Sarah Moody will front Victoria’s Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board over a comment she made on social media. The wife of suspended trainer Peter Moody, Sarah Moody is a registered racehorse owner and subject to the rules of racing. She will appear before the RAD Board on Tuesday to answer… Read More »
Debutant Downloading has much to live up to when he makes his debut at Doomben. The two-year-old is a half brother to champion sprinter Buffering and is on the second line of betting at $5 to win his first start on Wednesday. Despite the deeds of his seven-time Group One-winning… Read More »
Group One racing for the Australian season draws to a close with the Tattersall’s Tiara at Eagle Farm. The Ciaron Maher-trained Azkadellia is the early favourite for Saturday’s fillies and mares’ feature over 1400 metres ahead of acceptances and the barrier draw on Wednesday morning. Azkadellia got the green light… Read More »
Holler will return to Australia from England to be prepared for a spring campaign with trainer John O’Shea ruling out a tilt at the July Cup. The colt finished seventh, 5-1/2 lengths behind the winner Twilight Son, in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot on Saturday. O’Shea said Holler… Read More »
Leading Tattersall’s Tiara contender Tsaritsa is not a certain starter in the Group One race at Eagle Farm. The Chris Waller-trained three-year-old has been added to the entries for the Listed Daybreak Lover, also over 1400 metres, on Saturday. Waller said he would make a decision at acceptance time on… Read More »
The weather in Melbourne is likely to determine whether Lucky Lucky Lucky takes his place in a staying race at Flemington. Trainer Tony McEvoy has Lucky Lucky Lucky and stablemate Streaming By nominated for Saturday’s 2500m handicap. Lucky Lucky Lucky also holds a nomination for a maiden hurdle at Morphettville… Read More »
New Zealand star Xtravagant will race exclusively in Melbourne in the spring to avoid soft tracks in his homeland. David Ellis, the boss of Te Akau which races the colt, said Xtravagant would travel to Australia in early August. The winner of six of his 10 starts, two at Group… Read More »
Mike Moroney was disappointed to have to bypass a planned race with Rhythm To Spare last week but hopes to qualify the gelding for the Listed Winter Championship Final via another heat at Flemington. Rhythm To Spare was a race morning scratching from last Saturday’s Travis Harrison Cup (1600m) at… Read More »
Wet weather has prompted officials to transfer Wednesday’s provincial race meeting at Cranbourne to the synthetic track at Pakenham. Racing Victoria announced the switch on Tuesday after stewards inspected the Cranbourne surface. RV’s racing operations manager Paul Bloodworth said 46mm of rain had fallen at the Cranbourne track in the… Read More »
While Palazzo Pubblico attempts to win a Group One race in Queensland, trainer Matthew Smith will also have his eyes on stable stalwart Zin Zan Eddie at Randwick. The six-year-old sprinter is one of 17 entries for Saturday’s Winter Dash and, while he hasn’t won at 1200 metres, the likelihood… Read More »
A windy day in Sydney on the eve of the Canterbury meeting will ensure racing goes ahead in NSW for the first time in three days. Goulburn on Monday and Casino and Bathurst on Tuesday have been lost because of wet weather. Canterbury is acknowledged as Sydney’s best wet weather… Read More »
Chris Parnham will ride in Queensland for the first time when he chases a breakthrough Group One win in the Tattersall’s Tiara. Victorian-based jockey Parnham, who began his career in his home state of Western Australia, has the ride on My Poppette for trainer Robert Smerdon in the final Group… Read More »
Group-winning filly Petits Filous will miss the spring carnival after undergoing knee surgery. Trainer Ciaron Maher said bone chips in a knee were discovered after the filly finished 13th in the Group One Robert Sangster Stakes in Adelaide last month. “She’ll be out for the spring and she’ll probably make… Read More »
Cox Plate placegetter Highland Reel could return to Ascot for the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes following his narrow defeat on the final day of the Royal meeting. The four-year-old was beaten a head by Dartmouth in the Hardwicke Stakes on Saturday in what was his first European… Read More »
Ciaron Maher has confirmed race favourite Azkadellia will take her place in the Tattersall’s Tiara at Eagle Farm. The trainer gave the mare the green light to run in the final Group One race of the season after watching her gallop at Eagle Farm on Tuesday morning. Maher told Melbourne… Read More »
Current overwhelming favourite Azkadellia will accept in Saturday’s Tatts Tiara field says trainer Ciaron Maher. Azkadellia is the current $2.20 favourite in betting with Sportsbet.com.au View the current Tatts Tiara market Ciaron Maher confirms Azkadellia will run in Tatts Tiara on Sat but Petits Filous will miss the spring after… Read More »
The Melbourne Cup is the primary target for Royal Ascot winner Commissioned following his win in Britain’s longest flat race. The accomplished hurdler won Saturday’s Queen Alexandra Stakes over two miles 5-1/2 furlongs (4300m) at his first start for his new owners and trainer Gordon Elliott. Nick Bradley paid STG65,000… Read More »
Both of today’s NSW meetings at Casino and Bathurst have been postponed due to the state of the tracks. This is on the back of Goulburn being postponed yesterday meaning NSW will go three days between race meetings. Casino today postponed. Waterlogged sections of track between 1300m – 1100m &… Read More »
The in-form Leveraction headlines nominations for the annual David Bourke Provincial Plate at Flemington after back-to-back wins. Weights for Saturday’s $100,000 race, which will form part of a nine-race program at Flemington, were released on Monday with seven-year-old Leveraction the 60kg topweight among the 21 nominations. The 1600m event is… Read More »
New Zealand jockey Leith Innes will spend four to six weeks out of the saddle recovering from knee surgery but will be back in time to partner Provocative in her spring campaign. Innes, who won the Queensland Oaks earlier this month on the Tony Pike-trained filly will ride at Avondale… Read More »
