All eyes will be on Hawkes Racing’s burgeoning talent Masked Crusader when he makes his stakes debut against a small but select Inglis 3YO Guineas field. The three-year-old will back-up in the $200,000 feature at Rosehill on Saturday after a stunning Sydney debut last weekend when he barely got out… Read More »
David Jolly is convinced last year’s runner-up Behemoth has had a better lead-up into his second attempt to win The Goodwood in Adelaide. But the trainer also believes the four-year-old gelding will be facing a stronger field than he did a year ago in South Australia’s premier sprint race at… Read More »
Undefeated in two starts at Flemington, Oceanex will race for her biggest prize when she lines up in The Andrew Ramsden. Oceanex has previously won at Group Two level and while Saturday’s race over 2800m at Flemington carries Listed status, the bonus for the winner is a ballot exemption into… Read More »
Champion jumps jockey Steven Pateman and his wife have been disqualified for three years on a cobalt charge. A dual licence holder, Pateman and Jessica Barton were on Thursday handed their penalties by the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board after being found guilty of a race-day administration charge in March…. Read More »
Smart mare Etana is set to continue the Ciaron Maher-David Eustace stable’s run of success in Queensland stakes races. Etana will be joined by stablemate Mask Of Time in the Listed Wayne Wilson Memorial Mile (1600m). The Wilson Mile is named after the late racecaller Wayne Wilson who died in… Read More »
The restrictions imposed during the coronavirus pandemic have led to Kelly Schweida training smart sprinter Spurcraft for the Listed Chief De Beers Handicap (1000m) at the Sunshine Coast. In response to the pandemic, Racing Queensland cut the state into regions with trainers and jockeys unable to move between them. Spurcraft’s… Read More »
A year after winning a race on the undercard to the Scone Cup, promising four-year-old Phaistos is set to return to the NSW Hunter Valley course as one of the leading contenders for the main event. The James Cummings-trained Phaistos is challenging for favouritism for Friday’s Listed Scone Cup (1600m)… Read More »
Toowoomba trainer Steve Tregea has only one slight reservation about his plan to help his gelding Command’n’conquer win his first stakes race. Tregea decided to take Command’n’conquer to the Gold Coast to give the gelding a look at the track last week before his main target in the Group Three… Read More »
Honest mare Baccarat Baby gets the valued home track benefit for her final lead-up to the Group One Stradbroke Handicap. Baccarat Baby has had five starts on her home Sunshine Coast track for four wins and a close second. She will be having her final lead-up to the Group One… Read More »
Racing is set for a high-profile return when it resumes, with provisional plans to stage the 2000 and 1000 Guineas on the first weekend in June remaining unchanged following the government’s announcement that professional sport cannot restart before June 1. The British Horseracing Authority had initially inked in Guineas trials… Read More »
The Joe Pride-trained Archedemus is the early favourite to win the Listed Scone Cup despite the six-year-old gelding drawing wide in a capacity field. The former Gwenda Markwell-trained Archedemus finished a close fourth after leading in his defence of the Group Three Hawkesbury Gold Cup (1500m) at Rosehill last month… Read More »
Co-trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace have been charged by Racing Victoria stewards over a positive swab from a stable runner. A raceday blood sample taken from Piccatric after winning a maiden at Sale on February 28 contained the diuretic substance Frusemide. The matter will be heard by the Victorian… Read More »
Premier trainer Tony Gollan is confident Doomben winner Liza With A Zee will soon attract attention for her black-type performances rather than her racing colours. Two-year-old filly Liza With A Zee ($1.80) lived up to Gollan’s big opinion of her with a 3-1/2-length win against older horses in a maiden… Read More »
Well-bred stayer Good Idea will be given his chance to try to secure a spot in the Melbourne Cup when he runs in The Andrew Ramsden at Flemington. By dual Cox Plate winner So You Think out of 2009 VRC Oaks winner Faint Perfume, Good Idea is set for Saturday’s… Read More »
Jason Coyle knows Air To Air faces a mammoth task in the Inglis 3YO Guineas but the trainer thinks enough of the filly to warrant giving her a crack at the $200,000 race at Rosehill. Air To Air is Coyle’s only runner on Saturday’s program after dual stakes-placed three-year-old filly… Read More »
A tilt at the Group One JJ Atkins Stakes in Brisbane will be considered after two-year-old Acrophobic made a winning start to his career at Warwick Farm. Acrophobic stepped out in Wednesday’s Exceedance @ Vinery Handicap (1400m) for two-year-olds and trainer John O’Shea felt there was plenty to like about… Read More »
Trials in the three racing codes have been given the green light to resume in Tasmania as the state eyes a return to the track next month. The state banned thoroughbred, greyhound and harness racing in early April, the only jurisdiction in Australia to do so, as part of coronavirus… Read More »
Much-travelled mare Krone has pleased new trainer Tony Gollan as she starts her push for a Stradbroke Handicap start when she makes her Queensland debut. Krone could give Gollan at least three runners in the Stradbroke Handicap on June 6 if she races well in the Silk Stocking (1200m) at… Read More »
Group One-winning jockey Ryan Maloney will reunite with Tarzan as the gelding fights off challenges to his crown as the king of the Sunshine Coast. Tarzan will be attempting to win his second Listed race when he resumes in the Chief De Beers Handicap (1000m) on Friday night. The 1000m… Read More »
The new Queensland breeding season is taking shape with Sun City, the first son of top sire Zoustar to stand in the state, joining the Telemon Thoroughbreds roster. Sun City, a Group Three winner, will stand for $7,700 this coming season beside another young stallion in Sidestep who has already… Read More »
