Pre-post favourite Omaha Beach has been scratched from the Kentucky Derby because of a breathing problem. The Richard Mandella-trained colt, who was the 4-1 early favourite for the Derby on Saturday (Sunday AEST) galloped on Wednesday morning without any problem. That changed by late afternoon when Omaha Beach was found… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winner Dunaden has died after a paddock accident at Overbury Stud in England aged 13. Owned by Qatar Racing, Dunaden won the 2011 Melbourne Cup for Sheikh Fahad Al Thani and returned to Australia the next year to claim the Caulfield Cup. He was trained in France by… Read More »
Irish jump jockey great Ruby Walsh has announced his retirement from the saddle after winning the Coral Punchestown Gold Cup on Kemboy. The 39-year-old decided to end his brilliant career in the saddle following a two-length victory aboard Willie Mullins’ charge in the Grade One event. Walsh was seen to… Read More »
Comeback sprinter Menari has safely negotiated a midweek cameo in preparation for a return to racing. Menari stretched his legs in a solo exhibition gallop at Warwick Farm on Wednesday. Ridden by James Innes Jnr, Menari was given an easy time in covering the 800m in 49.58 seconds. The last… Read More »
I Am Someone will chase Group One honours in Adelaide after a rails-hugging ride from Dean Holland landed the sprinter victory in the Wangoom Handicap at Warrnambool. Trainer Paul Preusker is eyeing The Goodwood at Morphettville on May 18 after the sprinter landed his first stakes race in Wednesday’s feature… Read More »
Jockey John Allen has landed a fourth victory in the Galleywood Hurdle, guiding Big Blue to an impressive win in the feature race at Warrnambool. After arriving in Australia, Irishman Allen commenced riding trackwork at Ballarat for Darren Weir before making a name for himself over jumps. Combining with Weir,… Read More »
A crack at a Melbourne Cup ballot exemption in the revamped Andrew Ramsden Stakes looms for Steel Prince so long as the lightly raced import can perform to expectations again in a lead-up staying race at Flemington. Steel Prince steps up to 2600m for the first time this preparation in… Read More »
The new Anderson-Heathcote training partnership has wasted no time in getting its first winner with Vienna Moon winning at Eagle Farm. Five-times Brisbane premier trainer Robert Heathcote and rising star Chris Anderson announced they were going into a partnership six weeks ago. After many hours of thrashing out the finer… Read More »
Trainer Adrian Bott says it is hard to split stablemates Aeecee Beau and Minted as the two-year-olds prepare to clash on debut at Randwick. Aeecee Beau and Minted step out in Saturday’s #theraces Handicap (1000m), a maiden for two-year-olds, on the Kensington track and Bott believes the pair have shown… Read More »
Eric Musgrove has praised the Warrnambool Racing Club for reintroducing the novice steeplechase on the middle day of the Warrnambool three-day carnival. The novice steeplechase was run for many years before jumps racing suffered as horse numbers dwindle. Jumps racing has undergone a resurgence in recent years and of the… Read More »
Doncaster Mile winner Brutal will stay in training despite a partial sale to prominent Hunter Valley stud Newgate Farm. “We have sold 50 per cent on the agreement that Brutal will race on next season,” part-owner Rupert Legh said. A son of New Zealand-based sire O’Reilly, Brutal is rated a… Read More »
The quinella pairing from the Brierly Steeplechase are set to meet again in Warrnambool’s feature race, the Grand Annual Steeplechase. Bit Of A Lad survived a protest from runner-up Gold Medals in Tuesday’s Brierly Steeplechase and after a morning on the Warrnambool beaches their respective trainers declared they were likely… Read More »
Statistics can be deceptive but it is plain they show how dominate champion trainer Chris Waller has been in the Queensland winter in the past decade. Waller is headed for another big carnival start with six horses accepting for the in the Group Two Hollindale Stakes (1800m), a race he… Read More »
Racing Queensland has invoked a new rule to refuse controversial trainer Ben Currie’s nominations for weekend racing. Currie is facing 42 allegations dating back to April last year involving an array of different charges. None of the allegations have been resolved in a series of hearings and inquiries. Racing Queensland… Read More »
Trainer Tony McEvoy says the timing is right to try two of his young mares over a staying trip in the Warrnambool Cup. Divanation and Light The Waves run in Thursday’s Listed Warrnambool Cup over 2350m, the feature flat race of Warrnambool’s three-day carnival. “They are two young mares that… Read More »
The Gold Coast Turf Club hopes to have 10 stand-alone metropolitan standard Saturday meetings within three years. The club will host its second biggest day of the year on Saturday headlined by the Group Two Hollindale Stakes and seven other feature races. CEO Steve Lines said racing on the Gold… Read More »
Queensland’s racing laboratory has increased its capabilities to test for a wider range of substances after a major upgrade. The Racing Science Centre laboratory has undergone a major refurbishment to modernise infrastructure and facilitate future growth. In a media release Queensland Racing Integrity Commission boss Ross Barnett said a range… Read More »
Kentucky Derby favourite Omaha Beach has drawn barrier 12 of 20 for the famous Run To The Roses with second elect Game Winner in 16. Their respective trainers Richard Mandella and Bob Baffert were both relieved not to have drawn close to the rail which has traditionally been a stumbling… Read More »
Injured jockey Michael Hackett remains in intensive care in Sydney’s Liverpool Hospital after being placed in an induced coma after a fall at Tomingley. Racing NSW’s Dr Duckworth said on Tuesday Hackett had had his sedation slowly decreased on Monday afternoon and doctors were now slowly trying to wake him… Read More »
The Warrnambool three-day carnival has again proved a happy hunting ground for a group of owners with Symon Wilde’s stable. For the fourth year in succession the owners of Tuesday’s debut winner Ginny Ann, headed by Warrnambool Racing Club committeeman Dallas Ludeman, have had success at the carnival with a… Read More »
