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Sheza Alibi wining the G1 Makybe Diva Stakes. (Photo by Bronwen Healy. The Image is Everything)

Peter Moody has confirmed Sheza Alibi will contest the Group 1 Might And Power Stakes over 2000 metres at Caulfield on October 10.

The four-year-old mare will make her first start beyond 1600 metres before dropping back 500 metres for the $10 million Golden ...


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Matthew Sandblom has had plenty of success but ranks the French stakes win of Primetime Emmy among his most significant. (Photo by Bronwen Healy. The Image is Everything)

Australian-bred two-year-old Primetime Emmy secured her first Group success when she defeated Scythe by a short head in Saturday’s Group 3 Prix Eclipse Tattersalls at Chantilly.

The E...


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Angel Capital wins the Sportsbet Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes at Caulfield. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Racing Photos via Getty Images)

Chris Waller and Ben Melham swept Saturday’s Group 1 races at Caulfield, combining with Birdman in the Underwood Stakes before Angel Capital secured his first Group 1 win in the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes.

Birdman ($6) defeated ...


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Autumn Glow claims the Seven Sunrise Stakes. (Photo by Jeremy Ng/Getty Images)

Autumn Glow maintained her near-perfect record with a controlled victory in Saturday’s Group 2 7 Stakes over 1600 metres at Royal Randwick.

Ridden by James McDonald for Chris Waller, the $1.16 favourite led the seven-runner field before drawing clear to defeat stablemate Ael...


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Mark Zahra and fellow jockeys are seen inspecting the track before Melbourne Racing at Caulfield. (Photo by Vince Caligiuri/Getty Images)

Stewards ordered an additional four-metre rail shift in the Caulfield straight after identifying concerns with the inside section of the track before Saturday’s Group 1 race meeting.

The change covered the section fr...


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