Trainer Matt Cumani does not know what he has done to continually to have poor barrier draws for his runners. Cumani has two starters in Saturday’s $855,000 feature, The Showdown, at Caulfield and again cannot believe his bad luck. Last-start Echuca winner Khoekhoe has gate 10 with Coup De Tonnerre,… Read More »
Jockey-of-the-moment Tom Marquand has been fined for a breach of the protocols surrounding coronavirus. The visiting English rider won his second Sydney Group One race on Addeybb in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick on Saturday. With racing continuing in the absence of spectators, Marquand celebrated by embracing Addeybb’s groom… Read More »
Veteran jockey Robbie Fradd made the most of a quick visit to the Sunshine Coast, landing a double from his only two rides. The much-travelled South African has been riding as well as ever with 87-1/2 winners this season. Fradd won on Sheezasinga ($3) for trainer Barry Lockwood and See… Read More »
A month after breaking through for his first Group One win, a refreshed Dreamforce will be out to add another against a star-studded field in the All Aged Stakes at Randwick. The John Thompson-trained multiple stakes winner had placed at Group One level three times in the previous year before… Read More »
The chances of having international runners at this year’s Melbourne’s spring carnival are unlikely, but Racing Victoria says it hasn’t given up trying to attract overseas talent. Racing Victoria’s international scout Paul Bloodworth has been keeping in contact with overseas trainers, but as the COVID-19 situation sits he doubts there… Read More »
It is little wonder Deagon trainer Michael Lakey says he would love a stable full of horses as tough as Brocson. The nine-year-old gelding is getting better with age and will line up for his 79th start in the Millers Swim School Handicap (2200m) at Doomben on Saturday. Brocson has… Read More »
A full field of 14 plus two emergencies has been declared for the final Group One race of the Sydney autumn carnival, the All Aged Stakes. Favourite Santa Ana Lane has drawn barrier one for Saturday’s 1400m-feature at Randwick while last year’s winner Pierata will jump from nine. Santa Ana… Read More »
The Toby and Trent Edmonds partnership has had a change of plans with Vanna Girl and Vivid Fortress who will now run at the Gold Coast instead of Sydney. Vanna Girl and Vivid Fortress were set to join sprinter Tyzone on the float to Sydney this week when there appeared… Read More »
Group Two winner and VRC Oaks placegetter Moonlight Maid headlines the nominations for the inaugural The VOBIS Sires Guineas at Caulfield. Saturday’s $427,500 race over 1600m is for three-year-old progeny of Victorian stallions and has attracted 29 nominations. The VOBIS Sires Guineas is the second richest race on Saturday’s Victorian… Read More »
Mark Newnham has had the Frank Packer Plate as Gone Bye’s autumn goal for some time but admits he was not expecting the gelding to be taking on a Group One winner. Quick Thinker, winner of the Australian Derby, headlines Saturday’s nominations and is the even-money favourite ahead of acceptances… Read More »
The significant prize money on offer in The Showdown at Caulfield is the incentive for Sydney trainer Mark Newnham to send lightly raced colt Write On south for the race. The 1200m-sprint for two year-olds has a purse of $855,000 with first prize money of $450,000 and is restricted to… Read More »
A second sample has confirmed the prohibited substance altrenogest in the swab taken from Alligator Blood after he won the Magic Millions 3YO Guineas at the Gold Coast. Trainer David Vandyke will now face a stewards’ inquiry at a date to be set. If he is found guilty of presenting… Read More »
Dual Group One-placed colt Brandenburg will race in blinkers for the first time in the All Aged Stakes at Randwick. Brandenburg has been kept ticking over after his last-start third in the Group One Doncaster Mile on April 4 with a view to the weight-for-age All Aged. After Brandenburg worked… Read More »
New Zealand trainer Tony Pike has decided not to press ahead with another Sydney Group One start for The Bostonian. Six of the gelding’s 10 wins have been in Australia including his three at Group One level, the latest the Canterbury Stakes (1300m) on March 7. He was runner-up to… Read More »
Eagle Farm racecourse will have a slightly extended hiatus with pressure to reopen it sooner easing. Racing Queensland, which is in charge of the Eagle Farm renovations, had always planned to rest the track for up to six weeks but that will now be eight weeks. The track has not… Read More »
The Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia is withholding Maximum Security’s winning prize money for the $20 million Saudi Cup, after trainer Jason Servis was indicted on federal charges in the United States. The trainer is one of 27 people indicted by the District Attorney for the Southern District of New… Read More »
Sires’ Produce Stakes winner King’s Legacy is favourite to claim his second Group One win of the autumn carnival in the final leg of the Sydney two-year-old triple crown. King’s Legacy will be the only horse to have competed in all three legs of this year’s juvenile triple crown –… Read More »
Sessions of jumping combined with the addition of blinkers has turned around the fortunes of former English gelding Jack Regan. Now in the care of Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young, Jack Regan took out Monday’s Ladbrokes Odds Boost Exotics Handicap (2400m) at Sandown to back up his victory at the… Read More »
Talented mare Tofane will line up in her fifth-straight Group One race in the All Aged Stakes with trainer Mike Moroney hoping this time she can break through. The All Aged Stakes is the signature event on Saturday’s Randwick program which brings Sydney’s Group One carnival racing to a close…. Read More »
Australian Oaks winner Colette is high in Caulfield Cup markets but trainer James Cummings has warned punters not to jump in early. Colette has highlighted her staying potential with dominant wins in the Group Three Adrian Knox Stakes (2000m) and Group One ATC Australian Oaks (2400m) on consecutive Saturdays during… Read More »
