Damian Browne has taken only two rides for his comeback to Brisbane racing on Saturday. Browne resumed riding last Saturday when second on News Edition at the provincial Sunshine Coast meeting. He had not ridden since late June after being ordered to rest a troublesome knee injury. Browne has taken… Read More »
Popular French veteran Cirrus Des Aigles is on course to make his comeback from injury in the Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown. The nine-year-old has not been seen since finishing last of four behind Solow in the Prix d’Ispahan in May on ground that was faster than ideal. He had… Read More »
The race day medication rules have been expanded to include blood tests and vitamins. It means horses cannot be injected within one clear day of racing. The rule makes it an offence for any trainer, anyone in charge of a horse, or vet, to insert a needle into a horse… Read More »
Britain’s most successful female jockey Hayley Turner says she is excited about the future after confirming her retirement from the saddle at the end of the season. The 32-year-old claimed a landmark success when she steered Dream Ahead to win the 2011 Group One July Cup and also won the… Read More »
Legendary racehorse trainer Bart Cummings will receive a public memorial service at Flemington Racecourse, the home of his unrivalled 12 Melbourne Cup victories. Cummings, who died on Sunday aged 87, will be farewelled by the Melbourne racing community at Flemington on September 12 with the service to start at 1030,… Read More »
Jockey Glyn Schofield’s enthusiasm about Famous Seamus after a gallop at Hawkesbury has delighted trainer Noel Mayfield-Smith heading into Tramway Stakes. Schofield made the trip to the trainer’s base on Tuesday morning to partner the seven-year-old in a course proper work-out ahead of Saturday’s Group Two 1400m-race at Randwick. Mayfield-Smith… Read More »
James Cummings has honoured his late grandfather’s association with the Melbourne Cup with five nominations in the famous race. Bart Cummings, who trained in partnership with his grandson, died on Sunday having trained a record 12 Melbourne Cup winners. Now a 10-year-old, Precedence, the last Cup runner for Bart Cummings,… Read More »
The unheralded members of the Australian racing industry will get their moment in the sun with the Australian incarnation of the Godolphin Stud and Stable Awards. The awards will acknowledge stud and stable staff across Australia, with six categories and $100,000 prize money up for grabs. Sheikh Mohammed’s Godolphin already… Read More »
James Cummings has entered five horses in his name for the Melbourne Cup his late grandfather and training partner Bart won a record 12 times. Precedence, aiming for his fifth start in the famous two-mile race at Flemington on November 3, headlines the Cummings five. A total of 140 horses… Read More »
Victorian country trainer Darryl Blackshaw had to wait 40 years to claim his first Group race victory. Now he’s hoping Mourinho can give him a second in the space of three weeks before the gelding returns to fellow Moe trainer Peter Gelagotis. Mourinho scored a first-up win for Blackshaw in… Read More »
Contributer has pleased his trainer with his first gallop on the tight Moonee Valley circuit ahead of his first spring start in the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes. It will be the first step in a campaign aimed at the Cox Plate in October with John O’Shea happy with the… Read More »
It could be the case that everyone knows exactly who she is if things go to plan for Who Are They in her debut at Canterbury. Gerald Ryan trains the filly for John Singleton who bred her from his mare They Say. Her elder sibling Hasna was the champion juvenile… Read More »
Having missed a start in the Cockram Stakes, Japhils will now tune up for her next stakes assignment in a more modest race at Sandown. Japhils was supposed to run in Saturday’s Group Three Cockram Stakes (1200m) won by Madam Gangster at Caulfield, but trainer John Sadler was forced to… Read More »
Jockey Glen Boss says punters should expect every other Melbourne Cup to head overseas. Boss, a three-time Cup winner on Makybe Diva, says Japan poses the major international threat for this year’s race because “whatever they bring across are very, very good racehorses”. Last year’s winner, German-trained Protectionist, was the… Read More »
Vancouver has been displaced as favourite for the $1 million Golden Rose following his third in a barrier trial at Rosehill. Godolphin colt Exosphere now heads the market at $3 with Vancouver easing from $2.70 to $4. But Vancouver’s jockey Tommy Berry is not concerned and says the colt is… Read More »
Godolphin galloper Contributer is set for his first-up spring assignment after a familiarisation gallop at Moonee Valley. Trainer John O’Shea took Contributer to the track on Tuesday morning in preparation for his return in Saturday’s Group Two Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes on Saturday. It will be Contributer’s first run… Read More »
Mourinho heads to his favourite track for a gallop in preparation for a race that could shape his spring campaign. The country-trained galloper will line up in the Group Two Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes at Moonee Valley on Saturday and victory will ensure a Cox Plate berth. He was… Read More »
Dual Olympic cycling champion Victoria Pendleton has been denied a fairytale victory on her first ride as a fully-fledged amateur jockey at Ripon, finishing a close second. Despite being a total novice in the saddle, Pendleton announced in March she was training to become a jockey with the long-term aim… Read More »
Mourinho heads to his favourite track for a gallop in preparation for a race that could shape his spring campaign. The country-trained galloper will line up in the Group Two Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes at Moonee Valley on Saturday and victory will ensure a Cox Plate berth. He was… Read More »
Trainer Sam Kavanagh faces a lengthy ban after being found guilty of 23 charges relating to the use of cobalt and race day treatments. The long-running inquiry was sparked by the presence of cobalt and caffeine found in a sample taken from the Kavanagh-trained Midsummer Sun after he won the… Read More »
