival of racing. (more…)

The new look 2011 Melbourne Festival of Racing was officially launched today by Racing Victoria’s Chief Executive Rob Hines under a cloudless sun-soaked sky before a lunchtime crowd in Melbourne’s City Square. (more…)

This week pedigree advisor Alan Porter takes a look at the pedigree of Booming. (more…)

The $1 million Group 1 JR & N Berkett Telegraph Handicap (1200m) at Trentham on Saturday attracted a star field of local and international talent, but it was the kiwi Mufhasa who proved too good for his rivals. (more…)

New Zealand’s most valuable open age sprint, the Gr.1 $1million JR & N Berkett Telegraph Hcp (1200m) is set to take place at Trentham at 3:46 pm (AU time - 5:47 NZ) this Saturday. (more…)

First Command booked a trip across the Tasman with a strong on speed win in Saturday’s listed Doveton Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield. (more…)

The $200,000 Group 1 Railway Stakes in New Zealand saw Miss Raggedy Ann score an 80/1 upset in New Zealand’s premier sprint race.

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