Australian Bloodstock’s Jamie Lovett has serious doubts over the international participation in this year’s Melbourne Cup and says the clock is ticking for Europe’s stayers. Overseas horses have increasingly made up a large part of the Melbourne Cup field and invariably make their presence felt. But with the coronavirus shutting… Read More »
Randwick trainer John Sargent will give Al Sahara the chance to make a quantum leap and upset her more fancied rivals in the Listed Fernhill Mile. The Sargent-trained Foxborough finished second in the 2019 Fernhill at her second start and stablemate Al Sahara will also be racing for just the… Read More »
Mark Newnham’s plans to run Splintex on Golden Slipper day were scuppered but the speedster can collect a decent consolation prize at Randwick. Splintex will contest Saturday’s Group Two Arrowfield 3YO Sprint (1200m) after proving his fitness with a recent barrier trial fourth to star sprinter Nature Strip. Newnham originally… Read More »
Bam’s On Fire has been knocking on the door of a first stakes win and gets her latest chance at Caulfield. The mare runs in Saturday’s Group Three Elvis Thurgood 40th Anniversary Cup named for the jockey who suffered serious brain and spinal injuries in a fall in the 1980… Read More »
Trainer Les Ross is finding it hard to split stablemates River Racer and Mishani Hustler who both return at Doomben. The Ross pair will meet in Saturday’s Racecourse Village Open Handicap (1200m) at Doomben in the first step to some type of winter campaign. Ross is waiting for Racing Queensland… Read More »
Nettoyer’s penchant for junk food is becoming the stuff of folklore but it is her lack of self preservation, rather than her diet, that keeps trainer Wendy Roche up at night. That and the hundreds of text messages Roche has received since the mare’s stunning Doncaster Mile win last weekend…. Read More »
Durable filly Away Game will be out to cap a memorable juvenile season when she fronts up again in the Group Two Percy Sykes Stakes. Away Game has raced at six different tracks across three states so far during her two-year-old season and will run at Randwick for the second… Read More »
Talented two-year-old Dusty Tycoon will make her return at Doomben without her usual cheer squad. The filly is raced by a MiRunners syndicate which has 1000 shares meaning whenever she runs several hundred owners usually are on hand. But with crowd-free racing because of the coronavirus pandemic protocols, Dusty Tycoon… Read More »
Trainer Kelly Schweida is hoping a good barrier can help overcome an unsuitable distance for sprinter Guard Of Honour at Doomben. Guard Of Honour will be having his first run since February 22 in Saturday’s Racecourse Village Open Handicap (1200m). Schweida had hoped to find a 1000m or 900m race… Read More »
A drive-in coronavirus testing centre is to open at Haydock racecourse as part of the British government’s drive to increase testing for thousands of National Health Service workers. The site is part of a network of testing centres being set up around Britain, and will operate on an appointment basis… Read More »
Plans for a resumption of racing in Britain will be reviewed by the board of the British Horseracing Authority next week. Racing has been suspended until at least the end of April amid the coronavirus pandemic, with the last meetings in Britain at Wetherby and Taunton on March 17, both… Read More »
Racing Victoria has written to the Warrnambool City Council to allay fears and explain its coronavirus protocols and ability to stage a two-day carnival in the area. The council has approached the Victorian government to cancel next month’s proposed race meetings on May 5 and 6. But RV says the… Read More »
Champion European sprinter Blue Point will join Darley’s southern hemisphere stallion roster along with Too Darn Hot and Microphone. Too Darn Hot was Europe’s champion juvenile of 2018 while Microphone earned the same title in Australia last season. Blue Point won the Group One sprint double, the King’s Stand and… Read More »
Co-trainers Peter and Paul Snowden will not have a runner in any of the four Group One races on day two of The Championships but could play a leading role in a number of other stakes races. The Snowdens won the Group One Sires’ Produce Stakes with King’s Legacy on… Read More »
Co-trainer Trent Edmonds was quick to thank Racing Queensland after Loving Miss picked up a $73,000 consolation win at the Gold Coast. Loving Miss was backed into $1.55 favourite before overcoming difficulties for an impressive win in the Aquis Two-Year-Old (1300m). Racing in Queensland has been split into zones in… Read More »
Angela Davies and her bargain-buy horse Through The Cracks are what the Provincial Championships are all about. The small-time trainer went looking for a cheap horse at the Scone sales a few years ago and stumbled upon an immature yearling by unfashionable stallion Warning. She liked the cross of a… Read More »
Grand mare Alizee will attempt to turn back the clock when she goes to the races for the final time. The five-year-old will be retired after Saturday’s Coolmore Legacy Stakes for fillies and mares at Randwick, a race appropriately registered as the Queen of the Turf. A triple Group One… Read More »
Having captured the ATC Australian Derby with Quick Thinker, the Kiwis have set their sights on a Classic clean sweep with class filly Probabeel in the Australian Oaks. New Zealand horses have enjoyed a heady run of success in Sydney’s autumn blue ribands with three of the past six winners… Read More »
There will be a hint of sibling rivalry in the Sydney Cup with English brothers David and Harry Eustace both having chances to win the time-honoured Group One race at Randwick. David Eustace trains in partnership with Ciaron Maher in Australia and they operate one of the largest stables in… Read More »
Top three-year-old stablemates Profit and Ballistic Boy will avoid a clash after trainer Chris Anderson made a close study of the fields at Doomben. Profit and Ballistic Boy, who are both owned by Think Big Stud syndicates, have had preparations disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. Both had Sydney trips cancelled… Read More »
