The Victoria Racing Club has entered into a long-term agreement to broadcast the Melbourne Cup carnival into the UK and Ireland. Signing a deal with Sky Sports Racing will allow 14 million homes to tap in and watch the VRC’s four-day carnival. The highlight is Melbourne Cup day, with the… Read More »
New Zealand trainer John Bary is considering options for Miss Wilson ahead of her Group One goal at the Queensland winter carnival. The half-sister to Jimmy Choux who Bary trained to Group One wins on both sides of the Tasman, Miss Wilson was withdrawn from Saturday’s Rotorua Stakes (1400m) because… Read More »
Champion jumps rider Ruby Walsh is hoping to be given the all-clear to return to the saddle for the feature meeting at Auteuil in France. The leading rider has been sidelined since breaking his leg for the second time in quick succession in a fall at the Cheltenham Festival in… Read More »
Dual Group One-winning sprinter Terravista has run his last race with trainer Joe Pride and his owners retiring him after a lacklustre performance at Scone. Terravista ran ninth of 12 runners in Saturday’s Listed Ortensia Stakes, a race connections decided was a better option than the Group One Doomben 10,000…. Read More »
Super Cash has remained in Adelaide since a luckless run in the Robert Sangster Stakes to prepare for another Group One race at Morphettville. The Andrew Noblet-trained mare finished 11th behind Shoals in the Sangster on May 5 and will run in Saturday’s Goodwood. Super Cash failed to get clear… Read More »
Toowoomba trainer Kevin Kemp is confident he has used up all his bad luck as he maps out a Group One course for talented filly Plumaro. Kemp’s apprentice Nick Keal suffered a fractured right collar bone riding track work on Thursday morning. Keal’s horse veered to the left and crashed… Read More »
Jamie Richards will assume sole training duties at New Zealand’s powerful Te Akau Racing with senior partner Stephen Autridge to step down to spend more time with his family. Richards, 28, will take over the eight-time champion stable from the beginning of the new season on August 1. “Together Stephen… Read More »
Jason Collett is headed for an unwanted holiday after the Scone carnival, but he is looking forward to a trip to Singapore on his return. Collett has started a careless riding suspension for his winning ride on Gem Song at Randwick on May 5 but fortunately the ban does not… Read More »
Mick Price doesn’t have the training numbers of Darren Weir, Chris Waller or Lindsay Park but he will have representation in two upcoming Group One races. Oregon’s Day runs in Saturday’s Doomben Cup and Secret Agenda contests the Goodwood at Morphettville while he will also be represented at Flemington. “We’re… Read More »
English’s win in the Doomben 10,000 has Gai Waterhouse a step closer to joining her late father Tommy Smith as the trainer of all Queensland’s Group One races. Smith dominated winter carnivals for years winning 33 races which are now Group One in Brisbane – Queensland Derby (12), Queensland Oaks… Read More »
Racing Queensland is planning to trial a change to the apprentice allowance system in the state designed to give young riders a better career path. The changes would include apprentices in the metropolitan area being able to claim 3kg until they ride 20 winners, 2kg until they reach 50 winners… Read More »
Knight To Behold has put himself in the frame for Classic glory at Epsom with a dominant win over odds-on favourite Kew Gardens in the Lingfield Derby Trial. Richard Kingscote took the Harry Dunlop-trained colt straight to the front and he had an uncontested lead. Knight To Behold was at… Read More »
Trainer Jason Coyle will look to raise the bar at the Brisbane carnival for Siren’s Fury after the mare broke through for her first stakes win in the Group Three Dark Jewel at Scone. Siren’s Fury was stakes-placed last year as a three-year-old but went up substantially in grade on… Read More »
A missed trip to Brisbane for a stakes race has turned into victory for Lucky For All at Caulfield. Lucky For All was booked on a flight from Melbourne on Thursday night to run in the Group Three Rough Habit Plate at Doomben on Saturday, but the flight was cancelled… Read More »
Tim Clark ended a memorable Doomben 10,000 day with a florish when he rode Dark Dream to a runaway win in the Group Three Rough Habit Plate (2000m). Dark Dream, the $2.45 favourite, overcame the outside alley in the 15-horse field with ease to outclass his rivals winning by four… Read More »
A resurgent Tracey Bartley has enjoyed a Scone Cup carnival to remember. Bartley ended the two days of racing with three winners when promising sprinter To Excess won Ortensia Stakes on Saturday. To Excess’ clear-cut win in the Listed sprint followed stablemate In Good Time’s victory in the Denise’s Joy… Read More »
Darren Weir has claimed his third successive South Australian Derby win with Leicester giving Melbourne’s premier trainer his ninth Group One win for the season. Ridden in a prominent position by Damian Lane, Leicester, the $4 favourite, took the lead at the 300m and kept the advantage to hold off… Read More »
Jockey Tim Clark chartered a path that was supposedly a no-go zone to set English on the path to the $13 million The Everest with a win in the Group One Doomben 10,000. Most jockeys had declared the inside of the Doomben track as the least preferable path, but Clark… Read More »
Apprentice Liam Riordan is on the move after announcing a switch to Caulfield trainer Ciaron Maher. Riordan is transferring from the Flemington base of Leon and Troy Corstens after winning on Exceltara in The Sheen Service Panel Handicap at Caulfield on Saturday. “I signed the paperwork today,” Riordan said. “I’ve… Read More »
Unbeaten filly In Good Time has given Wyong trainer Tracey Bartley a second win at the rich Scone carnival with her victory in the Listed Denise’s Joy Stakes. On Friday, the Bartley-trained Bare Naked Lady won Friday’s 100,000 Inglis Two-Year-Old Challenge (1100m). While Bare Naked Lady started favourite, In Good… Read More »
