Liam Birchley put a positive and light-hearted spin on Missy Longstocking’s nightmare barrier in Saturday’s Ken Russell Memorial Classic at the Gold Coast. “At least the riding instructions will be simple,” Birchley said after Missy Longstocking drew the outside barrier in the 17-horse field. “We’ll just go back and ride [...]
Jockey Chris Symons is adamant he is on the right horse in Saturday’s South Australian Derby as he chases a breakthrough Group One win. Symons rides Shoreham in the $500,000 classic over 2500m at Morphettville and says it will mean a lot if he can land the biggest victory of [...]
David Vandyke expects to play a major role at Hawkesbury but loyalty to a horse who has helped him make a successful return to training means he will be elsewhere on Saturday. Vandyke will start in-form Keith’s Legacy in the $150,000 Rowley Mile (1600m), one of three Listed races at [...]
Buffering will follow a weight-for-age path during the Brisbane winter carnival but trainer Robert Heathcote hasn’t ruled out another attempt at the Stradbroke Handicap. Buffering was on Wednesday among 137 nominations for the Group One Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) at Eagle Farm on June 8 which carries first prizemoney of $1 [...]
Sydney trainer Gerald Ryan wouldn’t have had too many regrets when a former member of his stable, Royal Hawaiian scored at Warrnambool on Wednesday. While Ryan won’t get much credit for the win, he will at least get some of the cash. Royal Hawaiian won the Optus Shop Warrnambool Maiden [...]
Warwick Farm trainer Bjorn Baker hopes to make a successful hit-and-run visit to Wagga on Thursday with Liveandletdie in the Wagga Town Plate (1200m). The accomplished five-year-old sprinter will be having his first start for the New Zealand-born trainer after previously being prepared by Mark Kavanagh in Melbourne. The son [...]
Dubai World Cup winner Animal Kingdom has come through his first work-out since arriving in England with flying colours. The horse is due to have his last race at Royal Ascot in June before being transported to Australia to stand at Arrowfield Stud. Trained by American Graham Motion, Animal Kingdom [...]
Chief steward Ray Murrihy says rugby league great Andrew Johns and retired jockey Allan Robinson “are parties of interest” in an investigation into the defeat of More Joyous at Randwick on Saturday. More Joyous’ owner John Singleton has accused bookmaker Tom Waterhouse of telling people the champion racemare More Joyous [...]
Chief steward Ray Murrihy says rugby league great Andrew Johns and retired jockey Allan Robinson “are parties of interest” in an investigation into the defeat of More Joyous at Randwick on Saturday. More Joyous’ owner John Singleton has accused bookmaker Tom Waterhouse of telling people the champion racemare More Joyous [...]
Rugby league great Andrew Johns has dismissed claims that bookmaker Tom Waterhouse tipped him off about the fitness of a horse two days before a Sydney race meeting. High-profile businessman John Singleton has accused Waterhouse of telling people that More Joyous – a Singleton-owned mare trained by his mother Gai [...]