A streamlined Shogun Sun is ready to continue his good form in feature races and score his first open company win in the $125,000 Sunshine Coast Cup. Shogun Sun has shown he is up to top company with a fourth in a Buffeting Quality and a third in the Magic… Read More »
Officials at Leicester have voiced their frustration with the subject of drones on racecourses again in focus. It is believed images from drones are being used to give in-running punters an unfair advantage on betting exchanges as the streamed pictures may be a few seconds ahead of TV channels. There… Read More »
Trainer Shannon Hope has had a reduction in his original penalty but he and his co-trainer father Lee have both been issued three-year disqualifications by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal on cobalt charges. Shannon Hope was originally disqualified for five years and Lee Hope three by the Racing Appeals… Read More »
Young Victorian jockey Regan Bayliss has secured a three-month riding contract in Hong Kong while Sam Clipperton is to return to Sydney. Bayliss, 21, will begin his stint on February 24 while Clipperton will return home at the end of the month. Clipperton rode 18 winners in his first season… Read More »
Two-year-old Exeter will try to give the Lindsay Park stable back-to-back wins in the Blue Diamond Preview for colts and geldings when he makes his debut at Caulfield. The stable won the Listed race with Long Leaf a year ago and has Exeter set to step out in Saturday’s 1000m-event… Read More »
A son of two of the late Dato Tan Chin Nam’s former racetrack stars will be out to take another step up when he chases his third-straight win in his Victorian debut at Sandown. Four-year-old gelding Good Idea is by dual Cox Plate winner So You Think out of 2009… Read More »
Thrilled with the progress of his leading Golden Slipper contender Time To Reign, trainer Gary Portelli is looking to take another two youngsters to Randwick. Whether Estrado and/or Roman Wolf is up to a Slipper campaign remains to be seen but their trainer will test them in Saturday’s Two-Year-Old Handicap… Read More »
Australian Derby winner Levendi is on target for a return to racing and a clash with Winx in the Apollo Stakes after making his first public appearance since last year’s autumn carnival in a barrier trial at Warwick Farm. Levendi won the Tulloch Stakes and Australian Derby in Sydney last… Read More »
Long-time champion Hong Kong jockey Douglas Whyte is to hang up the saddle to become a trainer. The 13-time premier jockey, Whyte is just the second rider to be granted a trainer’s licence in Hong Kong while still active, the other being Tony Cruz. Whyte will have his last rides… Read More »
Last year’s Blue Diamond Stakes winner Written By has impressed his trainer Grahame Begg with his performance in a jump-out at Caulfield ahead of his return to racing. The three-year-old colt won his 800m-heat on Tuesday morning with regular jockey Jordan Childs aboard and is scheduled to resume in Saturday… Read More »
Godolphin import Avilius is the early favourite among 74 entries for the Group One Australian Cup for the weight-for-age race at Flemington. Entries closed on Monday for the Australian Cup (2000m) and Newmarket Handicap (1200m) which are run on March 9, and the Australian Guineas (1600m) a week earlier. TAB… Read More »
While favourite Brooklyn Hustle is still a couple of weeks off her return to the races, a host of other two-year-olds with Blue Diamond aims are set to clash in the fillies Preview at Caulfield. The Jason Warren-trained Brooklyn Hustle is the current $4.50 favourite for next month’s $1.5 million… Read More »
While it is most unlikely either Winx or The Autumn Sun will contest the All-Star Mile in Melbourne, their Chris Waller-trained stablemate Tom Melbourne is ready to begin his campaign towards the $5 million race. An equine cult figure, Tom Melbourne is one of 12 entries taken for the Listed… Read More »
Trainer Mike Moroney will split two of his Blue Diamond hopes ahead of the rich juvenile race, with Alburq to press his claims in the colts and geldings Preview at Caulfield. Alburq is set to have his third start in Saturday’s Listed Preview (1000m) while stablemate Hawker Hurricane will wait… Read More »
Queensland trainer Liam Birchley has high hopes Neptune’s Spear can give him his third Karaka Million victory at Ellerslie despite the colt’s last-start defeat. Neptune’s Spear travelled from Brisbane to New Zealand in good order and has pleased Birchley since he landed in Auckland. The colt was a brilliant winner… Read More »
Five Group One winners feature among the nominations for the Group Two Australia Stakes. Friday night’s weight-for-age 1200m-sprint at The Valley has attracted 16 nominations including six horses from the stable of Victoria’s premier trainer Darren Weir. Weir has Group One winners Brave Smash, Land Of Plenty and Voodoo Lad… Read More »
John Moore has hailed Beauty Generation the best horse he has trained after the six-year-old claimed a fifth Group One win in the Stewards’ Cup at Sha Tin. Formerly trained in Sydney by Anthony Cummings and known as Montaigne when runner-up in the 2016 Rosehill Guineas, Beauty Generation has an… Read More »
Redkirk Warrior is unlikely to defend his Lightning Stakes and Newmarket Handicap crowns, with the Lindsay Park team setting him on a path towards the All-Star Mile. The imported Redkirk Warrior has won the past two Group One Newmarket Handicaps at Flemington over 1200m and also last year’s Group One… Read More »
Some of the stars of Australian racing will take to the cricket field for the seventh annual National Jockeys Trust T20 cricket match. This year’s match takes place at Williamstown Oval in Melbourne on Monday, with Damien Oliver to captain the Jockeys’ team against the Racing All Stars team which… Read More »
After announcing herself as an exciting prospect with a dominant win on debut, flying filly Jedastar will be out to make her mark in the Blue Diamond series. The Lloyd Kennewell-trained two-year-old has her second start in Saturday’s Group Three Blue Diamond Preview (1000m) for fillies at Caulfield. Her performance… Read More »
