In-form jockey Daniel Stackhouse had a little extra reason to smile after So Let’s Toast’s victory in a two-year-old race at Sale. The colt is part-owned by his mother Vicki and Wednesday’s win in the maiden may be the start of bigger things for the colt who is trained at… Read More »
Brilliant Group One JJ Atkins winner Rothfire is a late entry for the Group One Golden Rose (1400m) at Rosehill on September 26. Trainer Robert Heathcote paid the $2500 late entry fee and the gelding was immediately made an $8 second favourite in Golden Rose odds. Favourite for the race… Read More »
Early season form in Ireland will determine the strength and number of horses six-time Melbourne Cup winning owner Lloyd Williams has in Victoria for the spring. Williams’ son Nick said the ownership group could have four or five of their Irish-trained horses in Melbourne for spring assignments joining their local… Read More »
While the eyes of Australian racing were on the debut of champion Winx’s half-sister in Sydney, Brisbane had its own blue blood runner in winner Tracy May. Winx’s sister Convent Garden was bogged down on the heavy Canterbury track to finish sixth but Tracy May had no such worries at… Read More »
Trainer Henry Dwyer initially targeted the Adelaide carnival with unbeaten filly Ms Catherine until a minor niggle ended those hopes. Rather than send the filly for a break, Dwyer and his team nursed Ms Catherine through a hamstring strain to a hind leg with the aim of racing her through… Read More »
Progressive gelding Soldier Of Love is scheduled to return to the scene of his most recent victory aiming to add to an already successful campaign. The Bjorn Baker-trained Soldier Of Love is among a capacity field of 14 plus six emergencies for Saturday’s De Bortoli Wines Handicap at Rosehill in… Read More »
Champion trainer Chris Waller will be chasing his 30th Queensland feature staying race win with a strong hand at Eagle Farm. He trained the first six across the line in the Group Three Chairman’s Hcp at Doomben two weeks and could possibly do so again in the Group Three Tattersall’s… Read More »
Classy mare Outback Barbie has come through her Stradbroke Handicap run well and will back up to give trainer Tony Gollan three runners in the Group Two Dane Ripper Stakes on Saturday. Outback Barbie has not run a place in six starts at Eagle Farm but ran one of her… Read More »
A group of high-profile Victorian jockeys have been given the green light to start riding trackwork again at selected venues. As part of the protocols in place during the COVID-19 pandemic, jockeys in Victoria have been split into two groups – a Green team and a Gold team. Jockeys in… Read More »
A Victorian apprentice will spend the night in hospital following a race fall at Pakenham. Kiran Quilty completed the course aboard The Real Wasabi in a maiden race on Tuesday, but her mount clipped heels after the winning post and fell. After being assessed on track, Quilty was transported to… Read More »
Having pinpointed the Dane Ripper Stakes as the most suitable option for Irithea during this year’s revised Queensland winter carnival, Sydney trainer Bjorn Baker believes the mare is on track to give the Group Two race a shake. Irithea is coming off a last-start win in the Group Three Dark… Read More »
Tasmanian trainers are eagerly awaiting the return to racing with 190 horses nominated for the first meeting back at Launceston. And crowds will immediately be allowed back on course, restricted to restaurant areas. Racing in Tasmania was halted in early April because of the coronavirus outbreak with its return set… Read More »
Trainer Mike Moroney believes Hang Man is knocking on the door of a win this preparation and hopes he can achieve it at The Valley on Saturday. Hang Man is yet to win from four starts this preparation, registering two placings, but Moroney believes there was plenty of merit in… Read More »
A crack at a late-season stakes race in Brisbane looms for Sydney three-year-old Blazing Miss if she continues her good form at Rosehill on Saturday. The Mark Newnham-trained filly will chase her third-straight city win when she runs in Saturday’s 1100m benchmark 88 handicap, having posted back-to-back victories at Randwick… Read More »
Victoria’s Racing Minister Martin Pakula says there won’t be a clash between the opening day of the Melbourne Cup carnival and the Grand Final if the AFL fixture falls that way. The COVID-19 pandemic has clouded the AFL fixture with uncertainty over when the Grand Final will be played. With… Read More »
Queensland’s premiership-leading jockey Baylee Nothdurft will take his appeal against a three-month ban to the next level after failing in an internal review. Nothdurft rode Vega One when the gelding finished fourth in an Open Handicap (1000m) after coming from last on the home turn at the Sunshine Coast on… Read More »
Leading Queensland country trainer John Manzelmann has been fined $6000 after two of his horses returned positive swabs to an anti-inflammatory steroid. Manzelmann’s horses Zoffany Rocket won at Rockhampton on August 23 which was followed by Canford Tree winning at the same track on August 28. Swabs taken from both… Read More »
With no Queensland Oaks this winter, Sydney trainer Mark Newnham has had to make The Roses in Brisbane the target for some of his stable’s up-and-coming fillies. Newnham is planning to have three runners in Saturday’s Group Two Roses (1825m) for three-year-old fillies at Eagle Farm, with Celestial Falls already… Read More »
Group One-winning Sydney jockey Adam Hyeronimus is facing multiple charges over betting offences. Hyeronimus has been hit with 32 charges after a long-running Racing NSW stewards’ investigation. He will face an inquiry on Thursday and Friday when stewards will allege the jockey had an interest in 29 bets on horses… Read More »
With clarity over the spring carnival programs, trainer Mike Moroney is getting his stable’s leading prospects back to work including Cups contender Aktau and Everest hopeful Tofane. The Melbourne spring carnival program was locked in last Friday, with Racing Victoria deciding to keep the traditional dates and not adopt a… Read More »
