Champion trainer Darren Weir has spent several hours in front of Racing Victoria stewards who have adjourned an inquiry into items found at his stables. Weir operates stables at Ballarat and Warrnambool which were raided on Wednesday in a joint operation by RV integrity staff and officers from the Victoria… Read More »
Champion Victorian trainer Darren Weir will have to show cause why he should be allowed to race horses in NSW after electronic devices were found in his stables. Racing Victoria integrity stewards and officers from the Victorian police sports integrity department swooped on stables at Ballarat and Warrnambool on Wednesday,… Read More »
Brooklyn Hustle has recently lost Blue Diamond favouritism but the filly has shown she is on track for the $1.5 million Group One race with a pleasing jump-out at Mornington. The Jason Warren-trained two-year-old made a big impression with a convincing win at The Valley on debut on December 1… Read More »
The Chairman’s Stakes at Caulfield looms as the likely race for the James Cummings-trained two-year-old Lanigera’s return on the back of two impressive recent jump-outs at Flemington. The colt is an acceptor for Saturday’s Canonbury Stakes (1100m) in Sydney along with the Group Three Chairman’s Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield in… Read More »
Stakes-winning gelding Bergerac continues to thrive on racing and is scheduled to back up for the third week in a row. The winner of the Listed Bernborough Stakes on December 29, Bergerac ran second over 1600m at Eagle Farm on January 19 before finishing ninth in last Saturday’s Listed Sunshine… Read More »
Trapeze Artist will attempt a feat only one other horse has managed in the past 40 years when he chases back-to-back wins in the Group Two Expressway Stakes at Rosehill. Court’s In Session is the only horse to win the 1200m-feature twice during that period having claimed the race in… Read More »
Evidence seized from properties belonging to Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Darren Weir strengthens a case of corruption and animal cruelty, Victoria’s chief police commissioner says. However, Graham Ashton cautioned it was too early to say if criminal charges would follow Wednesday’s raids on properties at Ballarat and Warrnambool where Weir and… Read More »
Trainer Colin Little is working with a blank canvas with Vassilator and is encouraged by the progress the three-year-old has made ahead of his racing return at Caulfield. The Caulfield Guineas runner-up, a dual Flemington winner, resumes in Saturday’s Group Three Manfred Stakes over 1200m. Little went back to the… Read More »
A piece of sage advice from Anthony Cummings has ensured connections of Vegadaze are still enjoying the ride as the three-year-old prepares to maintain his unblemished record at Rosehill. His owner/breeders, Ray and Karen Spratt, were looking to offload some of their thoroughbred stock, Vegadaze among them, but Cummings convinced… Read More »
Victoria’s racing integrity boss says he expects the investigation surrounding champion trainer Darren Weir to progress as swiftly as possible but remains cautious about making information public. Weir and two other men were arrested on Wednesday morning after Racing Victoria integrity staff and officers from Victoria Police’s sports integrity unit… Read More »
Racing authorities say it is too early to say whether Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Darren Weir, who is under police investigation, will be suspended from the sport. Weir’s glittering career is at risk of losing its shine amid allegations of corruption and animal cruelty. The 48-year-old was one of three people… Read More »
Toowoomba trainer Richie Stephenson believes it is an advantage having premier jockey Jeff Lloyd riding tough gelding Emphasis at Eagle Farm. Lloyd was aboard Emphasis when the six-year-old won an open handicap over 1600m at Eagle Farm two weeks ago. He again has the ride on Saturday as Emphasis steps… Read More »
The twilight meeting at Mornington has been cut short after three races with a thunderstorm sweeping the track. Racing Victoria stewards made the decision to abandon Wednesday’s meeting as another storm front approached. Steward in charge of Wednesday’s meeting Rob Montgomery said it was RV policy to wait 30 minutes… Read More »
Lindsay Park is shooting for a third successive win in a stakes race for two-year-olds at Caulfield with a pair of fillies. Art Collection and Swan Island will take their place in Saturday’s Group Three Chairman’s Stakes as their lead-up to Victoria’s richest two-year-old race, the Blue Diamond Stakes at… Read More »
Multiple Group One-winning jockey Glen Colless showed he is still a good judge landing a long-priced winner with his only ride. Colless surprised when he elected to drive to Ipswich from the Gold Coast for the one ride on Bon Courage ($21) in a maiden race. But Colless had the… Read More »
James Cummings is banking on the addition of blinkers to help Avon River land a breakthrough win in the Widden Stakes at Rosehill. The filly has finished runner-up at her two starts, both in strong form races, and Cummings is hoping the gear change proves to be the missing ingredient…. Read More »
Top sprinter-miler Le Romain will get his latest campaign off to an early start in the Expressway Stakes and he isn’t there to make up the numbers. A small but elite field of six runners will step out in the first Sydney Group race in 2019, headed by last year’s… Read More »
A number of established stakes-winning colts are set to make their returns to racing in the Group Three Manfred Stakes at Caulfield but it is two geldings with race fitness on their side who have been installed the early favourites. A field of 11 has been declared for Saturday’s Manfred… Read More »
One of Queensland’s true racing allrounders Peter Overell has died aged 72 after a long battle with cancer. Overell is best remembered as the owner of Danehill stallion Special Dane who he bought to win Group Ones and then stand at stud. Special Dane won the Group One CF Orr… Read More »
Damning footage of race horses being shocked with Tasers is expected to form part of a police case against Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Darren Weir. The 48-year-old was one of three people arrested during Wednesday raids on properties – including stables – at Ballarat and Warrnambool, where police seized four Taser-like… Read More »
