Plans for a resumption of racing in Britain will be reviewed by the board of the British Horseracing Authority next week. Racing has been suspended until at least the end of April amid the coronavirus pandemic, with the last meetings in Britain at Wetherby and Taunton on March 17, both… Read More »
Racing Victoria has written to the Warrnambool City Council to allay fears and explain its coronavirus protocols and ability to stage a two-day carnival in the area. The council has approached the Victorian government to cancel next month’s proposed race meetings on May 5 and 6. But RV says the… Read More »
Champion European sprinter Blue Point will join Darley’s southern hemisphere stallion roster along with Too Darn Hot and Microphone. Too Darn Hot was Europe’s champion juvenile of 2018 while Microphone earned the same title in Australia last season. Blue Point won the Group One sprint double, the King’s Stand and… Read More »
Co-trainers Peter and Paul Snowden will not have a runner in any of the four Group One races on day two of The Championships but could play a leading role in a number of other stakes races. The Snowdens won the Group One Sires’ Produce Stakes with King’s Legacy on… Read More »
Co-trainer Trent Edmonds was quick to thank Racing Queensland after Loving Miss picked up a $73,000 consolation win at the Gold Coast. Loving Miss was backed into $1.55 favourite before overcoming difficulties for an impressive win in the Aquis Two-Year-Old (1300m). Racing in Queensland has been split into zones in… Read More »
Angela Davies and her bargain-buy horse Through The Cracks are what the Provincial Championships are all about. The small-time trainer went looking for a cheap horse at the Scone sales a few years ago and stumbled upon an immature yearling by unfashionable stallion Warning. She liked the cross of a… Read More »
Grand mare Alizee will attempt to turn back the clock when she goes to the races for the final time. The five-year-old will be retired after Saturday’s Coolmore Legacy Stakes for fillies and mares at Randwick, a race appropriately registered as the Queen of the Turf. A triple Group One… Read More »
Having captured the ATC Australian Derby with Quick Thinker, the Kiwis have set their sights on a Classic clean sweep with class filly Probabeel in the Australian Oaks. New Zealand horses have enjoyed a heady run of success in Sydney’s autumn blue ribands with three of the past six winners… Read More »
There will be a hint of sibling rivalry in the Sydney Cup with English brothers David and Harry Eustace both having chances to win the time-honoured Group One race at Randwick. David Eustace trains in partnership with Ciaron Maher in Australia and they operate one of the largest stables in… Read More »
Top three-year-old stablemates Profit and Ballistic Boy will avoid a clash after trainer Chris Anderson made a close study of the fields at Doomben. Profit and Ballistic Boy, who are both owned by Think Big Stud syndicates, have had preparations disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. Both had Sydney trips cancelled… Read More »
For the first time in four years, Happy Clapper won’t have to contend with Winx in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes. But trainer Pat Webster can’t decide if that makes Saturday’s renewal of Sydney’s middle-distance, weight-for-age championship easier or harder. While Winx was unbeatable during her four-year winning run, her presence… Read More »
Another bad barrier draw will keep three-year-old Stampe to a race against his own age at Doomben. Trainer Chris Munce accepted with Stampe in the TAB Class 6 Plate (1350m) and the Three-Year-Old Hcp (1350m). “Of course he drew barrier ten in both races. I was leaning to running in… Read More »
Alligator Blood who is in the spelling paddock with his connections still awaiting the results of tests on the B sample taken from the gelding after his Magic Millions Guineas win in January. The first sample was found to contain altrenogest, a substance which can only be used on fillies… Read More »
Trainer David Vandyke is taking the glass half-full approach to the future for Baccarat Baby who resumes at Doomben. Baccarat Baby will be having her first run since the Melbourne spring carnival in Saturday’s Racecourse Village Open Handicap (1200m). In normal times the mare would be on the way to… Read More »
Drawing the widest barrier in a stakes race is not what co-trainer Troy Corstens wanted as he prepares to step Runson up in distance. But Corstens, who trains Runson in partnership with his father Leon, said the draw would not stop the gelding running in the Group Three Elvis Thurgood… Read More »
Ipswich will host a nine-race card at its first meeting in five months following a major track upgrade. Under the new regional racing rules in Queensland amid the coronavirus pandemic, Ipswich is in the metro south zone. It means the club’s meetings are restricted to horses from Ipswich, Gold Coast… Read More »
Godolphin trainer James Cummings is convinced Group One-winning filly Flit can bounce back from two unplaced runs when she drops in distance in the Arrowfield 3YO Sprint at Randwick. A winner of the Group One Thousand Guineas last spring, Flit began her autumn campaign in impressive fashion with a dominant… Read More »
The first foal out of champion filly First Seal has topped the Australian Easter Yearling online sale at $1.8 million. Coolmore’s Tom Magnier was the successful bidder on the colt by three-time champion sire Snitzel colt after a late duel with one other party during Tuesday’s second session. First Seal… Read More »
The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal has handed lengthy cobalt bans to father-and-daughter training partners Terry and Karina O’Sullivan. The Stawell-based trainers appealed their original one-year sentence handed out by the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board and on Wednesday had those disqualifications increased by VCAT, with Terry out for three… Read More »
Having grown up in an era when the Cups, Plates and Classic races were the pinnacle events on the calendar, Mark Newnham remains a racing purist at heart. He had his sights on last weekend’s ATC Australian Derby with Shadow Hero but the horse’s chances were thwarted by a heavy… Read More »
