An inside barrier draw for Romancer in a 1600m handicap at Flemington has trainer Grahame Begg hopeful the gelding can land the first win of his current campaign. Romancer heads into Saturday’s James Dunbar’s Flemington Inn (1600m) off an unplaced finish in the Listed Winter Championship Series Final over the… Read More »
Trainer Lindsey Smith has paid tribute to stable star Scales Of Justice who has died while completing routine exercise. The Smith-trained dual Group One winner Scales Of Justice died on Thursday as he was worked on a beach at Warrnambool in southwest Victoria. Scales Of Justice raced 30 times for… Read More »
After a respectable performance in a Melbourne Cup to collect a prize money cheque, it was expected imported galloper Muntahaa would become a major Australian staying force. Muntahaa came to Australia under the care of John Gosden, finishing ninth in the 2018 Cup behind Cross Counter before joining the Lindsay… Read More »
Sustained speed has been Spaceboy’s biggest asset but the frontrunner is set to be challenged to find another string to his bow. The three-year-old finds himself in a sprint race laden with pace on Saturday, clashing with flying mares Witherspoon and Rosina Kojunup, while Buckin’Beauty is also a noted leader…. Read More »
Speedy mare Jami Lady has drawn ideally for her first test to see if she can handle longer distances. Jami Lady scored the seventh win of her 19-start career when she led all the way to win the Listed Bright Shadow Stakes at Eagle Farm two weeks ago. She steps… Read More »
Ricky Yui, best known as the trainer of former star sprinter Sacred Kingdom, has claimed his first premiership title in Hong Kong. Yui secured champion trainer honours at the final meeting of the local season at Happy Valley on Wednesday and while thrilled to achieve a career goal, he took… Read More »
A better barrier prompted trainer Darryl Hansen to run his dual acceptor Pennino in the Listed Eye Liner Stakes. Hansen accepted with Pennino in the Eye Liner and the Listed Gai Waterhouse Classic at Ipswich. However, when Pennino drew barrier 16 in the Waterhouse he elected to run in the… Read More »
Second-up specialist Skate To Paris gets a chance to avenge one of the unluckiest runs of her career in the Listed Gai Waterhouse Classic. Skate To Paris ran third in last year’s Gai Waterhouse Classic after being pushed 10 deep on the home turn but rattled home to be beaten… Read More »
Two-time Triple Crown-winning trainer Bob Baffert has been suspended for 15 days by Oaklawn Park stewards and two of his horses were disqualified in Arkansas after testing positive for a banned substance. The stewards said in a ruling that the Hall of Fame trainer’s suspension will run from August 1… Read More »
Jockey Michael Hellyer has been suspended for 21 days for failing to ride short-priced favourite Amiche to the line at Eagle Farm. Amiche ($1.35) finished third behind Woman of Gold and La Jument in race four on Wednesday. There was a nose between Amiche and La Jument for second. Stewards… Read More »
Campbell Rawiller gets an opportunity to cap his success in this season’s Rising Stars Series for apprentices in Victoria when he rides Beauty Bolt for trainer Grahame Begg in the final race of the series at Flemington. Rawiller, son of prominent Sydney jockey Nash Rawiller, is in his first season… Read More »
Sydney trainer Matthew Smith has decided to take up the challenge of inching closer to a Melbourne Cup start sending Sweet Thomas to Melbourne. A ban is in place for horses having raced in Victoria entering NSW, but that has not deterred Smith who is prepared to leave Sweet Thomas… Read More »
Promising two-year-old Apache Chase is potentially the next top horse to emerge from Eagle Farm’s late season midweek meetings. Apache Chase ($4.20) was having his first start since a spell when he led all of the way to win the Eva Air 2YO Maiden Handicap (1400m) on Wednesday. Queensland’s premier… Read More »
With the new Australian racing season fast approaching, trainer Mark Newnham believes the time is right for apprentice Tom Sherry to make his Sydney metropolitan racing debut. Sherry, who hails from Ireland, has ridden 93 winners in NSW this season in the country and provincial areas and is scheduled to… Read More »
Trainer Les Ross continued his plunder of QTIS bonus money when tough filly Hancora Field scored at Eagle Farm on Wednesday. Ross has won 11 QTIS races for two-year-olds this season which has accrued $250,000 in bonus money. Leading the way has been Hancora Field a Deep Field filly who… Read More »
The powerful Godolphin stable will be hoping jockey Michael Cahill can continue his outstanding run of success in the Listed Gai Waterhouse Classic (1350m) at Ipswich. Cahill will ride Godolphin’s Multaja who is looking for her first win in more than a year on Saturday. He has won the Waterhouse… Read More »
Consistent gelding Mr Bellagio gets a belated opportunity to make his stakes race debut at Ipswich, when he tackles the Listed Eye Liner Stakes. The last open company black-type race of the season in Queensland also presents Mr Bellagio with a chance to win over 1200m for the first time… Read More »
Group One-winning colts King’s Legacy and Tagaloa have been installed favourites in an early market for the $2 million Caulfield Guineas in Melbourne this spring. The TAB posted its fixed odds markets on Tuesday for a handful of Victorian spring features including the Group One Caulfield Guineas (1600m) for three-year-olds… Read More »
A number of COVID-19 cases in Liverpool has resulted in Racing NSW taking the precautionary action of abandoning Wednesday’s Warwick Farm meeting. The meeting was called off on Tuesday as the Warwick Farm racecourse is located in the Liverpool region. Racing NSW chief executive Peter V’landys said the decision to… Read More »
Jockey Ben Melham can continue to ride in races while facing betting-related charges totalling thousands of dollars. Victoria Racing Tribunal chairman Judge John Bowman has set aside three days, from September 21 to 23, for the case to be heard in the County Court. Melham faces six Racing Victoria stewards… Read More »
