Nash Rawiller has received a vote of confidence from some of NSW’s biggest stables with six rides in his return to Sydney racing at Rosehill. Rawiller, who was disqualified for 15-months in April last year for tipping horses he was riding in Hong Kong, will make his comeback at Kembla… Read More »
The start of the new racing season will herald a new way that charges laid against licensed people are dealt with in Victoria. The Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board across the three racing codes in Victoria will be replaced by the Victorian Racing Tribunal from August 1. Jamie Stier, Racing… Read More »
Betting giant Tabcorp believes its subsidiary UBET was entitled to withhold an alleged $11 million in fees from Racing Queensland last year as an offset to the state’s new wagering tax. Tabcorp, which was served with a damages claim from the administrator in June, said details revealed in the Supreme… Read More »
Few people in Queensland racing circles are surprised Caloundra gelding Victory Eight has been the quiet achiever of the winter carnival. After all, his trainer Trevor Miller has been a a key player in the state’s racing industry with no fuss for decades. Victory Eight, who has won his past… Read More »
Bundaberg is one of the smaller race clubs in Queensland but it has again secured some big names as special guests for its Cup day on Saturday. The club, in the Burnett region north of Brisbane, was struggling for survival about five years ago when the committee decided to be… Read More »
Queensland trainers will ask for more clarity regarding the new rule governing arrival times for runners in feature races. New Racing Queensland board member Graham Quirk will be joined by representatives from RQ, the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission and Brisbane Racing Club at the meeting on Thursday to discuss wide-ranging… Read More »
Cox Plate favourite Mystic Journey’s comeback to racing has been put on hold because of the weather. The filly had been entered for Saturday’s Bletchingly Stakes at Caulfield but with rain in Melbourne and more forecast, trainer Adam Trinder says she will not run. Mystic Journey will instead have a… Read More »
True Excelsior is scheduled to make her return on Bletchingly Stakes day at Caulfield but co-trainer Troy Corstens plans to kick off the stakes-placed mare’s campaign in a race against her own sex rather than in the feature event. Rising five-year-old True Excelsior is nominated for Saturday’s weight-for-age Group Three… Read More »
Co-trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young will bypass the Listed Winter Challenge with last-start Rosehill winner Curragh but the stable could still be represented at the Sydney meeting by the mare I Am Queen. Curragh is among the nominations for Saturday’s Listed 1500m Winter Challenge after winning a benchmark race… Read More »
In a sure sign the spring carnival is almost here, five Group One winners are scheduled to run in a course proper barrier trial at Warwick Farm. The past two Australian Oaks winnners, Unforgoteen (2018) and Verry Elleegant (2019) are entered along with their Chris Waller-trained stablemates Shraaoh (Sydney Cup)… Read More »
Kings Will Dream and Humidor have both taken important steps towards their respective race returns, with each contesting a jump-out on the same morning in separate states. Brae Sokolski, a part-owner of both geldings, was on hand when Kings Will Dream stepped out in a jump-out in Sydney on Tuesday… Read More »
Done By Me will get the opportunity to chase another win in her juvenile year at Sandown in a stepping stone towards stakes races early in the new season. The filly resumes in Wednesday’s Ladbrokes Odds Boost Handicap (1000m) against her own age for her first start since winning the… Read More »
Homesick apprentice Sam Weatherley will go back to New Zealand after more than a year in Sydney. Twice New Zealand’s champion apprentice, Weatherley has been based with Chris Waller at Rosehill for the past 15 months and will end the season second to Robbie Dolan on the metropolitan apprentices’ premiership…. Read More »
Trainer William Haggas has paid tribute to Classic-winning filly Sea Of Class who has succumbed to colic. Last year’s Irish Oaks winner underwent surgery after being struck down with the life-threatening illness two weeks ago. Despite the best possible care, her condition deteriorated on Monday morning. “She was a marvellous… Read More »
The resumption of the racing career of multiple Group One winner Black Heart Bart is set to take a step forward when he competes in a jump-out at Ballarat. Now in the care of Lindsey Smith at Warrnambool, Black Heart Bart has not raced since finishing last in the Group… Read More »
Perth sprinter Scales Of Justice only has to please trainer Lindsey Smith in a jump-out to take his place in the Bletchingly Stakes at Caulfield. Scales Of Justice heads to Ballarat on Tuesday for the jump-out with Smith saying the gelding has been working nicely for his return and only… Read More »
Adelaide trainer Mark Minervini is to relocate to Newcastle in NSW amid uncertainty over funding for racing in South Australia. Minervini told his owners of the decision on Monday and tweeted he would be moving to Newcastle from the beginning of August. He said SA racing continued to decline while… Read More »
Now that Nicci’s Gold has black-type to her name from her third in the Winter Stakes, trainer Gary Portelli is looking to the mare to build on her record. The four-year-old ran a close third behind Eckstein and Gaulois in the Listed Winter Stakes (1400m) last Saturday week. She had… Read More »
Eagle Farm trainer Lauren Abbott is confident Kievann can improve sharply and give her the first leg of a homecoming feature double by winning the $100,000 Cleveland Bay Handicap at Townsville. Abbott has taken six horses to north Queensland for the rich carnival on Thursday and Saturday and has already… Read More »
Trainer Colin Little has been one of the biggest supporters of synthetic track racing in Victoria and does not want his scratching of a runner at Pakenham to be seen as a knock on the Polytrack. Little sought stewards permission to scratch Peko from a race at Pakenham on Sunday… Read More »
