Australia’s longest Flat race has attracted a capacity field of 12 plus four emergencies for its inaugural running at Warrnambool. The Jericho Cup will be run over 4600m on Sunday and raced on the course proper and through the paddocks that form part of May’s Grand Annual Steeplechase course. Sunday’s… Read More »
Trainer Mitchell Beer is leaving open options with Gwenneth who holds nominations for races at Moonee Valley and Rosehill. Beer said he would accept with Gwenneth in a 1000m fillies and mares benchmark race at the Valley along with the Listed Starlight Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday. A move to… Read More »
In-form jockey Brad Stewart will turn back the clock when he rides for NSW in the fourth State of Origin series at Doomben. Stewart has been among Brisbane’s leading jockeys for more than a decade but was born in the northern rivers which makes him eligible for NSW in the… Read More »
Cranbourne trainer Brian McGrath gets the chance to break his city maiden when Yatta Izu runs at Sandown. McGrath commenced training in 2016 and has prepared 11 winners on country tracks in Victoria and South Australia. But in town, his team has netted only two third placegetters. McGrath is hoping… Read More »
Mark Newnham concedes winning a race during the next month can be just as important as carnival success for a new trainer trying to get a foothold in Sydney. Newnham has already achieved the latter, training his first Group One winner when Maid Of Heaven won the Spring Champion Stakes… Read More »
A later start to Oaks Day with fewer races is being investigated by the Victoria Racing Club and Racing Victoria. VRC chairman Amanda Elliott said the board was looking at a range of options for the meeting, the third day of the Melbourne Cup carnival at Flemington. “This desire to… Read More »
Sinndar, the winner of two Derbys and the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at three, has died aged 21. He won seven of his eight starts including the Irish and Epsom Derbys in 2000 and capped his career with victory in the Arc for trainer John Oxx and his owner/breeder,… Read More »
Talented New Zealand sprinting filly Melt is to be tested in Australia and will join Sydney’s premier trainer Chris Waller at Rosehill. The three-year-old is having a short break after her spring campaign which netted two wins including the Group Three Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) for trainer Nigel Tiley. “She is… Read More »
Wangaratta trainer Dan McCarthy is looking forward to having his first runner in a Group One race with stable star Ashlor set for the $1 million Winterbottom Stakes in Perth. McCarthy has had Saturday’s Winterbottom (1200m) at Ascot in mind for Ashlor for months and a win in a 955m… Read More »
Stable star Trapeze Artist has returned to Rosehill to get ready for the autumn but more immediately trainer Gerald Ryan is looking forward to Group-winning sprinter Deploy getting back to the races. Deploy heads the field for the Starlight Stakes at Rosehill where he will make his long-awaited return from… Read More »
Trainer Tony Gollan is keeping a cap on the public expectation about unbeaten three-year-old Zoustyle who faces his biggest test at Doomben. Zoustyle made it three wins from three starts when he won a three-year-old handicap over 1050 metres at the track on November 17. The gelding steps up to… Read More »
With a host of feature race wins during the Victorian spring racing carnival, Irishman John Allen has confirmed his emergence from jumps jockey to big-race rider on the flat. He now sits at the top of the Melbourne jockeys’ premiership on 20 winners, one ahead of reigning champion Craig Williams…. Read More »
Drought-affected racing participants in NSW can now apply for grants from the Australian Turf Club’s newly established ATC Foundation. The ATC Foundation was announced in October to oversee collections and programs for charitable organisations to enhance the club’s support of racing in its communities. The initial grants are from money… Read More »
Well known country trainer and master horse-breaker Max Crockett has died aged 74. Crockett, who trained at Mudgee north-west of Sydney, was probably better known for educating young horses for leading metropolitan trainers including Bart Cummings, Tommy Smith, Neville Begg, Jack Denham and Les Bridge. “Max Crockett was a legend… Read More »
South Australian trainer David Jolly believes the timing is right to test lightly raced stablemates Behemoth and No Joy in Melbourne and expects to get a gauge on future plans for the pair after they run at Moonee Valley. Last-start Morphettville maiden winner Behemoth is set to contest Saturday’s 1200m-benchmark… Read More »
Almond Eye has set herself up for the world stage with her record-breaking win in the Japan Cup. She ran a sizzling 2:20.6 for the 2400 metres on Sunday to join 2012 winner Gentildonna as three-year-old fillies to win the race. Since running second on debut, Almond Eye has not… Read More »
Sydney jockey Tye Angland is in a Hong Kong hospital after a fall at Sha Tin. Angland came off when Go Beauty Go knuckled over coming out of the barriers in the ninth of 10 races on Sunday. The Hong Kong Jockey Club said Angland was conscious and responsive when… Read More »
Impressive Rosehill winner Tassort has again firmed in early markets for the Golden Slipper on the back of his dominant performance in the Golden Gift. The colt, a sibling to Group One winners Astern and Alizee, beat three other runners to win Saturday’s $150,000 Golden Gift, and the manner of… Read More »
Danny O’Brien has revised plans for Ballarat Cup scratching Lycurgus and the trainer believes the stayer can get a result in another upcoming country feature. O’Brien opted to withdraw Lycurgus from Saturday’s $350,000 Ballarat Cup a few hours before the race once the track was downgraded from a soft (6)… Read More »
In-form trainer Kelly Schweida is toying with the idea of not running Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic hopeful The Odyssey until the week before the $2 million race. First acceptances will be taken for the Magic Millions on Friday but there seems little doubt The Odyssey has already qualified for the… Read More »
