Frankie Dettori’s planned return to the saddle may be delayed with the British Horseracing Authority yet to issue him a licence. The 42-year-old had planned to return to action at Leicester on Monday after serving a six-month ban for testing positive for cocaine at Longchamp following a race last September. [...]
Adelaide galloper Petman has twice been placed at Listed level in Melbourne, convincing trainer John Hyam he is up to winning a stakes race. The four-year-old gets the chance to prove his trainer right in Saturday’s Listed Straight Six (1200m) at Flemington. Petman was a disappointing last-start seventh as favourite [...]
Victorian galloper Speediness overcame a pre-race tantrum to save his best run for what will be the last of his autumn campaign when he scored a heart-stopping win in the $200,000 Scone Cup on Friday. Giving trainer Colin Scott the impression he wanted to be anywhere else but on a [...]
Hot Snitzel’s last-start failure remains a mystery and his trainer is looking to him to erase that memory at Doomben on Saturday. The winner of the Group Three Sebring Stakes on April 6 at Rosehill, Hot Snitzel was the second favourite in the Prime Minister’s Cup (1300m) at the Gold [...]
Chris Waller is hoping for a better outcome with Foreteller in Saturday’s Group One Doomben Cup than he experienced in the race last year. Foreteller emerged from last year’s Cup as collateral damage after a roughhouse renewal won by Mawingo. “He broke his leg in this race last year and [...]
Glen Boss is a lot closer to the end of his career than the beginning – and as close as he’s ever been to winning a jockeys’ championship. Boss goes into Saturday’s Flemington meeting with 99 wins for the racing year and seems destined to ride at least one winner [...]
A racing preparation that has begun the opposite way to her debut campaign for Chris Waller could have its first reward at stakes level for former European mare Pipette in the $200,000 Dark Jewel Classic at Scone on Saturday. Pipette, who had three starts under Kevin Gray in New Zealand [...]
There won’t be another Group One for Ben Melham this weekend. But the jockey who has won a Group One in Adelaide on each of the past three weekends is looking to continue his winning run when he returns to Melbourne Saturday racing at Flemington for the first time in [...]
A slight variation in riding tactics is likely for Vaquera as trainer Gai Waterhouse attempts to revive her Queensland Oaks prospects in The Roses at Doomben on Saturday. Vaquera opened her Queensland campaign on a disappointing note when she finished 13th, beaten 13 lengths, in the Gold Coast Bracelet (1800m) [...]
A horse Jason Coyle liked as a yearling because he was inexpensive has confirmed his potential for lucrative overseas offers by winning the $100,000 Inglis Challenge at Scone on Friday. Sweet Serendipity attracted Hong Kong attention after a Sydney barrier trial win but the inquiries about a potential sale seem [...]
