Rich Enuff makes his highly anticipated return to racing in a Group Three sprint at Caulfield and will be re-united with the jockey who first rode him to stakes race success. Dwayne Dunn rode the Ken Keys-trained Rich Enuff to what the jockey described as a `pretty awesome’ win in… Read More »
After finishing second in the maiden hurdle at Ballarat, Polixenis Boy has been declared a non-runner for running inside the line of a marker peg. Corey Waller, the steward in charge of Thursday’s Ballarat meeting, said there was only two options open to his panel – being declared a non-runner… Read More »
Hugh Bowman will be banking on the class factor when Gooree mare Sultry Feeling resumes at Rosehill on Saturday following a light autumn. Placed in the Magic Night Stakes as a two-year-old, Sultry Feeling trained on at three when she was competitive in Sydney’s Princess series and finished second to… Read More »
For a horse who has won his past four starts, Japonisme hasn’t been feeling the love. Jockeys are often loathe to jump off a last-start winner but Sydney’s form galloper has found himself with a merry-go-round of riders. Four different jockeys have ridden Japonisme to his quartet of wins and… Read More »
In-form trainer Liam Birchley is finalising his annual southern raiding party and blue blood Beckham could be a late inclusion. Beckham will be one of two runners Birchley will have in the Beach House Bar and Grill Hcp (1350m) at Doomben on Saturday. There would be few better-bred horses racing… Read More »
John Sargent will bypass the spring with Centre Pivot to concentrate on next year’s rich Magic Millions carnival at the Gold Coast. The trainer confirmed Saturday’s TAB.com.au Handicap at Rosehill would be the five-year-old’s final start this campaign before he was rested with a view towards the Magic Millions Trophy… Read More »
The race morning scratching last week of promising filly My Girl Hayley could prove a blessing in disguise when she makes her city debut at Doomben. My Girl Hayley was scheduled to have her first Doomben start over 1100 metres last Saturday but had a slight pulse in a hoof… Read More »
A change of plans for Rising Romance has led to Singapore-based Michael Rodd gaining the Group One Memsie Stakes ride. Last year’s Caulfield Cup runner-up will begin her campaign in the Memsie (1400m) on Saturday, two weeks earlier than originally intended. Dwayne Dunn, who is to ride the mare through… Read More »
New Zealand galloper Volkstok’n’barrell has arrived in Melbourne for the first Group One race of the season. The four-year-old arrived at his Caulfield base on Wednesday night from where he will launch his spring campaign. Chris Gibbs, who travelled with the son of Tavistock, said the gelding handled the trip… Read More »
A sharp drop in the standard of opposition is expected to help stakes-winning stayer Canny Ballad return to form at Doomben. Canny Ballad will make his Brisbane debut in Saturday’s Bottle-O Handicap (2200m) where he will meet a line-up inferior to his recent Sydney opponents. The gelding was originally trained… Read More »
Let’s Make Adeal has just failed to make the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups in her past two spring campaigns but the dream is still well and truly alive for the connections of the mare. A grand-daughter of 1991 Caulfield and Melbourne Cup winner Let’s Elope, Let’s Make Adeal kicks off… Read More »
Brisbane jockey Tim Bell will start a new phase of his career having been given a licence to ride in Singapore. Bell, winner of the 2013/14 Brisbane premiership, will start his contract on September 14 with the licence granted until December 31, the end of the Singapore season. The 22-year-old… Read More »
Britain’s most successful female Olympian, Victoria Pendleton, has been granted an amateur riders’ licence and is scheduled to make her official debut at Ripon. A dual gold medallist in cycling, Pendleton began training as a jockey earlier this year with the sponsorship of Betfair and rode in a charity event… Read More »
Dale Smith will appeal an 11-meeting careless riding suspension, saying his mount’s racing antics contributed to an incident at Sandown. Smith was charged with two offences for his ride on Jobodwana on Wednesday, firstly for shifting out at the 900m mark and then shifting in nearing the 800m. He is… Read More »
Saturday’s edition of the Group Two Run To The Rose is set to be one of the most open in recent memory with six of the seven runners at single figure odds. The Chris Waller-trained Japonisme is the $2.60 favourite to stretch his winning sequence to five when he is… Read More »
Stakes-placed German mare Takenja has made a promising start to her Australian career with victory at Sandown. Trainer Mick Price admits he’s unsure how ambitious to get with the lightly raced Takenja this preparation and believes she will be better again in the autumn. Now raced by Woodside Park, Takenja… Read More »
Jockey Skye Bogenhuber’s rocky start to her association with Mymateswifty has been forgotten with the pair combining for their third consecutive win. The Michael Nolan-trained Mymateswifty ($2.60) continued Bogenhuber’s stellar start to the season when he provided her 13th overall win for August in the City of Ipswich Hcp (1200m)… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse believes she has unearthed another Group One prospect after Flamboyant Lass blew away her older rivals at Warwick Farm. The trainer declared her intention to target either the Thousand Guineas or the Flight Stakes with the filly. Flamboyant Lass ($3) sat three wide during the Schweppes Handicap (1000m)… Read More »
Darren Weir has given all the credit to his Warrnambool staff for the victory of Stellar Collision at Sandown. The three-year-old scored a determined victory in the Winners at #Willhillwolfpack Plate (1200m) on Wednesday to remain unbeaten. Ridden by Mark Zahra, Stellar Collision ($5.50) claimed a long neck victory over… Read More »
Star galloper Fawkner has been scratched from the Memsie Stakes but will still make an appearance at Caulfield for an exhibition gallop. Fawkner came up with barrier 18 in a capacity field of 16 plus four emergencies for Saturday’s Memsie Stakes (1400m) and was later scratched. With Fawkner out, the… Read More »
