After electing to keep Addictive Nature in Melbourne rather than sending him north for a tougher race at Randwick, trainer Danny O’Brien is anticipating a good showing from the stakes winner in his first start for his new stable at Caulfield. Addictive Nature began his racing career with trainer Bjorn… Read More »
Two years after he posted back-to-back wins in Group races, Man From Uncle will attempt to reignite a derailed career when he steps out in a benchmark race at Randwick for new trainer Clare Cunningham. It has been no easy task for Cunningham to get Man From Uncle this far…. Read More »
Canberra trainer Matt Dale has a happy knack of picking off target races in Melbourne when he crosses the border. On Saturday at Caulfield he saddles two runners, Dark Eyes in one of the day’s features, the Group Three Victoria Handicap (1400m) and last-start Flemington winner Prometheus in the Bert… Read More »
Warrnambool trainer Daniel Bowman has ambitions to win the two major flat races at his hometown carnival with horses that will have their final prep runs at Caulfield. Like a number of other local trainers, the Warrnambool three-day carnival, which begins on April 30, is highlighted in Bowman’s calendar. Bowman… Read More »
Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie has been granted an extension of a stay which will allow him to continue training through Easter. Currie gave phone evidence on Thursday from Bali where he is at a wedding, during a hearing in the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal. He was suspended in February… Read More »
Bridesmaid in the past two editions of the All Aged Stakes, Le Romain will wear blinkers for the first time in his career in a bid to make it third time lucky in the Group One sprint at Randwick. The six-year-old has narrowly missed having his name on the All… Read More »
Chris Munce holds the record for winning the most Queensland Oaks as a jockey and will take the first step towards another record at Doomben. Munce, now a leading trainer, has Oaks-bound filly Ceol Na Mara in Saturday’s Listed Princess Stakes (1600m). As a jockey, Munce won the Oaks on… Read More »
Brent Stanley has earmarked races during the Queensland winter carnival as targets for Bendigo Cup winner Red Alto but first the stayer will try to win the Easter Cup at Caulfield. The Stanley-trained Red Alto steps up to 2000m for the first time this campaign in Saturday’s Group Three Easter… Read More »
Jockey Larry Cassidy gets the chance to continue his good strike rate with the powerful Godolphin stable after securing the key ride on Plague Stone at Doomben. Plague Stone will be Godolphin’s first runner of the winter carnival when he contests Saturday’s Listed Mick Dittman Plate (1100m). A gelding by… Read More »
Phillip Stokes admits it has taken All Over Bosanova some time to familiarise herself with running anti-clockwise as the mare prepares for her first Melbourne start for her new trainer. But Stokes believes the sprinter is getting the hang of it and expects to learn more about the speedy mare… Read More »
If Loving Gaby isn’t the best two-year-old in training, she can certainly lay claim to being the toughest. When the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained filly lines up in the Champagne Stakes (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday she will become the only youngster to have contested all three legs of… Read More »
The lure of a likely dry winter has trainer Tony Gollan setting I’m A Rippa on a path to the Group One Stradbroke Handicap. I’m A Rippa makes his return to racing in the Listed Ascot Handicap (1200m) at Doomben on Saturday. The gelding was one of the Queensland success… Read More »
Leading Victorian jockey Linda Meech is expected to be out of the saddle for about a month after suffering a fractured collarbone in a race fall at Geelong. Meech was dislodged from La Lova just after the start of the final race on Wednesday’s program when the mare knuckled when… Read More »
Queensland trainer Ben Currie has told a stay application hearing he believed the words “harped” and “harped up” related to getting a horse primed to win and not an electric shock. Currie was giving evidence on Thursday by phone from Bali where he is attending a wedding. He is in… Read More »
Impressive recent midweek winner Kalik heads to Doomben in an effort to dodge the better two-year-olds bound for Brisbane over the winter carnival. Kalik scored a dynamic midweek win at Ipswich by 4-1/2 lengths two weeks ago. Owner Neville Bell is keen to get a Saturday metropolitan win with Kalik… Read More »
Jockey Linda Meech has been taken to hospital following a fall in the final race at Geelong. Meech was dislodged from La Lova shortly after the start of Wednesday’s race, won by the short-priced Petrelle. A Victorian Jockeys’ Association statement said Meech would have scans for a suspected broken collarbone…. Read More »
Harold Norman’s best wins as a trainer were remembered when Shauquin won at Ipswich on Wednesday. Shauquin ($6) took advantage of the race pattern of the day when he led all the way to win the Sirromet Handicap (1350m). The gelding races in the colours which were carried by top… Read More »
A rise in distance is expected to suit Divanation as she chases a first city success at Caulfield. The daughter of three-time Melbourne Cup winner Makybe Diva runs in Saturday’s Bill Collins Handicap, a benchmark 78 race over 2000m. Divanation has raced four times, finishing in the placings at all… Read More »
David Payne has been training racehorses for a long time but rarely has he had a tougher day at the office than he did at Randwick on Saturday. Payne took three horses to the races. Persan and War Baron were involved in a fall in the opening race and the… Read More »
Suspended trainer Ben Smith will face a further 10 charges following two Racing NSW inquiries into the use and supply of prohibitive substances. The charges follow a protracted stewards’ investigation that opened following the discovery of a brown bottle in Smith’s car near the Newcastle racetrack in September. Stewards initially… Read More »
