Winter officially kicked off in Australia the other day (June 1st), which means we are deep into long distance hurdles and steeplechases in Victoria while Group racing is tailing off in Queensland with two meetings to go before the 2018/2019 season concludes. The weekend just gone saw some interesting results, including the defeat of Japanese […]

Things are starting to ramp up in England now, while Australia battens down for winter and ensures all the various stables have their star gallopers literally wrapped up in cotton wool. Andrew Ramsden Stakes We’ve been through significant pre race coverage of this Melbourne Cup ballot exempt race: the Andrew Ramsden Stakes, which was raced […]

As we migrate through the month of May, it’s relatively quiet on the local Australian front. Though there were Group 1 races over in Adelaide and up at Doomben, there was probably more interest in the saddlecloths worn by incumbent Scott Morrison and his charge ‘Scomo’, and the challenger from the left Bill Shorten, and […]