Queensland racehorse owner and registered stablehand William Xanthopoulos will appeal a six-month disqualification for a breach of race day treatment rules. She’s A Youeffoh was scratched from a race at the Gold Coast last month after stewards alleged Xanthopoulos intended to administer a substance called Gastrazone to the mare. Trainer… Read More »
A more traditional Sydney autumn campaign comprising Group One races could win out over a tilt at the new $5 million All Star Mile in Melbourne for prized three-year-old colt The Autumn Sun. The Autumn Sun has won three Group One races from his six starts including breathtaking wins in… Read More »
With summer approaching Lindsay Park has decided it’s the time to strike with the impeccably bred mare Earth Angel. The stable has set the mare for the Hobart Cup as a stepping stone to richer autumn targets. A daughter of Dubai World Cup winner Animal Kingdom from four-time Group One… Read More »
Smart sprinter Care To Think has been well beaten in a Doomben barrier trial but trainer Matt Dunn is more than happy with his effort. Care To Think has not raced since being unplaced in the Group One Stradbroke Handicap in June but has had a preparation in the lead-up… Read More »
Enable will stay in training and be aimed at an unprecedented third win in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. Owned by Prince Khalid Abdullah and trained by John Gosden, Enable has had three starts this year for three wins, adding the Breeders’ Cup Turf to her second Arc win…. Read More »
Jockey Ben Thompson will join a strong band of Australian riders after being granted a one-year licence in Singapore. Thompson landed his first Group success on a recent visit to Singapore, riding Mister Yeoh to victory for Australian trainer Cliff Brown on November 9. The 21-year-old applied for a licence… Read More »
Country Classic contender Rapture Miss has been a major beneficiary of Canberra trainer Matt Dale’s satellite stable at Moruya where she gets to work on the beach. Dale says he has been inspired by the success leading Victorian trainer Darren Weir has had with a base in the seaside environment… Read More »
Lindsay Park is hoping to wind back the clock with the imported Pilote D’Essai who will attempt a second victory in the Ballarat Cup. The now seven-year-old won the 2016 race at his seventh run in Australia and backed up a fortnight later to claim the Pakenham Cup. The stable… Read More »
Officials have deleted a benchmark 76 race for three-year-olds from the Rosehill program and will instead split a benchmark 78, also over 1500 metres. The five original nominations for Saturday’s three-year-old race have been added to the 32 received for the 78-race for three-year-olds and upwards. Entries have been kept… Read More »
The likelihood of thunderstorms in the north of Victoria has forced officials to bring the Tatura race meeting forward. Racing Victoria says Tuesday’s meeting will start 1-1/2 hours earlier than originally advertised. Thunderstorms and lightning are expected in the region around 4pm, so rather than part of the meeting being… Read More »
Hong Kong’ reigning Horse of the year, Beauty Generation, has set a 1600m-track record at Sha Tin in his lead-up to the International meeting. Known as Montaigne when trained in Sydney by Anthony Cummings, Beauty Generation won Sunday’s Jockey Club Mile in 1m32.64s, bettering the time set by Good Ba… Read More »
The public will help determine the field for a new $5 million race to be run over 1600 metres in Melbourne with modt of the field to be decided by popular vote. The All Star Mile will become the world’s richest mile race and an autumn feature with its inaugural… Read More »
Gold Coast trainer Kelly Doughty has vowed to fight a 12-month disqualification on a cobalt presentation charge. Doughty faced two charges and was found not guilty of administration but guilty of presenting a horse to race with a cobalt level above the allowable threshold. The charges arose from a urine… Read More »
The Lindsay Park team will use the Wyong Magic Millions 2YO Classic as the stepping stone to the rich Gold Coast race for talented filly Champagne Boom. Champagne Boom won the Debutant Stakes at Caulfield last month before finishing a close third in driving rain in a Group Three race… Read More »
If the best way to judge unraced two-year-olds is by barrier trials then trainer Gary Portell has much to look forward to with Spaceboy. The colt will make his debut in the $150,000 Golden Gift (1100m) at Rosehill on Saturday after winning an 800m-trial by six lengths on November 9…. Read More »
Australian Derby winner Levendi is back in work preparing for an assault on autumn racing in Sydney. The Peter Gelagotis-trained Levendi missed the spring after undergoing surgery to remove bone chips shortly after his victory in the Australian Derby at Randwick in April. Gelagotis said Levendi had been in work… Read More »
Victorian trainer Mick Price has called on the state’s racing authorities to revisit the use of Regumate in mares saying the alternatives are not satisfactory. The Price-trained Pedrena was a late scratching from the Summoned Stakes at Sandown on Saturday after misbehaving in the barriers, something the trainer said was… Read More »
Written By is enjoying the green grass in his spelling paddock before he heads back to Grahame Begg’s stable to be prepared for a tilt at the Oakleigh Plate. Written By was sent for a break after running fourth behind Sunlight in the Group One Coolmore Stud Stakes at Flemington… Read More »
Breaching the whip rules aboard Sandown Cup winner Yogi has earned star jockey Craig Williams a seven-meeting suspension. Williams was found to have used the whip 12 times before the 100m mark of Saturday’s 3200m race on the Darren Weir-trained Yogi, seven times more than allowed. Williams’ suspension is due… Read More »
I’m A Princess has surprised trainer Tony McEvoy with her victory at stakes level at Sandown at only her second run back from a long break. A winner at Sandown 12 months ago, I’m A Princess returned to the track to claim Saturday’s Group Three Summoned Stakes. The mare was… Read More »
