Enable’s two-year-old sibling Entitle has broken her maiden at her second start with a fighting victory at Lingfield. Unplaced on debut in June, Entitle is trained by John Gosden who also prepares dual Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner Enable. While Entitle has a mountain to climb to emulate the… Read More »
In-form jockey Ryan Maloney will miss the holiday period meetings after being injured in a fall at Doomben. Maloney was tossed from The Socialist after the horse stumbled about 200m past the line after winning Wednesday’s Class Three Handicap. It originally appeared Maloney had escaped serious injury as he was… Read More »
Trainer Brent Stanley will take advantage of the summer off-season in a bid to build the profile of his Caulfield winner Cryptic Jewel. Stanley has always felt the mare, who was having only her fifth start in Wednesday’s Ladbrokes Plate, was above average but had been thwarted by immaturity, both… Read More »
An unheralded Australian racehorse who figured in a spring controversy because of his name may yet leave his own mark on racing. A victory in a maiden race in country South Australia is rarely cause for too much scrutiny but Wednesday’s result was different to most. Three-year-old Yucatan broke through… Read More »
Owner Lucky Pippos has been rewarded for his confidence in The Candy Man overcoming a life-threatening injury. The Candy Man suffered a shattered jaw and had to survive a nine-hour operation before having 18 months away from racing. He was having his fourth run back from a spell when he… Read More »
Trainer Tony Vasil denies being involved in illegal race day treatments and is furious he has been dragged into the ‘Aquanita eight’ scandal. Vasil, who was disqualified from racing for three years, said he did not administer any top-ups to his horses or ask anyone to do it on his… Read More »
The wife of a key “Aquanita eight’ member was worried about the risks her husband was taking to administer illegal race day treatments to horses. Float driver Greg Nelligan has admitted giving racehorses top-ups for trainer Robert Smerdon and implicated the other people banned over Australia’s biggest racing scandal. His… Read More »
Trainer Tony McEvoy will calm down before deciding whether to continue expensive filly Just Zerene’s Queensland campaign after she was made an emergency at Eagle Farm. Just Zerene is an $800,000 filly who was aiming to qualify for the $2 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic by winning Saturday’s Basil Nolan… Read More »
A different training routine has resulted in Saint Valorem recapturing the form he showed as a younger horse with his trainer hoping it will lead to success at Flemington. Saint Valorem has finished second in his two starts this campaign with trainer Cameron Templeton claiming the gelding was unlucky at… Read More »
Chris Munce is using his experience riding in some of Australia’s biggest staying races to help win the inaugural Eagle Way Stayers Series Final. He has talented filly Ceol Na Mara in the final to be run over 2200m at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Munce, who is now a leading… Read More »
The $5 million purse for The All-Star Mile has attracted the attention of connections popular Sydney racehorse Happy Clapper. Happy Clapper has been entered for the inaugural running of the 1600m All Star Mile at Flemington on March 16. The three-time Group One winner has returned to training two weeks… Read More »
Joe Cleary is favouring a start in Sydney for speedy mare Lucy Rose and if she returns to form as expected, the controversial issue of Regumate is again set to be a talking point. Lucy Rose earned a spring carnival trip to Melbourne after she followed a third at Randwick… Read More »
Stablehand Greg Nelligan “foolishly” thought he would get away with giving a horse an illegal top-up when champion Winx was racing at Flemington, but considered Melbourne Cup day too sacred and risky to try it. The key ‘Aquanita eight’ member has admitted administering race day treatments for trainer Robert Smerdon… Read More »
Dual Group Three winner Pecans is proven on a quick back-up and her trainer Joe Pride is not about to change what works. The mare runs in Saturday’s December Handicap (1400m) at Warwick Farm, six days before her defence of the Belle Of The Turf Stakes (1600m) at Gosford. A… Read More »
Prolific stakes performer and stable favourite Red Excitement has been retired after suffering an injury to a joint. Trainer Gerald Ryan said on Tuesday the nine-year-old was found to have filling in his offside front leg and he and the owners decided he would be retired. The winner of 14… Read More »
Exceedingly Easy has the distinction of being the first winner from Grahame Begg’s new second training base and he is hoping the filly can now step up to metropolitan class. Since moving to Victoria in 2016, the former Sydney trainer has operated out of Pinecliff, a private facility at Mt… Read More »
A key member of the ‘Aquanita eight’ who admits giving horses illegal top-ups says it never happened on Melbourne Cup day as it would be too risky. Float driver Greg Nelligan has admitted administering race day treatments for trainer Robert Smerdon and implicated the other people banned over Australia’s biggest… Read More »
The Australian Turf Club will again be offering bonuses to the winner and placegetters of the Sydney Cup. Owners and trainers of the winner, second and third placed horses in several key staying races across Australia and New Zealand will be eligible for bonuses on the $2 million Sydney Cup… Read More »
After beginning awkwardly in his two most recent starts, Vainstream will be fitted with blinkers in a bid to get back to form. Trained by John Pascoe at Moe, Vainstream will have his first Flemington start when he runs in a 1200m benchmark 78 race on Saturday. Pascoe said Vainstream… Read More »
A key member of the ‘Aquanita eight’ has admitted he bet on horses after giving them illegal race day treatments. Stablehand Greg Nelligan said he gave racehorses top-ups of sodium bicarbonate and Tripart paste because trainer Robert Smerdon asked him to do it. “A friend asked me to do it… Read More »
