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 [...]
The indomitable Gai Waterhouse will have up to four runners in Sunday’s Listed WJ McKell Cup at Randwick, headed by Sydney Cup placegetter Once Were Wild. The mare shares equal topweight of 59kg with stablemate Western Symbol who jumps to 2400 metre after going down narrowly last start in the [...]
Apprentice Tom Sadler will long remember the cold Wednesday at Sandown in May when he landed his first metropolitan win aboard Lordoftheparrots. Sadler managed to keep the Mike Moroney-trained Lordoftheparrots straight despite the gelding wanting to lay-in up the straight in the National Jockeys’ Trust Hcp (2100m). Sent out at [...]
International jockey Jeff Lloyd hopes to send a clear message when the latest chapter of his star-studded career begins at Doomben on Saturday. Lloyd, 50, wants it known his decision to quit Hong Kong and base himself at the Gold Coast is not related to thoughts of retirement. The winner [...]