There are two sides to Lord Of The Sky but Robbie Laing is convinced the best of the stakes-winning sprinter will be on show at Sandown. Lord Of The Sky will resume as topweight and favourite in the Listed Christmas Cup on Saturday. And Laing says Lord Of The Sky… Read More »
Andrea Atzeni believes a wide draw cost Farraaj victory in Australia and is hoping for better luck in Hong Kong. The Italian jockey believes the British raider would have gone closer than third in the Mackinnon Stakes at Flemington at his most recent start had he not had to start… Read More »
Lee Freedman has welcomed his first winner since he rejoined the training ranks less than a week ago with Java successful at Kilmore. The five-time Melbourne Cup winning trainer stepped away from the family business three years ago, handing it over to his brother Anthony. The two are now in… Read More »
Nothing ventured nothing gained is the attitude Brett Cavanough is taking with The Monstar in the Listed Doveton Stakes at Sandown. The Albury trainer admits Saturday’s 1000m sprint is a gamble but it’s one he is willing to take with the four-year-old. To aid the cause, he has enlisted Melbourne’s… Read More »
There was no-one more relieved to hear Criterion had been cleared to fly to Hong Kong than Robert Heathcote, trainer of his travelling companion Buffering. Criterion was treated for mild colic on Sunday and there was a long wait on the tarmac a day later when the Australian Quarantine Service… Read More »
Sydney’s premier summer race, the Group Two Villiers Stakes, is still on the agenda for Anthony Cummings-trained stablemates Drago and Surge Ahead. If they perform well in their respective races at Rosehill on Saturday, Cummings will not hesitate to back them up a week later at Randwick. Drago runs in… Read More »
Ryan Moore’s two Group One wins in Australia have helped the Englishman claim the inaugural World’s Best Jockey title. Moore won the Cox Plate on Adelaide and the Melbourne Cup aboard Protectionist and earned the most points to clinch the award sponsored by Longines. Belgian Christophe Soumillon, who won Sunday’s… Read More »
Ambitions for Tetsuko and Brazen Moss extend beyond midweek racing at Canterbury, but it’s a good place to start. Trainer Gerald Ryan will gauge after their respective races on Wednesday whether they are on the right track for a trip to the Gold Coast for the rich Magic Millions meeting…. Read More »
Criterion’s on-again, off-again trip to Hong Kong is back on with the horse finally leaving Melbourne with Brisbane sprinter Buffering. Early on Monday morning the trip for Criterion looked in doubt after the David Hayes and Tom Dabernig-trained galloper suffered a mild bout of colic a day earlier. After getting… Read More »
Crossings should not be placed near winning posts on racetracks, the coroner investigating the death of jockey Simone Montgomerie has found. Montgomerie suffered fatal chest injuries when she fell from Riahgrand at the Darwin Cup meeting on August 5 last year. Coroner Greg Cavanagh said he was satisfied Riahgrand had… Read More »
A track gallop on Wednesday will determine whether impressive debut winner Murt The Flirt lines up at Sandown. Murt The Flirt will work the clockwise direction at Caulfield as a precursor to an intended trip to the Gold Coast. But if he shows trainer Brendan McCarthy he is not suited… Read More »
A rule designed to improve horse welfare is having the opposite effect according to the NSW Trainers Association. From August 1, the Australian Racing Board extended the length of time for the pre-race administration of corticosteroids, widely used to ease joint pain which is exacerbated by hard tracks. Instead of… Read More »
Australian Derby winner Criterion has taken his place on a plane bound for Hong Kong after clearing all veterinary checks following a health scare. Criterion’s trip to Hong Kong was in danger of being delayed after the four-year-old showed signs of colic on Sunday afternoon. A newcomer to the David… Read More »
Aegean Sea’s debut win was overshadowed by three late scratchings including the favourite, but her trainer thinks she would have won anyway. Aegean Sea is four-time Golden Slipper winner Clarry Conners big hope four months out from the world’s richest race for two-year-olds. After the delay when Aspen Star, Not… Read More »
Three years after he won the George Moore Stakes at Doomben, the durable Adebisi heads the line-up for the 2014 edition of the Group Three sprint. Since his win in 2011, Adebisi has won stakes races in Sydney and Melbourne as well as Brisbane and continues to thrive with trainer… Read More »
Apprentice jockey Tom Sadler will have to pass a cognitive test before he can return to race riding after being concussed in a fall at Moonee Valley. Sadler was lucky to escape more serious injury after coming off Massiyn who collapsed and died of an apparent heart attack leaving the… Read More »
Talented four-year-old Cauthen is breathing easy after throat surgery which his new trainer John Sargent hopes will help him get his career back on track. Cauthen beat subsequent Cox Plate winner Shamus Award in a Listed race during the 2013 Melbourne spring when trained by New Zealander Andrew Campbell. He… Read More »
Chris Waller will once again end the year as the country’s leading Group One trainer with the chance to make it an even 10 in the Kingston Town Stakes. Veteran gelding Moriarty is the favourite to take out the final Group One of 2014 at Ascot in Perth on Saturday… Read More »
California Chrome has strengthened his claims for American Horse of the Year honours with victory in the Hollywood Derby, his first race on turf. The winner of this year’s Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, California Chrome failed as so many have before in the final race of the Triple Crown,… Read More »
Group One winner Hucklebuck will bypass the rich Sydney autumn having already shown Adelaide trainer Phillip Stokes he doesn’t like clockwise racing. Instead he will have a light preparation with his main aim his hometown sprint feature, the Group One Goodwood (1200m) at Morphettville in May. Following the Goodwood, Hucklebuck… Read More »
