July Cup winner Ten Sovereigns has been retired and will stand next to his sire No Nay Never at Coolmore Stud. The horse is in Australia after contesting the $14 million Everest in which he finished last after being outpaced. Earlier this week, trainer Aidan O’Brien announced Ten Sovereigns would… Read More »
Tensions have been running high at troubled Santa Anita Park ahead of the Breeders’ Cup meeting. Thirty six horses have died at the famed Southern California venue since the season began in late December and although the track’s safety record has improved since it implemented drug reforms in March, some… Read More »
Accession will try to add to trainer Chris Waller’s impressive list of Coolmore Stud Stakes winners when the colt bids to emulate his sire in the Group One sprint. Waller won the Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) for three-year-olds at Flemington in three consecutive years from 2013 to 2015, with 2014… Read More »
Former NSW government minister and well-known racehorse owner/breeder Paul Whelan has died aged 75 after a long illness. Whelan was a member of the NSW parliament from 1976 to 2003 and a minister in the Neville Wran and Bob Carr-led governments. When he retired from politics, Whelan devoted himself to… Read More »
A trip to Perth is on the cards for Land Of Plenty, who will firstly chase his second Group One win in the Cantala Stakes at Flemington. Land Of Plenty was fourth in last year’s Group One Cantala Stakes (1600m) when trained by Darren Weir after winning the Group One… Read More »
Six weeks after suffering life-threatening injuries in a fall in a jump-out at Wangaratta, former apprentice jockey Stephen Brown jr has been transferred from Royal Melbourne to the Epworth Hospital to continue his rehabilitation. Brown jr sustained head injuries, as well as fractured ribs, neck fractures and a punctured lung… Read More »
Trainer David Brideoake will not worry about what conditions are thrown at Princess Jenni as she attempts to close out her spring campaign with a Group One win. Princess Jenni is one of the leading fancies for the Empire Rose Stakes at Flemington on Saturday with Brideoake saying the mare… Read More »
Philosphical about Pierata’s luckless passage in the Everest, trainer Greg Hickman is focused on claiming a consolation win in the $1 million Redzel Stakes at Rosehill. The Group One-winning sprinter was one of the unluckiest runners in the $14 million sprint after he was bailed up on the fence from… Read More »
The Toby and Trent Edmonds training partnership has some Group race chances at the Derby day meeting in Melbourne but one of their Brisbane runners will command plenty of attention. The partnership has Ruuca in the Group One Coolmore Stud Stakes and Tyzone in the Group Two TAB Stakes at… Read More »
Wendy Roche has been forced to rely on the kindness of a fellow trainer to get Nettoyer to Melbourne for a Group One race on Victoria Derby day after her horse float was sabotaged. Roche, who is based at Warwick Farm, initially thought mischievous vandals had slashed five of her… Read More »
Smart sprinter Crafty Spirit will be on trial for a tilt at the $1 million The Hunter when he races at Eagle Farm. Crafty Spirit struck trouble on the first turn and again in the straight when a nose second in an open handicap at Eagle Farm two weeks ago…. Read More »
Punters have crowned Arcadia Queen favourite but Chris Waller is adamant stablemate Kolding is every bit as good a chance for the inaugural Golden Eagle. The champion Sydney trainer will saddle up the Group One-winning duo in the new $7.5 million Golden Eagle showpiece exclusively for four-year-olds at Rosehill. Punters… Read More »
Having played an important support role in the Cox Plate campaign of Castelvecchio, Morton’s Fork gets a chance to take centre stage in the $500,000 Rosehill Gold Cup. The former Godolphin gelding was Castelvecchio’s travelling companion to Melbourne and the older horse’s relaxed demeanour had a significant effect on his… Read More »
Chris Waller has flagged a possible Royal Ascot assault next year with star sprinters Yes Yes Yes and Nature Strip. The leading Sydney trainer resisted showing off four-time Cox Plate winner Winx on English turf during her stellar career, challenging European trainers to bring their horses to Australia to take… Read More »
The Melbourne Cup is about everyday people and not celebrities, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says, as a number of stars shun the race that ‘stops the nation’. Pop star Taylor Swift revealed last month she wouldn’t be going ahead with a planned performance, while actress Lana Condor pulled the plug… Read More »
Trainer Matt Dunn hopes the decision to send Atlantic King to Sydney instead of running him at Eagle Farm can boost the gelding’s chances of a Magic Millions Guineas start. Dunn, who trains at Murwillumbah, accepted with Atlantic King in three-year-old races at Rosehill and Eagle Farm on Saturday but… Read More »
The Melbourne Cup is about everyday people and not celebrities, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says, as a number of stars shun the race that ‘stops the nation’. Singer Taylor Swift revealed last month she wouldn’t be going ahead with a planned performance, while actress Lana Condor pulled the plug on… Read More »
English trainer Hughie Morrison disputes the results of scans on Marmelo which have prompted his withdrawal from the Melbourne Cup. Racing Victoria stewards said the results of a standing CT scan indicated Marmelo had incomplete fractures in his near fore and off hind cannon bones. On Wednesday, they ordered his… Read More »
English trainer Hughie Morrison will appeal the Victorian stewards’ decision to bar Marmelo from the Melbourne Cup after the horse failed a veterinary test. Marmelo, second in last year’s Melbourne Cup to Cross Counter, was ordered out after a CT scan showed he had incomplete fractures in his near fore… Read More »
The Chris Waller-trained Brimham Rocks has fallen agonisingly short of a chance at securing a Melbourne Cup start with a narrow defeat in the Bendigo Cup. Ridden by leading Perth jockey William Pike, Top Of The Range ($8) denied Brimham Rocks ($6) by a long head in the 2400m Group… Read More »
