No one would blame Tony Gollan if he feels nostalgic when Perudo tackles the 2YO Jewel at the Gold Coast. Perudo will carry the colours of the Eureka Stud when she joins stablemates Ready To Roam and Sugar Boom in the $500,000 Aquis Jewel. It was 10 years in January… Read More »
Eminent will need some of his champion trainer’s gold medal-winning form to have any chance at a Group One victory during Sydney’s autumn carnival. Star jockey James McDonald says the five-year-old “felt terrific” after he gave him a work-out at the Canterbury Racecourse quarantine centre on Wednesday. The unknown question… Read More »
Espoir D’Allen has produced a scintillating performance to win the Champion Hurdle on the opening day of the famous Cheltenham jumps festival. The Nicky Henderson-trained Buveur D’Air was bidding to join the greats by recording a third successive victory in the race and Espoir D’Allen lined up very much under… Read More »
Trainer Grahame Begg has taken the opportunity to give star colt Written By a look at Moonee Valley, 10 days out from a Group One assignment. Written By and stablemate Our Libretto galloped on Tuesday ahead of races at the track on March 22. Three-year-old Written By tackles the William… Read More »
A second jockey is to front Victoria’s Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board for betting on thoroughbred racing. Daniel Schmitt has been charged by Racing Victoria stewards following an investigation into a number of bets. Stewards allege Schmitt made, facilitated in or had an interest in a total of 71 bets… Read More »
Princess Posh will given the chance to add a Group One win to her resume following her victory in the Newcastle Newmarket. Trainer by Kris Lees, Princess Posh will join stablemates Invincible Gem and El Dorado Dreaming in Saturday’s 1500m Coolmore Classic at Rosehill. Her Newmarket win was a first… Read More »
Stewards have completed the first part of a hearing into charges against trainer Ben Currie. The leading Queensland trainer has been charged with 28 breaches arising from a raid on his Toowoomba stables in early April last year. Stewards heard 14 of those charges over two days on Monday and… Read More »
Queensland trainers are worried about over-use of Doomben after an Ipswich meeting was moved to the city track. Wednesday will be the fifth time in recent months the troubled Ipswich track has lost a meeting after little or no rain. Ipswich has problems with its irrigation and drainage system but… Read More »
As the summer series of staying races draw to a close, trainer Grahame Begg has been tempted to roll the dice once more with Blue Jay Way at Sandown. Blue Jay Way steps out in Wednesday’s Clanbrooke Racing Handicap over 3000m, a trip she was successful over at Moonee Valley… Read More »
British-based Irish jockey Oisin Murphy will make a flying visit to Sydney to ride Loving Gaby in the Golden Slipper for owners Phoenix Thoroughbreds. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained filly finished sixth as equal favourite in last month’s Blue Diamond Stakes. She was entered in Saturday’s Magic Night Stakes… Read More »
People from all walks of life have attended the funeral service of journalist and author Les Carlyon at Flemington racecourse. Hundreds gathered on Tuesday including the Governor-General, Sir Peter Cosgrove, and Lady Cosgrove, former prime minister John Howard and a host of journalists, trainers and racing industry leaders to celebrate… Read More »
Robert Smerdon has argued a racing tribunal had no power to ban him for life over the “Aquanita eight” doping scandal because he had surrendered his trainer’s licence. One of four trainers appealing their disqualifications over the cheating conspiracy, Smerdon has also challenged the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board’s jurisdiction… Read More »
Respected track specialist Lindsay Murphy is to retire after a stellar career in Sydney racing, most recently as the Australian Turf Club’s general manager of racecourses. After 42 years in Sydney racing, Murphy will retire on July 31. Murphy began his career as a junior clerk in the racing office… Read More »
Trainer James Cummings is banking on the judgment of Godolphin chief Sheikh Mohammed when William Buick rides Hartnell in the inaugural All-Star Mile at Flemington. A retained rider for Godolphin, Buick will fly in to partner the eight-year-old in Saturday’s $5 million All Star Mile over 1600m. Hartnell, who has… Read More »
The two Godolphin runners in the inaugural $5 million All-Star Mile at Flemington have drawn contrasting barriers in the field of 14 plus four emergencies. The favourite for Saturday’s race, Alizee, is drawn to start from barrier 12 while her stablemate Hartnell will jump from two. Happy Clapper, who made… Read More »
Group One-winning jockey Rachel King has undergone surgery on her collarbone after being injured in a fall at Tamworth. King was one of three of the five riders involved in Sunday’s incident to need an operation. Her boyfriend, fellow jockey Blake Spriggs, said on Twitter on Monday evening the surgery… Read More »
The stewards’ inquiry into 28 charges levelled against Queensland’s leading trainer Ben Currie will enter its second day on Tuesday. Currie, who leads the state premiership on 109 winners, has been training on two stays from the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal. The media has been banned from the hearing… Read More »
Daysee Doom will have to carry 58 kilograms if she is to defend the Group One Coolmore Classic. The Ron Quinton-trained mare is topweight for Saturday’s 1500m Coolmore Classic for fillies and mares with her stablemate Dixie Blossoms next with 56.5kg. The two six-year-old mares have been mainstays of Quinton’s… Read More »
After upstaging the older horses to win the star-studded Newmarket Handicap, three-year-old filly Sunlight is set to chase elite level weight-for-age wins this autumn. And her trainer Tony McEvoy believes Sunlight is still getting better. Sunlight claimed her second Group One win, and first against older horses, when she led… Read More »
Trainer Matt Dunn believes talented Xanthus can break his maiden in the best possible way if he draws a good barrier in the $500,000 Aquis Jewel Two-Year-Old (1200m) at the Gold Coast. Xanthus has been minor placed at both his starts and is one of 16 entries for Saturday’s inaugural… Read More »
