Ballarat trainer Simon Morrish cannot remember the last time he has had two runners nominated for a stakes race. That is the case at Flemington on Saturday with Chouxting The Mob and Mental Telepathy entered for The Andrew Ramsden which guarantees the winner a start in the 2019 Melbourne Cup…. Read More »
The Australian Turf Club has called for expressions of interest for its slot in the $14 million Everest. The club says it will again look domestically and overseas for a runner to partner the ATC in the world’s richest race on turf at Randwick in October. It says criteria including… Read More »
After six weeks of safe racing and training, Santa Anita has had its second horse death in four days. A first starter pulled up in a race on Sunday was euthanised on Monday (Tuesday AEST) to bring up the 25th death at the track since December 26. Spectacular Music was… Read More »
Jockey Jamie Mott has registered a perfect day at Mornington collecting four winners from his four rides. Mott started Monday’s meeting riding the first three winners before waiting in the jockeys’ room for his final ride of the afternoon in the last race. “I don’t think I’ve had four rides… Read More »
Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie has been found guilty of a further 12 charges, this time, of race day administration and has been asked to make submissions on sentence. Currie had already been disqualified for four years after being found guilty of two charges involving texts which were alleged to indicate… Read More »
Trainer Robbie Griffiths is hoping a return to the straight track at Flemington will bring out the best in Divine Quality. After she failed at her last start in the Group One Sangster Stakes at Morphettville, Griffiths elected to skip The Goodwood with Divine Quality to concentrate on Saturday’s Listed… Read More »
Warwick Farm trainer Matt Smith has put the disappointment of Fierce Impact’s Doomben Cup behind him and is looking ahead with Grey Lion and Tonsor. Fierce Impact, who finished 11th in Saturday’s Group One feature will have a spell in Queensland while Grey Lion, winner of the Listed Lord Mayor’s… Read More »
Trainer David Hayes will use the lessons he learned travelling overseas with Criterion as he aims the Lindsay Park stayers at the Melbourne Cup. The stable is starting early with the imported Alfarris who will try to earn a ticket to the Melbourne Cup 2019 via Saturday’s Andrew Ramsden Stakes… Read More »
Injured jockey Michael Hackett is continuing his slow recovery after suffering a head injury in a fall at the Tomingley Cup picnic race meeting. Hackett was one of three riders to fall in a race at the central western NSW track on April 27 with Ricky Blewitt and Michael Gray… Read More »
Trainer Ben Smith has been found guilty of all charges against him relating to elevated cobalt levels, race day treatments and giving false evidence to stewards. Smith trained two Group One winners in the autumn of 2018 – In Her Time (Galaxy) and El Dorado Dreaming (ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes)… Read More »
Jockey Jordan Childs hopes to ride at the Andrew Ramsden Stakes meeting at Flemington after being discharged from hospital. Childs had an MRI scan at Melbourne’s Epworth Hospital after suffering a post-race back injury at Bendigo on Sunday when he dismounted awkwardly. After being discharged from Bendigo Hospital, Childs was… Read More »
Warrnambool Cup winner Furrion has been sent to the paddock and will miss his chance for an early ticket into the Melbourne Cup. For the first time Saturday’s Listed Andrew Ramsden at Flemington guarantees the winner a ballot exemption into November’s Melbourne Cup. The Andrew Ramsden Stakes has undergone a… Read More »
New Zealand’s racing minister Winston Peters has announced a repeal of the betting levy paid by the racing industry to the Crown. Peters says that payment of the levy to the Crown will be phased out over a three-year period, with freed-up funds to be redirected to the racing and… Read More »
Promising apprentice Aidin Thompson appears to have escaped serious injury after being taken to hospital following a two-horse fall Beaudesert. Thompson was riding Uno Amor which crashed to the turf and Conquermore ridden by Les Tilley came down over the top of him in the race on Saturday. Thompson’s boss… Read More »
Reloaded will follow the same path to the J J Atkins Stakes taken successfully by his former stablemate The Autumn Sun. Trained by Chris Waller, Reloaded is the early favourite for the season’s final Group One race for juveniles at Eagle Farm on June 8. He will run over 1400… Read More »
Fan favourite The Candy Man is headed back to city racing after bringing up his sixth consecutive win. Trainer Barry Baldwin elected to run The Candy Man in a Class Five race at the Gold Coast on Saturday and scratched him from a benchmark handicap at Doomben. The grey has… Read More »
Victorian trainer David Brideoake will return to Sydney to front an adjourned Racing NSW stewards inquiry over the scratching of Princess Jenni at Randwick. Princess Jenni was withdrawn moments before runners left the mounting yard for the the Adrian Knox Stakes on April 6 after concerns were raised she may… Read More »
Doomben Cup-winning trainer Ciaron Maher is considering “rolling the dice” and running two-year-old Dubious against older horses in the Group One Kingsford Smith Cup at Eagle Farm. Maher, who trains in partnership with David Eustace, had a big day at Doomben on Saturday winning the Group One Doomben Cup with… Read More »
Doomben Cup-winning jockey John Allen will appeal a careless riding ban out of the Group One race. The Victorian was one of five jockeys suspended on a busy day for stewards at Saturday’s Doomben meeting. Allen was suspended for 13 days after stewards found him guilty of allowing the winner… Read More »
War of Will has bounced back from a bumpy ride in the Kentucky Derby to win the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico, holding off a field that included a riderless horse which threw his jockey out of the gate. Trainer Mark Casse celebrated his first Triple Crown victory with War of… Read More »
