Group One Coolmore Stud Stakes runner-up Invincible Star will make an appearance on Missile Stakes day at Randwick for a gallop between races as she builds up for her spring preparation. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained sprinter has not started since being overhauled in the final strides by the… Read More »
Former Melbourne jockey Ryan Maloney has had some anxious moments in the start to his new career in Queensland before celebrating a win on Ancient Aztec at Ipswich. Maloney gave Ancient Aztec ($1.70) a lovely run and the gelding hung on to score by a half neck to Love Struck… Read More »
A number of spring contenders will be put through their paces at Cranbourne in the lead-up to the richer races ahead. A total of 24 trials have been scheduled for Monday, kicking off at 8.30am, with eight Group One winners among those nominated. Last autumn’s Vinery Stud Stakes winner Hiyaam… Read More »
A half-brother to Group One winner Single Gaze has put his hand up as an early Victoria Derby contender with a maiden win at Sale. Resurge was having his third career start and his first for the campaign when he took out a 1422m-maiden on Wednesday, as favourite, scoring by… Read More »
Three-year-old filly Causeway Girl will be tested in town for the first time when she heads to Moonee Valley for an early season race against her own age and sex. The Clinton McDonald-trained Causeway Girl made an impression on debut at Murtoa in country Victoria on July 16, winning an… Read More »
The Victorian Jockeys’ Association hopes a timely resolution can be reached with Racing Victoria as they remain locked in a stalemate over an Enterprise Bargaining Agreement. The VJA had hoped a new EBA would be finalised on Tuesday, the last day of the 2017/18 season, with a new one in… Read More »
Trainer Desleigh Forster is taking a cautious approach to the comeback run of her new stable acquisition Cannyescent at Doomben. Cannyescent was originally trained by Gabrielle Englebrecht at Warwick Farm before a stint with the David Hayes, Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig training partnership in Victoria. The gelding has won… Read More »
Nominations have been held open for the Grand National Hurdle at Sandown after 12 horses were entered for the 4200m-race. Unbeaten in three runs over hurdles, Self Sense is the headline act for Sunday’s $250,000 Grand National Hurdle. Following a hurdle win at Warrnambool on July 8, Self Sense carried… Read More »
David Eustace is looking forward to the opportunity to join Ciaron Maher in a training partnership. The pair will have their first runner at the first meeting of the new season at Sale on Wednesday with Smokin’ Bella contesting a benchmark 70 race. Eustace has been an assistant-trainer with Maher… Read More »
Victorian trainer Brent Stanley has been forced to look interstate with stayer Red Alto who will tackle the might of Chris Waller at Randwick. Red Alto is one of 13 nominations for a 2400m-race on Saturday in which Waller has entered 11 and Jamie Thomsen one, Praise Songs. Thomsen has… Read More »
While the Group Two Missile Stakes is being touted as an audition for the $13 million Everest for some horses, nothing could be further from trainer Mark Newnham’s mind with Lanciato. Newnham is aiming Lanciato at the Epsom Handicap and earmarked Saturday’s Missile (1200m) as the perfect starting point for… Read More »
Trainer Chris Meagher is looking forward to seeing how smart filly Pippie is when she lines up at Moonee Valley. A five-length debut winner under Noel Callow at Cranbourne on July 5, Pippie takes on three-year-old fillies company over 1000m on Saturday. Meagher is looking forward to Saturday’s contest to… Read More »
The Sydney spring carnival has been rebranded to Everest Carnival to highlight the importance of the world’s richest race on turf. The Australian Turf Club has announced the renaming of the six-week carnival which begins on September 8 and culminates in the $13 million Everest on October 13. The ATC… Read More »
International contenders for the Melbourne carnival spring have begun to arrive in Australia. Five Australian-owned Japanese imports and a Japanese-bred French horse to be trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott have began two weeks quarantine at Werribee ahead of joining their respective stables. Tosen Basil, Admire Robson and Cassius… Read More »
Queensland’s star rising three-year-olds Ef Troop and Outback Barbie have won their barrier trials in the expected manner and are set to chase spring carnival assignments in the south. Trainer Tony Gollan was all smiles after the pair won separate trials in handy times at Doomben on Tuesday. “Both did… Read More »
Ruby Walsh has made a successful return to action with Easy Game winning the Novice Hurdle, the opening event of the Galway Festival. Out of action since breaking his leg for a second time in quick succession at the Cheltenham Festival in March, Walsh kept things simple from the front…. Read More »
Kementari has been posted the $2 favourite in first markets on the Group Two Missile Stakes but Pierata’s trainer Greg Hickman believes there are a few things in favour of the second-elect. Pierata is at $4.50 to reverse his two seconds behind the Godolphin horse earlier this year after a… Read More »
Victorian trainers Lee and Shannon Hope had no reason to cheat and did not give three of their horses cobalt to enhance their performances in races, their barrister says. The father-and-son training partners have pleaded guilty to a lesser administration charge as they try to overturn their respective three- and… Read More »
Former trainer and jockey Ron Conquest who held a special place in Queensland racing history has died aged 86 after a battle with cancer. Conquest was a member of a family which had a large impact on Queensland racing for nearly a century. He is one of only three people… Read More »
Leading Sydney jockeys Hugh Bowman, Corey Brown and Kerrin McEvoy are set to represent Australia in a jockeys challenge in Singapore. The Premier Gateway International Jockeys Challenge will be held at Kranji on September 25. Bowman, Brown and McEvoy will take on a team from the UK comprised of Hayley… Read More »
