It’s not hard to understand why jockeys head overseas to continue their riding careers. In Asian countries the hours are defined, often two race meetings a week, while trackwork and trials are completed before midday. It makes for a work-life balance that jockeys in Victoria crave. Have Your Say 🗣:… Read More »
The final Australian Group One race of the season presents Melbourne mare Super Cash with her latest chance to break through at the elite level. A triple Group Two winner, Super Cash has had eight starts in Group One races without winning but came close at her most recent outing… Read More »
Edward O’Rourke is upbeat about Churning’s ability to handle race day pressure for the first time as the trainer primes his first juvenile by Lonhro for her debut at Canterbury. The filly is the 11th two-year-old the Randwick trainer has sent out this season and Churning will attempt to emulate… Read More »
Former jockey Steve Jeffries has died three weeks after being diagnosed with liver and pancreatic cancer, aged 55. Jeffries was a champion apprentice under Mal Barnes and won 14 Group and Listed races with the highlight the 1988 Group One Canterbury Guineas on High Regard. His race riding career was… Read More »
Trainer Ed Dunlop is hoping Red Verdon can be the horse to finally deliver a first British-trained winner of the Melbourne Cup. Dunlop prepared Red Cadeaux to finished second in the Cup three times and the trainer will look to run Red Verdon in the Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot… Read More »
Champagne Cuddles and Prompt Response have been posted $6 equal favourites in the TAB’s first markets on the Group One Tatt’s Tiara at Doomben. Thirty seven fillies and mares have been entered in Saturday’s 1350m-race, the final Group One event of the Australian racing season which has a 16-horse limit…. Read More »
Multiple Group One-winning jockey Steven Arnold says he still hasn’t made a decision whether he will make a return to race riding. Arnold hasn’t ridden in a race in Australia since March last year when he partnered the Grahame Begg-trained Land Of Plenty in the Rosehill Guineas. He took up… Read More »
Victorian trainer Mick Bell and Jungle Edge have been popular and frequent visitors to Sydney and will return for the Winter Dash at Randwick with an additional incentive. Jungle Edge won the Listed June Stakes last Saturday week and his reappearance will give Bell the chance to reinforce his case… Read More »
Victorian apprentice Michael Poy has finished a close second in an apprentices’ only race at Chantilly in France. Riding in front of a crowd of 40,000 attending the Group One Prix De Diane on Sunday, Poy was beaten a head in the Longines Prix Futures Stars race over 1600m. His… Read More »
Trainer Frankie Stockdale is hoping the aptly named Flogga can live up to his name when he runs at Flemington. Bought for $60,000 as a yearling, Flogga was to be resold at the breeze-up sales but bouts of shin soreness resulted in Stockdale and owner John Plozza retaining the gelding…. Read More »
The appeals of four of the trainers disqualified over the Aquanita race day treatments case are expected to be heard together. Robert Smerdon, Stuart Webb, Tony Vasil and Queensland trainer Liam Birchley are all appealing their bans in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. VCAT on Monday heard the appeals… Read More »
Jockey John Robertson has had a careless riding suspension reduced on appeal at the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board. Robertson was suspended at Swan Hill on June 8 and again at Edenhope on June 10. He appealed the severity of a 20-meeting suspension incurred at Edenhope for an incident in… Read More »
Jockey Jamie Kah hopes to make more hit-and-run visits to Melbourne in coming months after a successful raid at Moonee Valley. Kah guided South Australian sprinter Showpero to victory on Saturday and said with the Adelaide carnival over she hopes to be a regular visitor if opportunities arise. But the… Read More »
Premier trainer Tony Gollan is confident he can set a new record for wins in a Queensland metropolitan season after adding to his tally with a double at Ipswich. Gollan won Saturday’s Listed Eye Liner Stakes with I’m A Rippa and the Class Six handicap with Of The Day to… Read More »
Thirty seven fillies and mares are vying for positions in the 16-horse field for the Tatt’s Tiara at Doomben, the final Group One race of the Australian racing season. Saturday’s 1350m-race also caters for five emergencies to be named in addition to the final field. The much-fancied Champagne Cuddles is… Read More »
Queensland’s chief steward Allan Reardon says he will see out the final weeks of his contract despite openly criticising the head of the state’s racing integrity unit. Reardon is set to be replaced on August 1 by former Singapore chief steward Peter Chadwick. A steward for 40 years, Reardon told… Read More »
Laurens has given trainer Karl Burke and jockey PJ McDonald their first taste of Classic success with a determined victory in the Prix de Diane at Chantilly. Having rounded off her juvenile campaign with a Group One triumph in the Fillies’ Mile at Newmarket, the filly returned to finish second… Read More »
Star stablemates Sunlight and Oohood will go in different directions for their three-year-old spring campaigns. Trainer Tony McEvoy says Magic Millions winner and Golden Slipper placegetter Sunlight will be aimed at sprint races in Melbourne while Oohood will head to Sydney for the Princess Series. Oohood is a contender for… Read More »
If top Queensland mare Savanna Amour can win the Tatt’s Tiara connections hope it will help her stake a claim for a slot in the $13 million Everest. The winner of five stakes races, Savanna Amour showed she was back to her best when she beat a quality field in… Read More »
Adelaide trainer Phillip Stokes expects to have the first part of his new Victorian stable operational this spring and believes it will help him make even more of an impact in Melbourne racing. Stokes is in the process of setting up a stable at Pakenham and once it is built… Read More »
