Persistent rain has forced the abandonment of the Doomben race with two races remaining on Saturday’s card. The track was rated a soft 7 when the nine-race program got underway but by mid-afternoon it had been downgraded to a heavy 10. Chief steward Peter Chadwick said visibility was the major… Read More »
Promising gelding Tullio has completed a marvellous comeback from a career-threatening injury with his fourth straight win at Doomben. It was feared Tullio would be unable to race again after he needed knee surgery to remove a chip after finishing second at Eagle Farm in December, 2018. After the procedure… Read More »
Progressive staying filly High Emocean has continued her own winter rise through the grades and in the process ended the winning sequence of her stablemate Persan at Caulfield. Persan was chasing his fourth-straight city win this winter and fifth victory in his past six starts in Saturday’s Mark Needham Handicap… Read More »
Jockey Andrew Adkins has been taken to Westmead Hospital following a sickening fall that has marred the opening race at Rosehill. Adkins was aboard the Danny Williams-trained Hot ‘N’ Hazy who appeared to run out of room in the straight and crashed to the turf. The colt, who Williams this… Read More »
Former Victorian Eduardo has made a winning debut for new trainer Joe Pride, holding off the fast-finishing Roheryn to claim the July Sprint at Rosehill. Group One placed in last year’s Oakleigh Plate, Eduardo had lost form during the autumn and was transferred to Pride after finishing midfield in a… Read More »
Tough Gold Coast gelding Aqua Vite has capitalised on tailor made track conditions at Doomben to win his first race in more than two years. Aqua Vite hadn’t won since late March 2018, but he had displayed solid form on unfavourable tracks heading into Saturday’s TAB Long May We Play… Read More »
English import Skyman has made an encouraging start to his Australian racing career with a convincing win in a benchmark race at Caulfield. Stepping out for his Australian debut in Saturday’s Neds Handicap (1600m), the Chris Waller-trained four-year-old Skyman ($26) sat back in the field in the benchmark-78 race under… Read More »
Trainer Kelly Schweida cemented his new association with top breeder Basil Nolan when Fleet Dove won at Doomben. In a driving four-way finish Fleet Dove ($6) beat Hancora Field ($21) by a head with a half-head to Kisukano ($2.05) in the QTIS Fillies 2Y0 Handicap (1200m). Toorooloo ($3) was a… Read More »
Jockey Andrew Adkins has been taken to Westmead Hospital following a sickening fall that has marred the opening race at Rosehill. Adkins was aboard the Danny Williams-trained Hot ‘N’ Hazy who appeared to run out of room in the straight and crashed to the turf. The colt, who Williams this… Read More »
Stewards found no evidence anyone connected with trainer David Vandyke’s stable had administered the prohibited substance which saw Alligator Blood stripped of his Magic Millions Guineas win. A Racing Queensland hearing on Thursday closed with Alligator Blood being disqualified from the $2 million race on the Gold Coast on January… Read More »
Trainer Les Ross has finally revealed his secret to getting horses which handle wet tracks after Mishani Fraudster won at Doomben. Mishani Fraudster was backed in from $5.50 to $3.10 before leading all the way to beat Master Red ($9) by three-quarters of a length in the QTIS Colts &… Read More »
Co-trainer David Eustace believes in-form Persan has trained on beautifully for his attempt to round out his three-year-old season with a fourth-straight win this winter in Melbourne. But Eustace is also not discounting the chances of filly High Emocean who will clash with her stablemate in Saturday’s Mark Needham Handicap… Read More »
Jockey and horse will be chasing a slice of history when Frankie Dettori partners Enable in the prestigious King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot. Enable will be bidding to become the first horse to win the Group One race three times, while Dettori can join Lester Piggot… Read More »
Trainer Phillip Stokes believes the Group Three Bletchingly Stakes presents a late-season opportunity to test Sansom with a view the future in the gelding’s final week as a three-year-old. Sansom is set to race on a seven-day back-up in Saturday’s 1200m weight-for-age Bletchingly Stakes at Caulfield, the feature event at… Read More »
Refreshed from a break, top jockey Hugh Bowman returns to Sydney racing at Rosehill with a strong book of rides, highlighted by Winter Challenge favourite Mugatoo. Saturday’s meeting will be Bowman’s first since mid-June as he begins his build up towards the upcoming season’s carnival races. Bowman had been riding… Read More »
If Invictus Prince was any other horse, trainer Matthew Smith might dare to be bullish about his chances in the Listed Winter Challenge at Rosehill. But like punters, Smith has been burned too many times. So while he can find only positives heading into Saturday’s 1500m Winter Challenge, Smith is… Read More »
Desleigh Forster and Taylor Marshall can confirm their status as Brisbane’s form trainer-jockey partnership when they target two-year-old races at Doomben. They will combine with Boom Spender in the 2YO Colts & Geldings Handicap (1200m) and Eelloh in the 2YO Fillies Handicap (1200m). Marshall has ridden 12 winners for Forster… Read More »
In-form trainer Kelly Schweida will rely on two rising stars and a stable stalwart to end his racing season on a high at Doomben. He has been hooking plenty of fish on his annual trip to Queensland’s gulf region in the state’s far north, and hopes his luck continues on… Read More »
Top Queensland galloper Alligator Blood was disqualified and his trainer David Vandyke received a $20,000 fine after a prohibited substance was detected following the gelding’s win in the $2 million Magic Millions Guineas on the Gold Coast. A Racing Queensland stewards inquiry delivered their judgment late on Thursday after a… Read More »
To avoid confusion over national whip rule breaches, Racing Victoria has announced new penalty guidelines for flat races. Developed in consultation with the Victorian Jockeys’ Association, the guidelines come into effect at the start of the new racing season on August 1 and set out the penalties that can be… Read More »
