Morphettville trainer Stuart Gower is setting his sights on breaking the decade-long absence of locally trained winners in the South Australian Derby. His promising gelding, Darknconfidential, is being primed for a tilt at the Group 1 feature, with the upcoming Port Adelaide Guineas serving as a crucial stepping stone. Darknconfidential, a son of Cosmic Force
Image: Bruno Cannatelli Pride Of Jenni will not race on day two of The Championships at Randwick this Saturday, as confirmed by Ciaron Maher’s stable. The decision comes after the seven-year-old mare, who won last year’s Queen Elizabeth Stakes in dominant fashion, raced flat in the Group 1 Australian Cup at Flemington. Owner Tony Ottobre
The 2025 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale has concluded in spectacular fashion, delivering record-breaking figures and reaffirming its status as a premier event on the global bloodstock calendar. A total of 329 yearlings were sold over the course of the sale, generating a staggering $149.6 million in gross sales. The standout statistic was the record
Image: Bruno Cannatelli Alligator Blood is poised to make his long-awaited return to racing in next Saturday week’s Group 1 All Aged Stakes (1400m) at Randwick, with his connections keeping expectations measured after more than a year on the sidelines. The seven-time Group 1 winner last appeared in the Champions Mile in November 2023, sidelined
Image: Inglis Close relations to Group 1 winners star for Widden on Day 2 at Easter. Widden Stud celebrated after a dream start to the second day of the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale with the famed nursery reaping a big payday via two products of their star stallion Zoustar who are siblings to Group 1
Grant and Alana Williams have an uncanny knack of getting their horses to peak for their Grand Final and in unison with Western Empire, who fires best when fresh, they believe they can burst the bubble of Overpass in The Quokka (1200m) at Ascot on April 26. The Williams camp had a crack at winning
Image: Brett Holburt Former Australian Guineas fancy returns after more than a year on the sidelines. Otago will make his return to racing at Bendigo this Saturday, but do not go looking for the one-time Australian Guineas favourite among the entries for the day’s features. Co-trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr have selected the $80,000 benchmark
Hall of Fame trainer Gai Waterhouse to prepare first foal from her dual G1 winner Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott prepared Shout The Bar to win two Group 1 races and the powerful training team was determined to make sure they got the chance to train her first foal. So keen, they paid $3 million
Coolmore goes to $2.7m for the brother to its Group 1-winning son of Snitzel Coolmore and Chris Waller are yet to decide whether Switzerland has run his last race, but they took extreme steps to secure a replacement for the Group 1 winner on Day 1 of the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale. Tom Magnier on Sunday
There is nothing wrong with the prize-money if you have got a good two-year-old, a fact highlighted by the exploits of North England, the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott trained Farnan colt who kicked off Day One of The Championships at Randwick with a hard-earned win in the Group 3 Kindergarten Stakes. The $140 000
