After a lean spring carnival, jockey Stephen Baster is looking for a change of fortune in the Magic Millions Clockwise Classic at Ballarat. Baster finished second in the race last year on Geromayo, a horse owned in the same interests as his mount in Saturday’s 1000-metre race, Old Trieste. The… Read More »
Tony Gollan is counting on a genuinely run Railway Stakes to provide Michael Rodd with a Group One win before departs for a riding stint in Singapore. Rodd is going to Singapore to ride on a three-month contract from January 1 and Gollan would like nothing more than to provide… Read More »
Regally bred gelding Soros has arrived in Brisbane on a mission to add black type to the record of his dam, the champion mare Bonanova. Soros will be having his first start for in-form trainer Kelly Schweida when he tackles the Listed Keith Noud Handicap (1200m) at Doomben on Saturday…. Read More »
Boom filly Frequendly will follow a similar path to last year’s Magic Millions Classic winner Unencumbered in her quest to win Queensland’s richest two-year-old race. Unbeaten Frequendly makes her return in the Capture The Feeling Handicap at Doomben on Saturday. Trainer Les Ross makes no secret he believes Frequendly is… Read More »
Trainer Danny Curran finally posted his first Sandown winner when Written Dash was successful on Wednesday. And later in the day jockey Casey Bruce landed her first official city success when she guided the Robert Smerdon-trained Real Time home in the Heading Out Hair And Beauty Handicap. Curran, a former… Read More »
Fresh from celebrating her third city win at Canterbury on Wednesday, Jess Taylor revealed she had succeeded in extending her apprenticeship into a fifth year. The junior rider is originally from Gosford on the NSW central coast but is now indentured to Sydney trainer and former jockey Mark de Montfort…. Read More »
Jockeys are banned from using mobile phones at the racetrack but stewards made a supervised exception for James McDonald at Canterbury on Wednesday. Offered the mount on star Singapore galloper Spalato in a Group Two race in Hong Kong this Sunday, McDonald was allowed – under the strict watch of… Read More »
Three-year-old filly Hakkasan lived up to trainer Bruce Hill’s high rating when she caused an upset at the Gold Coast on Wednesday. The Sun Up Solar Handicap (1100m) was expected to be an easy win for boom filly She’s Miss Divine ($1.40) who was having her first run back from… Read More »
Autopsy results on Admire Rakti won’t be available for at least another three weeks, Racing Victoria officials say. Admire Rakti collapsed and died when he returned to his stall after finishing last when favourite in the Melbourne Cup. Racing Victoria chief steward Terry Bailey said he had received an interim… Read More »
A highlight of the stand-alone Ballarat Cup meeting will be the Magic Millions Clockwise Classic. Open to two-year-olds purchased at Magic Millions sales around Australia, the race is run in a right-handed direction. It is the third staging of the race and last year the three placegetters all made their… Read More »
Sam Clipperton started his senior riding career by setting himself a challenge. At the beginning of the season, the 20-year-old vowed to lay the foundations that he hoped would eventually help him become one of the best jockeys in Sydney. His goal was simple: forge relationships with the leading stables… Read More »
Count Of Limonade will head for the spelling paddock irrespective of how he races in the Ballarat Cup. An Irish-bred son of Duke Of Marmalade, Count Of Limonade is part-owned by OTI Racing who will be out to continue its recent run of success in Saturday’s 2200-metre feature event at… Read More »
Country trainer Neil Owen’s decision to send promising galloper Lordag to a city stable continued to pay dividends at the Gold Coast on Wednesday. Owen usually mixes his business as a pharmacy owner with owning and training horses at Oakey, west of Toowoomba. He races his horses around Queensland’s country… Read More »
Ryan Moore admits it is flattering to be hailed as the best rider in the world, but is not letting such praise go to his head. Moore has enjoyed another stellar year, with Protectionist’s Melbourne Cup win filling another rare blank on his packed CV. His perfectly timed delivery of… Read More »
Trainer Steve Tregea is bewildered by the rating handicap system which has made smart sprinter Love Rocks one of the topweights in a stakes race at Doomben. Love Rocks has won one open-company race but will carry 58kg in the Listed Keith Noud Handicap (1200m) at Doomben on Saturday. The… Read More »
The two Australian Turf Club employees at the centre of a betting scandal have ended their tenure with the club. After they received hefty Racing NSW disqualifications for breaching the Australian rules of racing for placing bets on race days, racing clerk Shaun Lyall and betting services manager Murray Conallin… Read More »
The Australian Turf Club has sacked two employees at the centre of a Sydney racing betting scandal. After they received hefty Racing NSW disqualifications for breaching the Australian rules of racing for placing bets on race days, racing clerk Shaun Lyall and betting services manager Murray Conallin have parted ways… Read More »
LEE FREEDMAN’S TRAINING CAREER * Inducted into the Australian Racing Hall Of Fame in 2003 * 124 Group One wins, including five Melbourne Cups, four Caulfield Cups, four Golden Slippers and two Cox Plates * Trained winners of the Melbourne Cup, Cox Plate and Caulfield Cup in 1992 * In… Read More »
Luke Griffith has asked a lot of Valcot since the sprinter arrived at his stable as a Sydney discard. But the Scone trainer is willing to try his luck even further as he sets Valcot for a city hat-trick at Randwick on Saturday. Given up as a metropolitan prospect after… Read More »
Barely a week after Bart and James Cummings announced they were closing their Flemington stable, another member of the family has shut up shop in Melbourne. Anthony Cummings, the trainer son of Bart and father of James, has confirmed he will no longer have a base at Caulfield. Viruses took… Read More »
