Golden Rose prospect Castelvecchio seems certain to figure in a change of first-up plans ahead of the $1 million race for three-year-olds. One of Australia’s best-performed two-year-olds last season, Castelvechhio is entered for two races at Rosehill on Saturday. Trainer Richard Litt had nominated the Run To The Rose, a… Read More »
More than 100 horses remain in contention to win the first WS Cox Plate of the post-Winx era, headlined by current favourite Mystic Journey as well as 17 internationals from the northern hemisphere. First declarations for the $5 million Cox Plate (2040m) were taken on Tuesday with 102 horses, including… Read More »
Defending champion Cross Counter has been given 57.5kg for his attempt at a rare Melbourne Cup double. Prepared by Charlie Appleby for Godolphin, Cross Counter became the first English-trained horse to win the Melbourne Cup last year, storming home in the 3200m handicap at Flemington as a northern hemisphere three-year-old…. Read More »
Kathy O’Hara has appealed a hefty suspension for frequent use of her mobile phone in the jockeys’ room with the penalty to rule her out of the spring carnival and the Cups ride on Grey Lion. Racing NSW stewards took a hard line with O’Hara at Tuesday’s inquiry, suspending her… Read More »
Gold Coast trainer Toby Edmonds has called on his long-term “go-to-man” Jeff Lloyd to get a progress report on his Melbourne-bound galloper Tyzone. Lloyd retired from race riding in July but has been riding some trackwork as well barrier trials. Edmonds called on him to ride Stradbroke Handicap runner-up Tyzone… Read More »
A race on this weekend’s Makybe Diva Stakes program at Flemington will be named in honour of former trainer Russell Cameron, who has died aged 61. Cameron died on Tuesday, having relinquished his trainer’s licence last season because of the effects of Alzheimer’s Disease. A third-generation trainer, Cameron was first… Read More »
Australian Hall of Fame trainer David Hayes will return to the Hong Kong ranks for the start of the 2020-21 racing season. The senior trainer for Lindsay Park in Australia, Hayes spent a decade in Hong Kong from 1996, winning two premierships. His nephew Tom Dabernig and son Ben Hayes… Read More »
A NSW racehorse trainer has been banned for possession of EPO after the prohibited substance was found during a raid on his provincial stable. Kembla Grange-based Mick Tubman was disqualified following a Racing NSW stewards’ inquiry. Analysis of substances in two bottles found in a fridge at Tubman’s home revealed… Read More »
New Zealander Te Akau Shark remains favourite for the Epsom Handicap with 83 nominations taken for the famous Randwick mile. Te Akau Shark is at $5 after finishing second to Doncaster Mile runner-up Dreamforce in Saturday’s Tramway Stakes. Dreamforce is at $6 with the TAB for the Epsom Handicap (1600m)… Read More »
Progressive sprinter Classique Legend and veteran Happy Clapper have starred in barrier trials at Randwick. Ridden by Kerrin McEvoy, The Everest contender Classique Legend circled the filed nearing the turn in his 1000m-heat on the course proper on Tuesday and comfortably beat Home of The Brave by 2-1/4 lengths. Carmel… Read More »
Some of Queensland’s leading veterinarians and scientists have stepped up their campaign to get Australian racing regulators to implement an immediate moratorium on prosecutions for alleged misuse of cobalt. The move follows the nine-month suspension handed to veteran Toowoomba trainer Harry Richardson on cobalt charges last week. In Queensland alone… Read More »
David Hayes is expected to confirm he will return to the Hong Kong training ranks. The senior trainer for the Lindsay Park operation which includes his son Ben and nephew Tom Dabernig, Hayes spent a decade in Hong Kong from 1996, winning two premierships. The Hong Kong Jockey Club has… Read More »
Champion trainer Murray Baker has been recognised with two of New Zealand’s highest honours but has no intention to slow down. Baker was inducted into the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame last year and on Sunday he was honoured with the Outstanding Contribution to Racing at the NZ Horse… Read More »
Perth trainer Lindsey Smith says if he had a little more courage he would have started Scales Of Justice in the Feehan Stakes at The Valley. Victory in that race would have assured Scales Of Justice a start in next month’s Cox Plate along with the opportunity for a $1… Read More »
Tasmanian trainer Scott Brunton has abandoned plans to tackle a Group One handicap in Melbourne with The Inevitable. Saturday’s impressive winner at The Valley has returned to Brunton’s training complex at Seven Mile Beach in Tasmania to recover and prepare for his next assignment. The Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes at… Read More »
Queensland Horse of The Year contender Tyzone is ready to take his first steps towards a Melbourne campaign when he runs in a Gold Coast barrier trial. Tyzone has been one of the most consistent horses in Queensland, winning 16 of his 32 starts for more than $900,000 prize money…. Read More »
Senior Brisbane riders Matt McGillivray and Dale Smith will remain sidelined after an inquiry into their failure to give urine samples at Eagle Farm. Stewards stood the pair down on Saturday and ordered them to provide samples at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday and then front an inquiry on Monday…. Read More »
Anthony Cummings is riding the wave of success and is hoping it continues getting deeper into the spring. Libertini, Baller and Mizzy have all stamped themselves as winners over the past few weeks and Prince Fawaz will be out to do the same when he returns in the Run To… Read More »
The Gold Coast Turf Club will introduce a new $250,000 race and also upgrade the now traditional lead-up to the Magic Millions 2YO Classic at its summer carnival. The Gold Coast meeting run the week before Magic Millions day in January has gradually grown in popularity in recent years. Four… Read More »
Trainer Tony McEvoy has given Sunlight a pass mark for her first-up run in Sydney en route to her main goal of The Everest. Sunlight beat one runner home in Saturday’s Concorde Stakes won by Redzel at Randwick with McEvoy saying there were a number of factors that counted against… Read More »
