Victorian trainer Dean Binaisse has been cleared of using peptides on his string of racehorses. Binaisse fronted a stewards’ inquiry on Wednesday when it was confirmed tests from 13 horses in his stable had returned clear results. Stewards opened an inquiry after a Fairfax Media report last month claimed Binaisse [...]
International interest in Eye On You is expected to skyrocket after his dominant win in the Yellowglen Handicap (1200m) at Doomben on Wednesday. Trainer Lawrie Mayfield-Smith said owner Gino Loiero has already fielded several offers to buy the three-year-old. “There’s been a lot of offers for him but that’s up [...]
Chris Waller will have to wait another day to set a new training benchmark in Sydney after falling three wins short of his target at Canterbury. The premier trainer had eight runners and got off to the perfect start when Murder Of Crows led all the way in the opening [...]
The Banjo Paterson Final is the off-season goal for the in-form Cooldini but trainer Robert Smerdon is also keen to test the three-year-old over the jumps before the end of the season. Cooldini is out to make it a hat-trick of wins in Saturday’s heat of the Banjo Paterson Series [...]
The Ramornie Handicap is not on the winter radar for See The World despite his immediate target being a race which earns the winner automatic entry into the famous country sprint. While his name conjures images of wanderlust, See The World is a homebody who doesn’t cope well with trips [...]
Chris Waller wants jockey Jason Collett to enjoy the experience of riding She’s Clean in the Tattersall’s Tiara without the burden of expectation. Collett is seeking his first Group One win aboard She’s Clean in the Tiara, having ridden the mare to victory at her past two wins at Randwick. [...]
Sydney Cup winner Stand To Gain has snapped a long losing sequence as he enters a new phase of his racing career. Stand To Gain, once a member of Chris Waller’s all-conquering stable, had been winless since the 2011 Sydney Cup until he signalled he has a future over the [...]
Trainer Mick Kent has had one charge overturned on appeal and penalties varied on four others in relation to shock wave therapy on horses. Kent was fined $7000 on five charges but that penalty has been varied to $4000 after appeals to the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board on Wednesday. [...]
Sixteen fillies and mares have accepted for the $500,0000 Tattersall’s Tiara at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The entry includes emerging filly Peron, one of a trio of three-year-olds to take their place in the Group One race. Peron was in danger of missing a run because she was well down [...]
Bookmakers think Chris Waller can train at least two of the four winners he needs to break a Sydney metropolitan racing record at Canterbury on Wednesday. Waller has 10 acceptors across seven races at the midweek meeting with Madam Nash and Murder Of Crows expected to start favourite to win [...]