The Group One dream remains alive for connections of Lady Lakshmi but the first priority is to get a winter stakes success with the filly. The winner of her past two starts has been earmarked as a potential Thousand Guineas and VRC Oaks prospect and will continue her campaign at [...]
Tommy Berry has turned down the chance to ride in Hong Kong next season, saying he still has much to achieve in Australia. The 22-year-old has met with instant success during his short Hong Kong contract, riding 14 winners since April 28 including a treble on Sunday. Berry has had [...]
A contrite Glen Boss has admitted responsibility and been suspended for almost a month over a fall in which fellow jockey Kane Bradley suffered facial injuries in a race at Mornington. Boss appeared before stewards at a reconvened inquiry on Monday into the reasons for Bradley falling from his mount [...]
Shamexpress has drawn barrier three in the King’s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot where he will face 18 rivals on Tuesday. The Australian representative is at 9-1 with most betting agencies with the Mike De Kock-trained Shea Shea (barrier five) the dominant favourite at 2-1 to give South Africa its [...]
Dunaden’s next attempt to win a European Group One will come in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud on June 23. The Mikel Delzangles-trained globetrotter famously won the Melbourne Cup in 2011 and followed up in the Hong Kong Vase. He returned to Australia to win the Caulfield Cup last year [...]
Veteran French jockey Thierry Jarnet won his first French Oaks in style on Sunday easing to victory on Treve at Chantilly racecourse. The 46-year-old – who had won two Prix de l’Arc de Triomphes but never managed to win the fillies classic – conjured up a great burst of speed [...]
John Messara admits there will be a temptation to defer Animal Kingdom’s stud career if he performs as expected at Royal Ascot this week. The Dubai World Cup winner is odds-on to win the Queen Anne Stakes, the first race of the Royal meeting on Tuesday. Messara bought a controlling [...]
Promising three-year-old Ossenhagen may have run his last race in Australia. The owners of the John Sadler-trained gelding have received an offer from Hong Kong for the impressive winner of his past two starts and the son of Ad Valorem is undergoing the usual veterinary examination. Ossenhagen has had four [...]
On the same day Bashboy reaffirmed himself as the country’s best steeplechaser, champion hurdler Black And Bent’s winning streak came to an end at Bendigo. Black And Bent claimed an Australian record 10th straight win over jumps in a hurdle at Sandown last month but was no match for Gotta [...]
Young gun Jason Collett had a win in the stewards’ room on Saturday and will be looking to celebrate with an even bigger victory a week later. Collett rides She’s Clean in Saturday’s Tatt’s Tiara for fillies and mares, one of two runners for Chris Waller in the final Group [...]
