Tony Gollan hopes to have a Sydney venture confirmed soon as he starts what he believes will be his busiest season yet. Gollan won his third Brisbane trainer’s premiership with 87-1/2 winners which smashed the record of 79 he set the previous season. He also won the state title with… Read More »
Apprentice Regan Bayliss has felt the wrath of stewards for the seventh time this year after being suspended at Caulfield. Bayliss was outed for 12 meetings on a careless riding charge aboard pick-up ride Celeritas in the Debra Coombs Handicap on Saturday. Racing Victoria stewards allege Bayliss shifted out at… Read More »
Craig Williams has finished the season in style with a winning double at Caulfield on the day he clinched his fifth Melbourne jockeys’ premiership. Williams went into Saturday’s final metropolitan meeting of the 2015/16 season three wins ahead of Dwayne Dunn in the premiership and clinched the title when he… Read More »
G1 winning jockey Ben Melham has been fined $500 for using his mobile phone in the jockeys room at Caulfield today. Melham explained to stewards that he was checking on his sick son, the fine stood. Source: Ben Melham fined $500 for using mobile phone in jockeys room at Caulfield…. Read More »
Robbie Laing left Caulfield racecourse 12 months ago wondering about the career of Lord Of The Sky. Move forward a year and Laing is on top of the world after the sprinter took out the Group Three Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield. Last year Lord Of The Sky was sent… Read More »
Jeff Lloyd had his first win in the Brisbane jockeys’ premiership soured with a suspension on Saturday. Lloyd completed a double at Doomben when he won the last race of the season on Sagaronne ($3.70 favourite) to give him 80 winners for the season. However, he was suspended for nine… Read More »
Super Tycoon’s third consecutive Sydney Saturday win has convinced trainer Greg McFarlane he can measure up at stakes level. Super Tycoon ($7) kicked away in the straight to record a 3-3/4 length, with Tower Of Song ($13) edging out Dragon Flyer ($11) to fill the placings in a 1350m benchmark… Read More »
Amid the celebrations of a record season, trainer Chris Waller has also had to deal with the more sombre side of racing. Waller passed his previous Sydney total of 167-1/2 at Rosehill on Saturday when Pioneering gave him his second winner for the day and his 168th for 2015/16. A… Read More »
The Chris Waller trained Tales Of Grimm sadly broke down during the Winter Challenge at Rosehill today and was euthanised on the track. Tales Of Grimm had twenty seven starts prior to todays race in which he amassed more than $340,000 for connections. RIP Tales of Grimm ; sad sad… Read More »
Travel shy Lucky Tom will stay at home and be aimed at the Brisbane summer stakes races after returning to the winners list at Doomben on Saturday. Lucky Tom ($7) appreciated the return to a firm track when he led all of the way to beat the unlucky favourite Beckham… Read More »
Impressive first-up Caulfield winner Derryn could be Sydney bound for the first Group One three-year-old race of the new season. The Lindsay Park colt came from a rewards position before claiming the Brian Reckas Handicap (1000m) at Caulfield on Saturday. Tom Dabernig, who trains in partnership with David Hayes and… Read More »
Craig Williams has secured his fifth Melbourne jockeys’ premiership. Williams has been in a battle with Dwayne Dunn for this year’s title and established an unassailable lead at the final city meeting of the season on Saturday at Caulfield. Williams took a three-win lead into the meeting and Hursley’s victory… Read More »
A Spring Racing Carnival contender from the Jason Warren stable has sadly had to be put down following a slab fracture. Puritan who won the G3 Manfred Stakes in the Summer was to be set towards the Spring riches before suffering a slab fracture to his knee forcing connections to… Read More »
A filly owned by a Cathay Pacific pilot has made a flying start to her Australian racing career by winning on debut. Hong Kong-based Gary Lui was on the phone to co-trainer Michael Hawkes when Interstellar won a 1200m benchmark race at Rosehill on Saturday. Despite the owner not being… Read More »
Chris Waller has set a new benchmark in Sydney, training his 168th metropolitan winner at Rosehill on the final day of the season. When Pioneering won on Saturday, Waller passed his own mark of 167-1/2 established in 2012/13 as he powered to his sixth premiership. Fittingly, Pioneering was ridden by… Read More »
Jockey Craig Williams cannot be beaten in the Melbourne jockeys’ premiership after the win of Hursley at Caulfield. Starting the day three wins clear of Dwayne Dunn at the final metropolitan meeting of the season, Hursley’s win put Williams four wins clear with four races remaining. Williams had been in… Read More »
Jeff Lloyd had a surprise cheer squad when he returned from ensuring he was Brisbane’s premier jockey with an all-the-way win on Rebel Miss at Doomben on Saturday. Lloyd went into the day with a 5 1/2 win lead over Jim Byrne and Rebel Miss made it a 6 1/2… Read More »
There will be little rest for Harlem Lady, which will back up at Randwick after ending a sequence of minor placings with victory at Rosehill. The Chris Waller-trained mare races in the same colours as Winx but unlike her champion stablemate had been placed at her previous four starts leading… Read More »
The five-hour trip from Gunnedah to Rosehill was worth it for Gavin Groth. The trainer brought About Time with him and the five-year-old gelding led all the way to give him his first city winner in the Highway Plate (1500m) on Saturday. The horse – strapped by Groth, owned by… Read More »
Progressive stayer O’lonera has upstaged his older rivals to make it back-to-back city wins with a strong performance at Caulfield at the final city meeting of this season. Trainer Cindy Alderson said Saturday’s $150,000 VOBIS Gold Stayers (2400m) had been the target this preparation for the three-year-old, which went into… Read More »
