In-form Caloundra sprinters Tarzan and Misery had mixed luck in the barrier draw as they aim to win their first race at 1200m in the Tim Bell Memorial Handicap at Doomben. Tarzan drew an ideal barrier in five but Misery has the outside barrier draw in 14. There are few… Read More »
Rookie Queensland sire Better Than Ready has been rewarded for an outstanding first season with an influx of quality interstate mares in the new breeding year. Better Than Ready, who stands at Lyndhurst Stud near Warwick, has won the leading Australian first-season sire premiership for individual winners with 23, including… Read More »
Stradivarius has strengthened his grip on the European staying division with a third successive victory in the Goodwood Cup in which Melbourne Cup winner Cross Counter finished third. The John Gosden-trained Stradivarius enjoyed a faultless campaign in 2018 – winning the Yorkshire Cup, the Gold Cup, the Goodwood Cup and… Read More »
The Kylie Vella-trained Admiral’s Joker has returned a positive result to a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory after winning a race at Flemington on Andrew Ramsden Stakes day. Six-year-old gelding Admiral’s Joker won an 1800m handicap on the May 25 program. Racing Analytical Services Limited said Admiral Joker’s post-race urine sample showed the… Read More »
A pleasing gallop between races at Ballarat has multiple Group One winner Gailo Chop one step closer to a return to racing after a lengthy injury lay-off. Gailo Chop is on the comeback trail from a tendon injury, having not raced since finishing second to champion Winx in the Group… Read More »
A Group One victory in the Grosser Dallmayr-Preis in Germany has clinched a Cox Plate invitation for Danceteria. The Moonee Valley Racing Club announced on Tuesday it had issued two more invitations for the 2019 Cox Plate, to the David Menuisier trained Danceteria, who is owned by Australian Bloodstock, and… Read More »
Champion Japanese stallion Deep Impact is reported to have died aged 17. The leading light at Shadai Stallion Station, Deep Impact was euthanised after he suffered a cervical fracture which made it impossible for him to stand. He was withdrawn from stud duties earlier this year because of a neck… Read More »
Unbeaten filly Mystical Pursuit is closely related to Group One star Mystic Journey but their trainer Adam Trinder says the two are also very different. Mystical Pursuit, a year younger than Australian Guineas and All-Star Mile winner Mystic Journey, is set to make her Melbourne debut on Saturday at The… Read More »
For the first time in three years, trainer Pat Webster has jockey Hugh Bowman in his corner rather than the opposite side of the fence. Bowman has been the regular rider of Winx, Webster’s stable star Happy Clapper’s nemesis along with every horse she raced against. On Tuesday morning Bowman… Read More »
After delaying Cox Plate favourite Mystic Journey’s return to racing, trainer Adam Trinder will trial the Group One winner again at Devonport before her rescheduled first-up assignment in the P B Lawrence Stakes. Trinder had pencilled in last Saturday’s Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield for the Australian Guineas and All-Star… Read More »
South Australian trainer John Hickmott has been looking forward to the winter warmth of Darwin with in-form sprinter Arrow Lane. Instead he will be at Moonee Valley on Saturday chasing a winning hat-trick with the sprinter in a benchmark 84 race over 1200m. Hickmott had an assault on Saturday’s Palmerston… Read More »
Sir Mark Todd’s autumn sojourn to Sydney with Eminent has renewed his enthusiasm for training thoroughbreds and sparked his decision to retire from eventing. New Zealand’s most famous equestrian and a dual Olympic gold medallist, Todd announced on Monday he would not compete in Tokyo next year. He retired immediately… Read More »
Trainer Mike Moroney believes a 2500m-benchmark race at The Valley is the next logical step for imported stayer Mirimar after two midweek city wins from his past three starts. Mirimar won by three-quarters of a length as the short-priced favourite over 2400m on a soft track at Sandown at his… Read More »
A host of spring carnival hopefuls are scheduled to step out in barrier trials at Randwick including Group One winners Alizee and Happy Clapper. The James Cummings-trained mare Alizee headlines the entries for the opening trial on Tuesday morning at Randwick over 900m, with the first two heats for Group… Read More »
Warwick Farm trainer Matthew Smith is quickly gathering a reputation with imported horses and is ready to unveil another one at Randwick. Milk Man will have his first Australian start on Saturday with Smith uncertain whether he will run him in the 1600m-race or over 1300. “I’ll see how he… Read More »
Speedy filly Jedastar will be out to make an immediate impact as a three-year-old on the opening weekend of the new season at The Valley. Trainer Lloyd Kennewell is set to run Jedastar first-up in Saturday’s 1000m-handicap for three-year-old fillies while stablemate Asateer is poised to make his first city… Read More »
Epsom Handicap favourite Te Akau Shark has cruised to a half length win in a barrier trial in New Zealand ahead of his race return. The Jamie Richards-trained Te Akau Shark, part-owned and named for Cronulla Sutherland NRL captain Paul Gallen, was among 48 horses from the Te Akau operation… Read More »
Promising colt Chenier has been ruled out of the spring carnival because of injury. The Godolphin-owned, Anthony Freedman-trained colt made a big impression when he won a maiden at Sandown on debut in March by 5-1/2-lengths and was subsequently high in markets for the Group One Champagne Stakes in April…. Read More »
Subzero has “made some improvement as he continues treatment for serious illness but his long-time carer Graham Salisbury says the popular horse is still not out of the woods. The 1992 Melbourne Cup winner who turns 31 on Thursday, remains at the Bendigo Equine Hospital where he has been since… Read More »
Australian Bloodstock’s latest European acquisition, Danceteria, has enhanced his Cox Plate credentials with victory in the Group One Grosser Dallmayr-Preis in Munich. Danceteria is now the third favourite for the Cox Plate in October after winning the 1800m-race on a wet track for trainer David Menuisier and jockey Jamie Spencer…. Read More »
