Queensland breeding’s first-season sensation Better Than Ready will stand at a stud fee of $33,000 in the new season. Better Than Ready, who stands at Lyndhurst Stud near Warwick, had a service fee of $9900 for his first three seasons. But his first crop to race have been in outstanding… Read More »
So much has been made of Chris Waller’s talented mare Sexy Eyes’ racing colours that many pundits have underestimated her strong race form. Sexy Eyes will resume for a winter campaign in the Listed Weetwood Handicap (1200m) in Toowoomba on Saturday. The mare won the Group Three Belle Of The… Read More »
Multiple Brisbane premiership-winning jockey Jim Byrne hopes to be back riding by the end of the month after shoulder surgery. Byrne hasn’t ridden since February 2 when he injured his shoulder while winning on Garibaldi at Eagle Farm. He underwent surgery to reattach his shoulder to his bicep and it… Read More »
Country Championship favourite Noble Boy has been given a clean bill of health after throwing a scare into the camp. Trainer Todd Blowes told stewards Noble Boy had been unusually keen when he galloped him on Tuesday and he ordered blood tests. The tests came back clear on Tuesday afternoon… Read More »
The Brisbane Racing Club’s chief executive David Whimpey has announced he will step down after more than five years in the role. Whimpey said he had achieved the goals he sought including unlocking a Strategic Plan, and he now wanted to spend more time with his young family and to… Read More »
Japanese visitor Kluger will start from gate four in the $3 million Doncaster Mile, a barrier that has his trainer Tomokazu Takano happy and relieved. Takano said he did not want a wide gate for the seven-year-old who was given a work-out at Canterbury on Tuesday morning by race jockey… Read More »
Trainer Shane Nichols has selected the shorter of two options for last-start winner Streets Of Avalon. Nichols has the gelding nominated for the Listed Anniversary Vase (1400m) and a handicap over 1200m with weights favouring the shorter journey. “The preference would have been to run with 54 (kg) in the… Read More »
Chapada remains favourite for the Australian Derby with his Mike Moroney-trained stablemate Arrogant a market drifter after a less than flattering gallop at Randwick. But Moroney admits he may have erred with Arrogant’s gear before Tuesday’s hit-out on the course proper and punters should not read too much into it…. Read More »
A two-horse spill in the San Simeon Stakes at Santa Anita has led to the 23rd equine fatality at the Southern California track in just over three months. Arms Runner injured his right front leg and fell in the Grade Three race on turf on Sunday, two days after Santa… Read More »
Cranbourne trainer Doug Harrison is hoping to stretch his recent form into another city double at Sandown. Last week, Harrison combined with his nephew Craig Williams to record a Sandown double then with Stephanie Thornton for a winner and narrow second at Sale on Sunday. Harrison and Williams team again… Read More »
Trainer Tony McEvoy says star three-year-old Sunlight will face her biggest test yet in the TJ Smith Stakes, but he’s confident she’s got what it takes. The filly is coming off Group One wins in the Newmarket Handicap and William Reid Stakes but will face a tough field in Saturday’s… Read More »
Godolphin mare Alizee is the $6 outright favourite for the Doncaster Mile at Randwick after drawing barrier 12 in the $3 million race. Fifty Stars has eased from $6 to $7 after coming up with the outside gate in the field of 20, plus four emergencies. Saturday’s race is one… Read More »
A full field of 20 plus four emergencies has been declared for the $3 million Doncaster Mile on the first day of The Championships at Randwick. Saturday’s meeting also features the $2 million Australian Derby for three-year-olds has also attracted a full field of 18 plus one emergency. The other… Read More »
Experienced apprentice Stephanie Lacey faces a stiff challenge to help Queensland secure a first National Apprentices Challenge in the last heat on Wednesday. Queensland lead on 18 points, one in front of South Australia and three ahead of Victoria after four heats. The series was first run in 2008 and… Read More »
Trapeze Artist is showing trainer Gerald Ryan all the signs he can defend the TJ Smith Stakes at what is likely to be his penultimate race start. Saturday’s 1200m TJ Smith Stakes at Randwick is expected to boast a stellar line-up with Trapeze Artist the equal favourite with Osborne Bulls… Read More »
Among his 50 career Group One wins, trainer Mike Moroney has three New Zealand Derbys and two Victoria Derbys. On Saturday he is looking to add a first Australian Derby at Randwick to the tally, with Chapada and Arrogant occupying the top two lines of betting for the 2400m-Group One… Read More »
Impressive three-year-old Mr Quickie is set to continue his march towards the South Australian Derby when he runs in a 1600m-race against his own age at Caulfield. Mr Quickie headlines nominations for Saturday’s Super Vobis Three-Year-Old Handicap in which he will be aiming to stretch his current winning sequence to… Read More »
In-form apprentice Baylee Nothdurft will get the chance to ride his biggest race winner when he reunites with Mr Marbellouz in the Listed Weetwood Handicap at Toowoomba.. Nothdurft has been the form apprentice of metropolitan racing with 19 winners this season, most of them in the past three months. He… Read More »
Trainer James Cummings could have up to five runners in the Sires’ Produce Stakes at Randwick as global operation Godolphin bids to continue its dominance in the juvenile ranks this season. The Anthony Freedman-trained, Godolphin-owned Lyre won Australia’s first Group One race for two-year-olds for the season, the Blue Diamond… Read More »
Champion Sydney trainer Chris Waller is likely to have a four-pronged attack on the $150,000 Toowoomba Cup. It will be the second year Waller will take horses to Toowoomba after Another Dollar launched her winter campaign with a win there 12 months ago. Another Dollar went on to run three… Read More »
