A meeting with Racing NSW will determine when Michael Freedman and his ex-foreman Edward O’Rourke can join forces to become a training partnership. Freedman has returned from an aborted training stint in Hong Kong with the pair to meet the licencing committee on Wednesday. “We’ll get through that and assuming… Read More »
Trainer Jenny Graham has put the disappointment of the Kosciuszko behind her and is focused on chasing stakes success in Brisbane with promising country galloper Victorem. The sprinter had been a popular favourite leading into the $1.3 million Kosciuszko at Randwick last month but his stocks diminished when heavy rain… Read More »
She may sound sweet but Iamacrumpet is one tough little mare. The four-year-old will run in the Highway Handicap at Rosehill on Saturday after winning by almost three lengths at Muswellbrook last week. It is the Jan Bowen-trained runner’s maiden trip to Sydney, and the first metropolitan meeting for her… Read More »
The Victoria Racing Club has added the Andrew Ramsden to its list of ballot-exempt races for the Melbourne Cup. To be run on May 25, the Andrew Ramsden has undergone some changes. With an increase in prize money to $400,000, the race has been shortened from 3200m to 2800m, will… Read More »
Joe Pride has a message for anyone who doesn’t think trainers care about their horses as he recovers from the shock of Ball Of Muscle’s bleeding attack in a trial at Canterbury. “I’m shattered. Things go wrong in racing all the time but for it to happen to this horse… Read More »
Queensland Oaks winner, Youngstar, sixth in the Melbourne Cup, has had a small bone chip removed from her right front fetlock. Trainer Chris Waller said the mare had pulled up sound from last week’s Cup but precautionary X-rays detected the chip which was taken out on Monday. “The surgery went… Read More »
Lindsay Park will have a two-pronged attack on the final feature three-year-old race of the spring carnival at Sandown. Long Leaf and Good ‘N’ Fast will line up for the stable of David and Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig in Saturday’s Group Two Sandown Guineas. The three back up after… Read More »
The Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board has reserved its decision after a hearing of cobalt charges laid against trainers Terry and Karina O’Sullivan. The father-and-daughter training partners from Stawell pleaded not guilty to three counts of deliberate administration of cobalt as well as the alternative charges relating to the illegal… Read More »
Jockey Hugh Bowman will miss the chance of repeat victories in the Japan Cup despite having a one-month suspension stemming from the Melbourne Cup varied on appeal to the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board. Bowman was hoping to get the penalties on a careless riding charge, a whip rule breach… Read More »
A date to test the new Eagle Farm track surface has been set with the first horses galloping on it in a few weeks. The track will be tested on December 4 with racing expected to begin on December 22. Eagle Farm has been out of operation for most of… Read More »
Counsel for Hugh Bowman has called for a monetary fine to replace the 21-meeting ban for the jockey returning overweight aboard runner-up Marmelo in the Melbourne Cup. Bowman is appearing before the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board in Melbourne on Tuesday to appeal a one-month suspension on three charges emanating… Read More »
Jockey Hugh Bowman says a sip of water and half a cup of tea were instrumental in the jockey returning one kilogram overweight after the Melbourne Cup. Bowman is appearing before the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board on Tuesday to appeal a one-month suspension on three charges emanating from the… Read More »
Father and son Anthony and Edward Cummings are to dissolve their training partnership in the new year. Multiple Group One-winning trainer Anthony Cummings said in a statement the time had come for his son to branch out on his own which he will do from mid-January. “I wish Edward the… Read More »
Tony McEvoy is looking for some consolation with two of his stable’s three-year-olds when Scottish Rogue and Secret Blaze run in the Sandown Guineas. The two have been luckless during the spring as they chase the first wins of their campaigns. Scottish Rogue and Secret Blaze are among 15 nominations… Read More »
Malaguerra will return to Perth for another shot at the Winterbottom Stakes after winning a barrier trial at Cranbourne. The Peter Gelagotis-trained sprinter finished fifth behind Takedown in the 2016 edition of the Group One sprint. It followed his victory over the Flemington straight course in the Group One Darley… Read More »
Lindsay Park stayer Ventura Storm is one of three runners attempting to win the weight-for-age Zipping Classic after running in the Melbourne Cup. Yucatan, the beaten favourite, Ventura Storm and Who Shot Thebarman all ran in this year’s Cup and are among 16 entries for Saturday’s 2400m-Group Two race at… Read More »
As he prepares to welcome talented sprinter Deploy back to racing, trainer Gerald Ryan will send veteran Red Excitement to the track knowing he is in the twilight of his career. As soon as the nine-year-old shows any signs he is not enjoying his racing, Ryan and his owners will… Read More »
Viddora has been given an easy time in a Cranbourne barrier trial in preparation for a trip to Perth for the Winterbottom Stakes. The Lloyd Kennewell-trained mare was not let off the bridle in her two-length victory in the 990m-heat on Monday. Viddora is returning to Perth to attempt back-to-back… Read More »
Irish jockey Evan Daly has narrowly avoided serious injury while out running on the track during a race at Navan. With two rides booked for later in the afternoon, Daly was jogging on the course during the Grade Three For Auction Novice Hurdle. As the horses entered the back straight,… Read More »
A tilt at England’s biggest sprints are among options for Santa Ana Lane who has taken his Group One tally to four with victory in the VRC Sprint Classic. Sam Freedman, assistant to his trainer father Anthony, said he had come through Saturday’s star-studded race in good order and would… Read More »
