A record-breaking hurdle win to Black And Bent was the highlight of a winning treble for Robert Smerdon at Sandown on a day when Peter Moody also trained a milestone first jumps winner. Smerdon and Moody both prepared winning trebles on Wednesday’s 11-race card, showing their versatility as trainers with [...]
Gai Waterhouse headed to Canterbury on Wednesday confident Romantic Touch could make her start to the racing day a winning one. But even the ever-optimistic trainer would have been hard-pressed to predict the demolition performance the juvenile produced. Stepping up to 1550 metres for the first time in the Australian [...]
Disqualified jockey Danny Nikolic will face two more charges out of his inquiry involving Racing Victoria chief steward Terry Bailey. The latest charges stem from a Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal hearing in November where it is alleged the jockey acted improperly towards Wade Hadley, a member of the RV [...]
Chris Waller will roll the dice with promising two-year-old Zoustar and give him a shot at Group company in Saturday’s BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes at Doomben. The youngster was a dual acceptor in two states, with Waller paying up for the 1350m feature as well as a 1200m set weights [...]
Regardless of what Less Is More achieves in his racing career, it’s doubtful he will ever replace Lamasery as trainer David Vandyke’s favourite horse. Vandyke and Lamasery’s owners made an emotionally-charged decision to retire the gelding after he finished ninth in last Saturday’s Doomben Cup. “It was a very sad [...]
A restricted-class race over a middle distance at Randwick on Saturday is shaping as an important pointer towards Brisbane’s two winter carnival Classics. A field of 16 and five emergencies were paid up for the Pixable Handicap (2000m), among them a host of Queensland Derby and Queensland Oaks hopefuls. One [...]
A comeback jumps jockey combined with Melbourne’s premier trainer and a horse with superior flat form to win the maiden hurdle at Sandown on Wednesday. Proven stayer Macedonian was a class above in an impressive jumps debut in the Robert Fitzgerald Memorial Hurdle (3300m), giving trainer Peter Moody his first [...]
Hippopus will back up in Saturday’s Grand Prix Stakes as trainer Gai Waterhouse attempts to revive his flagging Queensland Derby campaign. Hippopus beat only one rival home when he finished 12th in last Saturday’s Group One Doomben Cup (2000m) won by imported stayer Beaten Up. “Gai didn’t really want him [...]
Peter Moody has ruled out a Stradbroke Handicap start for Strawberry Boy and will use a race at Caulfield on Saturday to test the promising galloper for a potential spring target. Strawberry Boy made a successful debut for the Moody stable with a tough win over 1400m at Flemington. The [...]
Trainer Kelly Schweida believes Better Than Ready is adaptable enough to take advantage of a rails draw in Saturday’s Group One Doomben 10,000. Better Than Ready settled at the rear of the field in the BTC Cup at Eagle Farm on May 11 before making up ground to finish third [...]
