Apprentice Adin Thompson’s growing maturity as a race tactician has earned him a ride in a black-type race at Doomben. Despite being unable to use his 2kg claim, Thompson has been booked for Fighting Teo in the Group Three Premiers Cup (2200m). It will be Thompson’s fourth ride in a… Read More »
Zac Purton has capitalised on some late pick-up rides with four winners at Happy Valley, propelling him to a seven-win lead over rival Joao Moreira in the battle for championship honours. Moreira started the night with an early win on the Caspar Fownes-trained Daily Beauty before Purton struck back in… Read More »
Connections of lightly raced colt Oregon believe he will only get better heading into his three-year-old season after breaking his maiden at the third attempt at Canterbury. Trained by Peter and Paul Snowden and ridden by Kerrin McEvoy, Oregon made his own luck in front against a small field in… Read More »
A North Queensland trainer has been banned for administering medication to three horses at Innisfail in 2018. Greg Strickland faced seven charges on administering medication on race day without permission after Cashed Up Bully, Redwinska and Oakfield Avenger were scratched once the trainer’s activities at the course’s stables on October… Read More »
Imported galloper Bartholomeu Dias has backed up a solid Australian debut with a decisive on-pace victory at Sandown. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained gelding made his debut at Caulfield last month with a closing fourth before stepping up to 1800m on Wednesday to take out the Ladbrokes Handicap. With… Read More »
Promising three-year-old Knight Mariner will get a chance at a consolation black-type race after his powerful win at Ipswich. Knight Mariner ($2) came from last to easily win the Sirromet 3Y0 (1690m) on Wednesday. He was part of a treble for trainer Tony Gollan and his apprentice Baylee Nothdurft which… Read More »
Former Fremantle Dockers chief executive Steve Rosich has been announced as the new chief executive of the Victoria Racing Club. Rosich will join the VRC in September and transition into the chief executive role currently held by Neil Wilson before taking over after the Melbourne Cup carnival in November. Wilson… Read More »
A desire to race Sully on a rain-affected track has prompted Victorian-based co-trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young to look to the WJ McKell Cup in Sydney with the gelding who will be chasing an overdue win. Sully has not won since the spring of 2017, but during his five-run… Read More »
The weights may favour Double You Tee in his quest for victory at Caulfield, but trainer Patrick Payne wonders whether the gelding can turn the tables on Harbour Views. Double You Tee finished second to Harbour Views at The Valley a fortnight ago and the pair meet again in the… Read More »
International participation at this year’s spring carnival is expected to be down due to border restrictions brought about by COVID-19. Racing Victoria will open quarantine at Werribee for the spring carnival, but currently only to horses on a one-way ticket. However, that could change if RV gets a request from… Read More »
Sydney’s premier jockey James McDonald will face a stewards inquiry later this week after being charged over his ride on Threeood in a recent race at Randwick. Racing NSW’s chief steward Marc Van Gestel has confirmed McDonald has been charged under Australian Racing Rule 129 (2) for failing to take… Read More »
Champion trainer Chris Waller has split his forces for Saturday, but still has a strong chance to secure a complete set of Queensland’s staying races. Waller has won 17 individual staying feature events in Queensland though he has never won the Group Three Premier’s Cup, which is run at Doomben… Read More »
Classy mare Krone has had no luck in three runs over 1600m, but she’s earned another opportunity to conquer the distance for the first time in the Group Three Sapphire Stakes at Doomben on Saturday. The Sapphire Stakes was originally run as the Glenlogan Park Stakes and has been won… Read More »
Grand National-winning jockey Liam Treadwell, who returned from retirement last year, has been found dead in England, aged 34. Treadwell sprang one of the biggest surprises in the world’s greatest steeplechase when riding 100-1 outsider Mon Mome to victory in 2009 for trainer Venetia Williams, on his first attempt. He… Read More »
Queensland stewards have charged 15 people, including 13 trainers, with buying unregistered substances after a state wide investigation over the past two months. In a statement on Wednesday morning, the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission said it had informed 13 thoroughbred trainers, one stable hand and one jockey they had been… Read More »
Trainer Phillip Stokes expects a slight step up in distance to suit stakes-placed sprinter Sansom when he runs second-up at Caulfield with added fitness on his side. Stokes has runners nominated in five of the nine Caulfield races on Saturday with Sansom aiming to go one better in the 1100m… Read More »
Group Two-winning colt Time To Reign is set to return to racing at Rosehill for just the second start of his three-year-old season. Trainer Gary Portelli, who prepared the colt’s older half-sister She Will Reign to win two Group Ones including the 2017 Golden Slipper, has Time To Reign ready… Read More »
Racing Victoria CEO Giles Thompson is hoping patrons will still be allowed on-course by the end of July, but admits it’s less likely because of the latest coronavirus spike in the state. Owners returned to the racetrack at Ballarat on Tuesday and it was hoped members and spectators would be… Read More »
Trainer Kris Lees is eyeing next month’s $200,000 Listed Ramornie Handicap at Grafton with Graff after an impressive trial on Tuesday. A multiple stakes winner with more than $1 million in prizemoney, Graff has been at the Newcastle trainer’s Gold Coast base for the past month. He ran 10th in… Read More »
Former Hong Kong-trained 12-year-old Fighting Heart is set for his first start in seven years at Ipswich on Wednesday. Fighting Heart hasn’t run since being unplaced in Hong Kong on June 16, 2013. He is now with Ipswich trainer Kathleen Gruenefeld, who has nursed him through a few setbacks. In… Read More »
