Category: Horse Racing

The field has been declared and barriers allocated for Saturday’s $5 million Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill. The two leading chances Storm Boy and Switzerland drew inside barriers for the breed-shaping contest. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Espionage, to be ridden by three-time Golden Slipper-winning jockey Tommy Berry, was named the...

Bookmakers shortened Storm Boy from $2.30 to $2.10 after the barrier draw, contrary to the thinking of Magnier. The draw should see Storm Boy, which was valued at $30 million when sold to Coolmore following his Magic Millions win in January, find the rail in running, where 18 of the past 20 Golden Slipper winners...

Image: Steve Hart Storm Boy has had his odds trimmed further following this morning’s Barrier Draw for the 2024 Golden Slipper at Rosehill on Saturday. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Colt drew barrier two and was tightened from $2.30 into $2.10 by TAB. Second favourite, Switzerland (7) is $4.50 and Straight Charge (9) is...

The $5m Golden Slipper (1200m) at Rosehill takes centre stage across Australia next Saturday and we’ve got the early mail on a number of jockey engagements for the juvenile feature. Dublin Down won his way into the race after taking out Saturday’s Pago Pago Stakes and Hugh Bowman has snared the ride on Tony and...

Image: Steve Hart Storm Boy is a dominant Ladbrokes.com.au all in favourite for the Golden Slipper (1200m) this Saturday at Rosehill. The GaiBott stable have a very strong hand in the race, headlined by this star unbeaten colt, and with Ryan Moore aboard, he holds the call at $2.30, and is a clear favourite. Switzerland...

Image: Steve Hart James McDonald says he would have been happy to ride either of Coolmore’s star colts in the Golden Slipper. Coolmore has confirmed that Ryan Moore will partner favourite Storm Boy in the $5 million Golden Slipper with James Mcdonald to ride the Chris Waller-trained Switzerland. The announcement was made by Coolmore on Thursday, a...

He was in the saddle for an exhibition gallop, but will James McDonald ride Storm Boy in the Golden Slipper? James Mcdonald has been given a reminder of Storm Boy’s talents in an exhibition gallop at Randwick, but connections are no closer to making an announcement on who will ride the star colt in the Golden...

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It’s an early start for punters on Saturday with hot weather forcing the hand of authorities, and Flemington’s Group 1 meeting will kick off at 10.45am. The time-honoured Newmarket Handicap — featuring Kiwi superstar Imperatriz — will be run at 12.45pm. Strong northerly winds between 33-43km/h are forecast for the entirety of the Flemington meeting,...

The London Marathon is to become the first marathon in the world to offer equal prize money for its wheelchair and able-bodied races. An increase of $54,500 (£43,000) has taken the wheelchair prize fund to $308,000 (£243,000) – matching that available to the able-bodied athletes. All winners in the elite races of this year’s London...

Photo: Turfway Park TV / Andrea Furger Too wintry to race at one track Friday. Not wintry enough at another. In the middle of a storm that dumped 2.3 inches of snow on the Cincinnati area, Turfway Park made it through 5 of 9 races before calling it a night Friday. “The remaining five (actually...