Jason Collett has produced an astute ride to lift Futooh to a potential Group One start after an impressive win at Randwick. Collett was in the saddle when the Lindsay Park two-year-old filly broke her maiden in January, and he was the difference on Saturday as Futooh weaved through traffic… Read More »
Strapper Agathe de Roquefeuil remains in Liverpool Hospital after being kicked by a horse in the tie-up stalls at Warwick Farm. Initial fears de Roquefeuil had suffered spinal injuries in the incident at Wednesday’s race meeting have been allayed. Rev Colin Watts of the Australian Racing Christian Chaplaincy said she… Read More »
Chris Waller is looking to Unforgotten’s pedigree to reinforce his belief the talented filly can justify her favouritism for the Group One Australian Oaks at Randwick. Waller pointed to the three-year-old’s dam side as the key to Unforgotten over the 2400 metres of the $1 million race. “The 2400 is… Read More »
Trainer Ben Currie and his father Mark Currie have fronted stewards for a second time in an inquiry into activities at their Toowoomba stable. Queensland Racing Integrity Commission stewards’ opened an inquiry last Saturday after investigative officers saw staff allegedly acting suspiciously at Currie’s stable near horses some of which… Read More »
Dropping back from Group One company to the $500,000 Provincial Championships final should work in Just Dreaming’s favour but Kris Lees is still wary. The Newcastle trainer has seven chances in the race and although Just Dreaming is the fancied runner, barrier 13 might bring the mare back to the… Read More »
The hype surrounding Winx has been inescapable since Ken Condon arrived in Sydney but the Irish trainer is not obsessing over the champion mare. Condon has glimpsed one race involving the world’s greatest horse on turf, Red Excitement’s bold attempt to catch Winx unaware in the Group Two Chelmsford Stakes… Read More »
The Seymour Racing Club has been forced to transfer its upcoming meeting to Echuca after the track performed below expectations at its return meeting. Tuesday’s meeting at Seymour was the first at the course since December 21 with the track coming under fire after clods were thrown up from the… Read More »
Sydney Cup favourite Almandin will join a select group if he is successful in the time-honoured Group One staying feature at Randwick. Only six horses have won both a Melbourne Cup and a Sydney Cup in the rich history of both races. The imported Almandin won the 2016 Melbourne Cup… Read More »
Country Queensland star Fab’s Cowboy can take a step to regaining his crown as the horse to win most races in an Australian season when he has his second metropolitan start at the Sunshine Coast. Fab’s Cowboy runs in the Open Handicap on Saturday with top jockey Jim Byrne in… Read More »
Like a lot of trainers John Price would like to see the predicted showers arrive ahead of the Caulfield meeting. Melbourne has been going through an unseasonally dry spell which was aided by strong winds on Friday. Forecast showers could bring between 3mm and 8mm on Saturday which Price says… Read More »
Glyn Schofield reckons an invigorated Houtzen can strengthen her claims for another shot at The Everest through the Group Two Arrowfield Sprint at Randwick. The Gold Coast-trained filly ran as the Aquis Farm representative in last October’s inaugural $10 million sprint. Trainer Toby Edmonds brought Houtzen to Sydney for the… Read More »
Silent Sedition heads to the Coolmore Legacy Stakes off a slightly different preparation from a year ago but trainer Andrew Noblet believes the mare is thriving ahead of her latest big-race assignment. The quality sprinter-miler started favourite and finished fourth in last year’s edition of the 1600m Group One race… Read More »
Victory in a stakes race is vital for any potential broodmare. When trainer Grahame Begg was flicking through upcoming race programs some months ago he made a mental note of the Listed Galilee Series Final, a race for three-year-olds over 2400m at Caulfield on Saturday. But it wasn’t until after… Read More »
Japanese trainer Yoshinori Muto is not prepared to predict his long-awaited Group One victory will happen far away from home at Randwick but is more than happy with Pre Stwick’s lead-in to the Sydney Cup. Muto has yet to prepare a Group One winner in 15 years of training so… Read More »
The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission has confirmed it has stood down two employees of Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie during an ongoing investigation into activities at his stable. Stewards opened an inquiry into possible breaches of race day treatment rules of a number of horses at Currie’s Toowoomba base last Saturday… Read More »
Father and son training partners Bryan and Daniel Guy are looking forward to the Sunshine Coast meeting and the chance to run Protest on the spacious track. Queensland trainers have been pushing for more Saturday metropolitan meetings on the big Sunshine Coast track with Eagle Farm out of action. Many… Read More »
Corey Brown will be riding trough the pain barrier when he attempts successive Sydney Cup wins at Randwick. The experienced jockey spent last week shedding weight to ride D’Argento in the Doncaster Mile but was unable to take the mount after an incident on The Lord Mayor in the Australian… Read More »
Some encouraging words from international jockey Michael Rodd have given trainer Kelly Doughty confidence for the winter carnival with two-year-old Blue Book. The winner of his three starts, Blue Book returns in the Two-Year-Old Handicap (1200m) at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday. Doughty decided against setting Blue Book for the… Read More »
Nicky Henderson has trained a treble on the first day of the Grand National meeting at Aintree to further enforce his claims as the leading National Hunt trainer. The treble was headed by Gold Cup runner-up Might Bite who made no mistakes in his dominant display in the Betway Bowl…. Read More »
Local police have been called in to investigate the circumstances that led to a race meeting at Kilmore being abandoned because of safety concerns over steel spikes on the track. Thursday’s meeting was called off before the first race after two steel pegs were found to have been driven into… Read More »
