Young Sydney trainer Richard Litt will take his stable star Castelvecchio for an easy gallop at The Valley ahead of an anticipated Cox Plate start and is confident the colt can give the race a shake if selected. Castelvecchio travelled to Melbourne on Sunday and will gallop at The Valley… Read More »
Trainer Gerald Ryan is convinced the form from the Stan Fox Stakes will hold up in one of the new races of the Sydney spring, the $1 million Bondi Stakes. The Ryan-trained Colada caused an upset in the Group Two Stan Fox (1500m) on October 12 in which his stablemate,… Read More »
Multiple Group One winner Black Heart Bart has been paid up as a late entry for the $5 million Cox Plate after making his mark in a couple of important lead-up races. Now trained by Lindsey Smith, Black Heart Bart had been retired last year but was put back into… Read More »
Three northern hemisphere-trained horses targeting the inaugural Golden Eagle in Sydney are settling into quarantine at Canterbury in preparation for the $7.5 million race at Rosehill. The Golden Eagle (1500m) for four-year-olds will be run on November 2 and the Aidan O’Brien-trained Never No More, Richard Hannon-trained Beat Le Bon… Read More »
Tommy Berry and Matt McGillivray have been suspended for careless riding which led to a fall in the Group One Queensland Derby at Eagle Farm in which fellow jockey Corey Brown suffered serious injuries. McGillivray, who rode Grand Bouquet, was suspended for three weeks while Berry on Nobu, was suspended… Read More »
Last year’s Melbourne Cup placegetter Prince Of Arran is one of a host of horses, including three other internationals, who will be trying to force their way into this year’s feature at Flemington when they run in the Group Three $400,000 Geelong Cup. Trained by Charlie Fellowes at Newmarket in… Read More »
Caulfield Cup winner Mer De Glace has been given a 1kg penalty for the Melbourne Cup. The Hishasi Shimizu-trained Damian Lane-ridden Mer De Glace became the second Japanese horse to win the Group One Caulfield Cup on Saturday, joining Admire Rakti (2014). The penalty for Mer De Glace for the… Read More »
Four internationally trained horses including last year’s Melbourne Cup placegetter Prince Of Arran feature among the field of 11 for the Group Three $400,000 Geelong Cup. The Charlie Fellowes-trained Prince Of Arran finished second in the Group Two Herbert Power Stakes in his return to Australian racing on October 12… Read More »
Biosecurity officers have inspected a Queensland abattoir at the centre of a racehorse cruelty scandal but no charges have been laid so far. Officers examined the Meramist Abattoir at Caboolture on Friday after the ABC 7.30 program aired distressing footage of some staff beating, shocking, and screaming abuse at former… Read More »
Trainer Willie Mullins has paid tribute to “real legend” Wicklow Brave after he suffered a fatal fall at Far Hills racecourse in America. The 10-year-old had a remarkable career, striking at Group One level on the Flat in the 2016 Irish St Leger and also adding a top-level success over… Read More »
Thought Of That has emerged as one of the main Victoria Derby 2019 contenders after his dominant win in the Caulfield Classic but Sydney trainer Mark Newnham remains confident he has the right horse to win the $2 million Victoria Derby at Flemington. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained Thought… Read More »
Glen Boss is riding the crest of a wave like no other, consolidating himself in the Sydney jockeys room after several years away. Boss moved to Victoria and then Singapore before deciding to return to Australia after his fly in-fly out victory on Brutal in the Doncaster Mile in April…. Read More »
He made an immediate impression at his Australian debut with victory in the Group One Caulfield Stakes, and Cape Of Good Hope has ticked another box in his Cox Plate preparation by having a gallop at the Valley. Cape Of Good Hope, a northern hemisphere-bred three-year-old now in the care… Read More »
A “massive” year for Damian Lane could reach even greater heights in coming weeks as the jockey bids to add the Cox Plate 2019 and Melbourne Cup to his list of major race wins. Lane won the Golden Slipper in March on Godolphin’s Kiamichi and on Saturday claimed his first… Read More »
Triple Group One winner Avilius will undertake an enforced gallop in a bid to run in the Cox Plate after bleeding from one nostril. Godolphin’s Australian head trainer James Cummings told Racing Victoria the horse was found to have bled after he returned to Flemington from a gallop at The… Read More »
Queensland jockey Skye Bogenhuber has made a successful return to race riding but she says just being back at the races is reward enough. Bogenhuber has been out of race riding for seven months after being injured in a trackwork fall at Toowoomba on March 2. She underwent intensive rehabilitation… Read More »
Assistant trainer Sam Freedman says the stable has dodged a bullet with Steel Prince who will progress his Melbourne Cup claims at Geelong. Steel Prince was to have his final lead-up for the $8 million Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on November 5 in the Herbert Power Stakes at Caulfield… Read More »
Frankie Dettori has made a habit of taking centre stage at Ascot – and Star Catcher has put him in the limelight again with the the jockey bringing up his 250th Group One on the mare in the Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes. After the anguish of Stradivarius being beaten… Read More »
The inquiry into the fall in the Queensland Derby which left dual Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Corey Brown sidelined indefinitely with injury is set to resume. Queensland chief steward Peter Chadwick said the inquiry would be held on Monday afternoon with Brown and fellow jockeys Tommy Berry, Matt McGillivray and Tim… Read More »
Magical has given champion trainer Aidan O’Brien his first win in the Champion Stakes at Ascot. The four-year-old won the Fillies And Mares Stakes on the corresponding card 12 months ago and has since racked up Group One victories in the Tattersalls Gold Cup and the Irish Champion Stakes. During… Read More »
