Talented apprentice Matt McGuren continued to make the most of his limited time with an allowance by riding a double at Ipswich on Wednesday. McGuren only had three rides on the card but was able to kick home Sigmund ($3.30) and Casarati ($3), although his day was later soured by… Read More »
The refurbishment of Rosehill and construction of a light rail link to Randwick are among the priorities for the Australian Turf Club following its announcement of a $3.78 million operating profit. The Club has pledged to reinvest a significant amount of the money back into Sydney racing with $400,000 to… Read More »
Kingman has beaten Cox Plate winner Australia to be crowned Horse of the Year at the 24th annual Cartier Racing Awards in London. The three-year-old colt proved himself the best miler in Europe with victories in the Irish 2,000 Guineas, St James’s Palace Stakes, Sussex Stakes and the Prix Jacques… Read More »
After a luckless spring campaign, Shoreham will be given the chance to go for a break on a winning note when he lines up in Saturday’s Sandown Cup. Shoreham was being aimed at the Melbourne Cup and looked to be on track when he finished seventh in the Turnbull Stakes… Read More »
The Zipping Classic meeting will go ahead on Saturday despite a fire damaging part of the grandstand at Melbourne’s Sandown Racecourse. An upper level restaurant and bar at the racecourse in Springvale were significantly damaged in the fire, the CFA said. Melbourne Racing Club head of communications and racing Jake… Read More »
It might have come a week later than he wanted but premier trainer Chris Waller was thankful jockey Tommy Berry got his timing right at Warwick Farm on Wednesday. Berry left his finish late and was beaten on the Waller-trained Saigon Tea in a Melbourne Cup carnival race at Flemington… Read More »
An impressive but almost lapsed piece of form against one of the stars of the Sydney spring carnival re-emerged at the right time for Berry Delicious to win at Warwick Farm on Wednesday. In coming from last to take out the Shop With The TAB App Handicap, Berry Delicious underlined… Read More »
The spring didn’t go to plan for stable star Go Indy Go and trainer Leon Macdonald is hoping to end the carnival on a high with Nearest To Pin at Sandown. He and his partner Andrew Gluyas are also looking to maintain the momentum of Adelaide trainers in Melbourne after… Read More »
Track conditions on Saturday will determine whether Count Of Limonade lines up in the Zipping Classic at Sandown. Trainer Mick Price isn’t keen to run the import on firm ground and says the track needs to be at least in the dead range for the five-year-old to take his place… Read More »
Top Queensland sprinter Temple Of Boom has been ruled out of the Perth summer carnival due to a leg injury. The Group One winner, who had a mixed spring campaign in Melbourne, raced well below his best when he finished down the track in Saturday’s Group One Darley Classic at… Read More »
A hike in the handicapper’s rating of class galloper Hopfgarten could mean he heads to Sydney after he runs at the Gold Coast on Saturday. Hopfgarten, who will face a quality field in the Super Starfish Handicap (1400m), has paid the penalty for his impressive first-up win at Doomben two… Read More »
A fresher Moment Of Change will try to turn around his Perth fortunes when he contests the Winterbottom Stakes at Ascot. The Peter Moody-trained six-year-old finished second to Buffering in last year’s race and is booked to fly out on Friday to contest Perth’s premier sprint. After two starts at… Read More »
Trainer Robert Smerdon hopes a frustrating spring campaign with Politeness can end on a winning note in the Summoned Stakes at Sandown. A Group Three winner at Randwick in April, Politeness has finished just behind the placegetters in her four runs this campaign in stronger mares’ grade. She was a… Read More »
Hopes for a spring carnival stakes result have been replaced by something much less ambitious as promising Melbourne mare I Love It heads to Sydney. After her first piece of Victorian carnival misfortune led to a second slice of bad luck, Caulfield trainer John Salanitri and his brother Frank will… Read More »
With the likelihood of the fire being out of the track on Saturday, Henwood will contest the Kevin Heffernan Stakes at Sandown. Trainer John Sadler scratched Henwood from the final event at Flemington last Saturday when the track was upgraded after the Darley Classic, the sixth race of a nine-event… Read More »
Twelve years after a serious back injury trainer Ricky Watt still needs morphine to get him through the day. But it won’t stop him from achieving a lifelong ambition of having a starter in a city meeting. Along with his son Ricky Jnr, Watt will make a nine-hour round trip… Read More »
Former trainer Des McGee, a noted master of Brisbane apprentices, has died after a long battle with cancer. McGee was a jockey in the 1940s but made his name as a small team trainer from the 1950s until he retired five years ago. He was regarded along similar lines as… Read More »
A jump-out at Sandown on Tuesday will ready Group One winner Sonntag for his final target of a light spring campaign. This year’s Queensland Derby winner made a winning return in the Listed Sale Cup and runs in Saturday’s Group Three Eclipse Stakes at Sandown with Derby winning jockey Chad… Read More »
Fawkner headlines nominations for the Group Two Zipping Classic as prominent owner Lloyd Williams bids to continue an impressive record in the race named after his former star. Zipping won four consecutive Sandown Classics, earning the honour of having the 2400m weight-for-age feature renamed after him. Along with Zipping’s victories… Read More »
For the past two years, trainer Gerald Ryan has had to wait in the second placegetter’s stall to welcome Hot Snitzel back after the Heffernan Stakes. He is hoping to move a couple of steps sideways on Saturday after Charlie Boy runs in the Group Three sprint at Sandown. “I’ve… Read More »
