The Regumate saga is set to drag on as a population study is undertaken on female horses in a racing or training environment to determine its effects. Regumate contains altrenogest which was responsible for horses trained in Victoria by Robbie Laing and father-and-son training team Russell and Scott Cameron returning… Read More »
Dual Group One winner Alizee has signalled she is back and a force to be reckoned with, winning a Randwick barrier trial in stylish fashion. The winner of the 2017 Flight Stakes and the Queen Of The Turf in the autumn, Alizee suffered a bleeding attack at trackwork while being… Read More »
Mark Newnham has carefully planned Invinzabeel’s first start for his stable with the seven-year-old to line up in the December Handicap at his new home track at Warwick Farm. Newnham, who divides his training operation between Randwick and Warwick Farm, says Saturday’s 1400m-open handicap is ideal for the former Chris… Read More »
Trainer Grahame Begg has his eyes on one of Australia’s toughest Group One sprint handicaps with three-year-old Written By. Written By returned to training at the beginning of December and Begg said he would be guided by his progress before deciding on the colt’s lead-up race to the 1100m Oakleigh Plate… Read More »
The return to racing at Brisbane’s premier track has further boosted trainer Tony Gollan’s confidence with A Man To Match in the Eagle Way series final. Named for the 2016 Queensland Derby winner Eagle Way, the series has been run over three heats with the original final set for 2000m… Read More »
A key player in the ‘Aquanita eight’ doping conspiracy has admitted giving horses illegal race day treatments for trainer Robert Smerdon and other members of a “circle of trust”. Float driver Greg Nelligan said he and Smerdon had an agreement that a “top-up” meant administering sodium bicarbonate and Tripart paste… Read More »
Single Handed will chase a winning hat-trick when he lines up for his Melbourne city debut at Flemington. The Nick Smart-trained galloper steps up to 2000m in benchmark 78 grade on Saturday following victories at Terang and Morphettville. Single Handed has won three of his past four starts having been… Read More »
The stablehand at the centre of the ‘Aquanita eight’ doping conspiracy has admitted giving horses illegal race day treatments in agreement with trainer Robert Smerdon. Float driver Greg Nelligan said he and Smerdon had an agreement that a “top-up” would mean more than giving horses extra food and water. “Between… Read More »
Ex-pat Australian jockey Zac Purton has racked up his 900th winner in Hong Kong after a five-win haul at Sha Tin. The winner of his second Hong Kong premiership last season, Purton reached the milestone in Sunday’s final race. Douglas Whyte, who is still riding, holds the record of 1809… Read More »
New Zealand’s leading stable, run by Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman, has wrapped up a satisfying weekend with Cutadeel claiming the Listed Three-Year-Old Salver at Ellerslie. The stable had a stakes double on Saturday with Mongolian Marshal in the Group Three Waikato Cup (2400m) at Te Rapa and Queen Of… Read More »
Stablehand and owner Bill Xanthopoulos has failed in his appeal against a six-month disqualification arising from an incident at a Gold Coast stable earlier this year. Trainer Les Kelly has had part of a fine from the same infringement partly suspended on appeal. They were dealt with at a stewards’… Read More »
Group One winner Aloisia is likely to remain in Sydney following her slashing second in the Group Two Villiers Stakes after again being treated with Regumate. The product altrenogest, marketed as Regumate, is the subject of debate after it was recently been found to produce swabs with traces of the… Read More »
Trainer Toby Edmonds believes apprentice Jackson Murphy can continue to play a major role as his stable chases 50 metropolitan winners for a third straight season. Edmonds had another double on Saturday at Doomben with Houtzen and Impregnable to take him to 24 metropolitan winners for the season. Murphy, who… Read More »
Racing Queensland has announced it will increase race fields fees for anyone betting on Queensland meetings from early next year. RQ announced the increase in a statement on its website It is in effect a quarter of per cent increase on the existing race field fees and will take effect… Read More »
Robbie Laing is eyeing a couple of stakes races over the Christmas holiday period as he tries to overturn Missrock’s losing streak. The mare has not been successful since winning the Norman Carlyon Stakes at Moonee Valley in August last year. Laing had entered Missrock for a race at Flemington… Read More »
The stablehand at the centre of the ‘Aquanita eight’ doping conspiracy will give evidence as four trainers fight their disqualifications. Float driver Greg Nelligan has been subpoenaed to front the appeal hearing over Australia’s biggest racing scandal on Monday. Nelligan, like trainer Robert Smerdon, was a key player in the… Read More »
Breeders’ Plate winner Dubious is set to complete his Magic Millions build-up at the re-opening of the Eagle Farm track. Brisbane’s premier track has been out of action for most of the past four years but was last week given the go-ahead to race again after a set of barrier… Read More »
About 150 workers have been busy getting the Eagle Farm racetrack ready for a crowd of up to 5000 for its return to racing. Brisbane’s premier track has been dormant for most of the past four years after problems with a redevelopment of the racing surface. Many of the track’s… Read More »
A good barrier draw has made all the difference to top NSW country horse Victorem who won the Listed Lough Neagh Stakes at Doomben. Victorem, who won the NSW Country Championship at Randwick in April, has since been dogged by bad barriers and wet tracks. Trainer Jenny Graham was delighted… Read More »
Training partners Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra took a gamble with Smart Coupe that has paid a winning dividend at Flemington. A wet-track duffer, Ellerton and Zahra elected to run Smart Coupe on a soft track in Saturday’s Wingate Avenue Community Centre Trophy. Zahra explained the pair had walked the… Read More »
