Scone trainer Brett Cavanough is hoping to clarify the next phase of Another Sin’s career when the gelding has a second crack at competing in Group company. The three-year-old was being aimed at the Magic Millions carnival but a foot abscess put paid to those plans. He will now line-up… Read More »
Mick Price says he will be disappointed if High Ratio does not measure up when the colt makes his stakes racing debut in a key Blue Diamond lead-up at Caulfield. High Ratio won convincingly in his only start at Bendigo on December 6 and steps out on his home track… Read More »
Trainer Mark Newnham admits time is running out for Diamond Tathagata to rediscover the sparkle that produced a Skyline Stakes win last season. Twelve months on from Diamond Tathagata’s Group Two success, the three-year-old is under pressure to perform against top quality opposition in Saturday’s Inglis Sprint (1100m) at Warwick… Read More »
Trainer Robert Heathcote often says how important Angie and Neil Duncan are to his stable and it will be reaffirmed when he saddles four top chances for the owners on Saturday. Heathcote and the Duncans will be represented by Bidii Babe, Ingeegoodbee, Pinch Passion and Suggan Buggan at Doomben. The… Read More »
An extensive study has confirmed vaccination against the deadly Hendra virus does not affect the racing performance of horses. Whether the vaccinations can diminish a horse’s ability on the racetrack has been a major discussion point in racing in recent years. A vaccine has been available since 2012 but less… Read More »
A field of 14 has accepted for the first Group One race of the Melbourne autumn carnival, the CF Orr Stakes at Caulfield. Champion trainer Darren Weir will saddle three runners in the 1400m contest, including last year’s winner Black Heart Bart. Weir will also start Japanese imports Brave Smash… Read More »
Melbourne jockey Ryan Maloney is looking forward to the challenge awaiting him and boom sprinter Nature Strip against dual Group One winner She Will Reign in the Inglis Sprint in Sydney. Maloney has ridden Nature Strip in four of the gelding’s five starts, winning three times and finishing second in… Read More »
After waiting patiently for Nettoyer to recover from injury, Wendy Roche realises success at black-type level will not be instantaneous for her more mature mare. The four-year-old will run in the Group Two Breeders’ Classic, her first race since she trounced her rivals by 10 lengths on a heavy Randwick… Read More »
A Victorian apprentice has been fined and suspended for using his mobile phone at a recent Caulfield race meeting. Apprentice Brandon Stockdale fronted the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board on Tuesday, pleading guilty to the charges following a stewards inquiry at the Caulfield twilight meeting on January 17. He was… Read More »
Apprentice Fred Kersley is back from an injury lay-off and the teenager is hoping to make an immediate impact in his return to city racing at Sandown. Kersley suffered a fractured thumb and hairline fracture to an elbow in a fall at Sandown on December 20, only a few weeks… Read More »
John Sargent hopes Royal Witness can finally replicate his success training juveniles in New Zealand when the promising colt makes his debut with the Golden Slipper in mind. A $60,000 yearling at the Magic Millions sales, Royal Witness will make a belated start to his racing career on his home… Read More »
Trainer Mick Kent wishes he could wind the clock back more than 20 years to the days when the Group One C F Orr Stakes was run at Sandown. The Orr over 1400m was transferred to Caulfield in 1997 and on Saturday it’s the first Group One race of the… Read More »
Gun colt Merchant Navy is on target to make his return in the Rubiton Stakes at Caulfield as he builds to his main autumn target, the Newmarket Handicap. Merchant Navy is one of the headline nominations for Saturday’s Group Two Rubiton (1100m), one of two options considered for his return… Read More »
A tentative date as been given by the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board to hear charges against those involved in the Lovani case. Racing Victoria stewards have charged eight people in connection to the probe that emanated from the alleged raceday treatment of the Robert Smerdon-trained Lovani at Flemington last… Read More »
Winx’s first start of her campaign has been changed to the Group One Chipping Norton Stakes to ensure jockey Hugh Bowman can ride. Bowman lost an appeal against a suspension which keeps him out until after the Group Two Apollo Stakes on February 17 which was to be the champion’s… Read More »
There’s no guarantee she’ll even head to the UK, but British bookmakers are already braced for the prospect of Winx adding a Royal Ascot success to her glittering resume. Trained by Chris Waller, Winx has won 26 of her 32 starts, the past 22 in a row including 15 at… Read More »
Dual Group Three winner Slightly Sweet will have a tough first-up assignment in the Breeders’ Classic but her trainer Jason Coyle is confident she is in for a good campaign. She was one of eight mares entered on Monday for the Group Two 1200m Breeders Classic at Warwick Farm, her home… Read More »
The racing career of Lord Of The Sky could come to an end if he is successful at Group One level. Trainer Robbie Laing is hoping that may be as early as Saturday when the seven-year-old runs in the C F Orr Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield. Lord Of The Sky… Read More »
No matter when or where Winx begins her next campaign or who rides her, the champion is ready to go after another pleasing barrier trial when fifth behind top sprinter Redzel at Rosehill. Hours after Monday’s 1000m-trial, Hugh Bowman lost a bid to have a careless riding suspension reduced and… Read More »
Trainer Grahame Begg has walked away from the Cranbourne trials a relieved man. He had watched two-year-old Written By score an impressive 800m-trial win, but more important was the notification the colt had passed a barrier test. The two-year-old was slapped with the ban following his win on heavy ground… Read More »
