The Victorian racing industry has copped a battering in recent weeks but on Wednesday it was the weather that inflicted the damage. The midweek meeting at Sandown was abandoned after just one race when jockeys expressed safety concerns over fierce winds which lashed the course. Racing Victoria deputy chairman of [...]
Jockey Danny Nikolic has been banned from riding following a verbal clash with Victoria’s chief steward Terry Bailey at the Seymour race meeting. A trainer with a runner at Seymour said an incident occurred between the two before the running of race seven. The trainer, who did not want to [...]
Shane Scriven, the Queensland jockey who made it to the top despite a constant struggle with his weight, has announced his retirement. Scriven says he decided to call an end to his 33-year career during a Father’s Day gathering with his family. “After all these years I haven’t got it [...]
Christian Reith has narrowly avoided missing the biggest day of his career through suspension. Reith was outed for careless riding at Rosehill on Saturday with his seven-meeting ban reduced to six because it incorporates upcoming stakes meetings. That allows him to return in time to partner Golden Rose favourite Nechita [...]
Queensland Derby winner Brambles has joined the list of spring racing casualties, having failed to recover in time from a bout of travel sickness. Trainer Peter Moody had initially considered Brambles to have overcome the problem, but he informed stewards on Friday the four-year-old would not race this spring. “The [...]
The Run to the Rose is a Group 3 race for three year olds, taking place on September 1, 2012. Being run at the beautiful Rosehill Racecourse and held over a distance of 1200 metres, this race is always a good sign that Spring is kicking into gear. $250 RUN [...]
The Memsie Stakes has a long and rich history in Australian racing, with the first event taking place way back in 1899. This Group 2 race takes place at Caulfield Racecourse and is hosted by the Melbourne Racing Club. Run over 1400 metres, the $200,000 Memsie Stakes is a weight [...]
The HDF McNeil Stakes is a Group 3 event for three year old horses. This race takes place on September 1, 2012, and is run at Caulfield Racecourse on the first official Spring day of the 2012 Spring racing carnival. Held under set weight plus penalty conditions, this 1200 metre [...]
African Pulse is an early withdrawal from Caulfield on Saturday after cutting his leg. The four-year-old was second favourite for the Listed Theshark.com.au Stakes (1100m) on the back of his impressive first-up win at Flemington. However, trainer Mike Moroney told racing channel TVN African Pulse suffered a mishap that would [...]
The spring is starting to heat up with the running of Saturday’s N.Z Bloodstock Memise Stakes the kick start for many Horses embarking on their spring campaigns. Though many racegoers are worried that the Void left by injured superstars Atlantic Jewel and Black Caviar may be too big and that [...]
