Jackson Murphy showed why he is tipped to be Brisbane’s leading apprentice next season with a clever ride to score his first Saturday city win on San Telmo. Murphy, 22, is from the northern rivers but has been with Eagle Farm trainer Chris Anderson for the past nine months. He… Read More »
In response to a high number of horses being balloted out of recent turf meetings during winter, Racing Victoria has added a meeting at Bairnsdale before the end of this season. The meeting will be conducted on Sunday week with eight races programmed ranging from maidens to 0-58 events and… Read More »
Two South Australian trainers have been disqualified after being found guilty of attempted race day treatment of two horses and conduct intended to corrupt the outcome of a race. Morphettville training partners Niki O’Shea and Ashton Downing have been disqualified for five years and two years respectively at the conclusion… Read More »
Trainer Shea Eden has been hit with six charges by Racing Victoria stewards including one for stomach tubing a horse on the day it was due to race. The compliance assurance team inspected facilities where the Eden-trained horses were housed for the Swan Hill three-day carnival in June and on… Read More »
American sprinter Bound For Nowhere will set for the Breeders’ Cup after failing to secure a spot in the $13 million Everest in Sydney. Trainer Wesley Ward had hoped Bound For Nowhere, third in the Group One Diamond Jubilee at Royal Ascot, would get a place in the sprint at… Read More »
Darren Weir is closing in on another milestone in his latest record-breaking season. Weir has already smashed his own training records for winners Australia-wide and is also setting a new mark for Victorian metropolitan winners in a season. With three city meetings to go he sits on 147 metropolitan winners… Read More »
The Open Handicap at Doomben has attracted only six acceptors but three of them are rated among the best sprinters in the state and also the unluckiest. Heading the way is trainer Barry Lockwood’s six-year-old mare Tumbler who has won seven races and finished second four times from just 13… Read More »
Few horses have better winter form than Easy Eddie who will be on a quick back-up for the second time this campaign when he runs in the July Sprint at Randwick. Since he won at Canterbury on May 2, three-year-old Easy Eddie has claimed another two wins and three minor… Read More »
A relatively short turnaround since So You Swing’s last-start second is co-trainer Simon Zahra’s only query for the filly ahead of the Byerley Handicap at Flemington. So You Swing is one of two runners for co-trainers Mat Ellerton and Zahra in Saturday’s $120,000 race for two-year-olds , a late-season chance… Read More »
Don’t be surprised to see a bit more of New Zealand trainer Peter Lock and some of his compatriots once the new prize money levels take effect in Sydney. Lock got a pleasant surprise with Wednesday’s announcement of $125,000 minimum prize money for Saturday metropolitan races and $50,000 on a… Read More »
Apprentice Lachlan King has failed in his appeal against a careless riding suspension. King was banned for seven meetings at Caulfield last Saturday for careless riding aboard Strike Force in a 1400m race, with that suspension on top of another seven-meeting penalty he incurred a week earlier. The apprentice lodged… Read More »
Mr Money Bags has been living up to his name in recent months and will attempt to add to his record when he runs at Flemington. If successful in Saturday’s Murray Cox Handicap (1600m), Mr Money Bags will be a three-time winner at the inner city track. Mr Money Bags… Read More »
A good barrier draw has convinced trainer Liam Birchley to chase successive Tattersall’s Mile wins at Doomben. Birchley has Fit For Purpose from barrier two in the Listed race, the final stakes event of the Queensland racing season. The trainer said he had only been half-hearted when he nominated Fit… Read More »
Jaameh still has plenty of work to do to be a player in the big spring Cups but Hall of Fame trainer David Hayes believes the imported stayer has the right credentials. The rising six-year-old makes his reappearance in Saturday’s K A Morrison Handicap (2000m) at Flemington after making a… Read More »
Damian Lane looks like he will finish second in the Melbourne jockeys’ premiership but the multiple Group One-winning rider is on target to take out the state premiership in Victoria. Lane rode a winning treble at Echuca on Thursday to take his state-wide tally for 2017/18 to 125. It moved… Read More »
Menari is the latest horse to secure a spot in the $13 million Everest with slot holder Max Whitby confirming he will run for him and partner Neil Werrett. Whitby supported Vega Magic in the inaugural running last year but has taken a gamble with Menari who has not raced… Read More »
Magic Millions-winning filly Sunlight has made a one-act affair of her first public appearance since the Sydney autumn carnival. Unsighted since running third to Esitjaab in an all-fillies finish to the Golden Slipper, Sunlight was unextended to win a barrier trial at Morphettville on Thursday. Trainer Tony McEvoy sent Sunlight… Read More »
Vega Magic will tune up for the Bletchingly Stakes in a Flemington jump-out and trainer David Hayes believes the sprinter is ready to press his claims for one of the remaining slots in The Everest. The dual Group One-winning sprinter is scheduled for an 800m jump-out on Friday. “I’m sure… Read More »
Two-year-old Ben Hercules will be trying to enhance his standing as a candidate for black-type racing when he makes his Sydney debut at Randwick. The Lindsay Park-trained colt has returned this preparation with back-to-back wins in Victoria at Bendigo and Sandown over 1000m. Connections then opted to send him north… Read More »
As anticipation grows in the lead-up to Winx’s appearance in a barrier trial, her trainer Chris Waller is keen to get a guide on the prospects of new stable acquisition Single Gaze. Before Winx runs in a 900m trial at Rosehill on Monday, Single Gaze runs over 800m at Warwick… Read More »
