The queen of Australian racing teams up with the Queen of England when Carlton House runs at Rosehill on Saturday. Carlton House, who will make his Australian debut for trainer Gai Waterhouse in the Group Two Ajax Stakes (1500m), is the first horse the Queen has had permanently trained in [...]
Comeback jockey Michelle Payne has been hit with a $1000 fine over a series of mysterious bets on racing, US basketball and English soccer. Payne is one of three jockeys who pleaded guilty on Tuesday to betting charges resulting from an audit of corporate bookmaking accounts. Racing Victoria stewards also [...]
Jim Cassidy has continued his good form since returning from a Christmas break with a brilliant frontrunning ride aboard promising stayer Hippopus at Canterbury. The champion jockey took some time off over the summer to recharge his batteries and his body, returning with a bang last Friday night when he [...]
As a three-year-old Red Colossus was a Derby horse and at four he was running in some of the best races in the country. By the end of his five-year-old season the sights had been dropped to the Darwin Cup and then, at his most recent start, to the Koroit [...]
Cox Plate winner Ocean Park is this week due to step up the pace of a preparation that could make him one of New Zealand’s best ever international performers. Trainer and part-owner Gary Hennessy has had Ocean Park back in his stable for the past month and plans to give [...]
Tomorrow marks the end of 2012, which – it is safe to say – has been one of the more dramatic racing years on record. There have been some remarkable highs and some incredible lows, some fantastic feel-good stories mixed in with more than a whiff of controversy. We wanted [...]
The woman so often referred to as the first lady of Australian racing is set to train a racehorse for the Queen of England. On same the day it was announced the Duchess Of Cambridge was pregnant, Sydney trainer Gai Waterhouse revealed she was waiting on a royal addition to [...]
Her Majesty The Queen is set to have her first horse permanently based in Australia – Carlton House.
The MacKinnon Stakes is a Group 1 horse race run under weight for age conditions. Hosted by Victoria Racing Club, this event takes place during the famous four day carnival that also includes the prestigious Melbourne Cup. The MacKinnon Stakes is run over a distance of 2000 metres, with $1 [...]
Cox Plate winner Ocean Park is stifling betting on Saturday’s Mackinnon Stakes after being installed a short priced favourite to land his fifth consecutive Group One victory. The four-year-old opened at $1.55 with TAB fixed odds on Wednesday with Caulfield Cup runner-up Alcopop ($6) and December Draw ($9) the only [...]
