Victorian jockey Dean Holland will consider an appeal after being banned for improper riding in the Group One Metropolitan at Randwick. Racing NSW stewards hit Holland with a three-week ban after finding him guilty of directing his mount Miss Admiration in and making contact with Wall Of Fire near the… Read More »
A massive crowd has flocked to Randwick for Epsom day but no one left the track with more mixed emotions than a mother-son pair of AFL fans. After the on-course action of the Metropolitan, the final Group One of the nine-race card, hundreds of the 14,087 race-goers turned their attention… Read More »
Godolphin stalwart Hartnell has defied top weight and an onslaught of Chris Waller-trained horses to claim the Group One Epsom Handicap over the famous Randwick mile. It is Hartnell’s fourth Group One win in Australia since he arrived from Europe in four years ago and his second for Godolphin trainer… Read More »
With an abundance of stayers on his books, trainer Darren Weir took advantage of a stakes race at Mornington to claim a hat-trick of wins for Haripour. The Weir stable saddled five runners in the Listed RM Ansett Classic over 2400m and a well-judged ride by Ben Allen on the… Read More »
After being denied by centimetres in two Group One races on Epsom Handicap day, Sydney’s premier trainer Chris Waller has celebrated a big-race win with Patrick Erin in The Metropolitan. Leading home a one-two finish for the Waller stable in Saturday’s 2400m Group One handicap at Randwick, Patrick Erin ($16)… Read More »
The horses stranded in Sharjah en route to Melbourne for the spring carnival are reported to be in good condition and showing no signs of distress. A cracked windscreen on their plane’s first leg of the journey from London to Melbourne forced a longer that expected stopover in Sharjah. A… Read More »
Victorian-trained Mickey Blue Eyes has his sights on the Group One Spring Champion Stakes after storming home to capture the Dulcify Quality at Randwick. Sent out at $5.50, the promising three-year-old was last on the bend before tracking and pipping favourite Gem Song ($3) on the line to score by… Read More »
Trainer Anthony Freedman has signalled he has the firepower to give the $13 million Everest a shake with Santa Ana Lane beating stablemate Shoals in the Group Two Premiere Stakes at Randwick. The Everest has been hit with the defection of Nature Strip after his unplaced Moir Stakes effort on… Read More »
Trainer Barry Lockwood was looking to the Brisbane summer carnival while rival Matt Dunn has even bigger things in mind after a thrilling finish at Doomben. Lockwood’s galloper Fiery Heights ($4.80) led all the way to beat Taillevent ($21) by a half head with another half head to Dunn’s galloper… Read More »
Oohood is Australia’s best maiden no more after shedding that tag in style with a Group One win in the Flight Stakes at Randwick. The Tony McEvoy-trained filly had placed in three Group One races as a juvenile and had netted more than $1 million prize money from her first… Read More »
A strong win in the Hill Stakes at Randwick has reigning Victoria Derby winner Ace High on target for the big spring Cups in Melbourne. The David Payne-trained stayer relished getting out to 2000m for the first time this spring in Saturday’s Group Two weight-for-age race, drawing clear in the… Read More »
A day at the races for Sam Frost was once just a picnic blanket with friends but now the Home and Away star’s experience is more glitz and glamour. The former radio presenter and Bachelorette has been announced as the ambassador for The Everest, the world’s richest horse race on… Read More »
The horses stranded in Sharjah en route to Melbourne for the spring carnival are reported to be in good condition and showing no signs of distress. A cracked windscreen on their plane’s first leg of the journey from London to Melbourne forced a longer that expected stopover in Sharjah. A… Read More »
Dubious has created history with his Breeders’ Plate win at Randwick as the first Victorian-trained horse to win Sydney’s first juvenile race of the season for colts and geldings. Trained by Ciaron Maher and David Eustace for Aquis Farm, Dubious was a $19 chance in Saturday’s 1000m sprint despite his… Read More »
The colours worn by retired sprinter Chautauqua have been carried to victory at Mornington. Midoriyama made a late lunge to win Saturday’s Held For Ramsom Handicap. The Robbie Laing-trained mare is part-owned by Rupert Legh, the managing owner of Chautauqua who bowed out of racing after failing to jump from… Read More »
Catch Me has broken the race record in an impressive introduction to racing in the Group Three Gimcrack Stakes for two-year-old fillies at Randwick. A $625,000 yearling from this year’s Easter Sale in Sydney, the daughter of I Am Invincible out of Captivating Claire defied a wide run in Saturday’s… Read More »
Queensland racing codes will receive a one-off payment for infrastructure but there will be no extra money for stakes increases under the distribution of the state’s new point of consumption tax. The tax will come into law on Monday and means all bets on Queensland events will be taxed a… Read More »
Racing Queensland has declared a loss of $1.2 million for the past financial year but officials say the governing body has still had a major turnaround. The RQ annual report was tabled in state parliament on Friday afternoon showed a parent company loss of $1.2 million with a consolidated loss… Read More »
Classy mare Stella Victoria took a major step towards fulfilling her potential as a stakes winner with a class-record win at Doomben. Owners Wilf and Rosemary Mula only just made it from Brisbane airport in time to see Stella Victoria ($1.28) stroll home by 2-3/4 lengths to Our Jamacia ($7)… Read More »
Trainer Robert Heathcote’s noted policy of being patient with horses again reaped benefits when Alpine Dancer made it back-to-back wins at Doomben on Saturday. Alpine Dancer ($5.50) fought on bravely to beat Man To Match ($3.90) by a half neck with 1-1/4 lengths to Lope For Joya ($13). The gelding… Read More »
