Crafty Irna didn’t win during the 2012 autumn carnival but she produced results good enough for trainer Ron Quinton to replicate the campaign. With that in mind, Quinton says Crafty Irna is in career-best shape for the $100,000 Aspiration Quality at Warwick Farm on Saturday. “Her last couple of preparations [...]
The first person to console trainer Matt Laurie when his filly Se Sauver failed narrowly on debut at Sandown last week was winning trainer, John Sadler. Laurie was so impressed by the gesture, he will make a point of doing the same if Se Sauver does as he expects and [...]
Sydney plans were put on hold for Force Command after the Group One Australian Guineas but can be revived at Bendigo on Saturday. Trainer Greg Eurell is lamenting another poor barrier draw for Force Command in the $150,000 Bendigo Guineas (1400m) after the colt raced wide without cover from an [...]
An unshakable belief in his horse promises to help counteract any anxiety jockey Jason Collett may have over his high-profile role in the $500,000 Randwick Guineas on Saturday. Collett is the only Guineas jockey who hasn’t ridden a Group One winner but in the favourite Rebel Dane, the 21-year-old has [...]
A dry track and plenty of speed is on trainer Kane St Vincent’s wish list for grand campaigner The Jackal in Saturday’s Gold Coast Stakes. St Vincent is hoping fine weather will continue to dry out the Gold Coast track enough to suit the requirements of The Jackal who struggles [...]
Fuerza could play the role of spoiler among the Golden Slipper aspirants in Saturday’s Skyline Stakes. The winner of the Group Three Skyline (1200m) gains automatic entry to the $3.5 million Golden Slipper on April 6 but the race is not on the program for Fuerza. Trainer Bjorn Baker has [...]
Oakleigh Plate winner Woorim has been retired because of ongoing hoof problems. “There are fractures in his problematic hooves which may well have been lingering for some time and the ongoing battle is insurmountable,” trainer Robert Heathcote said. Woorim gave Heathcote his first Group One win as a trainer when [...]
Irish jockey JT McNamara was airlifted to hospital with a serious neck injury after a fall at the Cheltenham Festival on Thursday. Dr Adrian McGoldrick, chief medical officer of the Irish Turf Club, said the 37-year-old amateur jockey was placed in a medically-induced coma and taken by helicopter to Frenchay [...]
Kevin Gray has no doubt that favourite High Fashion can stay the 2400m of the New Zealand Oaks at Trentham and give him his third Oaks victory. The New Zealand Oaks has a slightly disappointing look to it as it is missing the country’s best fillies Habibi and Fix after [...]
Irish raider Solwhit benefited from the absence of the injured four-time winner Big Buck’s to win the World Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. Solwhit was given a brilliant ride by Paul Carberry, especially as the jockey had been in doubt on race morning after taking a heavy fall on Wednesday. [...]
