Trainer Toby Edmonds is hoping Whypeeo can score a morale-boosting win at Doomben in the Open Handicap on Saturday and live up to his early promise. Whypeeo won two stakes races as a three-year-old and ran second to Champagne Cuddles in course-record time in the Gold Coast Guineas last winter…. Read More »
A convincing first-up win in the mud at Mornington has earned lightly-raced mare Raven’s Blaze a trip to Sydney, and it may not just be for the weekend. The Victorian raider will take her place in the Randwick Community Day Handicap (1000m) with trainer Tony Noonan keen to give her… Read More »
Todd Howlett has already received some good news this week and he’s hoping there’s more to come when he takes Siege Warfare to Randwick for the Tab Highway Handicap. The Hunter-based trainer welcomed the announcement earlier this week that Racing NSW would be boosting prize money for a number of… Read More »
With a rested body and a clear mind, Hugh Bowman returns to race riding at Randwick ready for the next chapter of his career. Not only has he made peace with that, but he’s also looking at life without Winx as the start of a new era. The champion jockey… Read More »
Toowoomba trainer Kevin Kemp hopes his recent luck with jockey Luke Tarrant can help filly Plumaro return to winning form at Doomben. Plumaro was an impressive winner first-up at the Sunshine Coast in May but she was unplaced in her two runs since in top three-year-old company. Kemp hopes a… Read More »
In form trainer Tony Sears is hoping champion jockey Glen Boss again proves a good judge when two year old Magic Trick runs at Doomben on Saturday. Boss has had several rides for Sears during the winter and they combined to win the Bruce McLachlan Classic with Raging Pole at… Read More »
Mike Moroney is sticking to what has been working with sprinter Milwaukee who is favoured to improve on an already strong straight-track record at Flemington in the Victorian Sprint Series Final. Five-year-old Milwaukee has won eight of his 24 career starts but his statistics when racing on the straight course… Read More »
Premier Brisbane trainer Tony Gollan will have a large number of runners at Doomben on Saturday but much interest in his team will centre of the debut of two year old Knight Mariner. Gollan has had another excellent season with his two years and produced a smart filly in Ingear… Read More »
Trainer Robbie Griffiths is forgiving of Collectable’s last-start defeat as favourite at Sandown and is anticipating a bold showing from the filly in the Rivette Series Final at Flemington. Having finished fourth in the Ethereal Stakes and unplaced in the VRC Oaks last preparation, Griffiths thought highly enough of the… Read More »
Racing Queensland has restructured its apprentice claim categories in a move designed to help young riders prolong their careers. RQ has re-categorised the claim system for a number of ‘provincial’ race meetings to ‘country’ race meetings. The Gatton meeting on Thursday was the first to be conducted under the new… Read More »
Lightly raced Irish import Dabiyr is off the mark in Australia at just his second local appearance, racing to victory in a midweek city race at Sandown. Now with leading Australian trainer Chris Waller after beginning his career with Dermot Weld in Ireland where he won one of his three… Read More »
Trainer Mike Moroney believes the barrier draw and weights make it harder to split his two chances in the Winter Championship Series Final as he bids to win the Listed race for a fourth time. Moroney has a strong hand at Saturday’s Flemington meeting including imports Mr Marathon Man and… Read More »
Group Two-winning mare Funtantes has shown she is on the way to equalling the exploits of her late dam Cantantes as a broodmare with Ziemba scoring a strong win at Ipswich. Ziemba ($1.90) made it two wins from two starts when he stormed home to win Wednesday’s Schweppes Two-Year-Old Handicap… Read More »
Trainer Bjorn Baker will have two runners at Randwick but he will happily lay claim to a third if his father’s horse Bobby Dee can break his Australian maiden. A Group Two placegetter in New Zealand, Bobby Dee is trained by Baker’s father Murray in partnership with Andrew Forsman and… Read More »
The Brisbane Racing Club has appointed former Australian Turf Club executive Tony Partridge as its new chief executive. He will replace David Whimpey who completed five years in the job last week. Partridge will take up his position with the BRC from August 5. He was selected from applicants from… Read More »
Trainer Symon Wilde is excited about the prospect of American In Paris showing his staying credentials at the 2500 metres of the inaugural running of the Mahogany Challenge Final for three-year-olds. Saturday’s $150,000 race on the Flemington Finals Day program is the culmination of a new seven-race series, with the… Read More »
The forecast for rain has boosted Rockhampton trainer Tom Button’s hopes he can overcome an influx of southern horses to win his local feature double. Button has strong chances with Peacock in Friday’s $100,000 Rockhampton Newmarket and Astoria in Saturday’s $150,000 Rockhampton Cup. Peacock and Astoria have until recently been… Read More »
In-form Divine Dice is set to take advantage of the absence of several key rivals and score a deserved win at Doomben. Divine Dice will take on seven rivals in Saturday’s Open Handicap (1200m) but in previous years the field would have been larger. A boost in prize money for… Read More »
Queensland trainer Peter Fleming has been fined $3000 after a urine sample taken from Text Book was found to contain the prohibited substance Methocarbamol. The case created interest among trainers because Fleming told stewards Text Book had been treated with the pain killer to prevent her tying up in the… Read More »
Sydney jockey Kerrin McEvoy has secured the ride on third favourite Regal Reality in the Group One Coral-Eclipse. McEvoy is in England where his primary objective was to ride Houtzen in the King’s Stand Stakes at the Royal Ascot meeting. The Queensland mare slipped at the start of the race… Read More »
