Predictions for extreme heat have prompted officials to transfer racing from Warwick Farm to Randwick’s Kensington track. The temperature at Warwick Farm in Sydney’s south-west is expected to nudge 40 degrees on Saturday with Randwick several degrees lower with sea breezes. It means the distances and field limits of some… Read More »
Veteran stayer Crafty Cruiser has ticked over the $1 million prize money mark despite finishing out of the placings in a race at Warrnambool. The 11-year-old picked up $600 for finishing sixth in Monday’s 3100m-benchmark 78 grade race. Crafty Cruiser has won 13 of his 145 starts and has a… Read More »
After claiming a double at Randwick from two rides, visiting English jockey Tom Marquand will be out for a repeat performance to start the new year. Marquand’s two winners on Saturday came on the Lindsay Park-trained two-year-old Movie Role and Live And Free for John O’Shea who is looking after… Read More »
Godolphin assistant trainer Kate Grimwade is hoping the confidence gained from a last-start Flemington win will carry Etymology to victory in the Bagot Handicap. A veteran of 30 starts that have netted the six-year-old only three wins, Etymology was emphatic in victory over 2500m on December 22. On Tuesday he… Read More »
Melody Belle will start favourite to claim her third consecutive Group One win in the Railway Stakes at Ellerslie with her trainer Jamie Richards’ only concern her wide barrier. Melody Belle will start from gate 14 of 16 in the first Australasian Group One race of the new year. The… Read More »
The once successful combination of Meagher and Prebble again joins forces attempting to win a Group Three sprint over the famous straight course at Flemington. Jockey Brett Prebble and trainer Chris Meagher come together with Savanna Amour in Tuesday’s Standish Handicap (1200m). Prebble joined Meagher’s father John as an apprentice… Read More »
Godolphin can start the new year where it left off with up to three runners at the first major race day, the Magic Millions carnival at the Gold Coast, Sheikh Mohammed’s operation will have two certain runners at the Magic Millions meeting at the Gold Coast on January 12 –… Read More »
Victorian trainer Archie Alexander is under investigation after one of his stable’s horses returned an illegal cobalt level after a win at Kilmore. Racing Analytical Services Limited reported a test from Tom’s Knight after his win in a maiden on November 2 detected cobalt at a mass concentration of 141… Read More »
The general consensus among Victorian trainers is they want tracks prepared to race with a good four rating for the majority of a meeting. The Australian Trainers’ Association received an 85 per cent response to a survey of its members with the majority wanting softer conditions on race day. Leading… Read More »
Brisbane’s leading apprentice Jackson Murphy’s momentum has been halted after he damaged his hand in a race fall which could sideline him for up to two months. Murphy fell from Granny Red Shoes in the middle stages of Saturday’s Vo Rogue Stakes at Doomben, hurting his right hand. He was… Read More »
As she has for the past three years, Winx won every race she ran in and set standards no other is likely to achieve. With the clock ticking on her career, Australian racing must steel itself for life after the champion who is being prepared for her swan song in… Read More »
A midweek track gallop will determine whether Magic Million Guineas favourite Native Soldier will be fit to make the trip to the Gold Coast. Native Soldier pulled up lame and was suffering heat stress following his win in the Christmas Stakes at Caulfield on Boxing Day with his trainer Darren… Read More »
Trainer Barry Lockwood gets the chance to continue his good run when a much stronger Doss attempts to sneak into the $2 million Magic Millions Guineas field by winning at the Gold Coast. Lockwood has been in great form with his relatively small team and is 10th on the Brisbane… Read More »
VRC Oaks winner Aristia has returned to the stables of Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra to prepare for the autumn carnival. But if the filly shows any sign she has failed to come up she will immediately be put aside for the spring. Aristia is among the entries for the… Read More »
High class New Zealander Jon Snow has been retired with his connections now looking at stud options. The winner of the 2017 Australian Derby for trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman, Jon Snow finished third in his last start in the Group One Zabeel Classic at Ellerslie on Boxing Day…. Read More »
Brisbane’s leading apprentice Jackson Murphy has been cleared of serious injury after being taken to hospital following a fall in the middle stages of the Group Three Vo Rogue Stakes at Doomben. Murphy, who had ridden a winner on Brains earlier on Saturday, was tossed from Granny Red Shoes near… Read More »
Champion British jumps jockey Richard Johnson has celebrated his OBE with a winner at Newbury on I’m A Game Changer. The three-time champion, who received his OBE in the New Year Honours list, said he felt privileged. “It is a massive privilege to receive an honour like that and it… Read More »
Racing Queensland officials believe there needs to be a national standard set for treating fillies and mares with Regumate. They have been in discussions with the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission about introducing a local rule in line with Racing NSW which allows discretion for “nonconsequential” levels of steroids detected in… Read More »
The Godolphin stable got its second Magic Millions day wildcard when impressive filly Manicure won the Listed Nudgee Stakes at Doomben. Manicure ($10) sat outside the leader but came away in the straight to beat stablemate Demerara ($4.80) by 1-1/2 lengths. Godolphin have nine horses in Queensland for the summer… Read More »
Giant gelding Bergerac made light of his rating as the third choice of trainer Steve Tregea’s runners in the Bernborough Handicap (1600m) with a strong win in the Listed race at Doomben. Stable favourite Bergerac ($31) beat Honey Toast ($20) by 1-1/2 lengths with a short neck to Bluebrook ($10)… Read More »
