Family patriarch Bill Waterhouse, once the biggest bookmaker in the world, has died at the age of 97. The father of high profile bookmaker Robbie Waterhouse and father-in-law of leading trainer Gai, Waterhouse’s death was confirmed by his son via Twitter on Friday. “Very sad that we have lost my… Read More »
Hollie Doyle has become the third female jockey in Britain to ride 100 winners in a year with victory on The Perfect Crown at Chelmsford. The 23-year-old joins Hayley Turner and Josephine Gordon as the only women to reach the century in a season. Fittingly The Perfect Crown is trained… Read More »
Top Sydney-based jockeys Glen Boss and Jason Collett have accepted invitations to compete in the annual International Jockeys’ Weekend in Mauritius. Boss, who has enjoyed a stellar spring with wins in the $14 million Everest aboard Yes Yes Yes and the Epsom Handicap and Golden Eagle aboard Kolding, will represent… Read More »
Merson Cooper Stakes winner Hanseatic is among the early favourites to give trainer Anthony Freedman and owners Godolphin consecutive Blue Diamond Stakes victories. Hanseatic won last Saturday’s Listed Merson Cooper at Sandown on debut and the TAB has installed the colt equal favourite at $11 in its first Blue Diamond… Read More »
Ron Quinton is weighing up whether to run Ljungberg at Kembla Grange from a wide draw or wait another week and hope for a better barrier at Rosehill. The four-year-old has gate 11 in Saturday’s Polytrack Handicap (1200m) and in a field reduced to 15 with the early scratching of… Read More »
There will be no metropolitan racing in Adelaide early in the new year as the two Morphettville tracks are given a breather following a heavy workload. And to facilitate further works later in the year, meetings will be transferred from the city tracks during May and July. Adelaide has two… Read More »
Red Alto has a knack of bobbing up at long odds and is again an outsider for his next assignment in the Ballarat Cup. He won the 2018 Bendigo Cup at $71 and on Saturday lines up at Ballarat over 2000m listed at the same price in early markets. Market… Read More »
The first horse Mark Newnham bought when he took out his trainer’s licence could also be responsible for delivering one of his biggest pay days. Newham went to $240,000 to secure Quackerjack at the 2017 Magic Millions yearling sale, a sound investment considering the horse has banked more than double… Read More »
Dean Yendall’s past four Group race wins have been for trainer Lindsey Smith and the jockey is happy to chase another in the Group One Railway Stakes in Perth. Yendall rides the Smith-trained Reykjavik in Saturday’s Railway Stakes (1600m) at Ascot, having won the Group Three Chatham Stakes at Flemington… Read More »
Eagle Farm trainer Chris Anderson believes fillies and mares stakes events are the most difficult black-type races to win in Queensland. Anderson has Epic Girl, who is chasing three wins in a row, in the Listed Spirit of Boom Classic at Doomben on Saturday. Epic Girl won her two starts… Read More »
Dwayne Dunn will be out to keep a perfect record aboard Li’l Kontra when he rides the filly for the second time in the Magic Millions 3&4YO Classic at Ballarat. The Ryan Balfour-trained Li’l Kontra takes strong form lines into Saturday’s 1100m sales-restricted race coming off a second in the… Read More »
Kembla Grange trainer Robert Price is thrilled to see a $1 million race at his home track but he has called on racing officials to go a step further. Country trainers have been catered to during the spring with The Kosciuszko and Country Classic, along with weekly Highway Handicaps exclusively… Read More »
Matt Dunn is like many trainers who are playing a guessing game as they try to qualify horses for the $2 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic. Dunn has Lady Banff in the QTIS Two-Year-Old Handicap (1200m) at Doomben on Saturday. The filly has won her only start and while she… Read More »
Anthony Freedman will unveil a potential Magic Millions contender when two-year-old Soul Obsession makes her debut at Ballarat. First run in 2012, the Magic Millions 2YO Clockwise Classic (1000m) is the only right-handed race run in Victoria and is a feature of Saturday’s 10-race card. Soul Obsession, a $175,000 yearling,… Read More »
Victorian jockey Beau Mertens has been granted a short-term licence to ride in Singapore for the final four meetings this year. The 22-year-old’s short-term visiting jockeys’ licence issued by the Singapore Turf Club runs from November 25 until December 8. Singapore’s final meeting of the season is at Kranji on… Read More »
Seven months ago, Andrew Adkins was lying in a hospital bed, his body battered and a multitude of bones broken after a fall in a carnival race at Randwick. He had three fractures in his back, a fractured sternum and ribs, and two fractures to his face. It was a… Read More »
Gold Coast mare Churning can give her injured trainer Toby Edmonds a lift if she runs well when she resumes in the Listed Spirit of Boom Classic at Doomben. Churning has won three of her 14 starts and was also entered for a restricted class race but Toby Edmonds and… Read More »
Much-travelled Silvera can earn the chance to win a race in a fourth state if he races well in his comeback at Doomben. Silvera will resume in Saturday’s Listed Recognition Stakes (1350m) on the back of some impressive barrier trials and jump-outs with next month’s Group Two Villiers in Sydney… Read More »
The smoke haze from NSW bush fires has claimed another race meeting with the provincial program set down for Hawkesbury abandoned. Racing officials made a mid-morning decision not to proceed with Thursday’s meeting because of deteriorating air quality. “Heavy smoke is now present at the course and in the interest… Read More »
Anthony Van Dyck is likely to be Aidan O’Brien’s main challenger for the Hong Kong International races with Magical a probable no-show. The Epsom Derby winner was most recently third in the Breeders’ Cup Turf, suffering an unfortunate passage at a crucial stage in the Santa Anita showpiece. He is… Read More »
