A new public stand to be built at Randwick is to be named after Winx. Main features: * A Ground Floor level with undercover comfort for spectators on major race days * Level 1 terrace will provide superior views over the racecourse * Will cater for approximately 5000 spectators undercover… Read More »
Robbie Griffiths has picked the longest of three races at Flemington for in-form filly Fidelia who will attempt to extend her winning sequence to three. Fidelia has been entered for a three-year-old race and the opening heat of the Leilani Series on Saturday, both at 1400m, along with a benchmark… Read More »
Apprentice Stephanie Thornton has had a careless riding suspension overturned on appeal by the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board. Thornton was suspended at Caulfield on Saturday for nine meetings on a careless riding charge aboard Raspberry Rose in the Darren Gauci Handicap. Racing Victoria stewards deemed the careless riding to… Read More »
A horse bought as a lead pony will make his racetrack return at Sandown, more than three years after his last start. Formerly trained by Robert Hickmott for Lloyd and Nick Williams, Hartani runs for Mornington horsewoman Monica Cid in Wednesday’s Le Pine Funerals Handicap. Hartani has not raced since… Read More »
The Seymour racetrack will undergo more work during the warmer months in a bid to get it to reach its full potential. Following ongoing analysis and testing, Racing Victoria and the Seymour Racing Club have announced plans to to over-sow the current rye grass with kikuyu at the start of… Read More »
NSW-trained mare Spright is an easing favourite for The Goodwood at Morphettville in Adelaide after drawing the widest barrier. A field of 16 has been declared for Saturday’s Group One The Goodwood over 1200m, a race won last year by Santa Ana Lane and which has Black Caviar on its… Read More »
Jockeys: Hugh Bowman: Bowman formed one of the greatest partnerships in the history of racing with Winx, the 2017 Australian Racing Hall of Fame inductee who registered 33 successive wins – including a record 25 at Group 1 level – before she was retired. Bowman has amassed more than 2000… Read More »
Queensland champion Vo Rogue and Winx’s jockey Hugh Bowman are among the 10 new inductees to Australian racing’s Hall of Fame. The inductees were announced on Tuesday and will formally join the Hall of Fame at a function in Brisbane on Friday night. The inductees are Vo Rogue, Hall Mark,… Read More »
Retired champion Winx is to have a new public stand at Randwick Racecourse named in her honour. In a joint venture, Racing NSW and the Australian Turf Club will build the stand which will accommodate about 5000 people at the Leger end of the course adjacent to the Queen Elizabeth… Read More »
Jockey Luis Saez is to appeal a 15-day suspension for causing interference in the Kentucky Derby which cost his mount Maximum Security victory. The decision by the Kentucky stewards was announced by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on Monday, nine days after the race. A lawyer for Saez says the… Read More »
Trainer Matt Cumani has abandoned plans to take One More Try to Brisbane for the winter carnival and she will instead race in Melbourne. The four-year-old did not come to hand as quickly as Cumani hoped following a spring spell and she s nominated for Flemington on Saturday in the… Read More »
Trainer Gerald Ryan has had to farewell talented sprinter Menari for a second time after the horse re-injured the suspensory ligament that forced his first retirement. One of the leading contenders for last year’s Everest, Menari joined the 2018 stallion roster at Newgate Farm. He was brought back into work… Read More »
The famous royal blue silks of Godolphin have been carried to victory for the 300th time at Group One level with the win of Castle Lady in France. Castle Lady won the Poule d’Essai des Pouliches, the French 1000 Guineas, at Longchamp on Sunday, just under 25 years after Balanchine… Read More »
Mathew Ellerton is hopeful rather than confident Booker is back to the form that carried her to a first-up win in the Group One Oakleigh Plate. Ellerton, who trains in partnership with his cousin Simon Zahra, has Booker aimed at a first-up tilt at Adelaide’s premier sprint, the Group One… Read More »
In-form gelding Chapter and Verse takes a vital step towards the Group One Stradbroke Handicap when he tackles the Group Three BRC Sprint at Doomben. Chapter and Verse made a brilliant return to racing when he easily won a Class Six Plate at Eagle Farm two weeks ago. It was… Read More »
Senior jockey Brad Rawiller has given the new Ballarat synthetic track the thumbs-up after it was called into action earlier than anticipated. Scheduled to hold its first meeting on Friday, the synthetic track held a transferred turf meeting on Sunday. Heavy rain late last week left Ballarat’s turf track sodden… Read More »
Group-winning sprinter Menari is to return to stud at Newgate Farm with his racing comeback thwarted by a recurrence of a suspensory injury. The four-year-old was put back in training with Gerald Ryan after he managed to get just 20 of the 70 mares he served in foal in his… Read More »
Australian jockey Damian Lane has capped a big weekend in Japan with a Group One win aboard Normcore in the Victoria Mile at Tokyo Racecourse. Lane rode four winners on Saturday including Tower Of London in the Group Two Spring Cup and continued the form on Sunday with a victory… Read More »
Trainer Kelly Schweida says he has no regrets about scratching two-year-old The Odyssey from the Group Two Champagne Classic at Doomben. The Odyssey has strong claims to being Queensland’s best juvenile having won four races and $557,550 prize money. At his last start he won the $500,000 Aquis Jewel at… Read More »
The career of international traveller Viddora is in limbo with the mare currently in England having a spell. Viddora has raced in Dubai and Hong Kong at her past two starts but has been prevented from returning directly to Australia, a cause of frustration for her trainer Lloyd Kennewell. The… Read More »
