Training partners Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young have decided to reassess immediate plans for fillies Angelic Spirit and Snogging who will line up against each other at Caulfield. Both were heading on a path towards black-type races but instead will contest a 1600m-race for three-year-old fillies on Saturday. Angelic Spirit… Read More »
Glyn Schofield will undergo a period of rest to treat a back problem which resulted in the jockey being briefly hospitalised. Schofield has been taken off his rides on Wednesday and has had the dates of a careless riding suspension altered to begin on Thursday. The problem surfaced on Friday… Read More »
Lindsay Park is set to unveil a couple of its latest Shadwell Stud European imports at Caulfield. Senior Lindsay Park trainer David Hayes, and before him his father Colin, has had a long and rich history with imported Shadwell Stud horses including Melbourne Cup winners At Talaq and Jeune, Caulfield… Read More »
Victorem has already won the richest prize for country horses and will be out to consolidate his reputation when he takes on Group company for the first time. Trained at Port Macquarie by Jenny Graham, Victorem was a decisive winner of the $500,000 Country Championship final at Randwick on April… Read More »
Veteran New Zealand jockey Chris Johnson is planning to revive his jumps career in a bid to help him win another premiership. He will ride Delacroix in the Wingatui Function Centre 2200 at Wingatui on Tuesday and then ride the eight-year- old in the open hurdles at Riverton on May… Read More »
Trainer Tony Gollan has had a change of heart with unbeaten filly Shamurt and will run her in the Listed Dalrello Stakes at Doomben. Shamurt made it two wins from two starts when she beat boom filly Cuddle Me Tight in a two-year-old race at Toowoomba on April 7. Gollan… Read More »
A capacity field of 16 plus one emergency has been declared for the VRC St Leger at Flemington. The staying test, at Listed level for three-year-olds, is the last of its kind run in Australia although the ATC version was reintroduced this season, but is also open to older stayers…. Read More »
Trainer Aidan O’Brien expects Ryan Moore to travel to America to ride Mendelssohn in the Kentucky Derby rather than stay at home for the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket. Moore has had a long-held ambition to win the Churchill Downs spectacular and appears to have every chance after Mendelssohn put up… Read More »
Amanaat is out of the early winter carnival races after injuring his jaw in a barrier incident at Doomben. The sprinter spent Sunday at a veterinary clinic undergoing tests for a nasty gash to his mouth received when his head hit the starting stall before Saturday’s Listed Ascot Handicap. Trainer… Read More »
Order Of St George is off to a winning start this preparation with victory over his two rivals in the in the Vintage Crop Stakes at Navan. The six-year-old, part-owned by Australian Lloyd Williams, ran second to Torcedor 12 months ago as the 4-5 favourite, but he made no mistakes… Read More »
SYDNEY AUTUMN CARNIVAL; LEADING GROUP ONE WINNERS; Horses: Winx (3) Happy Clapper (2) Trapeze Artist (2) Trainer: Chris Waller (6) James Cummings (2) Mick Price (2) Pat Webster (2) Jockey: Hugh Bowman (5) Blake Shinn (3) Tye Angland (2) Mark Zahra (2) Glyn Schofield (2) Group One winners at the… Read More »
Gerald Ryan will respect any decision Trapeze Artist’s owner Bert Vieira makes regarding the future of the colt but admits he would love to keep training him. Vieira has been fielding offers from studs for the three-year-old who added Saturday’s Group One All Aged Stakes to his TJ Smith Stakes… Read More »
Destiny’s Kiss is a stayer in every sense of the word. The nine-year-old’s enthusiasm for racing continues unabated as Joe Pride’s stable stalwart prepares for his 10th campaign since his first start at Geelong in 2011. Destiny’s Kiss had a relaxed trial at Warwick Farm on Friday when Pride saw… Read More »
Stakes-winning colt Saint Patricks Day will have a jump-out before trainer Chris Munce makes a decision on his return to racing at Doomben. Saint Patrick’s Day won the Listed Dalrello Stakes which was run at Eagle Farm almost a year to the day of Saturday’s meeting. He ran fourth in… Read More »
Jockey Patrick Moloney holds sprinter Rich Charm in such high esteem he will try to talk his trainer into running him in a feature Group One race in Adelaide. Crowd favourite Rich Charm stormed home to claim the VOBIS Gold Sprint (1200m) at Caulfield on Saturday, his second win in… Read More »
Glyn Schofield will have some time to get over a back injury which resulted in him being hospitalised. Schofield was suspended at Saturday’s Randwick meeting for an incident in the Group Three J H B Carr Stakes after which he was forced to forfeit his remaining rides because of the… Read More »
An influx of southern Queensland trainers is expected to head to the northern carnivals after an injection of nearly $600,000 in sponsorship across the three racing codes. Racing Queensland announced the deal as a backdrop to the recent merger of the Tatts Group with Tabcorp. The sponsorship in way of… Read More »
A trip to Caulfield for a gallop between races has Super Cash spot-on for a Group One assignment in Adelaide. Super Cash is being aimed at the $1 million Sangster Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville on May 5, a race in which she finished 10th behind Secret Agenda last year. Trainer… Read More »
Trainer Leigh Wanless has been disqualified for 12 months after Mista Busy returned a positive to cobalt at race meeting in Rockhampton. Queensland Racing Integrity Commission stewards concluded an inquiry after cobalt was detected in a urine sample taken from Mista Busy on February 16, 2017. The original inquiry held… Read More »
The Doomben racing surface has held up strongly under pressure but more remedial work will be done before the first winter carnival Group One race. A heavy shower during the third race on Saturday meant the track started to cut up and was downgraded to a heavy 8 rating. But… Read More »
