Highly Geared will take her place at Rosehill in the name of seriously injured trainer Garry Kirkup. Racing NSW chief steward Marc Van Gestel said fellow Canberra trainer Doug Gorrell would take responsibility for the stakes-placed mare when she runs in the Mark Hughes Foundation Handicap (1100m) on Saturday. Kirkup… Read More »
Queensland trainers have called for an urgent meeting to address problems with the lack of stayers in the state. Chris Waller has exposed the weakness of Queensland stayers by winning nine middle distance races in Queensland since Sydney’s premier trainer opened his Gold Coast stable in August. Other NSW and… Read More »
Former Godolphin Australia managing director Henry Plumptre has been appointed chief executive of New Zealand’s famous Cambridge Stud. Plumptre will take over when new owners Brendan and Jo Lindsay assume control of the stud from Sir Patrick Hogan in April. He will oversee both the stud and the Lindsay Racing… Read More »
Marsha has become the highest-priced horse sold at a European auction, fetching six million guineas ($A 11 million approx) at the Tattersalls December Mare Sale. The Prix de l’Abbaye and Nunthorpe winner, trained by Sir Mark Prescott, was bought by MV Magnier, son of Coolmore Stud’s John Magnier, for a… Read More »
Favourite Black Heart Bart has firmed to $3.30 after drawing barrier one for the Kingston Town Classic. Trained by Darren Weir, Black Heart Bart was beaten in a photo-finish to the Railway Stakes by Great Shot who will jump from gate 12 as a $15 chance. Godolphin’s It’s Somewhat, who… Read More »
Trainer Henry Dwyer hopes he will be the winner when the real Showdown takes place at Caulfield. Dwyer and fellow trainer Troy Corstens faced up to each other at the North Melbourne Boxing and Fitness Gym on Tuesday to launch Victoria’s latest $1 million race, The Showdown. To be run… Read More »
The Hunter Valley’s thoroughbred breeding industry says it feels unwanted in the region after the NSW government renewed an exploration licence for a potential underground mine in the Upper Hunter. In the same statement the government said there would be no open-cut mine at the Drayton South site, regardless of… Read More »
Trainer Garry Kirkup has woken from abdominal surgery to repair injuries he suffered in a single car accident in which his partner, Samara Johnson, was killed. The two were travelling on the the Gundagai Road at Eurongilly in the NSW Riverina on Sunday afternoon when the car left the road,… Read More »
Facts about the inaugural $1 million The Showdown * named after Australian champion and Victorian-based stallion Showdown who stood at Stockwell Stud between 1966 and his retirement in 1983 * Showdown sired 46 stakes race winners, 13 at Group One level, including Golden Slipper, Blue Diamond, Derby and Oaks winners… Read More »
The inaugural $1 million stallion-related race for two-year-olds, The Showdown, will be run at Caulfield next year. Named for the former Australian champion Victorian-based sire of the 1970s, the race in April is restricted to juveniles sired by one of the 54 VOBIS nominated stallions while also being Super VOBIS… Read More »
Carnina was bought with the Magic Millions in mind so the filly’s first race day experience at Rosehill will influence whether she returns to the Gold Coast. Trainer Mark Newnham admits race day inexperience could be against Carnina who is one of 10 newcomers among the 14 nominations for the… Read More »
Diamond Jubilee Stakes winner The Tin Man has been withdrawn from the International Sprint in Hong Kong because of a temperature. HKJC stewards said James Fanshawe-trained gelding had presented with a fever after arriving from England and was taken out on Tuesday. The Tin Man’s absence reduces the number of… Read More »
Pakenham Cup hopeful Grey Lion is deep into his preparation but his trainer Matt Cumani believes the stayer is getting better with racing. The imported Grey Lion is yet to win in Australia since his arrival last spring, but the six-year-old has been thereabouts lately with three placings and a… Read More »
Barry Molloy is nearing his 80th birthday, but he hopes to be celebrating a momentous occasion long before April. The Forbes trainer last had a metropolitan winner in the 1990s and although he was vague on the date, he said it was “a bloody long time ago”. Molloy is keen… Read More »
Lismore Turf Club manager Scott Jones is out of an induced coma and on the mend after suffering serious burns at the racecourse about two weeks ago. Jones received burns to about 45 per cent of his body after an explosion occurred when he went into a kitchen at the… Read More »
Working in deep sand has put Black Heart Bart’s season back on track and the gelding is now poised to start favourite in the final Group One race of the year. After a winless Melbourne spring when Black Heart Bart was battling a foot issue, he spent time at trainer… Read More »
The fall in which popular country jockey Darren Jones lost his life has been judged an accident. Racing NSW stewards have concluded an inquiry into the fall at Warialda in northern NSW on April 8 in which jockeys Leanne Henry and Melanie Bolwell also fell and were injured. Stewards said… Read More »
Injured Group One winner Gingernuts has had a setback and has been returned to the Werribee University Clinic where he is being monitored for infection. The New Zealand-owned gelding suffered a pastern injury on the way to the barriers for the Emirates Stakes at Flemington on November 11 for which… Read More »
The second Chinese Festival of Racing will be held at Randwick on the day champion Winx could make her autumn return. The event, held in conjunction with The Star, will be on the second day of the Lunar New Year on February 17 and will combine the Apollo Stakes race… Read More »
In-form South Australian Jamie Kah has been called up to represent an international team in a jockeys’ series in New Zealand. The Jockeys’ World Cup Prelude will be held at Ellerslie on December 13. Kah was called on to replace the suspended Blake Shinn in the international team where she… Read More »
