Kentucky Derby winner I’ll Have Another will jump from barrier nine in Saturday’s 137th Preakness, two spots outside Derby runner-up Bodemeister. I’ll Have Another charged from behind to beat Bodemeister by 1-1/2 lengths two weeks ago at Churchill Downs to give himself a chance at becoming the first horse since [...]
The Fugue has been catapulted to the head of the betting for the Oaks with an brilliant display in the Musidora Stakes at York. John Gosden’s filly was having just her third start having run a respectable fourth in the 1000 Guineas 10 days earlier. She was struck into on [...]
Christophe Soumillon has sacked himself from Dabirsim following the colt’s defeat in the French 2000 Guineas at Longchamp on Sunday. The Belgian jockey told Paris-Turf he lacked “chemistry” with the Christophe Ferland-trained three-year-old who won two Group Ones for Frankie Dettori in an unbeaten juvenile campaign. Soumillon has twice been [...]
Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Blake Shinn has been hit with a six week suspension for improper riding in a race at Canterbury on Wednesday. Shinn reserved his plea then said he would consider his options in regard to an appeal after Racing NSW stewards charged him over two incidents in the [...]
Blake Shinn has already enjoyed Group race success aboard Upbeat and he believes the three-year-old couldn’t be going any better ahead of Saturday’s rich Inglis Guineas at Scone. Shinn’s week was soured at Canterbury on Wednesday when he was suspended for six weeks on an improper riding charge with the [...]
Buffering is among first acceptances for the Group One Doomben 10,000 released on Wednesday. The Rob Heathcote-trained speedster was the pre-post favourite for last Saturday’s BTC Cup but was scratched after failing to recover from a stone bruise. However, Heathcote is confident Buffering will be right for the 1350 metre [...]
Greg Eurell produced a spring contender when two-year-old filly Love For Ransom made a winning debut at Sandown on Wednesday. The Cranbourne trainer, who was devastated when Cox Plate victor Pinker Pinker died suddenly following a routine injection several weeks ago, said he was looking forward to the spring with [...]
Juvenile Betrayal has firmed into second favouritism for next month’s Group One TJ Smith Plate but trainer Gai Waterhouse is non-committal about a Queensland trip. Betrayal stepped out for his second start in the Airr Handicap (1250m) at Canterbury on Wednesday and led all the way as a short-priced favourite. [...]
If ever a horse has had a solid foundation for a 3200 metre feature race it is country stayer High Kingczar. The six year-old, a forgotten horse at $26 with TAB Sportsbet for Saturday’s Listed Andrew Ramsden Stakes, has contested nearly half of his 46 career runs in the past [...]
He’s ridden the best, now he’s going to ride the worst. Three-time Melbourne Cup winning jockey Glen Boss will partner 86-start maiden Vote For Lust at the Mildura Cup meeting on Sunday. Best known for his association with champion mare Makybe Diva who he rode to three successive Melbourne Cup [...]