Emily Murphy brings you Winter Weigh In, your place for Thoroughbred racing news, reviews and insights throughout the colder months. It's been a busy King's Birthday weekend and the team cover all the action. Winter Weigh In, June 2
The Lord Mayors Cup has a history of throwing up an emerging stayer and the Chris Waller stable is hoping that is again the case for the lightly raced Kadavar (NZ) (Tarzino). Three of the past four winners – Eliyass (2024), Bois D'Argent (2023) and Polly Grey (NZ) (Azamour)
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Cambridge Stud owned Joliestar (Zoustar) will have to overcome a wide draw if she's to add a third Group One to her sparkling CV. Chris Waller's four-year-old mare has drawn barrier 13 of 14 in the Gr.1 Kingsford Smith Cup (1300m) at Eagle Farm on
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Emily Murphy brings you Winter Weigh In, your place for Thoroughbred racing news, reviews and insights throughout the colder months. Hamish McNeill is in the chair to review the jumps action from the weekend. Then Sam Weatherley joins us from Brisbane to look at the action from Australia and give
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It is an unusual time for a horse of such extreme talent to make a comeback to the races, but trainer Grahame Begg is still excited at the prospect of running Niance (NZ) (Swiss Ace) for the first time in 2025 at Caulfield on Saturday. The winner of six of
A wet track may have thwarted the finishing power of King Of Thunder (NZ) (Tivaci) last start but connections are hoping a drier surface will enable the horse to show his true colours in the Gr.1 Queensland Derby on Saturday. King Of Thunder finished third to Imperialist in heavy
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Stakes winner Ahuriri (NZ) (Almanzor) showed a welcome return to form on a wet track last start and trainer Chris Waller hoped a similar surface at Randwick could help her to continue in that vein. The mare ploughed through the heavy 9 conditions over 1900m at Canterbury last month to
Emily Murphy brings you Winter Weigh In, your place for Thoroughbred racing news, reviews and insights throughout the colder months. This week Aidan Rodley joins the team to take a look back at local and international racing from around the globe. Winter Weigh In, May 19
A Gr.1 Queensland Derby (2400m) tilt remains on the table for Gr.3 Rough Habit Plate (2000m) winner Imperialist (NZ) (Churchill) despite his failure to see out the staying journey in the Sydney classic. The three-year-old posted a strong win in Saturday's Rough Habit Plate at Doomben,
New Lindsay Park acquisition Bankers Choice (NZ) (Mongolian Khan) is likely to follow the path of Without A Fight into the Caulfield Cup. The Ben, Will and J D Hayes-trained stayer holds a nomination in the Gr.1 Doomben Cup (2000m) on Saturday, but is considered unlikely to run. Bankers
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Being on the wrong side of a photo finish in a feature race is nothing new to trainer Brad Widdup but he remains hopeful Jedibeel (NZ) (Savabeel) can bury memories of his narrow last start loss by winning the Doomben 10,000. The sprinter went down by a short half-head
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Emily Murphy brings you Winter Weigh In, your place for Thoroughbred racing news, reviews and insights throughout the colder months. This week Sam Weatherley recaps the flat features from Rotorua and Hamish McNeill weighs in on the start of the jumps racing season. Winter Weigh In, May 12 - YouTube