We Have Lift Off has finally made it to the races after a year-long lay-off, and the fit-again filly did not disappoint at Canterbury. Now aptly-named, the three-year-old completed an impressive return from a leg injury by winning Wednesday’s Pluck@Vinery Plate (1100m) by three-quarters of a length. It was just… Read More »
Senior Lindsay Park trainer David Hayes admits to being pleasantly surprised Shokora has been able to make the step from maiden grade to city success at Sandown so quickly. By winning Wednesday’s Dream Thoroughbreds Handicap (1300m) at Sandown, Shokora made the jump from victory in a Geelong maiden on the… Read More »
Gary Portelli will rely on Single Bullet in the $100,000 Magic Millions race for three and four-year-olds at Wyong believing the race will be beyond Hutcho. Even though Thursday’s field is small, and with Hutcho out will be reduced to six, Portelli will look elsewhere for the four-year-old. “We put… Read More »
For the second time in his career, the promising Cruze faces a last-minute chase for prize money to get into a major race. Cruze ($2.20) showed his class in running 1min18.88sec to win a 3YO Handicap (1350m) at Doomben on Wednesday. It is rare for a horse to break 1.19s… Read More »
Apprentice Fred Kersley will have precautionary X-rays on an arm following a fall from Foudre Boulon at Sandown. Kersley fell from the mare who broke down near the 300m mark of the Clanbrooke Racing Handicap on Wednesday. He returned to the jockeys’ room with his arm in a sling and… Read More »
Talented colt All Too Huiying opens a campaign targeting the Magic Millions carnival when he gets accustomed to the lucrative meeting’s venue on the Gold Coast. Trainer Gary Moore gave the three-year-old a freshen-up after he won the Listed Seppelt Wines Stakes (1800m) on his first trip to Melbourne early… Read More »
Higher Ground has had no issues with a step up in trip as his encouraging maiden preparation continued at Canterbury. The Chris Waller-trained colt made light work of a Benchmark 70 Handicap (1900m) to boost his record to two wins from five starts. After marking time behind pace-setter Chain Of… Read More »
Apprentice Tahlia Hope has had a red letter day recording a career-best four winners at Echuca. Riding at Wednesday’s secondary meeting held over from Monday because of forecast hot weather, Hope rode three winners for trainer Patrick Payne with her final winner aboard Barchetta, a pick-up ride for Aaron Purcell…. Read More »
The addition of blinkers to the gear of Mr Money Bags has paved the way to the gelding registering his maiden victory. After runs at Moe and Wangaratta over 1114m and 1400m respectively, trainer Robbie Griffiths applied the blinkers to the gelding’s race gear in Wednesday’s Ladbrokes Plate (1400m). They… Read More »
Richard Litt will attempt to upstage Chris Waller when a gelding he acquired from his compatriot challenges a Warwick Farm field dominated by Sydney’s premier trainer. Ashkannd is in the midst of a racing resurgence since being transferred to Litt’s developing stable in September, and the seven-year-old gelding is going… Read More »
Now that Bel Burgess has struck form his trainer Michael Roebuck is hoping it is the start of another winning streak. The Geelong-trained gelding will be out to add to last month’s Wodonga Cup success when he runs in Saturday’s NJT20cricket.com.au Handicap (1500m) at Moonee Valley. Bel Burgess strung together… Read More »
Apprentice Ben Thompson has failed in his bid to have a careless riding suspension overturned by the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board. Thompson fronted the RAD Board on Wednesday to appeal the decision of stewards and the severity of a 12-meeting ban incurred at Caulfield on Saturday. Racing Victoria stewards… Read More »
Stewards will hold a meeting with Brisbane Racing Club officials to develop a consistent procedure for race starts In Queensland. The move follows complaints from jockeys about the start of the Listed Gold Edition Plate at Doomben on Saturday. Chief steward Allan Reardon confirmed he would seek the meeting before… Read More »
It might not have been pretty but Solo Saxophone has made history as the first runner and first winner over jumps for his sire, former champion racehorse Frankel. Formerly trained by Dermot Weld, the three-year-old colt is now in the care of Dan Skelton who sent him out at Catterick… Read More »
Picnic jockey Samara Johnson has been farewelled at the Young racecourse where she rode her last winner. The racing community along with family and friends gathered at the NSW Riverina course on Tuesday to honour the memory of the 25-year-old who died at the scene of a single vehicle accident… Read More »
Blake Shinn has been questioned at length in camera at an ongoing inquiry into his ride on Star Sensation in a race at Rosehill. Shinn and apprentice Andrew Adkins, who rode Burden Of Proof, again appeared before Racing NSW stewards on Tuesday over tactics in the race on November 25…. Read More »
The Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board will allow Late Charge to perform in two barrier trials before determining whether the gelding is fit to race again. Late Charge hasn’t raced since finishing fourth in the Listed Regal Roller Stakes at Caulfield in August 2015. On June 8, Racing Victoria stewards… Read More »
Lloyd Kennewell hasn’t been taken in by La Pomme De Pin’s crushing victory in a Magic Millions lead-in race at Ballarat, saying the filly must prove herself again to guarantee a trip to the Gold Coast. Although ranked No.1 in the order of entry for the $2 million 2YO Classic… Read More »
Gary Portelli’s plan to teach Secret Lady a bit more about race craft has fallen flat with the filly doing her own thing in a barrier trial at Warwick Farm. The trainer had the two-year-old in a heat on Tuesday against older horses, hoping they would jump too strongly for… Read More »
Trainer John Sadler is considering whether to appeal a six-week improper conduct penalty at the Victorian Civil Administrative Tribunal. The Caulfield-based horseman was on Monday handed the ban by the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board after pleading guilty to charges laid by stewards in relation to his conduct over the… Read More »
