Trainer Michael Trotter hopes Lindelani can replicate the deeds of her dam with success in the VRC St Leger at Flemington. Restricted to three-year-olds, the VRC St Leger over 2800m on Saturday, is one of the oldest races on the Australian racing calendar. Lindelani’s dam Inkster won the event in… Read More »
It has been 22 months since Manolo Blahniq last raced in Sydney but Mornington trainer Tony Noonan is looking forward to the gelding’s return to Rosehill. Noonan, who won Saturday’s $427,500 VOBIS Sires Guineas with filly Florent at Caulfield, is planning to send Manolo Blahniq north for Saturday’s Group Three… Read More »
Having considered not running the Cox Plate this year, Moonee Valley Racing Club chief executive Michael Browell says they are now exploring whether it can be run under lights. The 2020 Cox Plate marks the 100th running of the race and club was planning a big celebration involving past champions…. Read More »
Off the back of another encouraging performance behind exciting filly Rubisaki at Randwick, St Covet’s Spirit is on track to race on a seven-day back-up in the Group Three Hawkesbury Guineas. The Jason Coyle-trained St Covet’s Spirit resumed with a fifth in the Group Three P J Bell Stakes (1200m)… Read More »
Victorian trainer Shane Nichols had been planning a winter excursion to Brisbane for his stable star Streets Of Avalon. Nichols had earmarked the Group One Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) at Eagle Farm in June as an ideal target for Streets Of Avalon after the gelding was unplaced in the All-Star Mile… Read More »
Te Akau Racing boss David Ellis says he is looking to lease boxes at Flemington but has no plans to set up a permanent Australian base. Ellis sent several horses from New Zealand to target autumn races in Melbourne and Sydney with Probabeel and Te Akau Shark winning Group One… Read More »
Talented Vega One takes his first step towards a long-held date with the Group One Stradbroke Handicap when he runs at the Sunshine Coast. The Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) is one of only two Group One races to be run in Queensland this winter after the usual carnival was drastically re-shaped… Read More »
Two Arena Racing Company tracks could be at the forefront of a return to racing in Britain when the time comes for the sport to resume following its suspension because of the coronavirus pandemic. Any resumption will be behind closed doors on the Flat, but only when government advice permits…. Read More »
Melbourne Cup winner Rekindling has returned to training after previously being retired. Rekindling won the 2017 Melbourne Cup for owner Lloyd Williams and trainer Joseph O’Brien before a disappointing last in the Australian Cup during the Autumn before being retired to stud. “It’s great to having him back in the… Read More »
Darley has reduced most of its stallion fees for the upcoming breeding season with uncertainty continuing regarding the coronavirus pandemic. Exceed And Excel leads the roster and is the only Darley stallion to have his service fee increased, going from $88,000 to $132,000. “We’ve been supportive in our approach to… Read More »
Beaten Sydney Cup favourite Young Rascal will remain in Australia to be trained by Archie Alexander after OTI Racing secured a 50 per cent interest in the stayer. English trainer William Haggas sent Young Rascal and stablemate Addeybb to Australia for the Sydney autumn carnival. Adeybb will go home with… Read More »
Surround Stakes: Probabeel. Trainer: Jamie Richards. Jockey: Opie Bosson Chipping Norton Stakes: Te Akau Shark. Jamie Richards. Opie Bosson Randwick Guineas: Shadow Hero. Mark Newnham. Josh Parr Canterbury Stakes: The Bostonian. Tony Pike. Nash Rawiller Coolmore Classic: Con Te Partiro. Gai Waterhouse/Adrian Bott. Tim Clark. The Galaxy: I Am Excited…. Read More »
Leading New Zealand jockey Opie Bosson is to consider moving his family to Australia amid uncertainty when racing across the Tasman will resume. Bosson ended the Sydney autumn carnival as the leading Group One rider with four elite victories aboard Probabeel (Surround Stakes), Te Akau Shark (Chipping Norton) Quick Thinker… Read More »
Despite Sunlight being soundly beaten by Gytrash in the R N Irwin Stakes in Adelaide, trainer Tony McEvoy believes the mare did enough to suggest she is on track for upcoming Group One targets. Sunlight finished three lengths second to emerging sprint star Gytrash in Saturday’s Group Three 1100m-race at… Read More »
Cranbourne trainer Robbie Griffiths is looking forward to the Melbourne spring with Glenfiddich after the colt’s narrow defeat in a Group One race at Randwick. Griffiths has long held 2020 Caulfield Guineas ambitions for Glenfiddich and after his second to King’s Legacy in Saturday’s Champagne Stakes (1600m), he sees no… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable has been fined for running Stardayz at Flemington after the horse was given shockwave therapy within the cut-off period before the race. Maher, who appeared before stewards on Saturday, pleaded guilty to the charge and was fined $2000 while Stardayz was disqualified after… Read More »
Talented three-year-old Scathing has emerged as another top winter contender for trainer Chris Munce with a strong win at Doomben. Scathing easily beat older horses in a benchmark 72 race on Saturday to take his record to three wins and four minor placings from seven starts. Munce has been active… Read More »
Oju Chosan has extended his own record-breaking feats with a fifth consecutive win in the Japan’s rich steeplechase, the Nakayama Grand Jump. His fourth win a year ago gave him the outright record after he was tied on three with Australian horse Karasi who won from 2005 to 2007. 20162017201820192020… Read More »
Leading Brisbane jockey Baylee Nothdurft faces a disrupted start to winter racing after being suspended for nearly three weeks following incidents at two meetings. Nothdurft, who rode a treble at Doomben on Saturday, leads the state and metropolitan premierships in the senior and apprentice divisions. He was suspended for 13… Read More »
A Guineas meeting in early June and the Derby and Oaks run in early July feature in the British Horseracing Authority’s best-case scenario when racing resumes. With racing suspended indefinitely because of the coronavirus pandemic, the season’s first four Classics have been delayed from their usual slots in the calendar…. Read More »
