Champion jumps jockey Ruby Walsh is ready to make his comeback in time for the Cheltenham Festival after nearly four months on the sidelines with injury. Walsh, who has ridden more winners at the famous Cheltenham meeting than any other jockey, has been out of action since suffering a broken… Read More »
The first Australian woman to ride in the Melbourne Cup has announced her retirement. Clare Lindop who rode Debben in the 2003 Cup, will continue riding through Adelaide’s May carnival. The announcement came on the eve of next Monday’s Adelaide Cup which Lindop won 12 years ago on Exalted Time… Read More »
Happy Clapper is once again on a path to run into Winx but his trainer doesn’t see that as a negative. Pat Webster’s stable star begins his autumn campaign in Saturday’s Group One Canterbury Stakes with a view to competing in his third Doncaster Mile. Before the $3.5 million race,… Read More »
Mick Bell has lifted the bar for Jungle Edge by aiming him at the TJ Smith Stakes, a Group One challenge he initially thought was beyond the gelding. The Victorian trainer only realised his stable star was a viable candidate for the 2017 edition of the TJ Smith Stakes (1200m)… Read More »
It may not be the grand final for Lord Fandango but trainer Archie Alexander has called on a set of blinkers ahead of the Australian Cup at Flemington. Staying races in Sydney await after Saturday’s Group One race, but Alexander and connections didn’t want to be heading north off another… Read More »
Menari has gone amiss and won’t be seen at the Sydney carnival but his stablemate Trapeze Artist is at the top of his game as he aims for a second Group One win. The two Gerald Ryan-trained colts have spend most of their careers together with Trapeze Artist often overshadowed… Read More »
Trainer Matt Dunn has switched plans for stable star Care To Think but is leaving no stone unturned as he chases another big prize in Sydney. Care To Think ran second in the Liverpool City Cup at Randwick on Saturday and Dunn has switched his campaign from the Group One… Read More »
Missrock has tuned up for the Newmarket Handicap with a hard-held narrow victory in a Cranbourne barrier trial. The Robbie Laing-trained mare was under a stranglehold throughout Monday’s 800m-trial, gaining a last stride victory under Ben Thompson. Missrock ran 46.34 seconds for the trial, the fourth fastest of the 11… Read More »
He is also sired by Street Cry, and that is where the comparisons end between Lutreola and super mare Winx. The gelding started life at Godolphin, and after being unplaced in two starts, he was put up for sale and bought by Wyong trainer Stephen Schofield. A former jockey who… Read More »
Godolphin’s Hartnell is returning to Melbourne for a shot at the Australian Cup in which he will face 11 rivals in the $1.5 million race at Flemington. Winner of the C F Orr Stakes at Caulfield first-up on February 10, Hartnell was a last-start third behind Gailo Chop and Single… Read More »
Liverpool City Cup winner Crack Me Up has been given a one kilogram penalty for the Doncaster Mile taking him to 53kg. The winner of the Group Two Villiers Stakes in December, Crack Me Up beat Care To Think by half a length in Saturday’s Group Three race over 1300m…. Read More »
Melbourne horse Derryn will return to the scene of his best performance when he runs in the Group One Canterbury Stakes at Randwick. One of four nominations in Saturday’s 1300m-race from Lindsay Park, he will be joined by Tulip with So Si Bon and Thronum to remain in Melbourne. Derryn… Read More »
Queensland trainer Liam Birchley has again been knocked back in his bid to races horses in NSW ahead of answering charges in the bicarb case in Victoria. Racing NSW Stewards on Monday received oral submissions from Birchley’s barrister Michael Grant-Taylor QC to supplement written submissions from solicitor Travis Shultz in… Read More »
Connections of Merchant Navy have been single-minded in focusing on the Newmarket Handicap and trainer Aaron Purcell is confident the colt is on target to deliver. Three-year-old Merchant Navy is the current favourite to add Saturday’s Group One Newmarket (1200m) at Flemington to his elite-level win over the course and… Read More »
A technical glitch means Ace High’s name does not appear in original nominations for the Group One Randwick Guineas but he has been added and his trainer is confident he will make his presence felt. The dual Group One winner was missing on Monday morning when entries were taken for… Read More »
Two central figures in the bicarb scandal in Victoria have had further sanctions imposed at a show cause hearing in Melbourne. Neither Greg Nelligan nor Denise Nelligan made any submissions at Monday’s hearing after last week indicating at a directions hearing they would take no part in proceedings against them… Read More »
Gailo Chop will be out to give premier Victorian trainer Darren Weir back-to-back wins in the Group One Australian Cup at Flemington. The seven-year-old heads into Saturday’s race as the clear-cut favourite in early markets to join last year’s winner Humidor on the Australian Cup honour roll. “It’s pretty hard,… Read More »
Star Queensland filly Houtzen is expected to have improved considerably from a barrier trial as she prepares to resume at Randwick. Houtzen will be having her first start since being unplaced in the Coolmore Stud Stakes on November 4 at Flemington. She is one of 17 entries for Saturday’s Listed… Read More »
Canberra trainer Nick Olive can’t wait for the rematch between his stable star Single Gaze and Australian Cup favourite Gailo Chop at Flemington. Gailo Chop dominated the traditional Group 1 Australian Cup lead-up, the Group Two Peter Young Stakes (1800m) to cement his spot at the head of betting for… Read More »
Lindsay Park could have as many as six starters in one of Australia’s toughest sprint races, the Newmarket Handicap over the straight 1200 metres at Flemington. Confirmed runners are last year’s winner Redkirk Warrior, Catchy, Thronum, So Si Bon and Fastnet Tempest while the weather will determine whether Derryn starts…. Read More »
