An excellent return to the racetrack for Private Hero, with the Ekraar gelding dashing quickly to win over 1400m at the Sunshine Coast today.Ridden by Stephanie Lacy, who claimed 1.5kg to reduce his weight to 58kg, he carried 4kg more than all but one of the other...

It is 16 years since the mighty mare Ethereal changed the life of Esprit Racing's Sheila Laxon by winning the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups, after the winter of 2001 where the mare had dominated the Doomben Roses and the Queensland Oaks. In the Sydney autumn she...

Sheila Laxon is travelling with the iconic Emirates Melbourne Cup presently, as ambassador of Australia's most famous horse race. The tour was in Alice Springs this week, and she visited the Santa Teresa community some 87km away, where she was welcomed with open...

We are pleased to bring you an interview with Esprit Racing's recent addition in apprentice Stephanie Lacy. Gary Gray chats with Steph about her personal and racing background, how she came to Esprit Racing, and her aspirations for the future.

Bronzegate went up in grade after his demolition job at Ipswich, and did it professionally with a strong performance over 2200m at Sunshine Coast.With Steph Lacy aboard, the chestnut gelding settled well on the rail, and once he got off the rail before the turn,...

A very exciting day for Esprit Racing's apprentice Stephanie Lacy, with her first metropolitan win on the Steve Tregea trained Backslapper at Doomben yesterday. Only granted her metropolitan licence 10 days ago, Steph just missed a perfect start with a close second on...

Bronzegate had his first Australian win since being transferred from NZ, with a dominant performance at Ipswich today. Thwarted by wet tracks and an enforced reduction in the racing distance last week, the son of Postponed was extremely impressive, racing...

A great day for Esprit Racing with Irish Constabulary having a well deserved win, and I Feel Good running a gallant 2nd at Doomben todayFollowing his last start Group 3 placing, Irish was well drawn, down in grade and had premier jockey Jeff Lloyd...