A capacity field of three-year-old fillies is set line up in the Group One Queensland Oaks at Doomben. Saturday’s 2200m race has attracted 16 acceptors with a further five emergencies and is headed by Princess Jenni, winner of the Australasian Oaks at Morphettville at her most recent start. Field 🏆:… Read More »
Queensland stewards are taking a harder line on arsenic cases after fining two trainers whose horses returned levels above the threshold. In recent years there have been a spate of arsenic cases in Queensland which have often resulted in no penalties. However, trainers John Wallace and Rob Davidson were each… Read More »
Trainer Robbie Laing says Missrock is the perfect advertisement for auction houses after fetching $2.3 million at the National Broodmare Sale on the Gold Coast. The daughter of Fastnet Rock was the highest-priced lot on the first day of the broodmare sale. A winner of four races, three times at… Read More »
The Listed McKell Cup might be the feature race at Rosehill but the two-year-old sprint is threatening to take its share of the limelight at the meeting. Nominations for Saturday’s 1100m-race include several last-start winners, among them Exceedance who defied logic to win at Wyong on debut on May 16…. Read More »
Sprinter Santa Ana Lane is set to join stayer Steel Prince in the paddock with their spring goals confirmed. Santa Ana Lane was recently chosen for the TAB’s slot in The Everest while Steel Prince earned a start in the Melbourne Cup with victory in Saturday’s Andrew Ramsden. Sam Freedman,… Read More »
Cambridge Stud has closed the book for Roaring Lion who will stand his first southern hemisphere season in the spring. “From the moment the horse was released to the market, the response from breeders in both New Zealand and Australia was immediate and we are now closing his book,” Cambridge… Read More »
The adage of one day at a time rings true for Japanese-bred French import Bag Raider who is set for his second Australian start at Caulfield. One of a number of Japanese yearlings bought by Gai Waterhouse before starting their careers in France, Bag Raider is now in the care… Read More »
A sibling to a champion New Zealand sprinter is among the favourites for the world’s most famous Classic, the Derby at Epsom. The Aidan O’Brien-trained Anthony Van Dyck is on the third line of betting for the Epsom Derby (2400m) on Saturday (Sunday AEST) after winning the Listed Lingfield Derby… Read More »
Trainer Phillip Stokes feels Victorian three-year-old Mr Quickie has enough petrol left in the tank for another interstate trip, this time to tackle the Queensland Derby. The consistent gelding has rebounded well from his third behind Qafila and Savvy Oak in the South Australian Derby (2500m) at Morphettville on May… Read More »
Disqualified trainer Sam Kavanagh could return as soon as October after the NSW Racing Appeals Tribunal reduced his penalty. Kavanagh was outed in 2015 for nine years and three months on a raft of charges relating to cobalt in his horses and race day treatments. Tribunal head David Armati has… Read More »
Group One winner Manuel has dispelled doubts about his fitness and is set to tackle the Group One Stradbroke Handicap after winning a trial at the Gold Coast Trainer Tony McEvoy decided to trial Manuel after he ran last in the Doomben 10,000 on May 11. The winner of the… Read More »
Veteran Destiny’s Kiss will be striving for his first win in a year when he head to Rosehill for a defence of the Listed W J McKell Cup. The winter staying feature has attracted 24 entries with the Joe Pride-trained Destiny’s Kiss and Home By Midnight from the Ballarat stable… Read More »
Stable newcomer Romancer is set to have his first run for Grahame Begg at Caulfield in preparation for a winter race series. Romancer will contest the third heat of the VRC-CRV Winter Championship Series on Saturday which has a final at stakes level at Flemington on July 6. After beginning… Read More »
Paul Makin, most famous as the owner of globe-trotting multiple Group One winner Starcraft, has died aged 82. An Australian who made his money betting on racing in Hong Kong and Japan, Makin also owned horses in Europe including Irish Oaks winner Chicquita and was a successful breeder. Makin retired… Read More »
Trainer Robbie Laing has been forced to alter plans with Queensland Derby aspirant Stars Of Carrum following the abandonment of a set of barrier trials. Stars Of Carrum, runner-up to Extra Brut in the Victoria Derby in the spring, was scheduled to run in a 1550m-heat at Cranbourne on Monday,… Read More »
As the racing season nears an end, Ballarat trainer Matt Cumani will make a last bid at a Group One double with a couple of three-year-olds. Dunlani and Declares War leave for Brisbane on Tuesday to contest the Queensland Oaks and Queensland Derby respectively. The trainer is hopeful there is… Read More »
New Zealander The Bostonian will have to carry the biggest winning weight in 27 years if he is to complete the first treble of Brisbane’s Group One sprints. Weights for the Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) were released on Monday with Osborne Bulls topweight with 58kg but he will not start. Order… Read More »
Group One winner Jon Snow is to stand at Clearview Park Stud in New Zealand. Aaron Tapper and his partner Lacy Stewart said they were delighted to have the 2017 Australian Derby winner at their farm in Timaru where he will stand for $6000 in his first season. “It’s a… Read More »
Hermosa has completed a Classic double, adding the Irish 1000 Guineas at the Curragh to her success in the English version. The Aidan O’Brien-trained filly caused a minor upset in the Guineas at Newmarket earlier this month, leading all the way as the apparent third string under Wayne Lordan. With… Read More »
Gennady is lucky to be alive let alone a two-time winner, leading all the way at Sandown to claim his second victory. After a maiden win at Mornington in early May, Gennady proved too strong as a $21 chance in Sunday’s Samson Handicap (1300m). Trainer Robbie Laing revealed Gennady’s dam… Read More »
