NEWS

Spring is most certainly in the air with both PRIVATE EYE and KING'S SECRET set to face the starter in Group 2 events at Randwick this Saturday. PRIVATE EYE lines up in the Tramway Stakes (1400m) looking to go one...

Almost 500 years ago, Anthony Fitzherbert wrote in his Book of Husbandry that old dogs were difficult to retrain. While Fitzherbert was literally talking about training dogs, he could never have imagined that within a...

TOWN CRIER’s eighth career victory revealed a new side to his racing repertoire. An established ‘on-pacer’, the 6yo gelding switched to the role of backmarker in the 1000m Open Handicap at Eagle Farm on Saturday and...

Always exciting to take the covers off a potentially promising first-starter and that's what trainer Joe Pride intends to do this week. NOT ON MAY WATCH (pictured), an unraced 3yo gelding by ALL TOO HARD, has been...

Our form analyst Nic Ashman is back from a winter hiatus and has found one at Caulfield for his first tip of the 2026 spring carnival. Randwick R5 N5 BONIFACE "Peak ratings are on wet ground. Last start on dry was...

Racing is a funny game. The ups and downs make the stock market look like tiddly winks. Last week 9 gallopers from Caulfield in the south to Eagle Farm in the north, went to the barriers bedecked in the black and lime...

A gutsy PRIVATE EYE may have run into one of the stars of the spring when finishing second in Saturday’s G2 PB Lawrence Stakes at Caulfield. Returning from a nine-week break, the old boy was heavily backed to defend...

Our form analyst Nic Ashman is back from a winter hiatus and has found one at Caulfield for his first tip of the 2026 spring carnival. Caulfield R6 N5 NATURAL FLING "Resumes and only first-up run saw her break the...

PRIVATE EYE is, to coin a well-worn phrase, an absolute marvel! Now a veteran of 9 equine years, he’s been to the races 52 times of which about 85% of those trips, were against BLACK TYPE opposition. His overall record...

“Patience is bitter but its fruit is sweet” said the great Aristotle. Born 384BC, a student of Plato, who we have spoken about before in this column, and tutor to Alexander the Great, Aristotle wrote extensively on...

How seamless the transition is from season to season in Australian Racing! Unlike a number of overseas jurisdictions that have a distinct break, the domestic 2025/26 year concluded on Friday July 31 and kicked off the...