Prairie Fire stormed into calculations with a win a week out from the Group One Blue Diamond Stakes and the colt is a chance to give trainer Mick Price another success in Victoria’s premier race for juveniles. Price has won two of the past six Blue Diamonds with Samaready (2012)… Read More »
John Sargent insists has no qualms about challenging Luvaluva to open her autumn campaign in the Group Two Hobartville Stakes at Rosehill. The Randwick trainer had the option to start the three-year-old filly against her own kind in the Group One Surround Stakes (1400m) on her home track on Saturday… Read More »
Injured jockey Geoff Goold is hoping to return to race riding but knows it is a long shot. Goold who started as an apprentice aged in his mid 20s has ridden 203 winners. But he hasn’t ridden since April after shattering a leg in a trackwork accident. “I was riding… Read More »
Trainer Kevin Kemp is hoping a gear change for his filly Plumaro can swing the pendulum back in his favour at Doomben on Saturday. Kemp has been in great form in the past month winning races with Plumaro, Mr Marbellouz, Tisani Tomso and Noor Dropper. But luck has also gone… Read More »
Two three-year-olds will take on the older horses in the Group One Futurity Stakes at Caulfield. Caulfield Guineas winner Mighty Boss and fellow three-year-old colt Showtime are among the Futurity Stakes field of 11 for Saturday’s 1400m weight-for-age race which is headlined by three runners from the Darren Weir stable. Weir… Read More »
British bookmaker William Hill is set to pay PS6.2 million ($A10.9 million) in penalties for “systemic social responsibility and money laundering failures”, the Gambling Commission has announced. An investigation by the body revealed that between November 2014 and August 2016, the bookmaker breached anti-money laundering and social responsibility regulations. It… Read More »
One-time favourite Tosen Stardom has been officially withdrawn from Australian Cup entries at the first acceptance stage while star sprinter Redzel is no longer in Newmarket Handicap calculations. First acceptances for Saturday week’s Australian Guineas and the following week’s Newmarket Handicap and Australian Cup have closed with 29 three-year-olds remaining… Read More »
A Ballarat trainer has been suspended for three months and fined after being found guilty of two of three charges relating to the treatment of a horse. Simon Morrish was on Tuesday suspended until June 1 and fined $500 by the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board after the inquiry stemming… Read More »
A clash between Winx and Enable is the dream of English racing officials who are in Australia to continue the campaign to get the local champion to the northern hemisphere. Royal Ascot’s director of racing Nick Smith, Adam Waterworth, the managing director of sporting at Goodwood and York’s chief executive… Read More »
Caulfield Guineas-winning colt Mighty Boss has taken no harm from his luckless C F Orr Stakes run and is flying ahead of the Group One Futurity Stakes. That’s the assessment of the colt’s trainer Mick Price who is preparing to give the three-year-old another opportunity to snare a valuable weight-for-age… Read More »
Daysee Doom returns to the fray for trainer Ron Quinton in the Millie Fox Stakes at Rosehill while stablemate Dixie Blossoms, is edging closer to a comeback. The two mares have already tussled in two barrier trials and are set for a more significant showdown in the Group One Coolmore… Read More »
A capacity field of 16 will tackle what is considered one of the most open Blue Diamond Stakes in its history. Following Tuesday’s barrier draw in which he came up with seven, the Lindsay Park-trained Long Leaf was the $7 favourite ahead of Plague Stone and Oohood at $8. Long… Read More »
Ace High won a 1400-metre race as a late-two year-old but trainer David Payne is not pinning his hopes on another short-course victory in the Hobartville Stakes. What he hopes to see at Rosehill on Saturday is the colt hitting the line hard as the Victoria Derby winner builds into… Read More »
Mick Price has turned his attention towards the Golden Slipper with Seabrook after the promising filly failed to gain a place in the Group One Blue Diamond Stakes. Price has one of the leading contenders, Prairie Fire, in Saturday’s $1.5 million Blue Diamond (1200m) at Caulfield but had also been… Read More »
John Sargent’s hopes of qualifying his first runner for a Golden Slipper hinge on Royal Witness rebounding from a disappointing debut when he runs at Canterbury. The Randwick trainer will send the colt out again on Wednesday in the Pluck@Vinery Handicap (1200m). The $2.15 favourite on his home track a… Read More »
Lindsay Park co-trainer David Hayes has taken the disappointment of missing a Blue Diamond start with Seberate in his stride. The two-year-old was one of the 23 paid-up acceptors for Saturday’s Group One Blue Diamond for two-year-olds at Caulfield, but was eliminated when he fell outside the safety limit of… Read More »
Crack Me Up has had an easy hit-out in a Doomben barrier trial ahead of another trip to Sydney. The gelding won the Group Two Villiers (1600m) at Randwick in December which earned him a ballot free entry to the Group One Doncaster Mile on April 7. The gelding had… Read More »
Long Leaf is the slight favourite in an open Group One Blue Diamond Stakes after the barrier draw for the $1.5 million race for two-year-olds at Caulfield. Long Leaf is undefeated in three starts and was $7 with TAB fixed odds after coming up with barrier seven in a capacity… Read More »
A capacity field of 16 plus four emergencies has been declared for the Group One Blue Diamond Stakes for two-year-olds at Caulfield. The Lindsay Park stable of co-trainers David and Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig won the race last year with Catchy and have four runners in Saturday’s $1.5 million… Read More »
Impressive form on the training track has Bons Away primed for a crack at the Group One Oakleigh Plate. The four-year-old gelding has been a notable early mover in TAB fixed odds all-in betting, firming from $26 to $13 for Saturday’s 1100m handicap at Caulfield since the market opened on… Read More »
