Gai Waterhouse will launch a final bid to get to the Melbourne Cup with Japanese-bred, French import Hush Writer. The Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained stayer is one of 28 nominations in Saturday’s Hotham Handicap with the winner afforded a start in the Melbourne Cup on November 5. Prince Of Arran… Read More »
Donald may not be on the radar for those searching for potential Classic winners, but the track in north-central Victoria is one Ciaron Maher recommends. Maher, who trains in partnership with David Eustace, points to VRC Oaks winner Set Square racing at Donald early in her career while Victoria Derby… Read More »
Leading New Zealand stallion Tavistock has been withdrawn from service for the rest of the breeding season after sustaining an injury. Cambridge Stud says Tavistock has suffered an injury in his paddock which means he will not be able to complete his book of mares. He has covered 76 mares… Read More »
Irish visitor Ten Sovereigns will not run in the inaugural $7.5 million Golden Eagle at Rosehill. The 1500m-race for four-year-olds on Saturday was a post-Everest option for July Cup winner Ten Sovereigns but trainer Aidan O’Brien has told Racing NSW stewards the horse will not take part. Ten Sovereigns finished… Read More »
Days out from the Melbourne Cup carnival, Victorian racing authorities have reaffirmed their commitment to the welfare of retired racehorses. Racing Victoria has announced a $25 million boost to fund the first three years of an expanded welfare program while the Victoria Racing Club will donate 10 per cent of… Read More »
Japanese superstar Almond Eye has consolidated her position as the country’s best with a scintillating victory in the Tenno Sho in Tokyo. The reigning Japanese Horse of the Year, Almond Eye beat nine other Group One winners to add the Tenno Sho to her Group One Dubai Turf win earlier… Read More »
Days out from the Melbourne Cup carnival, Victorian racing authorities have reaffirmed their commitment to the welfare of retired racehorses. Racing Victoria has announced a $25 million boost to fund the first three years of an expanded welfare program while the Victoria Racing Club will donate 10 per cent of… Read More »
Cox Plate placegetter Te Akau Shark will return home to New Zealand for a spell with trainer Jamie Richards to switch his attention to stablemate Melody Belle. The mare runs on Saturday at Flemington where she will try to add the Group One Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) to her three… Read More »
After digging deeper into Sunlight’s performance in The Everest, co-trainer Tony McEvoy is happy to bite the bullet for a shot at the Golden Eagle. Sunlight finished 10th behind Yes Yes Yes in The Everest on October 19, leaving the trainer puzzled and searching for answers. “When we dissected the… Read More »
Having won the Cox Plate for the first time, Japanese trainer Yoshito Yahagi is keen to return for another Melbourne spring carnival. The Yahagi-trained Lys Gracieux, a dual Group One-winning mare in Japan, showed her class in Saturday’s Group One weight-for-age Cox Plate (2040m) at The Valley to win by… Read More »
After his third in the Caulfield Cup on his Australian debut, Mirage Dancer is on target for his bid for Melbourne Cup glory. Now trained at Cranbourne by Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young, the former Sir Michael Stoute-trained horse finished 1-1/4 lengths from Japanese horse Mer De Glace in the… Read More »
Caloundra trainer Stuart Kendrick can look forward to playing a major hand in the summer carnival after a double at Eagle Farm. He won with rising star Tambo’s Mate and old warrior Tarzan who scored his 15th race victory on Saturday. Tambo’s Mate has now won six of his 10… Read More »
In Her Time has come through her Everest run in great order and remains on track for a Group One sprint assignment in Melbourne. Trainer Kris Lees said it was hard to fault the mare’s effort in the $14 million dollar race in which she finished ninth, just over four… Read More »
Leading Queensland jockey Michael Cahill will be out of action for at least a month with tests confirming he has a fractured right foot. Cahill won Group One races on The Bostonian during the Brisbane winter carnival and was voted Queensland’s jockey of the year. He has started the new… Read More »
The Futurity Trophy will become the first Group One race in Britain run on an all-weather surface with the meeting moved to Newcastle after being washed out. The final Group One race of the season, the one-mile (1600m) event for two-year-olds was scheduled to be run at Doncaster on Saturday…. Read More »
A shattered Glen Boss will miss the ride on Melbourne Cup favourite Constantinople after he was suspended for careless riding at Randwick. Boss was outed for six meetings for shifting in aboard the Kris Lees-trained Attention Run near the 350 metre mark in the City Tattersalls Club Cup won by… Read More »
Battling with a bad back, top Sydney jockey Brenton Avdulla has capped a stellar day in the saddle with four wins including the feature race at Randwick. After feeling the heat as he scraped the rail to ride Kubrick to victory in the inaugural $1 million Bondi Stakes, Avdulla flew… Read More »
Jockey Ben Melham is clear to ride Mirage Dancer in the Melbourne Cup despite a suspension at The Valley. Melham plans to appeal the severity of an eight-meeting suspension for careless riding aboard Broadwayandfourth in Saturday’s Crockett Stakes. The suspension starts immediately ruling Melham out of next Saturday’s meeting at… Read More »
The weather and the absence of champion Winx has contributed to a fall in attendance numbers to watch Lys Gracieux win the Cox Plate at The Valley. Moonee Valley posted a crowd of 24,648 the first Cox Plate post-Winx when more than 38,000 turned up to see the champion win… Read More »
Almost four decades after watching Kingston Town win one of his three Cox Plates, Japanese trainer Yoshito Yahagi has achieved an ambition to claim Australia’s premier weight-for-age race. Yahagi is the trainer of Lys Gracieux, the winner Saturday’s $5 million Cox Plate (2040m) at The Valley, adding another feature win… Read More »
