Three-year-old Gold Mag will be out to back up an impressive debut win in country Victoria when he makes his city debut at Sandown. And the Lindsay Park-trained colt will have the services of man-of-the-moment Craig Williams who heads into Wednesday’s meeting after a career-best six winners on the nine-race… Read More »
Blue Point, emphatic winner of the King’s Stand Stakes, heads 19 horses confirmed at the latest declaration stage for the July Cup at Newmarket featuring Australian runner Redkirk Warrior. The Godolphin-owned Blue Point is set to step back up to six furlongs (1200m) on Saturday (Sunday AEST) after his convincing… Read More »
The Australian Turf Club has signed a major partnership with the AFL with the two investigating the feasibility of building a football oval in the middle of Randwick Racecourse. The oval would provide new spaces and facilities for the local AFL Sydney community, and would be used as pre-season training… Read More »
Group One winner Kementari is on track to make his return in the Missile Stakes after cruising around in a Rosehill barrier trial on a day when imported stablemate Home Of The Brave impressed in his first public appearance in Australia. Randwick Guineas winner Kementari came from last to run… Read More »
Gold Coast trainer Toby Edmonds is favoured to claim Grafton’s famous sprint, the Ramornie Handicap, with stablemates Tyzone and Havasay leading the market. Edmonds also has outsider Siegfried in Wednesday’s Listed Ramornie (1200m). Tyzone, the TAB’s $3.50 favourite to be ridden by Glen Colless, will start from barrier seven with… Read More »
The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission has moved to streamline the process for thoroughbred, harness and greyhound trainers to renew their licences. Racing Minister Stirling Hinchliffe said the changes from the previous annual licensing system were a win for Queensland trainers. “Instead of renewing their licences each year, Queensland trainers will… Read More »
Having risen through the ranks during his unbeaten preparation, in-form sprinter Inn Keeper is set to be tested at stakes level for the first time at Caulfield. The Symon Wilde-trained Inn Keeper has won seven of his nine starts, including four from four this campaign, and is scheduled to run… Read More »
New Zealand trainer Peter Lock has arrived in Sydney to get Hiflyer ready for the Winter Stakes. Unfortunately the horse is still stuck at home as flight delays continue to ambush the plan. Lock said the original flight which would have had Hiflyer in Sydney by 6.30am on Monday had… Read More »
The weight-for-age Bletchingly Stakes looms as the next step for Nature Strip, with connections still waiting to see whether the sprinter can secure a slot in The Everest. The Darren Weir-trained Nature Strip took his record to six wins from nine starts when he claimed his first stakes success in… Read More »
Trainer John Gosden has raised the possibility of Roaring Lion and Enable meeting in the Juddmonte International at York. While Roaring Lion has continued on an upward curve by adding the Eclipse to his CV at Sandown on Saturday, Enable has yet to run this season after suffering a knee… Read More »
Veteran stayer Pop ‘N’ Scotch will need a drying track to help him improve on a run of four minor placings in the Queen’s Cup Trophy. It is Queensland’s turn to host the Group Three Queens’ Cup (3200m) which will double as the Queensland Cup at Caloundra this year. Trainer… Read More »
Zac Purton and Joao Moreira have put on a clinic at Sha Tin with four winners apiece on the 11-race program as they continue their premiership battle. Defending champion Moreira went into Sunday’s meeting three behind ex-pat Australian Purton and started with the first two winners. Purton hit back and… Read More »
Champion Winx will be seen before the end of the season with the mare to run in the first of two barrier trials ahead of a tilt at an unprecedented fourth Cox Plate. Following a short break after her Queen Elizabeth Stakes win in April, Winx has been back at… Read More »
With nine city winners in the first week of the final month of the season, Craig Williams has gone a long way to winning his seventh Melbourne jockeys’ premiership. After a treble at Sandown on Wednesday, Williams put on a masterclass at Flemington on Saturday to win six of the… Read More »
Glen Colless will ride Tyzone as the veteran jockey attempts to win the Listed Ramornie Handicap at Grafton for the first time. Gold Coast trainer Toby Edmonds had originally planned to book James Orman for Tyzone in Wednesday’s Listed 1200m-sprint but he will be overseas. “Apparently James had mixed up… Read More »
Adelaide race fans could get an opportunity to see star filly Sunlight in action before her juvenile season is over. Sunlight has raced seven times this season for five wins including the $2 million Magic Millions Classic at the Gold Coast in January as well as the Silver Slipper and… Read More »
In-form stayer First Crush will be given the chance to avenge his defeat in last year’s Grafton Cup rather than tackling the Group Three Queen’s Cup at Caloundra. First Crush has finished second in the Listed Ipswich Cup and Listed Caloundra Cup at his past two starts. Trainer Chris Munce… Read More »
Jockey Jeff Lloyd has finished second in his final attempt to win the Durban July, the premier race in his native South Africa. Lloyd, who has announced his intention to retire, possibly before the start of the new season on August 1, will win the Brisbane premiership for the third… Read More »
Speedster Tarzan is likely to miss the James Kirby Quality at Grafton to tackle a race on his favoured home track of Caloundra. Trainer Stuart Kendrick had planned to take Tarzan to Grafton on Thursday for the Kirby but was bemused when the gelding was given 61.5 kg. “They haven’t… Read More »
Roaring Lion has fought hard to beat old rival Saxon Warrior to win the Group One Eclipse Stakes at Sandown. The two classy three-year-olds had the 10-furlong (2000m) race to themselves and no quarter was given in the closing stages. Hawkbill made the running from Forest Ranger, but the older… Read More »
