Jockey Michael Hellyer has been cleared to ride for the rest of the day after falling in the first at Caloundra. Hellyer was dislodged from Mistoffelees shortly after the start of the Stanley River Thoroughbreds Plate on Saturday. He was checked by the club doctor, who passed him fit to… Read More »
A spring campaign aimed at the Thousand Guineas is on the radar for promising filly Anjana after she kept an unbeaten start to her career intact in impressive fashion at Moonee Valley. The Darren Weir-trained two-year-old made her city debut on Saturday in the Dominant Homecare Products Handicap (1200m) and… Read More »
Impressive Zoustar gelding Ronstar is tracking towards premier three-year-old races over spring after emphasising his promise with a clinical win at Rosehill. Connections have already rebuffed offers from Hong Kong after his eye-catching debut at the same track last month, though interest could intensify after the two-year-old’s victory in the… Read More »
Damian Browne is at the centre of an inquiry into his ride on Fighting Teo at the Sunshine Coast. Fighting Teo ($3 fav) ran sixth, beaten 9-1/4 lengths in a Class One Handicap (1400m) on Friday after getting well back early. Stewards opened a running and handling inquiry into the… Read More »
Forever Together has shed her maiden tag with a stunning victory in the Oaks at Epsom to give trainer Aidan O’Brien a seventh win in the Classic. Ridden by O’Brien’s son, Donnacha, Forever Together was a 7-1 chance. O’Brien fielded five of the nine runners on Friday (Saturday AEST) and… Read More »
Cracksman has had to pull out all the stops to claim a narrow victory in the Coronation Cup at Epsom. Trained by John Gosden’, Cracksman was the highest-rated horse in Europe last season following a scintillating display in the Champion Stakes at Ascot. And having appeared better than ever in… Read More »
Trainer Logan McGill will have to front the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board after being charged over a positive swab to a corticosteroid returned by one of his runners. The prohibited substance, Triamcinolone Acetonide, was detected in a blood sample taken from the McGill-trained Integrated after his third in a… Read More »
Queensland’s leading trainer Ben Currie has been granted a temporary stay of a suspension allowing him to continue training for the time being. In a complicated legal ruling, Currie was granted a stay until five days after an internal review of the decision on Monday by stewards to charge him… Read More »
Canberra trainer Garry Kirkup’s racing rehabilitation will take another step forward when Highly Geared has her first Sydney start since a car accident claimed the life of his partner. Highly Geared ran at Rosehill six days days after track rider and picnic jockey Samara Johnson was killed as she and… Read More »
A decision to switch plans for tough sprinter Calanda looks set to reap the gelding his most important win. Calanda has been a consistent performer for the Peter and Paul Snowden training partnership winning six races including the Listed Ramornie Handicap at Grafton and Listed Takeover Target Stakes at Gosford…. Read More »
Victoria’s three biggest horse races have had significant boosts as part of a $12.4 million prize money injection across the state. Australia’s most iconic race, The Melbourne Cup, increases by $1 million to $7.3 million this year while the Cox Plate and Caulfield Cup both increase $2 million to $5… Read More »
A wet Sunshine Coast track has trainer John Thompson enthusiastic about Nieta’s prospects to snap a more than year-long wait for a win. But while she may have conditions to suit, Nieta will face formidable opposition from her elder sibling Tumbler who is the market leader for Saturday’s Listed Lightning… Read More »
Cranbourne trainer Cindy Alderson wishes she had a stable full of horses like O’Lonera. The winner of almost $525,000 prize money, O’Lonera returns for a winter campaign in the Kate O’Sullivan Mile at Moonee Valley on Saturday. O’Lonera hasn’t raced since finishing fifth in the Adelaide Cup at Morphettville in… Read More »
Tye Angland has no expectation of reeling in Brenton Avdulla in the race to the Sydney jockeys’ premiership. Far from being defeatist, the former junior rodeo rider is already content to have ticked off a significant career milestone. Angland is third on the premiership table with 63 metropolitan wins, three… Read More »
While Victoria’s three showpiece spring races highlight significant prize money increases, country racing has also received a boost. Representatives from Racing Victoria, the Victoria Racing Club, Melbourne Racing Club, Moonee Valley Racing Club and Country Racing Victoria were on hand on Friday for announcements of prize money increases at various… Read More »
The huge money being paid for black-type winning mares has proved an incentive for Yamazaki to tackle the Listed Phoenix Stakes at the Sunshine Coast. Trainer Chris Anderson has Yamazaki in the Group One J J Atkins Stakes on Saturday week and she looks assured of a start. He admits… Read More »
Trainer John O’Shea is confident Irish Bet can make a successful comeback to racing at Rosehill after health issues ruled out a trip to the Queensland winter carnival. A stomach upset forced O’Shea to spell the promising colt after he tailed the Group Two Skyline Stakes (1200m) field at Randwick… Read More »
Trainer Robbie Griffiths is a subscriber to the theory you need luck in racing. With two months of the season remaining, Griffiths needs some luck to swing his way if he’s to approach his tally of winners from previous years. So far Griffiths has trained 55 Victorian winners, shy of… Read More »
Consistent Dreams Aplenty is set to consign the only poor run of his career to history at the Sunshine Coast. Dreams Aplenty scored a fighting first-up win in the Gold Coast Cup and will be trying to make it back to back Listed wins in Saturday’s Spear Chief Stakes (1400m)… Read More »
Victoria’s three biggest horse races have had a significant prize money boosts as part of a series of prize money injections across the state. The announcement of prize money increases were made on Friday with the Melbourne Cup boosted by $1 million to $7.3 million while the Cox Plate and… Read More »
