The connections of Steel Prince have celebrated the gelding’s victory in The Andrew Ramsden as if they had just won the Melbourne Cup. Steel Prince is a step closer to realising that dream for his owners by winning Saturday’s Listed race at Flemington, earning a ballot exemption into November’s Melbourne Cup. The Andrew Ramsden underwent a […]

The Lindsay Park stable looks likely to be well represented in an upcoming Melbourne Cup qualifier after imported stayer Alfarris pressed his claims for the Andrew Ramsden Stakes with a hard-fought win at Caulfield. The winner of the Listed Andrew Ramsden Stakes (2800m) at Flemington on May 25earns a ballot exemption into this year’s Melbourne Cup, and […]

Melbourne Cup runner-up Marmelo has made a triumphant return to racing with a Group Three victory at Newbury with a third trip to Australia in trainer Hughie Morrison’s mind. Entering the final furlong (200m), Morrison’s stable star looked as if he would run fourth but unleashed a powerful finish at the end of the 2400m […]

As always before a big race, one of Winx’s owners is on hand to draw her barrier. For the last time on Tuesday that task fell to Peter Tighe ahead of Saturday’s Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick. Of nine barriers, Tighe pulled out No.9, not that it really matters to the champion Winxwho, if things go to […]

Dual Golden Slipper-winning trainer Peter Snowden believes there is a sense of timing about Cosmic Force who has assumed favouritism for this year’s $3.5 million race after the barrier draw. Cosmic Force streeted his rivals by seven lengths on a heavy track in Saturday’s Pago Pago Stakes and has firmed from $6 to $5 favourite […]