A second blood sample has been taken from Grand Emperor after a pre-race screening at Caulfield showed an elevated TCO2 reading. The horse finished fourth in the PFD Food Services Handicap and was allowed to start after trainer Dean Howard assured stewards the horse had no alkalising agents leading up [...]
Ric McMahon will appeal against a nine meetings suspension which threatens to rule him out of the Stradbroke Handicap mount on Better Than Ready. Stewards suspended McMahon on Saturday for causing interference to Jetset Lad, Manawanui and Spirit Of Boom at the 300-metre mark in the Doomben 10,000 when he [...]
Bookmakers were saved a fortune when imported galloper Midsummer Sun failed badly in the Group Three Premier’s Cup at Doomben on Saturday. Melbourne visitor Midsummer Sun was backed as though unbeatable from $3.80 into $2.70 although during the week as much as $6 was bet with corporate bookmakers. Midsummer Sun [...]
A stint of boot camp proved the catalyst for Epaulette’s win in a Doomben 10,000 marred by tragedy on Saturday. Epaulette ($6) stormed home to win by two lengths from last year’s winner Sea Siren ($17) with Buffering ($7) a brave third, a short half-head away. But as jockey Kerrin [...]
A trainer with one promising filly and another slow horse ended a 25-year wait for a first city victory at Caulfield on Saturday. And to make Geoff Wheeler’s breakthrough city success even more special, the winning filly She Can Skate was ridden by the trainer’s son Reece. “I’m pretty speechless,” [...]
Showing no signs of his age, Fiumicino has put himself in the frame for the Brisbane Cup with an all-the-way win in the Listed McKell Cup at Randwick. The nine-year-old took his earnings past $3 million and turned back the clock, reviving memories of his 2007 AJC Derby win over [...]
Top trainer Chris Waller described jockey Jim Cassidy as a marvel after they combined to win the $125,000 Group Three Grand Prix at Doomben on Saturday. Waller and Cassidy completed a feature race double when Hawkspur, the $3.80 favourite, beat Rhythm To Spare ($6) by 2-1/4 lengths with a short [...]
Darley three-year-old Epaulette has added another Group One win to his record after producing a late run to claim the Doomben 10,000 on Saturday. Epaulette, winner of the Group One Golden Rose at Rosehill in September, came from beyond midfield to win the time-honoured Queensland sprint. The Peter Snowden-trained colt [...]
Zoustar kept his unbeaten record intact in the BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes and strengthened trainer Chris Waller’s grip on next month’s Group One JJ Atkins. Ridden by Jim Cassidy, Zoustar ($4.40) defeated his stablemate Vilanova ($8) to win the Sires by 1-1/4 lengths with Bound For Earth ($8.50) a long [...]
Visiting French jockey Thomas Huet crossed another item off his bucket list with his first Saturday metropolitan winner at Randwick on Saturday. Huet came to Australia in January, joining Gai Waterhouse, trainer of Queenstown who won the Pixable Handicap (2000m). The 29-year-old had ridden seven provincial winners for his boss [...]
