Memories of one of his most exciting days will come flooding back for veteran trainer John Wallace when Larry Cassidy rides Cossie at Doomben. Cossie will run in the Two-Year-Old Handicap (1050m) which will be the first race run with the new $70,000 prize money pool for Brisbane Saturday races…. Read More »
One of the premier country Cups in NSW is the autumn target for Wodonga-trained Willi Willi who will first chase another Melbourne win. The Craig Widdison-trained Willi Willi will be tested at 2000m for the first time in Saturday’s Mal Seccull Handicap at Caulfield after handling his first test over… Read More »
Former smart juvenile Boomwaa has struggled to recapture his early form but seems to have a new lease of life since moving to Queensland. Now a six-year-old, Boomwaa was trained by Robbie Laing in Victoria when he won the 2013 Group Three Maribyrnong Plate at Flemington. He was also second… Read More »
A drop in both grade and distance has allowed So Splendid return to winning form at Sandown. In a campaign now stretching out to nine runs, So Splendid had been winless since her first-up win at Warwick Farm in October. That all changed with a dominant performance in Wednesday’s United… Read More »
Queensland trainer Liam Birchley will not race a horse in Victoria for the remainder of the season. Birchley, who has been a regular at Victorian carnivals on on a visiting trainer’s permit, was issued with a show cause notice on January 12, He was issued with Racing Victoria stewards’ charges… Read More »
Right from the time Hermanito had his first race start he had big shoes to fill. A younger brother of multiple Group One winner Brazen Beau, Hermanito was expected, in some circles, to follow in those illustrious footsteps. While Brazen Beau was able to score on debut, it took until… Read More »
Trainer David Vandyke’s decision to geld promising Let’s Party Marty proved a winning move at Ipswich. Let’s Party Marty, a prohibitive $1.28 favourite, gave Vandyke the second leg of a winning double. An impressive winner at his first start in a good quality Doomben three-year-old race, Let’s Party Marty was… Read More »
Lightly raced colt Messerschmitt is expected to have taken improvement from a recent maiden win in preparation for a lucrative sales-restricted race at Caulfield. The Anthony Freedman-trained Messerschmitt is the only horse with race-winning experience in Saturday’s $250,000 Inglis Premier (1200m) for two-year-olds at Caulfield, which has five first starters… Read More »
Kerrin McEvoy can’t ride Winx but he can help another of suspended jockey Hugh Bowman’s blue chip autumn mounts make a winning return at Rosehill. McEvoy, ready to resume riding after an extended break because of injury, has confirmed his allegiance to Everest winner Redzel when the sprinter resumes in… Read More »
Adelaide trainer Phillip Stokes will weigh up the options but is leaning to sending two-year-old colt Chicago Typewriter to Melbourne for a crack at the Group Three Chairman’s Stakes at Caulfield. Stokes has also accepted for Chicago Typewriter in a race at Morphettville on Saturday but the colt has drawn… Read More »
Trainers have sought an urgent meeting with Racing Queensland officials to address problems associated with preparing raceday tracks. RQ is expected to meet with a trainers delegation in Brisbane on Thursday to discuss the issue. The matter came to a head when Ipswich was rated a Good 3 for Wednesday’s… Read More »
Lightly raced but promising Hanwritten will be ridden behind the pace at Doomben after showing he likes that style of racing in two barrier trials. Hanwritten has been a work in progress for trainer Matthew Dunn who believes the gelding has untapped potential. The now seven-year-old showed ability from his… Read More »
Canberra trainer Nick Olive believes his stable star Single Gaze has improved again as she builds up for autumn targets in Melbourne and Sydney. Single Gaze was runner-up in the $3 million Caulfield Cup during a six-start spring preparation in Melbourne and is back preparing to resume in Saturday week’s… Read More »
A Queensland trainer has been disqualified on a cobalt charge and has been banned for a period of 12 montsh. A pre-race urine sample taken from the Gilbert Baker-trained Beautiful Love at Nanango, in the Burnett region, on September 16 showed the presence of cobalt in excess of the allowable… Read More »
Dual Group One runner-up Lord Of The Sky is one of three late entries for the Expressway Stakes at Rosehill. Trained by Robbie Laing in Victoria, Lord Of The Sky ran second to Chautauqua in the 2015 TJ Smith Stakes at Randwick and second to Flamberge in the Goodwood in… Read More »
An encouraging return to racing by Bravo Tango has signalled he is on track for his autumn goal and the colt will take another step towards his Guineas target when he runs in the Manfred Stakes. The Mitchell Freedman-trained Bravo Tango closed strongly from last to finish third in the… Read More »
The Melbourne Cup quinella pairing of Rekindling and Johannes Vermeer headline nominations for the Australian Cup. Entries for the March 10 Group One feature over 2000m at Flemington closed on Tuesday with 53 horses entered. Rekindling won last year’s Melbourne Cup for Irish trainer Joseph O’Brien and remained in Australia… Read More »
Hugh Bowman’s bid to have a suspension reduced so he can ride Winx in her return will be heard by the Racing NSW Appeal Panel but he still has to confirm a date for another appeal in New Zealand. Bowman was outed in Sydney at last Friday’s Warwick Farm meeting… Read More »
Clarry Conners’ quest for a fifth Golden Slipper could move closer if either Skyray or Our Dawn can take the next step in their respective races. Both are entered for the two-year-old features at Rosehill on Saturday and also for a two-year-old maiden at Canterbury on Friday night. The trainer… Read More »
Apprentice Tahlia Hope is awaiting results of X-rays to determine the extent of rib injuries she suffered in a trackwork fall at Seymour. After the fall on Monday, Hope stood down from riding at the Geelong trials later that morning and was replaced on rides at Ballarat on Tuesday and… Read More »
