Trainer Angela Davies hopes a jockey will materialise for Machinegun Jubs on race day at Randwick, after her search drew a blank. The mare is in the field for the Listed June Stakes (1100m) but Gosford-based Davies has been unable to source a rider. “I’m having a little starvation at… Read More »
Gold Coast trainer Toby Edmonds can put the icing on his best season to date if Sizzling Ace can win the Group One J J Atkins Stakes at Doomben. He recently brought up 50 metropolitan winners for the season and is a clear second to Tony Gollan on the Brisbane… Read More »
Star jockey Tommy Berry is to return to Sydney racing in the upcoming season. Berry has been based in Hong Kong for 2017/18, firstly as stable rider for John Moore and more recently as a Jockey Club rider, but announced on Friday he had decided to head home at the… Read More »
Emerging apprentice Jean Van Overmeire is looking forward to renewing his association with Doukhan after the sturdy stayer helped spark his breakthrough season. Originally from South Africa, Van Overmeire began his apprenticeship in England before giving it away to work for trainer Mike De Kock and then making his way… Read More »
Victory by Mahamedeis in the Queensland Derby would get the Group One monkey off the back of trainer Nick Ryan. A former champion jockey, Ryan won the Victorian premiership as an apprentice but was winless at the highest level, finishing in the placings on seven occasions. “I had about six… Read More »
Star sprinter Redkirk Warrior has arrived back in his former homeland in preparation to compete on the world stage at Royal Ascot. Winner of this year’s Lightning Stakes and the past two Newmarket Handicaps in Melbourne, Redkirk Warrior arrived at his Newmarket base in England on Thursday night (Friday AEST)… Read More »
Trainer Chris Anderson struggles to remember one of his horses being as unlucky in the run as Mishani Bullitt at his most recent start. Mishani Bullitt flashed home to finish third to boom three-year-old Perast in the Fred Best Classic at Doomben two weeks ago. Anderson and many others considered… Read More »
There are pointers from two astute veterans that indicate Newcastle three-year-old Perast has a genuine chance in the Group One Stradbroke Handicap at Doomben. Perast, who earned a place in Saturday’s Stradbroke by winning the Fred Best Classic at his last start, is trained by multiple Group One-winning trainer Paul… Read More »
Edwin Batt has worn many hats during his career with one constant, the odd racehorse or two. Growing up on the family farm in the south midlands of Tasmania, Batt has always had an involvement with horses. ‘Elwick Eddie’ as he was known through his association with radio program Punter… Read More »
Scone trainer Brett Cavanough is confident The Monstar will have no trouble backing up within a week for his biggest test in the Stradbroke Handicap. Cavanough also hopes the infamous curse on winners of the Moreton Cup in the Stradbroke will be irrelevant as Saturday will be only the third… Read More »
Brisbane Racing Club officials are hopeful the Doomben track can be in the soft range for its premier race day with fine weather returning to the region. The track was rated heavy on Friday morning with stewards to walk it in the afternoon. The track has received 20mm of rain… Read More »
Racing Victoria is appealing the leniency of Queensland trainer Liam Birchley’s one-year ban over the Aquanita race day treatments case. Birchley and Victorian trainer Tony Vasil, who was outed for three years, continue training while they appeal their disqualifications in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. RV lodged its own… Read More »
Steven Pateman, the champion jumps jockey who has also turned his hand to training, has been charged over an elevated cobalt reading returned by one of his runners before a steeplechase. Pateman and stable employee Jessica Barton were hit with charges by Racing Victoria stewards on Thursday. The Pateman-trained Sir… Read More »
Damien Thornton’s return to Victorian racing has gone better than he expected and the emerging young jockey is on the verge of riding a century of winners in a season for the first time. Thornton, who also had a stint riding in NSW during his apprenticeship, spent 14 months in… Read More »
Justify has arrived at Belmont Park safe and sound ahead of his bid to become United States thoroughbred racing’s 13th Triple Crown winner. The Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes-winning colt was accompanied on the flight from Kentucky by his Bob Baffert-trained stablemate and Belmont opponent Restoring Hope and a stable… Read More »
Godolphin’ head trainer James Cummings is excited at the prospect of a sixth Group One win for the season in the Stradbroke Handicap but can’t hide his disappointment he might have only one runner. Last year’s winner Impending is second favourite for Saturday’s $1.5 million Stradbroke Handicap at Doomben but… Read More »
Chris Waller believes imported stayer Araaja is poised to break through for a first win in Australia as he launches a four-pronged assault on the Winter Racing Handicap at Randwick. Sydney’s premier trainer is confident after studying the mare’s wet track form in France ahead of a 2000m test on… Read More »
Santa Ana Lane has already claimed a Group One win in Adelaide this campaign but the trip to Queensland for the $1.5 million Stradbroke Handicap is by no means an afterthought. The Anthony Freedman-trained gelding will be out to continue his successful season on Saturday when he aims to add… Read More »
Red Dream has taken time to run into winning form but now he has, the six-year-old has earned his first start at Randwick for three years in the Stayers’ Cup. His trainer Kerry Parker’s main focus will be on stablemate Dark Dream in Saturday’s Queensland Derby but he will keep… Read More »
Regular visits to the racetrack have been the making of Scottish Rogue who will attempt a third-straight win when he runs at Flemington. After victories at Pakenham and Sandown, Scottish Rogue runs in Saturday’s Eugene Gorman Handicap (1100m). Michael Shepherdson, who runs trainer Tony McEvoy’s Melbourne stable, said Saturday’s race… Read More »
