Two fast-finishing wins in Adelaide over distances expected to be short of his best have earned unbeaten two-year-old colt Dalasan an interstate trip for the Group Two VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes at Flemington. Trained by Leon Macdonald and Andrew Gluyas at Morphettville, Dalasan won over 1000m on debut last month… Read More »
Mark Newnham has done the research and he is convinced Nakeeta Jane deserves a shot at a feat only one other filly has managed in the past 15 years. The Surround Stakes winner is one of three fillies backing up from last weekend’s Group One race to take on their… Read More »
Kris Lees has two dual Group One winners in the Newmarket Handicap but it’s a colt he considers a Group One winner in-waiting he believes could be best-placed at the weights in the time-honoured Flemington sprint. Lees has last-start Lightning Stakes winner In Her Time, dual weight-for-age Group One winner… Read More »
The studs are starting to circle around Pierata as he prepares to kick off a Group One campaign geared towards the two biggest sprint races of the Sydney autumn carnival. The four-year-old resumes in the Canterbury Stakes (1300m) at Randwick on Saturday against a classy field which includes multiple Group… Read More »
Trainer Mike Moroney will learn a little more about German import Sound when he makes his autumn return in the Australian Cup. Sound, who came to Australia last spring as Sound Check and was unplaced in the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups, runs first-up in Saturday’s Group One weight-for-age Australian Cup… Read More »
A long trip to a new stable will be the least of gypsy Zahspeed’s problems when he takes the first steps to another Darwin campaign at Eagle Farm. Zahspeed has seen more of Australia than the average grey nomad having raced in Victoria, South Australia, NSW, Queensland and the Northern… Read More »
A controversial $400 fine imposed on Cairns trainer Trevor Rowe for using a twitch on race day has been overturned by the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission. The Queensland branch of the Australian Trainers Association had vowed to fight the fine which they said was unfair and a dangerous precedent. QRIC… Read More »
Jockey Skye Bogenhuber will undergo further tests after suffering a head injury in a fall in a jump-out at Toowoomba. After the fall on Tuesday, Bogenhuber was taken to the Toowoomba Hospital where she was found to have a small bleed on her brain. A Racing Queensland spokesman said specialists… Read More »
Multiple Group One winner Shoals will head to Sydney for the Canterbury Stakes, with the weight-for-age sprint winning out over the Newmarket Handicap in Melbourne. Shoals was an acceptor for both Saturday’s Newmarket (1200m) at Flemington and the Canterbury Stakes (1300m) at Randwick with the Anthony Freedman stable confirming the… Read More »
Star colt The Autumn Sun will have eight rivals, including three fillies, in the Randwick Guineas as he bids for his fourth Group One win. The Chris Waller-trained The Autumn Sun, winner of six of his seven starts, has barrier four for Saturday’s 1600m-feature for three-year-olds at Randwick. Trainer Mark… Read More »
Tabcorp bookmaker Sally Snow has been warned off for failing to produce her mobile phone to Racing NSW stewards as part of an investigation into betting activities. Snow is reported to have resigned from her position as the TAB’s senior trading manager – thoroughbred trading fixed odds betting on Wednesday,… Read More »
A field of 23 will do battle down the Flemington 1200m straight in the hunt for victory in the Newmarket Handicap. Chasing a third-straight win in the Melbourne’s premier handicap sprint race, Redkirk Warrior has drawn barrier 19 with Luke Nolen in the saddle replacing Regan Bayliss who is riding… Read More »
Trainer James Cummings says Newmarket Handicap favourite Osborne Bulls is flying ahead of his bid to claim a first Group One win in the time-honoured sprint at Flemington. With nine wins and five placings from 15 starts, including a third in the $13 million Everest and a fast-finishing second in… Read More »
Time To Reign has had a searching gallop ahead of the Todman Stakes which his trainer hopes will confirm his standing as a favoured runner in the 2019 Golden Slipper. The colt, a brother to 2017 Slipper winner She Will Reign who was also trained by Gary Portelli, upset Slipper… Read More »
A couple of Melbourne Cup winners are among the horses set to add a new dimension to the Group One Australian Cup from the recent lead-up races. But trainer James Cummings says favourite Avilius has had a faultless build-up for Saturday’s 2000m weight-for-age Group One race at Flemington having won… Read More »
A stewards inquiry set down for next week into allegations against Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie could be further delayed after his lawyers returned to the Supreme Court. Currie was listed to appear at a Queensland Racing Integrity Commission stewards inquiry on Monday to face 28 charges from a raid on… Read More »
Michael Walker has had a small reduction in a careless riding suspension but will still miss the Randwick Guineas meeting. Walker lodged an appeal against the severity of a 10-meeting careless riding ban incurred at Sandown last Wednesday. The Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board on Tuesday varied the penalty to… Read More »
Liverpool City Cup winner Dreamforce has received a one kilogram penalty for that victory, taking him to 53.5kg in the $3 million Doncaster Mile. Trained by John Thompson, Dreamforce beat Snippets Land by three-quarters of a length to win Saturday’s Group Three Liverpool City Cup (1300m) under 59.5kg. The six-year-old… Read More »
In-form Tasmanian stayer Eastender has drawn a wide barrier for his first interstate assignment in the Group Two Adelaide Cup. Eastender has won his past four starts including the Devonport, Hobart and Launceston Cups and has drawn barrier 18 in a capacity field of 20 plus one emergency for Monday’s… Read More »
Jockey Rory Hutchings has returned to New Zealand after spending the past four years in Sydney where he has struggled since he became a senior rider. The premier Sydney apprentice for 2015/16, Hutchings wages a constant battle with his weight and says it will be a month before he returns… Read More »
