Race meetings at all British racecourses have been cancelled after three confirmed cases of equine influenza. The British Horseracing Authority made the decision to cancel Thursday’s racing after the Animal Health Trust confirmed three positives tests from vaccinated horses in an active racing yard. The horses from the infected yard… Read More »
Dan O’Sullivan says the Ballarat thoroughbred industry has thrown its support behind staff affected by Darren Weir’s four-year ban. More than 100 workers at Weir’s principal stable face uncertain futures following Weir’s disqualification for possession of three electrical devices. “Everyone has rallied around staff and got behind the communities,” O’Sullivan… Read More »
Owner Linda Huddy’s faith in sire Lucas Cranach continued to be rewarded when Advance Warning won at Ipswich. Huddy and her husband Graham have won some of Australia’s biggest races and will have Pretty Brazen in the $2 million Inglis Millennium at Warwick Farm on Saturday. But Linda Huddy gets… Read More »
Four of the numerous high-profile horses who have been transferred from now-disqualified trainer Darren Weir are set to line up in Australia’s first Group One race of the year at Caulfield. Weir was on Wednesday disqualified by the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board for four years after not contesting Victorian… Read More »
A facile barrier trial win might provide the perfect boost to Super Too’s confidence as the speedy mare looks to bounce back from a spring carnival campaign plagued by misfortune. Trainer Marc Conners isn’t getting carried away by the hitout in which Super Too streeted her nearest rival – Group… Read More »
Dawn Passage and Accession appear to have a stranglehold on the inaugural $2 million Inglis Millennium but if there is to be an upset result, Paul Perry hopes Pandano delivers it. Dawn Passage and Accession were both emphatic last-start winners and the pair dominate betting on the Warwick Farm feature… Read More »
Racing Victoria chief executive Giles Thompson insists Victoria racing isn’t rotten. In spite of a four-year disqualification for Darren Weir, a drawn-out cobalt saga that led to Peter Moody walking away and the Aquanita case, Thompson says integrity levels are a priority for the governing body. “These (cases) have come… Read More »
The feel-good story of Darren Weir’s rapid rise from Victorian country trainer to the biggest in Australia has been obliterated by his even swifter fall from grace, A week ago, Weir was getting his horses ready for the autumn carnival in which he would be a major player. On Wednesday… Read More »
Darren Weir has been banned for four years for possession of electric-shock devices, completing a stunning and swift fall from grace for one of Australian racing’s most celebrated figures. A Melbourne Cup-winning trainer, Weir didn’t contest Racing Victoria charges when he appeared before a hastily convened Racing Appeals and Disciplinary… Read More »
The Mick Price-trained Shotmaker will make a late bid for the Blue Diamond Stakes when the colt races for the first time in one of the Preludes at Caulfield. Price has won the Group One Blue Diamond for two-year-olds twice in the past seven years, first with filly Samaready in… Read More »
Villiers Stakes winner Sky Boy has suffered an injury which rules him out of the Doncaster Mile. The Anthony Cummings-trained four-year-old earned a place in the $3 million Doncaster Mile in April with his win in the Group Two Villiers Stakes in December. Owner Think Big Stud says the gelding… Read More »
Seven individual Group One winners feature among a full field of 16 for the C F Orr Stakes at Caulfield. Godolphin’s Kementari has barrier two in Saturday’s 1400m weight-for-age race -Australia’s first Group One race for 2019 – while his fellow Group One-winning stablemate Best Of Days has drawn barrier… Read More »
The Kilcoy Race Club hopes to take a higher profile on the TAB circuit after the announcement it will receive a near $1 million facelift. The club will receive $553,554 from the Somerset Regional Council and $369,050 from the state government for infrastructure improvements. Funds will manly be spent on… Read More »
Urban Ruler will have the first of two Brisbane runs on Saturday before heading south for the $5 million All-Star Mile at Flemington next month. Trained by Chris Munce, Urban Ruler has attracted national attention because he is the leading nomination on votes for the All-Star on March 16. The… Read More »
A woman whose Mercedes was hit by a NSW Police car has woken from a coma but still can’t move her limbs some five months after the crash. Gai Vieira, the wife of racehorse owner Bert Vieira, was in an induced coma for months following the September 5 crash at… Read More »
The dismantling of Australia’s biggest racing operation is underway with Darren Weir’s glittering career in tatters over illegal devices known as jiggers found in his stable, Weir will front Victoria’s Racing and Disciplinary Board on Wednesday, a week after stewards and officers from Victoria Police’s sport integrity unit raided his… Read More »
Hugh Bowman is undeterred by Accession’s wide barrier in the $2 million Inglis Millennium saying the Chris Waller-trained colt can adapt to gate 14. Before Tuesday’s draw, Accession and the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Dawn Passage shared TAB favouritism at $3 for Saturday’s inaugural running of the 1200m-race for… Read More »
Australian Trainers’ Association President Robbie Griffiths hopes the exit of Darren Weir from training ranks will not make it tougher to attract new clients into racing. Weir fronts the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary on Wednesday as Racing Victoria stewards seek to have a four-year disqualification ratified. They are seeking the… Read More »
Melbourne trainer Henry Dwyer will weigh up whether to send in-form Tropezina to Sydney for the rich Inglis Sprint or keep her at home to chase black-type in the Group Three Kevin Hayes Stakes. Tropezina is an acceptor for Saturday’s $1 million Inglis Sprint (1100m) for three-year-olds at Warwick Farm… Read More »
Exciting Godolphin-owned filly Athiri has made an instant impression on James Cummings’ Melbourne-based assistant trainer in preparation for her Blue Diamond Stakes bid. Athiri arrived at Godolphin’s Flemington stables in Melbourne from the operation’s Sydney base a few days ago ahead of Saturday’s Group Two Blue Diamond Prelude (1100m) for… Read More »
