Racehorse owner Joe Zaiter has been issued with two charges relating to him allegedly failing to report a previous criminal conviction. Zaiter was issued with two charges by Racing Victoria on Wednesday with the first being that he failed to declare a criminal conviction when registering his part-ownership in six… Read More »
Luke Nolen is working his way back to peak riding fitness after a summer break and scored his first city win of the year at Caulfield on Wednesday. Nolen’s victory in the Alannah Hill Handicap (2412m) on the Mick Kent-trained Aggregator was the jockey’s first city win since December 13… Read More »
BRISBANE February 5 AAP – Battled-hardened gelding Dienekes may not be a champion but trainer Bryan Guy believes every stable would love to have him. The now seven-year-old Dienekes takes on city open company for the first time on Saturday in the TJS Services Open (1600m) at Eagle Farm. Guy,… Read More »
Joe Pride and Nash Rawiller combined for a Canterbury winner but they will be in separate camps for the first weight-for-age event of the Sydney racing carnival on Saturday. Rawiller brought up a winning treble at the Sydney midweek meeting on Wednesday on the Pride-trained Society Man in the Congrats… Read More »
Consistent sprinter Moment Of Change has been installed favourite to repel the three-year-old challenge and claim his first win in more than 16 months in Saturday’s Group One CF Orr Stakes. The Peter Moody-trained Moment Of Change hasn’t won since the Group One Rupert Clarke Stakes over the same course… Read More »
BRISBANE February 5 AAP – Rival jockey Chris Munce was left stunned when former Kiwi galloper King Halo sailed past him to win at Doomben on Wednesday. King Halo, who started the $2 favourite, gave Munce’s mount San Clemente ($3.70) about seven lengths start from the 600m and beat him… Read More »
Chris Waller trained his first two-year-old winner of the racing season at Canterbury on Wednesday but then questioned the wisdom of asking too much of young and inexperienced racehorses. “I don’t know why we do it,” Waller said after Brazen Beau toyed with his opposition in the Australian Turf Club… Read More »
After careful consideration, trainer Robbie Laing has decided to take the softer first-up option with Victoria Derby winner Polanski on Saturday. Polanski was entered for both the Group One weight-for-age CF Orr Stakes and the Group Two Autumn Stakes against his own age and Laing made the final decision to… Read More »
Melbourne trainer Colin Scott insists nothing in the autumn is beyond Speediness as the accomplished sprinter-miler starts his most ambitious campaign yet in a star-studded Expressway Stakes at Randwick on Saturday. Speediness adds interstate strength to a weight-for-age race that heralds an unofficial start to the Sydney autumn carnival with… Read More »
Dean Yendall has been booked to ride two-year-old Boomwaa at the light weight of 46kg in Saturday week’s Group One Lightning Stakes at Flemington. Trainer Robbie Laing confirmed the gelding would contest the 1000m weight-for-age sprint against the older horses and said Yendall had been chosen for the ride over… Read More »
BRISBANE February 6 AAP – Hard work is the catalyst for the recent run of success for trainer Len Treloar and apprentice Geoff Goold who were in the winner’s circle again on Wednesday. The Caloundra-based Treloar-Goold combination had their sixth winner in the past month and their fourth in two… Read More »
BRISBANE February 5 AAP – Apprentice Alisha Taylor has been cleared of a serious shoulder injury after a fall at the Sunshine Coast. Chief steward Alan Reardon confirmed on Wednesday overnight tests showed Taylor had strained ligaments in her left shoulder following Tuesday’s fall. Taylor was taken to hospital after… Read More »
The biggest spender at Karaka this year says New Zealand’s taxation department must take some blame for falling bloodstock sales. Te Akau Racing boss David Ellis believes new investment in the bloodstock industry is being stifled by the tax department with its interpretation of depreciation rules. The value of yearling… Read More »
Cox Plate winner Shamus Award headlines a field of eight for Saturday’s Group One CF Orr Stakes at Caulfield. The Danny O’Brien-trained three-year-old resumes in the 1400m weight-for-age feature and will jump from the outside barrier with Craig Williams to ride. Shamus Award is one of two three-year-olds taking on… Read More »
Prolific racehorse owner Lloyd Williams is set to move his racing operation to the Mornington Peninsula from Mt Macedon. Williams said Hudson Conway Racing would relocate to a Mornington Peninsula property during the next 18 months. Macedon Lodge will be marketed globally by William Inglis and Son. “It was a… Read More »
Damian Browne, the jockey who once turned down the Golden Rose-winning ride on the Peter Snowden-trained Epaulette, has answered an SOS from the trainer to partner boom filly Earthquake at Caulfield. Darley’s No.1 rider Kerrin McEvoy put his injured knee to the test on Tuesday morning but later ruled himself… Read More »
Experienced jockey Josh Parr will handle tough Brisbane galloper River Lad when he makes his Sydney debut in the Expressway Stakes. The winner of 11 of his 33 starts, River Lad has been rewarded for his consistency with a trip to Sydney to tackle the Group Two race over 1200m… Read More »
Eurozone will get his chance at a milestone Group One win for Bart and James Cummings in Saturday’s CF Orr Stakes. Eurozone was taken to Caulfield for a solo course proper gallop on Tuesday morning with Damien Oliver aboard and co-trainer James Cummings is happy to let the colt chase… Read More »
Complacent, one of the favourites for the Group One ATC Australian Derby, is out of the autumn because of injury. Darley’s head trainer Peter Snowden advised Racing NSW stewards on Tuesday that the Group One-winning three-year-old had sustained an injury to the near fore leg and would miss the autumn…. Read More »
Darley jockey Kerrin McEvoy ruled himself out of racing for at least another week after a hectic Tuesday morning schedule did nothing to ease his concern over a knee complaint. McEvoy made a special appearance at Flemington trackwork in Melbourne to ride top two-year-old Earthquake before catching a 6am flight… Read More »
