A strong card of racing has been assembled for Happy Valley on Wednesday night, where the feature race is the Happy Valley Trophy (1200m). BONUS #1: $501 FREE BET BONUS at Sportsbet.com.au BONUS #2: $500 FREE BET BONUS at Ladbrokes.com.au BIG BONUS #3: Deposit $400 BET with $1000 at… Read More »
Smart three-year-old Too Good To Refuse is out of the Sydney autumn carnival and will instead be targeted at Brisbane’s feature races. Too Good To Refuse ran second last in the Group Two Hobartville Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday following an injury scare earlier in the week when he was… Read More »
Sydney’s first Group One race of the year has attracted a field of 12 headlined by the reigning Cox Plate and Caulfield Cup winners. Glamour mare Winx and New Zealand star Mongolian Khan contest a star-studded field which also includes Godolphin trio Hartnell, Magic Hurricane and Hauraki along with Chris… Read More »
Arctic Fire has been ruled out of the Champion Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival because of injury in a second blow for trainer Willie Mullins. Having chased home stable companion Faugheen last year and again in the Irish Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown last month, Arctic Fire looked a major contender… Read More »
The favourites are on the drift as two well-credentialled fillies firm in betting for the Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield. Following Tuesday’s barrier draw the two favoured colts, the Mick Price-trained pair of Extreme Choice and Flying Artie have been easy in betting. Extreme Choice has gone from $2.60 to… Read More »
FBAA President Adrian Hancock has hit back at comments made by media personality Richard Callander who suggested that hidding commissions in horse sales are a ‘dark little secret’. View Adrian Hancock’s statement below. FBAA Statement: “It is very disappointing for a senior journalist to say during a stewards inquiry that kickbacks… Read More »
Caulfield Cup winner Mongolian Khan has worked strongly ahead of his return to racing, ensuring there is unlikely to be a more enthusiastic stand-in jockey than Kerrin McEvoy at Randwick. Mongolian Khan will take on Winx in the Chipping Norton Stakes on Saturday in his first start since winning the… Read More »
The barrier draw for the Blue Diamond Stakes hasn’t been kind for two of Mick Price’s favoured runners in the Group One race. Favourite Extreme Choice drew barrier 13 for Saturday’s $1.5 million feature at Caulfield while stablemate Flying Artie fared worse in barrier 17. Price has a third runner,… Read More »
The Lightning Stakes placegetters are among first acceptances for next month’s Newmarket Handicap. Chautauqua, Terravista and Japonisme have been paid up for a return bout in the $1.25 million race over the straight 1200m course at Flemington on March 12. Twenty-four sprinters were paid up for Melbourne’s premier sprint including… Read More »
Robert Smerdon has hurdles to overcome if he’s to train back-to-back Oakleigh Plate winners. Smerdon has to get Reldas into Saturday’s Group One race at Caulfield and then find a jockey who can ride the sprinter at 52kg. Smerdon won last year’s feature sprint with Shamal Wind which defeated stablemate… Read More »
Trainer Greg Eurell is looking forward to the return to racing of lightly raced mare Redasun at Sandown. Every preparation the Redasun has taken a step up in grade and Eurell is confident she will again rise to the occasion on Wednesday. Redasun makes her return following a summer break… Read More »
Doctors have ruled Winona Costin unfit to ride at Rosehill after the leading Sydney apprentice failed a concussion test. Costin was one of four jockeys involved in a serious fall at Canberra on Sunday. She was taken to hospital and after her release later that night Costin had hoped to… Read More »
Trainer Mick Price’s fancied runners in the Blue Diamond Stakes have drawn awkward barriers for the $1.5 million race. Favourite Extreme Choice drew out in barrier 13 with second favourite Flying Artie drawing 17 in the field of 16. The Peter Moody-trained Hell Of An Effort drew the inside barrier… Read More »
Star apprentice James Orman is poised to record the fastest 100 wins in a season on Queensland racetracks at the Gold Coast on Wednesday. Orman’s treble at Ipswich on Sunday lifted him to 98 wins for 2015-16. He has seven rides at the Gold Coast meeting on Wednesday and also… Read More »
Jockey Michael Walker who was in career best form before taking time off for a hip replacement has received clearance to return to riding. He will return by riding track work this week. Jockey, Michael Walker has received his clearance. Will ride trackwork this week and jumpouts Flemington Friday. Back… Read More »
Leading Blue Diamond Stakes contender Samara Dancer has passed a crucial test at Morphettville in the absence of her injured trainer Phillip Stokes. The third favourite for Saturday’s Group One race at Caulfield, Samara Dancer had an enforced gallop after bleeding from one nostril when she won the Blue Diamond… Read More »
Group Two placegetter Just A Bullet heads a team of four contenders from the Brett Cavanough stable for the Wagga Wagga heat of the Country Championship. Just A Bullet finished third behind Heatherly and Politeness in the Rubtion Stakes at Caulfield last Saturday week. He is the highest rated of… Read More »
Trainer Paul Nicholls has confirmed Grand National plans for Silviniaco Conti following his emphatic victory in the Ascot Chase. Nicholls said he wants the 10-year-old to have a crack at the world’s most famous steeplechase rather than bid to win the Betfred Bowl at Aintree in April for the third… Read More »
Key Blue Diamond Stakes 2016 contender Samara Dancer has worked well in front of SA stewards and it is all systems go for Saturday’s race. View the current Blue Diamond Stakes market Samara Dancer has worked well in front of SA stewards. @domjock says no issues after gallop and it’s… Read More »
An inquiry into cobalt irregularities found in two of Queensland trainer Lyn Paton’s horses has been adjourned for at least a week. Racing Queensland stewards opened an inquiry into the irregularities taken from Pink Chaperone, who raced at Toowoomba, and Doing Our Best, who ran at Kilcoy, last October. Chief… Read More »
