Record-smashing reinsman Chris Alford is on the verge of making history yet again, with a chance to crack 100 Group One wins in Brisbane at the weekend. The most successful reinsman in Australian history – having clocked almost 7000 wins – Alford will get two chances to secure another milestone… Read More »
Henry Dwyer has elected to chase black-type at Scone with Tropezina rather than stay in his own backyard for a race at Caulfield. Tropezina was a dual acceptor for Saturday’s Listed Denise’s Joy Stakes at Scone and the Le Pine Funerals Handicap at Caulfield. Both races are restricted to three-year-old… Read More »
Racing in Queensland can expect more weeks of complicated legal action after Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie was disqualified for four years on two charges of bringing racing into disrepute. Stewards gave Currie two years on each charge under Australian Rules of racing AR 175 and made the penalties cumulative. Currie’s… Read More »
Classy mare Champagne Cuddles will continue to race in blinkers as she chases an elusive first Group One win at Doomben. Saturday’s Doomben 10,000 the first of three Group One races she will contest during the Brisbane winter carnival. She has shown she is up to elite company with Group… Read More »
The owners of disqualified Kentucky Derby winner Maximum Security are pursuing legal options to try to have the colt reinstated. Gary and Mary West have issued a statement saying they believe Maximum Security is the rightful winner under the rules. Country House, who originally ran second, was declared the winner… Read More »
Fresh from a midweek double at Sandown, trainer Grahame Begg is hoping to parlay that success into a stakes victory at Doomben. Jamie Kah rode Global Sanction and Vanuatu to win on Wednesday and she will team with Our Libretto in the Group Three Chairman’s Stakes at Doomben. The three… Read More »
Having won the race he had been aimed at during the recent Warrnambool carnival on his home track, Guizot is now set for what his trainer Aaron Purcell is confident is another suitable assignment in Melbourne. Guizot gave local trainer Purcell his sole winner at this year’s Warrnambool carnival when… Read More »
Sydney visitor Maddison Avenue will have her first try beyond 1600 metres when she strives to extend her winning sequence to three at Caulfield. Maddison Avenue snuck under the radar of some punters when successful at Sandown on April 10 before returning to Sydney to win at Randwick on April… Read More »
Racing Queensland has negotiated TAB coverage for country race meetings linked to iconic regional tourist events such as the Barcaldine Tree of Knowledge Festival and the Mt Isa Rodeo. In a media statement RQ announced it would provide TAB opportunities to a further seven regional thoroughbred clubs, including national television… Read More »
Wyong trainer Tracey Bartley will take on the might of some of Sydney’s biggest stables when he starts two runners in the feature $300,000 Inglis 3YO Guineas at Scone. With a relatively small team of 16 horses, Bartley has done a tremendous job to get both Bare Naked Lady and… Read More »
Trainer Les Ross knows first hand the talent of his new stable acquisition Mishani Hustler. Ross has been a long-time trainer for Mishani Hustler’s owner Mick Crooks but the gelding has been with Toowoomba’s Ben Currie for his career to date. But with Currie’s nominations being refused by Racing Queensland… Read More »
Things did not go to plan for two-year-old Grand Scholar first-up in Adelaide but trainer Tony McEvoy is convinced that result is not a true reflection of the filly’s ability. McEvoy will start Grand Scholar in another stakes race on Saturday, this time in the Listed Vale Redoute’s Choice Stakes… Read More »
Perth trainer Dan Morton believes he has the right horse in Man Booker to end his recent Group One drought in Queensland. Man Booker has drawn the outside barrier in the Group One Doomben 10,000 on Saturday but the likely way the 1200m-race will be run should suit him. Morton… Read More »
Their friendship has spanned four decades and countless horses but for trainer Anthony Cummings and owner Gerry Harvey, the best might be still to come. Cummings will saddle up exciting Harvey-owned filly Libertini in the Listed Woodlands Stakes (1100m) at Scone on Saturday, almost 40 years after he met the… Read More »
It would be apt if the new Anderson-Heathcote training partnership’s first stakes winner was well bred two-year-old Ballistic Boy. Trainers Robert Heathcote and Chris Anderson started a new partnership last week and have already had five winners. They were to have their first stakes runner in Femme Fireball at the… Read More »
Training partners Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young have endured a frustrating run in Group One races since making the move from New Zealand to Victoria almost three years ago. Their last win at the highest level was Tavago in the 2016 Australian Derby, a few months before they transferred to… Read More »
Lightweight jockey Ron Stewart will have a rare ride for trainer Kris Lees on the talented Gem Song at Doomben. Gem Song was ridden by Blake Shinn to win the Group Three Gunsynd Classic at Eagle Farm last Saturday week. Lees weighed up several options with the Gooree Stud-owned Gem… Read More »
A Victorian jumps jockey has been charged by Racing Victoria stewards with betting offences and giving false or misleading evidence. Stewards issued four charges to Martin Kelly on Wednesday. The first charge alleges between the start of January in 2016 to June 21 2016 Kelly made or had an interest… Read More »
Trainer Ciaron Maher says Extra Brut is the ideal type for the Hong Kong Derby after his sale racing in the Asian racing capital. Extra Brut won the Victoria Derby for now disqualified trainer Darren Weir last year before joining Maher and co-trainer David Eustace for a limited autumn campaign…. Read More »
A week after riding over the jumps at the three-day Warrnambool carnival, Richard Cully was in the winners’ circle at Sandown as a trainer. The dual-licence holder was saddling up his second starter as a trainer and watched Celtic Blast take out Wednesday’s Ladbrokes Cash In Handicap. Celtic Blast was… Read More »
