Popular jockey Darren Gauci expects to be race riding again in two weeks after being out of action since a race fall nine months ago. Gauci, 46, has eased himself back into trackwork but got down to competitive riding in two official trials at Cranbourne on Monday. He won one… Read More »
Stuart Kendrick is happy to challenge the odds with his $17,000 filly in the $3.5 million Golden Slipper. As All Too Hard, the blue blood colt owned by mining magnate Nathan Tinkler emerged as outright favourite for the world’s richest two-year-old race, Kendrick and his partners spent more than eight… Read More »
Red Colossus will defend his Victoria Handicap crown at Caulfield despite a disappointing start to his autumn campaign. Trainer Greg Eurell confirmed the five-year-old was a definite runner in Saturday’s Group Three event and has warned punters not to write him off. “I wouldn’t be surprised if he kicked back,”… Read More »
Only six fillies have been nominated to take on Mosheen in Saturday’s Vinery Stud Stakes at Rosehill with the star Melbourne three-year-old aiming for her third consecutive Group One victory. Her major rival, Streama, is attempting 2000 metres for the first time with trainer Guy Walter confident about the distance… Read More »
Albury Cup winner Extra Zero and Herbert Power Stakes winner Shewan need to equal a weight carrying record to win in the Group Three Easter Cup. Both horses have 60kg in Saturday’s 2000 metres feature which Future carried in his second Easter Cup win in 1969. Trainer David Hayes will… Read More »
Cox Plate winner Pinker Pinker will use the Queen Of the Turf Stakes as a prelude to the Doncaster Mile after trainer Greg Eurell reset the mare’s autumn agenda. Initially Eurell was keen to aim at the Ranvet Stakes-BMW Stakes double but has switched to a less taxing program after… Read More »
Gary Portelli’s Doncaster hopes are over with the trainer losing the battle to get Somepin Anypin to the big race on April 21. The four-year-old has been troubled by a foot injury suffered when he trod on a nail a couple of weeks ago. He missed his scheduled run in… Read More »
Sacred Kingdom, the Australian-bred galloper once rated the world’s best sprinter, has been retired. Trainer Ricky Yiu Poon-fai sent Sacred Kingdom into retirement after the eight-year-old finished down the course in a Group Three sprint at Sha Tin on Sunday. “He didn’t jump properly which had a bearing on his… Read More »
Brenton Avdulla has lodged an appeal against a suspension safe in the knowledge his best shot at autumn carnival glory won’t be harmed by the outcome. “As it stands I’ll miss (Australian) Derby day which, if I had to miss a meeting over the carnival, it’s the best one for… Read More »
Outsider Hero of Order sprung an upset in Sunday’s $US1 million ($A960,846) Grade Two Louisiana Derby at the Fair Grounds and earned a piece of American racing history. Until he won at 109-1 no horse with odds of 99-1 or higher had ever finished better than third in the race…. Read More »
Almost five years after his last race start, Group One performer Oh Oklahoma is preparing for a return to the track. Runner-up to De Beers in the 2006 Rosehill Guineas, the Tim Martin-trained Oh Oklahoma was retired to stud in 2007. The nine-year-old is now back at Martin’s stable and… Read More »
Hong Kong based Australian jockey Brett Prebble is on standby to ride Shelford in the Golden Slipper with trainer John O’Shea anxiously waiting to see if the colt gets a run. Shelford is just outside the 16-horse field with final decisions on Saturday’s two-year-old winners All Too Hard and Ichihara… Read More »
Former New Zealander Iggi Pop has emerged as a Classics contender for trainer John O’Shea with his second victory from as many Australian starts. Iggi Pop won a Newcastle maiden last month and franked the form with a 1-1/4 length win over 1800 metres at Randwick on Sunday beating Lucripetous…. Read More »
Coffs Harbour trainer Trevor Hardy is looking forward to a profitable campaign with his quality sprinter Symposium but the veteran horseman is equally content to play the waiting game. Hardy pulled off a training coup at Eagle Farm on Saturday when Symposium returned to racing in fine fashion with an… Read More »
Warrnambool trainer Aaron Purcell has lofty ambitions for European imports Dhaafer and Val Mondo. Dhaafer, who is already in his stable, will be aimed at the Grand Annual Steeplechase while Val Mondo, who touches down next month, has the Melbourne Cup as his aim. Purcell is keen to get five-year-old… Read More »
Ortensia upheld the reputation of Australian sprinters at the Dubai World Cup meeting and will now try for further international success at Royal Ascot. The mare sustained a last-to-first finishing sprint in the Group One Al Quoz at Meydan in the early hours of Sunday morning (AEST) down the straight… Read More »
Monterosso led home a Godolphin one-two in the Dubai World Cup at Meydan on Saturday when he swept past his stablemate, Capponi, to win the world’s richest race. The five-year-old, ridden by Mickael Barzalona, advanced from a prominent position to win Saturday’s US10 million ($A9.6 million) race in which he… Read More »
Opinion Poll won the Dubai Gold Cup, which was rerun on Saturday after a horse owned by the stables of Dubai ruler Sheik Mohammed was injured in the first race in the United Arab Emirates. The winner also came from Mohammed’s Godolphin stables, giving him a third victory on the… Read More »
Monterosso won the world’s richest horse race, the Dubai World Cup, on Saturday with former Australian champion and hot favourite So You Think a disappointing fourth. The result also gave victory to the brainchild behind the race, Monterosso’s owner Sheikh Mohammed al-Maktoum’s Godolphin Operation. The winner – third last year… Read More »
The Dubai Gold Cup race was halted on Saturday after a horse owned by the stables of Dubai ruler Sheik Mohammed went down injured. Godolphin’s Fox Hunt was 300 metres into the 3200-metre race when it tumbled to the ground, throwing jockey Silvestre De Sousa. The horse briefly tried to… Read More »
