Doug Harrison has every reason to be looking forward to heading to Moonee Valley on Saturday. The Cranbourne trainer has a stunning strike rate at the Melbourne track this season, preparing seven winners from just 16 runners. “It’s been a good run. I’m calling it Happy Valley,” Harrison said. Harrison [...]
Dwayne Dunn will consider appealing the severity of a careless riding suspension after being handed a two-week ban for a winning ride at Mornington on Monday. Dunn pleaded guilty to shifting out at the 500m mark of the Orbit Fitness Handicap (1600m) on High Aims, causing interference to a rival [...]
Race 8 – 3:40PM AAMI STRADBROKE HANDICAP (1400 METRES) Of $1,360,000.1st $1,000,000, 2nd $200,000, 3rd $100,000, 4th $40,000, 5th $20,000 GROUP 1 Handicap, Minimum Weight 50.5kg, Apprentices cannot claim. Field Limit: 18 + 5 EM Luxbet Free BetSportsbet Free BetBookmaker Free Bet No Horse Trainer Jockey Weight 1 BUFFERING Robert [...]
Trainer Robert Smerdon already had a mortgage on a feature hurdle race this weekend. Thanks to the win of Kirribilli Gold in the Schweppes Handicap at Sandown, he has outstanding prospects of claiming a major jumps double. Kirribilli Gold ($17) had a warm-up over 2100m on the flat at Sandown [...]
All Too Hard underlined his superstar qualities with a brilliant All Aged Stakes victory, almost certainly booking himself a trip to Royal Ascot. The half brother to Black Caviar went into Saturday’s race at Randwick under somewhat of a cloud after a temperature interrupted his autumn, while question marks also [...]
Group One winner Shellscrape is close to a return to racing and it could come as soon as Saturday at Caulfield. The sprinter won a barrier trial at Werribee on Monday in a significant step towards a race return after being taken out of stallion duties last year. Many of [...]
Ric McMahon will have a half kilogram buffer if he needs it after dieting to get to lightweight chance Risk Aversion’s 52kg in the Coolmore Classic. Stewards have granted permission for McMahon to ride the mare at 52.5kg if required and extended the same liberty to Dwayne Dunn if he [...]
Pat Hyland hadn’t lost faith in his classy mare Bonaria before she returned to form to record a break-through stakes win at Flemington last start. But his confidence has hit new levels with the win, and so have his ambitions for the daughter of Redoute’s Choice. Bonaria is entered for [...]
The Hong Kong Derby has attracted Australians Craig Williams and Dwayne Dunn for a hit and run mission with ex-pat Tim Clark also looking to further bolster his reputation. Williams, who starred with four winners at Flemington on Saturday, will ride Wah May Star while Dunn will be aboard Endowing [...]
Dwayne Dunn believes Ortensia only needs to bring her best to Flemington on Saturday to add another straight track Group One to her record in the Newmarket Handicap. Dunn has never ridden Ortensia but is thrilled to have picked up the ride in the famous 1200m sprint with Craig Williams [...]