Australasian racing fans have an added incentive to vote for a horse in the All-Star Mile after Racing Victoria pledged to donate $1 for every vote cast to the Victorian bushfire appeal. The $5 million All-Star Mile is run at Caulfield on March 14, with 10 of the 15-horse field… Read More »
Trainer Mick Ruis is suing the California Horse Racing Board alleging it intentionally failed to discharge its public duty when it hid and subsequently dismissed Justify’s positive drug test in the 2018 Santa Anita Derby. Ruis trained and owned Bolt d’Oro who finished second in the race, the West Coast’s… Read More »
Top jockey Michael Cahill is visiting a specialist and hopes to get the all clear to resume riding after nearly three months out of the saddle. Cahill has not ridden since October 25 after hurting his right foot in a barrier accident 10 days earlier. He had hoped to resume… Read More »
A big drop in class can help Le Juge return to the form that made him among the most prolific winners in Australia last season. Le Juge meets an average field of open company gallopers in the Roku Gin Handicap (1600m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The Chris Waller-trained gelding… Read More »
Victorian racing at Caulfield and Yarra Valley has been abandoned because of hazardous air quality. Racing Victoria called the two meetings off on Wednesday morning saying conditions were unlikely to improve in the afternoon. Smoke haze from bushfires in NSW and Victoria has made the air unsuitable for racing. It… Read More »
Officials will wait until race morning to decide whether the midweek city twilight meeting at Caulfield and another fixture at Yarra Valley will go ahead. A race meeting at Werribee on Tuesday was called off on race morning because of smoke haze and hazardous air quality resulting from bushfires in… Read More »
Autumn options remain open for star Adelaide colt Dalasan with races in Melbourne and Sydney on the table. The three-year-old ramped up preparations with a gallop at Morphettville on Tuesday accompanied by the Chris Bieg-trained Blue Diamond Stakes placegetter Free Of Debt who is making a comeback from injury. Dalasan’s… Read More »
Connections of last-start Listed winner All Too Royal are looking favourably at a start in the Kensington Stakes which will have a small field at Flemington. Five-year-old All Too Royal is one of seven nominations for Saturday’s Listed 1000m straight-track Kensington Stakes with the entries headlined by Group One-winning three-year-old… Read More »
Star New Zealand three-year-old Catalyst has impressed in a barrier trial in his homeland which has also featured Cox Plate placegetter Te Akau Shark. This season’s Group One New Zealand 2000 Guineas winner, Catalyst strode to the line in Tuesday’s trial at Matamata to win the heat by two lengths… Read More »
Just days after Champagne Cuddles suffered a career-ending injury, her Group One-winning stablemate Samadoubt is out for an indefinite time with a damaged tendon. Trainer Bjorn Baker said the six-year-old front runner, who beat Happy Clapper to win the Winx Stakes in August, had strained the tendon. He had been… Read More »
Joe Pride has put the disappointment of Superium’s enforced scratching from the $2 million Magic Millions Guineas behind him and is moving on with his team at home. The Warwick Farm trainer was shattered when a Queensland Racing vet decided Superium’s action was not satisfactory on Saturday morning, hours before… Read More »
One of the early favourites for the Blue Diamond Stakes has finished strongly in a Rosehill barrier trial as she prepares for her race return. Muntaseera was an impressive winner at Rosehill on November 30 at her second start after a stakes placing in Melbourne on debut. The two-year-old filly… Read More »
After travelling around the world, Enzo’s Lad is back home in New Zealand in a bid to win the Group One Telegraph for a third time. The Michael and Matthew Pitman-trained gelding has won the past two editions of the Telegraph (1200m) at Trentham where his opposition on Saturday includes… Read More »
Multiple Group One placegetter Champagne Cuddles is recovering well from a career-ending injury suffered at the Gold Coast. Nash Rawiller pulled the mare up in Saturday’s $1 million Magic Millions Snippets after she was galloped on. Trainer Bjorn Baker said she would soon head home to Turangga Stud in the… Read More »
Racing at Werribee has been abandoned as smoke haze blankets Melbourne and surrounding areas. Air quality at Werribee is described as hazardous with no improvement likely throughout Tuesday. The smoke haze is from bushfires in the north and north east of Victoria and the south coast of NSW. Several race… Read More »
While Alligator Blood has played a starring role during summer culminating in his emphatic Magic Millions Guineas win, the only horse to have beaten him is steadily building towards his return. Caulfield Guineas winner Super Seth stepped out in a jump-out at Flemington last Friday and will have another next… Read More »
Spring star Kolding headlines a strong team of barrier trial runners at Rosehill for champion trainer Chris Waller. The winner of the Group One Epsom Handicap and $7.5 million Golden Eagle, Kolding runs in one of two 900m open heats on Tuesday. Waller hopes Kolding is among selections for the… Read More »
The Listed Kensington Stakes at Flemington is shaping as a small but select field with the eight nominations headlined by Group One-winning colt Microphone and Group Two winner Time To Reign. Nominations for Saturday’s 1000m straight-track Kensington Stakes have been extended until Tuesday, with the entries also featuring another three-year-old… Read More »
Like everyone in NSW, trainer Gary Portelli wants to see rain and hopes the forecast for the rest of the week is correct. If the predicted wet weather eventuates on Thursday and Friday, it will also be a bonus for the Portelli-trained Dio D’Oro at Rosehill on Saturday. “We need… Read More »
After having his spring campaign cut short after one start, promising Adelaide speedster Gytrash is building towards a return in one of Melbourne’s feature sprints. Gytrash was a luckless second in the Group Three The Heath (1100m) at Caulfield on August 31 before he was sidelined through injury. Trainer Gordon… Read More »
