Popular jockey Jamie Mott has two broken legs as the result of a four-horse fall at Cranbourne. Mott had surgery to insert a rod and screws to a fractured tibia and fibula in his left leg following the fall on Friday night. It was later discovered he also had a… Read More »
Leading Queensland trainer Toby Edmonds is in a Gold Coast hospital after being trampled by a runaway horse on Monday. Edmonds’ son and co-trainer, Trent Edmonds, said his father was knocked out when the horse hit him. “Dad tried to stop a horse which had got away but it collected… Read More »
Racing at Scone has been put back a day with dangerous conditions forecast for areas of NSW affected by bushfires. After originally clearing Tuesday’s meeting to go ahead, Racing NSW stewards have postponed it until Wednesday. “After taking further advice and reviewing the updated catastrophic weather forecast for tomorrow in… Read More »
Mindful of the tough season Chapada had during his three-year-old year, trainer Mike Moroney is happy he decided on a light spring campaign. That brief preparation will wind up at Sandown on Saturday when Chapada runs in the Group Two Zipping Classic (2400m). Chapada ran in three Derbys last season,… Read More »
Racing at Scone will go ahead with authorities to keep monitoring the area while bushfires burn around NSW. Racing NSW has conducted a risk assessment for Tuesday’s meeting in regard to fires burning principally in the Mid North Coast and northern areas of NSW and increasing temperatures forecast for the… Read More »
Fresh from celebrating his first Flemington winner with Akari during Melbourne Cup week, Hawkesbury trainer Brad Widdup is hoping last-start winner Sandbar can force his way into the field for The Hunter. Akari won the Listed Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes (1400m) on the Melbourne Cup program on Tuesday. Widdup’s… Read More »
After an absence of more than 18 months from the racetrack, Australian Derby winner Levendi is on the verge of a return. The Peter Gelagotis-trained horse is among 18 nominations for the Group Three Kevin Heffernan Stakes (1300m) at Sandown on Saturday. Levendi has not raced since winning the 2018… Read More »
Prolific winning gelding Tarzan has had a week of farm life to prepare for his next challenge at the Sunshine Coast. Trainer Stuart Kendrick often uses his farm near Caloundra to freshen his horses between runs and Tarzan is one who loves the quiet life. Tarzan will be chasing his… Read More »
Having successfully negotiated his first official morning back at trackwork, trainer Robbie Griffiths’ next challenge is getting back to the races. The Cranbourne-based Griffiths was given the all-clear to resume stable duties on Saturday after undergoing an operation for a brain aneurism three months ago. Griffiths had hoped to get… Read More »
New Zealand’s latest star Catalyst will remain with Clayton Chipperfield despite Australian trainers circling after his 2000 Guineas win. Catalyst scored his fifth win from six starts in Saturday’s Group One Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton and with an Australian autumn campaign next for the three-year-old, speculation was rampant he would… Read More »
Racing Queensland hopes to further boost its winter carnival by substantially lifting prize money for its three main two-year-old races. The $2.25 million Future Champions Series will be aimed directly at securing the best late season two-year-olds from around Australia. It will be a major part of a push to… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winning-jockey Craig Williams has continued his run of Group One success with victory aboard the Lee Freedman-trained Mr Clint in the Singapore Gold Cup. The victory was a second for Williams who claimed the race in 2016 on the Stephen Gray-trained Bahana. “Lee approached me for the ride… Read More »
The $5 million All-Star Mile in Melbourne features in the proposed autumn plans for star New Zealand mare Melody Belle. The five-year-old won her 10th Group One race, and first in Australia, in the Empire Rose Stakes at Flemington on the opening day of the Melbourne Cup carnival before backing… Read More »
Champion trainer Chris Waller is as delighted as anyone to see Vow And Declare win the Melbourne Cup and hopes it may lead to more locally bred winners. After victories by Viewed in 2008 and Shocking in 2009, internationally bred horses took the next nine Cups until Vow And Declare’s… Read More »
Co-trainer Trent Busuttin says he has learned a valuable lesson with imported horse Mirage Dancer following the Melbourne Cup. After Mirage Dancer finished 14th behind Vow And Declare in Tuesday’s Cup, Busuttin, who trains in partnership with Natalie Young, came to the conclusion the horse does not run out 3200m…. Read More »
Peter and Paul Snowden have thrown their support behind the inaugural $1 million The Hunter meeting at Newcastle with the stable likely to have two runners in the main race. Peter Snowden says the concept of stand-alone Saturday provincial meetings, held on the heels of the major carnivals in Sydney… Read More »
After a memorable Melbourne Cup carnival, trainer Danny O’Brien believes there is plenty to look forward to with his exciting squad of horses. O’Brien had 13 starters across the four days of the Melbourne Cup Carnival, registering four wins, three seconds and a third. Vow And Declare’s Melbourne Cup triumph… Read More »
Two Group One wins, including the Melbourne Cup, and an Oaks day treble have helped Craig Williams claim the title of leading jockey for the four-day Melbourne Cup carnival at Flemington. Williams took out the award named for Hall of Fame jockey Ron Hutchinson which carried with it a $50,000… Read More »
The Brisbane Racing Club has bucked the national trend and stayed on budget with its Melbourne Cup week meetings. Crowds and betting turnover were reportedly down at many racetracks across Australia. BRC chairman Neville Bell was happy with the Melbourne Cup week crowds at the club’s tracks but believes the… Read More »
Brisbane apprentice Sheriden Tomlinson has been disqualified for three months after testing positive to prohibited drugs in a trackwork test conducted at Eagle Farm. He is the sixth jockey or trackwork rider in Queensland to be suspended or disqualified on drug charges in the past two months. Stewards opened an… Read More »
