Plenty of eyes will be on Black Caviar’s son Prince Of Caviar when the colt steps out for his season return in a midweek maiden race at Sandown. Prince Of Caviar made his debut at Sandown in a 1200m race for two-year-olds in late May and did his best work… Read More »
The strength of entries for the Group One Memsie Stakes at Caulfield has trainer Patrick Payne looking elsewhere with the consistent Widgee Turf. The five-year-old holds nominations for two races at Caulfield on Saturday including the $1 million Memsie Stakes but the Listed Penny Edition Stakes (1400m) in Adelaide on… Read More »
Front-running sprinter Ball Of Muscle has reached veteran status but his trainer Joe Pride believes he still has more to give and will send him to Melbourne on a Group Three mission. The eight-year-old will run in Saturday’s The Heath (1100m) at Caulfield on the back of a winning barrier… Read More »
The owners of Chautauqua have asked for the horse to be given more time with an equine behaviour specialist to mend his barrier manners. The popular sprinter has failed to jump from the gates in six official trials and in his latest on Saturday at Rosehill he came out several… Read More »
A day before Group One-winning colt Written By is taken to Sandown for a jump-out, his Grahame Begg-trained stablemate Our Libretto will head to the same course in pursuit of a second Australian victory. Begg’s Blue Diamond Stakes winner Written By is scheduled to have an 800m jump-out on Thursday… Read More »
Chasing back-to-back victories, Vega Magic has been installed favourite for the Group One Memsie Stakes at Caulfield. The Lindsay Park-trained sprinter is the $2.70 top elect in all-in markets on Saturday’s 1400m race. Vega Magic defeated the Darren Weir-trained pair of Black Heart Bart and Tosen Stardom in last year’s… Read More »
Redzel is odds-on favourite in first markets on the Concorde Stakes as he begins the countdown to his defence of the $13 million Everest. Invincible Star, the other confirmed Everest runner in Saturday’s Group Three 1000m-sprint at Randwick, is at $2.40 with the TAB. Trained by Peter and Paul Snowden,… Read More »
A support package to assist country race clubs maintain their tracks at the highest possible level has been delivered in Victoria. The $1.9 million commitment from Racing Victoria and Country Racing Victoria centres on building and supporting a network of track staff to maintain racing and training tracks. Jamie McGuinness,… Read More »
Five youngsters have been entered for Sydney’s first barrier trial for the new season’s two-year-olds at Randwick. The 740m-heat on Tuesday will feature two horses from the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable, Golden Avenger and Royal Marine. John Sargent has entered Aspect Ratio and War Of Courage while the… Read More »
An imported Japanese horse trainer Darren Weir hopes can gain one of the two remaining berths in The Everest has had a name change ahead of his Australian debut. Bought by an Australian syndicate, Cassius will be known as Kemono when he runs in The Heath 1100 Stakes at Caulfield… Read More »
There will be no repeat of the daring tactics used by Josh Parr on Red Excitement in the last edition of the Chelmsford Stakes when it took a champion to run him down. After clearing out by as much as 10 lengths a year ago, Red Excitement held off all… Read More »
Trainer Matt Dunn hopes to parlay his second best day at the races into even bigger success in metropolitan centres in coming weeks. Dunn trained 4-1/2 winners at Friday’s Murwillumbah Cup meeting including two trifectas and two quinellas. He had to share the Murwillumbah Cup when Zamex dead-heated with Future… Read More »
Luke Currie will be the new rider for Grunt when he starts in the Group One Memsie Stakes at Caulfield. Trainer Mick Price was forced to search for a new rider with Damien Oliver riding Vega Magic on Saturday. Vega Magic won the Memsie Stakes under Craig Williams last year… Read More »
Brisbane’s racing industry has raised at least $40,000 for drought-stricken farmers at a function at Doomben Racecourse. About 250 trainers, jockeys, owners, track staff, racing officials and media gathered for Sunday’s fund raiser organised by Brisbane racing identities Desleigh Forster and Emma Smith. There was an auction to “win” two… Read More »
Bonneval has been crowned New Zealand’s Horse of the Year for a second time. She is the fifth successive winner of the title to be trained by Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman who also won the NZ premiership. The record-breaking training partnership prepared the 2014 winner Dundeel, who was followed… Read More »
A mystery illness has flattened leading apprentice Ben Allen who remains in Melbourne’s Epworth Hospital undergoing tests. Allen was forced to abandon his mounts at Moonee Valley after two rides on Saturday. His sister and manager, Mandy, said the young jockey had been unwell for a couple of weeks. “It… Read More »
NSW country clubs continue to be the beneficiaries of the Australian Turf Club’s surplus equipment and racing infrastructure. As part of the ATC’s charity and community engagement program, the club has donated four horse walkers with two sent to Mudgee and one each to Dubbo and Goulburn. The ATC has… Read More »
Trainer Ken Keys has elected to delay the start of Spanish Reef’s spring campaign until the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes at Moonee Valley. Keys believes the 1600m-race on September 8 is a better starting point than the 1400m against Group One opposition in the Memsie Stakes at Caulfield on… Read More »
Connections of Santa Ana Lane will rely on a proven form reference for Santa Ana Lane in a bid to get the multiple Group One-winning sprinter to The Everest in peak condition. Santa Ana Lane is set to begin his Everest campaign in Saturday’s Group Three The Heath at Caulfield… Read More »
Trainer Greg Hickman will focus on getting stable star Pierata a Group One win rather than hold out for a spot in the $13 million Everest. After Pierata beat Kementari in the Group Two Missile Stakes, all the talk was about whether he could secure a slot in the second… Read More »
