A bomb threat at Eagle Farm has caused an indefinite delay at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The Eagle Farm races on Saturday have been halted due to a rumoured bomb threat which has seen police stop the meeting so they can investigate the matter. Update 1:03PM: EF UPDATE: Today’s race… Read More »
Racing Australia has announced it will form a working party to review the racing calendar with an over-riding national focus. The group will be charged with analysing the structure and relevance of the Australian Pattern guidelines which help determine which races are allocated black-type status. Among the working party’s main… Read More »
Consistent gelding Soxagon is a perfect example of how studying bloodlines can produce a surprise racetrack star. Soxagon will go down as one of the bargains of all time if he can win the Group Two Victory Stakes (1200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The gelding was bred by former… Read More »
Robbie Dolan will round out his final day as a claiming apprentice with six rides at Randwick and fittingly the final one will be for his boss Mark Newnham. The 24-year-old outrode his claim with a double at the Kensington track midweek but because he was already declared for mounts… Read More »
Co-trainer Toby Edmonds believes there is little between his Gold Coast winner The Drinks Cart and JJ Atkins favourite Wisdom Of Water as the colts head to the Group One race. Sent out a warm favourite, The Drinks Cart ($1.65) had no problems cruising to a win after sitting back… Read More »
On the recommendation of jockey Dwayne Dunn, Tasmanian galloper Blaze Forth will attempt to add a 1600m win to his record at Flemington. Sent to Victoria after Tasmanian racing was shutdown in early April, Blaze Forth will contest the Apache Cat Handicap at Flemington on Saturday. Trainer John Blacker, who… Read More »
Former New Zealander Not An Option will make his debut for new trainers Richard and Michael Freedman at Randwick but he is far from an unknown quantity to the stable. Previously with Tony Pike, Not An Option was housed with the Freedmans during his Sydney autumn carnival campaign, which he… Read More »
Gary Moore has set his sights on delivering his brother John a coveted milestone when the pair join forces in a new-season training venture. Moore, who will saddle up improving colt Petronius in the Calyx@Coolmore Australia Handicap (1500m) at Randwick on Saturday, enters a training partnership with his legendary brother… Read More »
In a normal year, Matt Cumani would not hesitate to take two-year-old Khoekhoe to Brisbane for the winter carnival. But with COVID-19 making the movement of racing personnel between states impossible unless they undergo a two-week quarantine period, 2020 is anything but normal. That scenario has all but ruled out… Read More »
Talented Toowoomba galloper Niccanova is ready to take another step to a Group One debut that has been three years in the making. Niccanova resumes from a spell in the Group Two Victory Stakes (1200m) as his final hit-out for the Group One Stradbroke Handicap on June 6. The gelding… Read More »
The Mike Moroney-trained Milwaukee is set to run on a seven-day back-up when he contests the Listed Straight Six at Flemington. Milwaukee finished second behind Order Of Command in last year’s edition of the 1200m sprint and heads into Saturday’s race at the fourth start of his preparation. In a… Read More »
Trainer Michael Costa is genuinely excited about his promising three-year-old Supergiant stepping up to middle-distance racing. Supergiant will be having only his fifth race start in the Group Three Gunsynd Classic (1800m) at Eagle Farm. Supergiant’s ability was the worst-kept secret at the Gold Coast before it became public knowledge… Read More »
Top sprinter Sunlight has been retired and will be sold at an upcoming broodmare sale. Connections had been deliberating on the four-year-old’s future following two uncharacteristically poor performances in Group One races in Adelaide. Her retirement was announced on Friday and trainer Tony McEvoy paid tribute to the mare as… Read More »
Multiple Group One winning mare Sunlight has been retired and will be sold at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale in July. Connections have made the decision to retire Sunlight after two below par performances this preparation with her last run being a back of the field finish (11th) in… Read More »
The Scone carnival delivered a mixed bag for trainer Jason Coyle, whose disappointment at missing an opportunity for St Covet’s Spirit was tempered by a form boost. Coyle was keen to run the two-time stakes placegetter in the Group Three Dark Jewel Classic last Saturday but she did not make… Read More »
Riding her horses in trackwork has proved a winning formula for trainer Desleigh Forster as she chases one of her biggest wins. Forster has Chapter And Verse in the Group Two Victory Stakes (1200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Chapter And Verse needs to win to make the field for… Read More »
John O’Shea does not rate himself as an accomplished rider but he has proven to have an eye for one. As the man who coaxed premier jockey James McDonald and Englishman Tom Marquand to Sydney, O’Shea has an exceptional record in talent identification. Also a significant influence on the early… Read More »
Unbeaten colt Peltzer is unlikely to progress to the JJ Atkins Stakes in Brisbane with trainer Gerald Ryan keen to wrap up his campaign at Randwick. The two-year-old will bid to defend his perfect record in the Darley 2YO Stakes (1300m) on Saturday before he is spelled with a view… Read More »
Trainer Greg Eurell is prepared to make an exception to an old adage when it comes to promising young stayer Hezafox. Hezafox will be race in a one-eyed blinker for the first time on Saturday when contesting the Efficient Handicap (2000m) at Flemington after recording a last start win at… Read More »
Jockey Chelsea Ings has been taken to Westmead Hospital with suspected concussion and facial injuries following a race fall at Hawkesbury. Ings was dislodged from Miss Merlin, trained by her mother Wanda, after colliding heavily with a rival runner near the 300m of the Australian Farriers Conference Maiden Plate on… Read More »
