Robert Heathcote will be heavily represented at Eagle Farm on Saturday but a wet track could force the leading trainer to reduce his numbers for the meeting. Despite fine weather since Thursday, the Eagle Farm track remains saturated after 71mm of rain in the past week, resulting in a heavy [...]
Black Caviar’s half brother All Too Hard has been named on Vinery Stud’s 2013 stallion roster for a first season fee of $66,000. The triple Group One winner is scheduled to have his final Australian start in the All Aged Stakes on Saturday week which will determine whether he goes [...]
A horse from the stable of leading Victorian trainer Darren Weir has tested positive to a banned substance. Racing Victoria stewards have received confirmation that a post-race urine sample taken from Doing Our Best in a race at Ballarat in February contained the diuretic Frusemide, which is commonly marketed as [...]
Group One-winning jockey Nikita McLean has been suspended for five months for punching her sister, apprentice Jackie Beriman, at a race meeting. A long-running family dispute spilled over to the female jockeys’ room at the Hamilton race meeting last Sunday. McLean pleaded guilty to a charge of misconduct in that [...]
Two pleasing jumpouts from well-related Samarmeteors has trainer Mick Price expecting a competitive debut showing from the two-year-old at Caulfield on Saturday. Samarmeteors is a half-sister to last year’s Blue Diamond Stakes winner Samaready and steps out for the first time in the Visvanathan Memorial Plate (1000m). Price also trains [...]
A filly trainer Chris Waller tried unsuccessfully to buy five months ago looms as the biggest threat to his chances of claiming Saturday’s Australian Oaks. Waller will saddle up two runners in the 2400m classic at Randwick, Adrian Knox Stakes winner Royal Descent and outsider Wind Bender. But had fate [...]
Tabcorp punters placed $26 million worth of bets on Black Caviar during her unbeaten run, an analysis of TAB wagering patterns on her career has revealed. The amount, which includes the TAB’s pari-mutuel and fixed odds wagering platforms, confirms Black Caviar’s obvious appeal with Australian punters despite the restrictive nature [...]
It is hard to imagine a time when Chris Waller wasn’t regularly leading in winners. Sydney’s premier trainer for the past two seasons, Waller has hundreds of horses on his books, often multiple runners in a single race and recently set up a satellite operation in Melbourne. But it hasn’t [...]
Bjorn Baker is committed to running summer staying find Cantonese at Randwick on Saturday despite an unkind barrier. The Christmas Cup winner returns for a new campaign in the Cargo Bar Handicap (1400m) but his task won’t be an easy one from gate 18. He will also have 59.5kg to [...]
The retired Black Caviar will attract all the attention when she parades for her fans at Caulfield on Saturday, but her trainer Peter Moody is also well placed to make an impact on the day’s racing. Moody saddles up consistent sprinter Club Command in the Listed Pink Ribbon Cup (1400m) [...]