IT’S not always the case when you can buy a yearling with a single bid. But it happened with lightly-raced filly Island Dec, who made it...

HORROR barrier draws have greeted Kris Lees’ three runners in two of the Royal Randwick features on Saturday. Loch Eagle drew 18 in the...

SAM Kavanagh’s “lady” ended a frustrating run of minor placings and kick-started a brilliant day for provincial stables at Newcastle on...

IT was a quacking good result for Michael Vella at Newcastle on Tuesday. The Londonderry duck farmer and Hawkesbury hobby trainer won his...

NATHAN Doyle has trained 271 winners in a relatively brief career to date, but never had a runner at racing’s elite level. But the...

BRAD Widdup’s forward thinking could result in getting him his first Group 1 Victoria Derby runner. The leading Hawkesbury trainer’s...

KERRY Parker came within a pinch of landing a home track double with a pair of lightly-raced mares on Saturday. And both the Kembla...

AS his fellow Hawkesbury trainers missed out on getting starts at home, Blake Ryan made the trip to Goulburn on Thursday – and came up...

TAVI Time begins a new campaign at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday aimed toward The Big Dance. The talented gelding will be one of Kris...

JACK Pilkington was quick off the ground to book Melbourne ace Craig Williams for Alabama State at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. And if...

MITCH Beer is banking on forecast rain arriving for Mnementh’s border-hopping mission at Toowoomba on Saturday night. The Kembla Grange...

BRAD Widdup, back home after an American trip to the Keeneland yearling sales, is looking to Tenbury Wells to stamp himself as Gloaming...

SARA Ryan is now keen to focus on another big Royal Randwick “mile” with her comeback star Matcha Latte. But she has to discuss with...

IT’S safe to say there are few, if any, commercial fencers in Australia who also dabble in training racehorses. Mark Howard is certainly...

PLANS have been altered for Provincial-Midway Championships Final winner Territory Express. Instead of going to Melbourne for a spring...

KERRY Parker got a surprise confidence boost for Well Timed when he arrived at Royal Randwick on Saturday. "I went into the raceday...

NEWCASTLE’S Hurricane Handicap at the Gold Cup meeting wasn’t on Mike Van Gestel’s radar. But a set of circumstances changed his mind...

CONSIDER it won! Kembla Grange trainer Joe Ible has “kept it in the family”, winning at Canberra on Friday with his latest acquisition,...

STABLEMATES Kalapour and Adelaide River are on Caulfield Cup paths if they race up to expectations at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Kris...

WYONG trainer Damien Lane was the least surprised when Red Cobra struck at Kembla Grange on Thursday in a $61 upset. The rank outsider of...