Lightly raced two-year-old Show Some Decorum is expected to appreciate a step up in distance at Caulfield where he can press his claims for a spring campaign. Show Some Decorum is one of three starters for the Anthony Freedman stable on Saturday’s program, with imported four-year-old Aussie Nugget and stable… Read More »
The Hawkes family has become accomplished at switching horses between states and they will have two runners who fit that bill at Randwick. Scarlet Dream returns to Sydney for Saturday’s Gosford Gold Cup (2000m) after kicking off her campaign with two runs in Melbourne while promising three-year-old Masked Crusader has… Read More »
Trainer Kylie Vella has sadly tweeted the shock death of her stable star Admiral’s Joker. Last years Seymour Cup winner was recovering from a minor surgery to remove a bone chip but things turned for the worst and the horse sadly passed away. Colac trainer Kylie Vella announced the death… Read More »
Gary Doughty will get a special buzz if Bold Warrior can help him celebrate two years as a trainer with a win at Doomben. A multiple Group One-winning jockey, Doughty retired from riding 20 years ago after suffering an eye injury in a fall. For many years he was stable… Read More »
Joe Pride’s affinity with the Takeover Target Stakes stretches back to the year it was won by its namesake. It was 2004 and Pride saddled up Red Oog, who finished third to the rising sprint star in what was then known as the Pacesetter Stakes. A year later, Red Oog… Read More »
Trainer Chris Anderson has one main worry as he attempts to land his first black-type quinella at Doomben. Anderson has Profit and Ballistic Boy in Saturday’s Listed Doomben Guineas (formerly Daybreak Lover Stakes) over 1600m where they look well placed under the set weights conditions of the race. The pair… Read More »
The Gosford Gold Cup was not originally on the radar for imported stayer Sweet Thomas but the horse has left trainer Matt Smith with little option but to run him. After a sound autumn carnival campaign rounded out by a fourth in the Sydney Cup, Sweet Thomas was being freshened… Read More »
Sprinter Mishani Hustler’s outstanding record at Doomben has prompted trainer Les Ross to give him his chance in Group Three company. Ross accepted with Mishani Hustler in an open handicap at the Gold Coast on Friday but has opted instead for the BRC Sprint a day later. “It is often… Read More »
A provisional outline program for the resumption of racing has been published by the British Horseracing Authority ahead of what is set to be a crunch weekend for the return of the sport. The BHA unveiled some details of its planned phased return to racing, with 13 fixtures over the… Read More »
In a move that will no doubt have global ramifications, The Jockey Club of Nth America today announced stallion books would be restricted. It has amended its Rule 14C to limit books of stallions born in 2020 and thereafter to just 140 mares preseason. This covers the US, Canada and… Read More »
Australian Derby placegetter Eric The Eel will do his future racing in Hong Kong after being sold to clients of trainer Danny Shum. Eric The Eel, who cost $7000 as a yearling, has won four races and been Group One-placed in the Australian Derby when third last month. The gelding,… Read More »
The Andreas Wohler-trained Majestic Colt has landed the first Listed race of the European season at Hanover which signalled the return of German racing. Action had been on hold in the country since March because of the coronavirus pandemic, but under blue skies and glorious sunshine, racing resumed with a… Read More »
Handy mare Lashes will kick off her latest campaign at Randwick but a hefty weight and wide draw has trainer Matt Smith cautious about her return. The four-year-old will lump 60kg in Saturday’s Tooheys Handicap (1100m), even after the 1-1/2 kilogram claim of apprentice Jean Van Overmeire. While Smith has… Read More »
Trainer Mark Pegus hopes his decision to bypass the Warrnambool Cup and bring Sentimentalist back in distance pays off with a hat-trick. After victories in the Stawell Cup and the VOBIS Gold Heath at Caulfield, Sentimentalist is aiming to add Saturday’s Neds Handicap (1800m) at Caulfield to his record. Pegus… Read More »
Leading Brisbane jockey Baylee Nothdurft will seek an internal review of a three-month suspension he has received on a handling charge. Stewards reopened an inquiry on Thursday into Nothdurft’s ride on Vega One at the Sunshine Coast on April 25. Nothdurft rode Vega One when the gelding finished fourth in… Read More »
The enforcement of interstate travel restrictions because of COVID-19 has impacted trainer Matt Dunn more than most, but it could also deliver a surprising reward. Based in Murwillumbah, Dunn is a strong presence in his local NSW Northern Rivers region and also travels horses extensively to south-east Queensland. The latter… Read More »
Trainer John Price says William Thomas will need to reach a new level if he is to win successive races at Caulfield. William Thomas produced a scintillating turn of foot, coming from last at Caulfield on April 18 to win the Listed Bel Esprit Stakes (1100m). He returns to the… Read More »
Kementari has arrived in Brisbane amid high hopes he can recapture his glory days on the racetrack. He will be the first of the Goldolphin horses to run in Brisbane for the winter in the Group Three BRC Sprint on Saturday. Kementari will be having his third run since returning… Read More »
Tools, rather than thoroughbreds, have been keeping Tommy Berry busy during a recent stint of self-inflicted time on the sidelines. The top Sydney jockey has endured a run of suspensions, one for careless riding and another for being overzealous with the whip aboard Pierata in his narrow All Aged Stakes… Read More »
Peter Moody is set to have his first runner in his comeback to training ranks with Shepard listed to run at Ballarat. Shepard is an acceptor in the Hertz Ballarat Handicap (2000m) on Sunday and will be ridden by Luke Nolen who had a long association with Moody, in particular… Read More »
