Horse racing fans who have debated whether Secretariat would have beaten Sir Barton, if Assault was faster than Affirmed, will get an answer of sorts soon. NBC will televise the virtual Kentucky Derby on May 2, the day this year’s Classic would have been run if not for the coronavirus… Read More »
Champion harness racing trainer and reinsman Gavin Lang has died aged 61. Lang was diagnosed with a rare type of lymphoma in September last year and had been undergoing treatment in Melbourne. He drove his first winner in June 1975 and in 2017 became the second Australian driver to reach… Read More »
Trainer Mike Moroney is expecting a vastly improved performance from Milwaukee when the sprinter returns to the straight course at Flemington. Milwaukee was well beaten first-up in a 1200m-handicap at Caulfield on April 11, finishing second last on a soft track, and drops back in distance in Saturday’s WCDR Ian… Read More »
Leading South Australian Derby contender Russian Camelot has been scratched from a lead-up race at Flemington but is still scheduled to head to the Classic in Adelaide. Danny O’Brien withdrew Russian Camelot from Saturday’s 1700m-Handicap on Friday afternoon, with the trainer saying on Twitter the colt had an inflamed throat…. Read More »
Jockey Matt McGillivray has said farewell to riding in Queensland’s south metro region with a winning double at the Gold Coast. Racing Queensland has divided the state into six zones with metropolitan racing in the south centred on the Gold Coast and the north based mainly in Brisbane. Jockeys elected… Read More »
Four years after capturing the Hawkesbury Guineas with Spill The Beans, Gerald Ryan is looking to Bandersnatch to deliver him another. The three-year-old resumes in Saturday’s Group Three feature, run this year on his home track of Rosehill because of protocols surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. Ryan has earmarked both the… Read More »
Guntantes can take a major step towards giving trainer Robert Heathcote a three-pronged attack on the Group One Stradbroke Handicap when he runs at the Sunshine Coast. Guntantes is considered among the best three-year-olds in Queensland but blotted his copybook when he finished last at Doomben on March 28. Heathcote… Read More »
A younger brother of multiple Group One winner Jameka, two-year-old colt Grandslam is poised to make his own mark at stakes level. Trained by Ciaron Maher and David Eustace, Grandslam runs in Saturday’s Listed Anzac Day Stakes (1400m) at Flemington where he will get the chance to highlight his potential… Read More »
Renowned for his ability to revive the careers of tried horses, Joe Pride is on a mission to return his latest recruit, Archedemus, to the winner’s list. The horse makes his stable debut in the Group Three Hawkesbury Gold Cup (1500m) at Rosehill on Saturday, 12 months after claiming the… Read More »
The New Zealand racing industry has been given the go ahead to resume training, trialling and racing with the easing of the COVID-19 Alert level. From Tuesday, the level will go from a four to a three with many restrictions still in place. NZ Thoroughbred Racing plans to be back… Read More »
Adrian Bott is hoping a return to a good track and a slight step up in distance will give Dawn Passage the chance to shine in the Hawkesbury Guineas. Dawn Passage is one of two runners for the Gai Waterhouse and Bott training partnership in Saturday’s Group Three Hawkesbury Guineas… Read More »
Mares of a certain age can lose interest in being racehorses and Gary Portelli feared that was the case with Nicci’s Gold this campaign. The five-year-old’s trackwork had been lacklustre and she was not showing her usual enthusiasm around the stable. But since getting another taste of competition when she… Read More »
Trainer Bryan Guy is looking a year ahead after promising filly Sizzlepel claimed her second win in less than a weel. Sizzlepel ($4.80) made it two wins in five days when she led all the way in Friday’s 2YO Handicap (1400m) at the Gold Coast metropolitan standard meeting. Guy, who… Read More »
Promising three-year-old Indy Car has been sold to Hong Kong interests and will not take his place in the Hawkesbury Guineas. Trainer Anthony Cummings confirmed he had received news of the sale of the Gerry Harvey-owned three-year-old on Friday. Cummings has form on the board when it comes to the… Read More »
The annual stand-alone meeting at Hawkesbury, being held at Rosehill this year because of coronavirus restrictions, has attracted quality fields, a trend trainer Kris Lees expects to continue into the winter. Lees has several leading chances on the eight-race card, headed by dual Group One winner In her Time in… Read More »
Robbie Griffiths has completed the first part of the the job he was given when fellow Cranbourne trainer Mick Kent transferred promising three-year-old stayer Royal Crown to his stable. The task was to win the Galilee Series Final (2400m) at Caulfield on April 11 with Royal Crown stepping up to… Read More »
Queensland apprentice Zoe White has had her six month disqualification for breaking coronavirus regulations halved on appeal. White became the first racing participant in Australia disqualified for breaching the regulations at an inquiry earlier this month. Stewards found she ignored a direction on April 1 to stand down from riding… Read More »
Trainer Les Ross does not believe there is much betwen Mishani Hustler and River Racer as they step up their winter campaigns in the same race. Mishani Hustler and River Racer take on a quality field of winter carnival hopefuls in Saturday’s Henzells Open Handicap (1000m) at the Sunshine Coast…. Read More »
A limit on field sizes with races restricted to senior jockeys feature in plans for a phased return to racing in Britain. The last meetings held in Britain were at Wetherby and Taunton on March 17, both behind closed doors. All plans for the resumption of the sport will be… Read More »
Multiple Group One-winning jockey Michael Rodd is to return to Australia with uncertainty surrounding racing in Singapore. Rodd, who said he would base himself in Melbourne, made the decision after an extension of the shut-down of the sport until at least June 1. All industry participants have been under a… Read More »
