A suspension at Doomben has not dampened jockey Michael Hellyer’s enthusiasm for his ride on his favourite horse Baccarat Baby in the Queensland Guineas. Hellyer and Baccarat Baby are set to tackle Saturday’s Group Two Queensland Guineas over 1600 metres at Eagle Farm. Baccarat Baby was originally considered a Queensland… Read More »
Victorian trainer Jarrod McLean is set to front a hearing into charges relating to the possession of an electronic apparatus, commonly known as a jigger. The trainer was also Darren Weir’s assistant and ran his stable at Warrnambool. Two charges against McLean will be heard on June 17 by the… Read More »
Godolphin’s Kate Grimwade hopes debut winner Lesage can answer a few questions when she runs on the straight course at Flemington for the first time. A debut winner at Cranbourne last month, Lesage runs in Saturday’s Bruce Gadsden Handicap (1100m) and despite being trained at Flemington since her debut, she… Read More »
As John Sargent sweats on a Queensland Derby start for first reserve Home Made, stablemate Think It Over is being readied to end his campaign on a winning note at Randwick after failing to make the cut for the Group One feature. Think It Over did not have enough prize… Read More »
Gold Coast trainer Toby Edmonds is hoping the Stradbroke Handicap is a lot less nerve-wracking than the lead-up to the race. Edmonds is off to England at the weekend to oversee the final preparation of Houtzen for the Kings Stand Stakes at Ascot on June 18. He is growing in… Read More »
If knowledge and preparation equate to success it is no wonder Gold Coast jockey Michael Cahill is having another top season. Cahill has been by far the most successful jockey of the winter carnival which has not gone unnoticed by visiting trainers. The 54-year-old has ridden more than 2500 winners… Read More »
Japanese star Almond Eye headlines the Moonee Valley Racing Club’s wish list of invited runners for the Cox Plate. The MVRC has issued 11 invitations from four jurisdictions for the $5 million Cox Plate on October 26. Almond Eye, a five-time Group One winner, is one of five Japanese horses… Read More »
Winning the Preakness Stakes has not been enough to make War Of Will favourite for the Belmont Stakes. In fact, being the only colt to run in all three Triple Crown races really has not earned him the respect one would expect. Well-rested Tacitus was made the slight favourite over… Read More »
Jockey Mark Zahra says he will benefit from his race riding return at Sandown following a long suspension. Zahra was suspended for 25 meetings on a careless riding charge during The Championships at Randwick. Riding for the first time since April 22, Zahra guided Cedar Grande to victory in Wednesday’s… Read More »
Cox Plate hero Adelaide has sired his first winner with Funstar making an impressive debut at Canterbury. A member of champion Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien’s all-conquering Ballydoyle stable, Adelaide won 2014 Cox Plate for jockey Ryan Moore. Adelaide stayed in Australia after the Cox Plate but was retired after racing… Read More »
Delighted with the first-up success of El Questro at Sandown, Cranbourne trainer Alison Sheehan got some extra satisfaction seeing the colours of ex-trainer Rob McGuinness carried to victory. McGuinness was a popular trainer at Caulfield during the 1980s and 1990s before retiring in 2004 and nowadays races a few horses… Read More »
Memories of the great Wallaby rugby union prop Stan Pilecki were revived when Raging Pole won at Doomben. Pilecki, who died in 2017 aged 70, was one of Queensland’s most famous sportsmen, playing 122 games for the state and 18 Tests. Immensely proud of his Polish heritage Pilecki, who was… Read More »
After getting a pass mark from his trainers after his first race for a year, dual Group winner Villermont will be out to show further improvement when he continues his comeback at Flemington. Villermont won the Group Two Sandown Guineas as a spring three-year-old at his fourth start and also… Read More »
Jockey Jason Benbow is looking at another stint on the sidelines following a fall at Sale. Benbow requires surgery on fractures to his right foot and ankle after a fall from Postmistress at Sale last week. Victorian Jockeys’ Association chief executive Matt Hyland said Benbow had six or seven previously… Read More »
In-form jockey Tommy Berry is poised to keep his winning momentum rolling when he heads to Eagle Farm for a strong book of rides on Stradbroke Handicap day. Berry booted home a double at the track two weeks ago then returned to Sydney last Saturday and made it an afternoon… Read More »
Kiwi galloper The Bostonian will join some Brisbane winter carnival legends if he can win his third Group One race in the Stradbroke Handicap. The Bostonian maintained his unbeaten Queensland record with his wins in the Group One Doomben 10,000 and Group One Kingsford Smith Cup this winter. He joined… Read More »
The wet weather has forced Noble Joey to miss a lead-up gallop to the June Stakes but trainer Robert Price remains confident of getting the consistent sprinter to the races in good order. Price had planned to give Noble Joey his final conditioning workout on Tuesday but NSW’s wild weather… Read More »
Victorian trainer David Brideoake has been hit with two charges by NSW stewards relating to race day treatment after an inquiry into the late scratching of Princess Jenni from the Adrian Knox Stakes. Racing NSW stewards ordered the withdrawal of Princess Jenni from the Adrian Knox at Randwick on April… Read More »
Promising filly Pretty In Pink has a light weight in the Group One Stradbroke Handicap but in some ways she carries the biggest burden in the race. It isn’t that Pretty In Pink doesn’t have the talent to win the race but she faces the biggest hoodoo in Queensland, if… Read More »
A win for Mahis Angel in the Group One Queensland Derby would be a fitting tribute to where he was bred, Wattle Brae Stud, which will be auctioned on Friday. Mahis Angel, who is by Wattle Brae’s sire Mahisara, is a late entry for Saturday’s Derby after winning at Ipswich… Read More »
