Victorian trainer Kate Goodrich will appear before The Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board over her refusal to let stewards conduct a race day stable inspection. A directions hearing has been scheduled for Tuesday morning, while the charge against Goodrich is set to be heard next Monday. Goodrich has been charged… Read More »
Beaten Magic Millions Guineas favourite Winning Rupert will undergo surgery to remove a bone chip in a fore knee. The Bjorn Baker-trained colt suffered his first defeat when fourth in Saturday’s $2 million race at the Gold Coast. Baker told Queensland stewards on Monday, X-rays revealed the problem and Winning… Read More »
Victorian rider Katelyn Mallyon will head to Macau to compete in a unique jockeys’ challenge. The Macau Jockey Club will stage the International Mixed Doubles Jockeys Challenge on Saturday with Australia’s representative Mallyon one of 12 riders – six female and six male – to compete. South Australian-based apprentice Emily… Read More »
Cindy Alderson expects the VOBIS Gold Star to be short of O’Lonera’s best but the trainer says it is a good starting point for the talented stayer’s campaign. O’Lonera is set to kick off his preparation in Saturday’s $100,000 race over 1500m at Moonee Valley with Nick Hall, who hasn’t… Read More »
A swab taken from dual Group One-winning filly Yankee Rose after her second in the Flight Stakes has shown the presence of a non steroidal anti-inflammatory Ketorolac. Trainer David Vandyke, who will face a Racing NSW stewards inquiry on Friday, said the substance was given to the filly by a… Read More »
A three-quarter brother to fertility-challenged Starspangledbanner has shown the same trait and will return to racing as a gelding. Il Cavallo, a stakes placegetter in Australia, only managed to get three mares in foal at New Zealand’s Chequers Stud. Brothers Mark Fraser-Campin and Chris Campin bought Il Cavallo as a… Read More »
The Snitzel factor is a big part of the Gerald Ryan stable with the trainer again active buying his progeny at the Magic Millions sale before watching one of his sons run second in the $2 million Classic at the Gold Coast. The most expensive lot at last year’s sale,… Read More »
South Australian stewards are continuing to investigate the incident which has led to jockey Josh Cartwright being stood down for reckless riding. Cartwright pleaded guilty to the serious charge out of the final race at Morphettville on Saturday. Stewards said he directed Senior Council at an acute angle with the… Read More »
Lightly raced Guard Of Honour is set to make his return at Randwick with trainer Kris Lees hoping he can show he has matured mentally to match his physical ability. Guard Of Honour has only had four starts for two wins including victory in the Listed Heritage Stakes (1100m) at… Read More »
Far from being disappointed , trainer Pat Duff and jockey Nathan day are encouraged by Steel Zip’s performance in a $1 million race at the Gold Coast. The veteran sprinter showed there was still plenty of life left in his nine-year-old legs when beaten just over three lengths in the… Read More »
Dual Group One winner Le Romain will avoid a clash with champion mare Winx early in his autumn campaign, with trainer Kris Lees confirming plans to kick him off in the Southern Cross Stakes. Le Romain stepped out in a barrier trial at Wyong on Monday morning, pleasing Lees in… Read More »
Dual Group One-winning filly Yankee Rose has returned a positive result to a banned substance from her second in the Flight Stakes. Racing NSW Stewards said a sample taken from the filly after her second to Global Glamour in the Flight Stakes at Randwick on October 1 showed the presence… Read More »
Australian sprinter Odyssey Moon is an $8 chance to claim a Group One win in New Zealand in The Telegraph Handicap at Trentham. The Telegraph over 1200 metres emerged as an option for Odyssey Moon after his win in the Group Three Standish Handicap at Flemington on New Year’s Day… Read More »
In the same week Dundeel’s first progeny have made an impact in the sale ring, his younger sibling has opened her winning account in country NSW. Forreel, a Nom Du Jeu four-year-old half sister to the champion, had her first Australian start over 1300 metres at Scone on Sunday, claiming… Read More »
Melbourne filly Flying Jess has written herself into the record books in more ways than one with her win in the $2 million Magic Millions Guineas. Starting at 100-1 she equalled the record for the longest priced winner in a Queensland feature race with 1977 Stradbroke Handicap winner Sir Wisp…. Read More »
Apprentices were to the fore on Chester Manifold Stakes day at Flemington, and some of Victoria’s top young riders are making an impression in this season’s Melbourne premiership. Seven of the nine races on Saturday’s Flemington program were won by apprentices on a day when a host of senior riders… Read More »
Sydney apprentice Deanne Panya has joined an elite group with her win on Testashadow in the Magic Millions Cup. The $1 million Cup was by far the biggest win for the 23-year-old who has ridden 11 metropolitan winners this season in Sydney. She was the only apprentice riding at Saturday’s… Read More »
Brisbane jockey Robbie Fradd will have to rely on the appeals process to avoid a lengthy suspension. Fradd picked up his third ban in a fortnight at the Gold Coast on Saturday. Stewards found him guilty of interference on Most Important near the line in the Magic Millions Cup and… Read More »
He’s Our Rokkii is already a Group One winner at Caulfield and will be given the chance to add another two early in his upcoming campaign. The four-year-old won the Group One Toorak Handicap (1600m) during his spring preparation and his co-trainers David and Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig are… Read More »
Jeff Lloyd won’t rest on his laurels after winning the Magic Millions Classic on Houtzen and is poised to become the first jockey to ride 100 winners for the season. The veteran South African expat is locked in a fascinating struggle with Perth’s William Pike to be Australia’s leading jockey…. Read More »
