Group One races in Sydney and Melbourne figure in Mick Price’s spring hopes for lightly raced colt Shotmaker who makes his season return in the McNeil Stakes at Caulfield. Shotmaker was runner-up on debut in the Blue Diamond colts and geldings Prelude in February before finishing 11th in the Group… Read More »
Having been to the fore in last season’s two-year-old races, Godolphin is now looking to the team to step up at three. Sheikh Mohammed’s royal blue colours were carried to victory in four of Australia’s five Group One races for juveniles in 2018/19. Bivouac did not make the elite level… Read More »
Vega Magic is set to front up on Memsie Stakes day for the third straight year at Caulfield but this time the dual Group One winner will not be contesting the day’s feature race. Now a seven-year-old, Vega Magic was a dominant winner of the weight-for-age Group One Memsie (1400m)… Read More »
The best-kept secret in Brisbane racing hit the limelight when three-year-old Profit scored an impressive debut win at the Sunshine Coast. Profit ($2.90) was slow to begin and was green in the straight before winning the Sky Racing Plate (1200m). The win took the Chris Anderson-Robert Heathcote training partnership to… Read More »
Some advice from fellow trainers has swayed Daniel Bowman into giving Begood Toya Mother his chance in the Memsie Stakes at Caulfield. Bowman had Begood Toya Mother entered for three races on Saturday – a stakes race in Adelaide as well as a handicap and the weight-for-age Memsie Stakes at… Read More »
Princess Jenni has made an appearance at a midweek Sandown meeting with trainer David Brideoake taking the opportunity to give the Group One Australasian Oaks winner a raceday gallop. Princess Jenni is nearing her spring racing return and Brideoake galloped the four-year-old mare with new stable acquisition and fellow spring… Read More »
Caloundra trainer Stuart Kendrick has put plans for his Group One prospect Eric The Eel on the back burner as he plans wins for two stablemates. Kendrick had varied luck with the barrier draw at Eagle Farm with Misery getting the tricky gate nine in an open handicap but another… Read More »
The Racing Queensland board has used a trip to Townsville to unveil an updated strategic plan which it believes can making racing the No.1 sporting industry in the state. RQ is keen to involve country and provincial areas as much as possible in expansion plans and had its monthly board… Read More »
Seven Group One winners feature among a field of 13 for the $1 million Memsie Stakes at Caulfield. Star Godolphin mare and favourite Alizee has barrier 11 while her stablemate Hartnell will carry the No.1 saddlecloth and jump from the inside barrier in Saturday’s 1400m weight-for-age Memsie Stakes. Market 💰:… Read More »
The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission has clarified the basis on which trainers can operate if they are suspended rather than disqualified. In Queensland it has been rare for trainers to be suspended instead of facing disqualification. A disqualified person can not be on licensed premises which includes racetracks and even… Read More »
Promising three-year-old Garibaldi will miss Eagle Farm on Saturday after a minor set back but is still set to resume in Melbourne next month. Garibaldi, who was stakes-placed in the Sydney autumn and also finished third in the Group Two BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes in the winter, had a jump-out… Read More »
Melbourne Cup runner-up Marmelo will head straight to Australia without another start to be prepared for another tilt at Australia’s most famous race. Trainer Hughie Morrison has confirmed the last-start Prix Kergolay winner will not run in next month’s Irish St Leger. “I think the plan is to give him… Read More »
Dubious is likely to have blinkers re-applied for the Group Three McNeil Stakes at Caulfield as trainer Ciaron Maher looks for the colt to bounce back from an unplaced first-up run on a soft track. Three-year-old Dubious finished fourth in his season return in the Vain Stakes (1100m) last Saturday… Read More »
New Zealand trainer Brendon Hawtin is to move to Australia to become an assistant to ex-pat kiwis Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young at their Cranbourne stable. “The opportunity arose to be assistant trainer to Trent and Natalie and I will be applying for my trainers’ license over there so it… Read More »
Godolphin’s dominance of two-year-old racing last season has been reflected in the first order of entry for the $1 million Golden Rose. Four of the top five in the ballot carry Godolphin’s famous royal blue colours, headed by Kiamichi, Microphone and Exhilarates for trainer James Cummings and Lyre for Anthony… Read More »
Melbourne Racing Club members have a $250,000 incentive to attend the Caulfield Guineas meeting with one eligible to win the prize in the MRC Members’ Everest Sweepstakes. The winning horse in this year’s Group Two Schillaci Stakes at Caulfield on October 12 will be offered the MRC’s slot in the… Read More »
Osborne Bulls, the Godolphin sprinter who occupies a prominent place in betting on the $14 million Everest, will have a delayed start to his spring campaign. Godolphin revealed the five-time Group One runner-up’s return had been pushed back two weeks. Osborne Bulls was entered to contest a 1000m barrier trial… Read More »
Mick Price is keeping expectations in check with lightly raced Oceanex first-up but the trainer believes the mare is poised for a good campaign. Oceanex is also nominated for a 1400m mares’ race at Caulfield on Saturday but Price said she would resume in Wednesday’s Clanbrook Racing Handicap (1400m) at… Read More »
Mornington trainer Pat Carey has jumped at the chance to take former West Australian Material Man to Caulfield to gallop ahead of the Group One Memsie Stakes. Material Man finished sixth in the Group Three Aurie’s Star Handicap over 1200m at Flemington earlier this month in his first start since… Read More »
NSW’s premier horse racing body has tried to avoid a six-figure tax bill by arguing it is a charitable organisation helping to educate and lift people from poverty. Racing NSW, the state’s regulating body for thoroughbred racing, has for almost two years argued it should not have to pay a… Read More »
