Betfair has been told to ‘”cease and desist” operating on Hong Kong racing in a strongly worded letter from the Jockey Club. The HKJC said it was caught by surprise when the betting exchange made the announcement last month it was to start operating on Hong Kong racing. The club… Read More »
Tony McEvoy has trained countless doubles over his career but none more special than the one produced at Sandown. McEvoy surprised his son Calvin by announcing at the South Australian Racing Awards last Saturday night that they would be forming a training partnership. That was officially recognised on Monday with… Read More »
Dual Everest winner Redzel heads to the Concorde Stakes as the outsider in the six-horse field. He has won the 1000m Concorde Stakes at Randwick for the past two years on his way to his wins in the world’s richest race on turf. But bookmakers are wary heading to Saturday… Read More »
Consistent sprinter Bons Away will be out to enhance his Moir Stakes prospects when he returns to The Valley for the weight-for-age McEwen Stakes. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained Bons Away turned in an eye-catching first-up run in the Listed Carlyon Stakes at The Valley a couple of weeks… Read More »
There was only one downside for trainer Tony Sears when he continued his great run in QTIS bonus races with Red Bloom at Ipswich. He had hoped Red Bloom’s win would be his first in partnership with his daughter Maddy. Sears applied for a training partnership with Maddy last month… Read More »
Pure Legend is Hong Kong bound after leading throughout in a maiden victory at Sandown. Trainer John Sadler said he had almost cost the $3.40 favourite victory in Wednesday’s Ladbrokes Odds Boost Plate by stepping the gelding up in distance. Pure Legend is owned in Hong Kong by Boniface Ho… Read More »
After piecing together three straight wins in South Australia late in her juvenile season, three-year-old filly Westport is back in Melbourne to face a test of her spring credentials in the Listed Atlantic Jewel Stakes. Westport made her debut in Melbourne in January when she was unplaced in the Blue… Read More »
The John F Feehan Stakes at The Valley affords the winner an automatic Cox Plate start but senior Lindsay Park trainer David Hayes is looking at an even bigger spring picture. Lindsay Park has four runners in Saturday’s weight-for-age race – Harlem, Fifty Stars, Sikandarabad and Neufbosc – after the… Read More »
Eagle Farm trainer Chris Munce hopes to put aside the disappointment of missing the chance of a big pay day for Snoopy with a consolation win for the evergreen gelding. Snoopy was set to run in the $105,000 Open Handicap at the Gold Coast a fortnight ago but was scratched… Read More »
Four Australian trainers and one from abroad are in the running to win this year’s Fred Hoysted Medal at the Victorian Racing Awards. The Fred Hoysted Medal is awarded to the trainer considered to have delivered the most outstanding individual training performance during the season in Victoria, with the winner… Read More »
Racing Queensland has taken steps to “modernise” its Racing Advisory Panel structure. RQ is looking for two independent members to join restructured Racing Advisory Panels. The panels were set up in all three codes in 2016 to give a broader spectrum of participants a chance to help administer the sports…. Read More »
Scales Of Justice is set to tackle Mystic Journey in the Makybe Diva Stakes at Flemington after being given the go-ahead to continue his preparation by trainer Lindsey Smith. After his success in Saturday’s Group One Memsie Stakes at Caulfield, there had been speculation Scales Of Justice would return to… Read More »
Trainer Jim Conlan sees the John F Feehan Stakes a guide to spring options for his Cups hope Beau Balmain at The Valley. But Conlan fears the stayer may be balloted from the weight-for-age Feehan Stakes and as a back-up option has entered Beau Balmain in the 2040m handicap on… Read More »
Trainer Mark Newnham has lofty ambitions for Scarlet Dream but is keeping a lid on expectations with the mare to begin her campaign in a support race on the Chelmsford Stakes program. Last season was a stellar one for Newnham who claimed two Group One wins with Maid Of Heaven… Read More »
Sydney trainer David Pfieffer has headed south to Melbourne with Prophet’s Thumb to escape The Everest contenders at Randwick. With Redzel, Pierata and Sunlight running in the Concorde Stakes at Randwick, Prophet’s Thumb will be at The Valley on Saturday to run in the McEwen Stakes. Pfieffer took Prophet’s Thumb… Read More »
Hopefully the Cronulla Sharks golden point loss to the Canberra Raiders is not an omen for spruik horse Te Akau Shark. The four-year-old, named for Sharks captain Paul Gallen, is the short-priced favourite for Saturday’s Tramway Stakes (1400m) at Randwick. After being beaten at the weekend, Cronulla will now play… Read More »
Vega Magic may have run his last race for Lindsay Park with the sprinter a chance to return home to Perth. The dual Group One winner pulled up with heat in his off-fore tendon after finishing last in The Heath at Caulfield on Saturday, his first run since finishing last… Read More »
With his son Calvin now registered as a training partner, Tony McEvoy is looking for the perfect start for the partnership from a quality team heading to Sandown. That team is headed by Sun City who McEvoy holds Group One aspirations for in the spring. Sun City and stablemate Yulong… Read More »
Jumps jockey Paul Hamblin and trainer James McNamara have been charged over the performance of Hornets’ Nest in a hurdle race at Casterton. Hamblin has been charged with failing to take all reasonable and permissible measures to ensure Hornets’ Nest was given full opportunity to win or to obtain the… Read More »
Calvin McEvoy considers it a privilege and dream come true to be joining his father Tony in a training partnership. Prominent trainer Tony McEvoy surprised his 24-year-old son during the South Australian Awards on Saturday night when he announced the new partnership as he was accepting the C S Hayes… Read More »
