Mornington trainer Matt Laurie is concerned a wet Sandown track won’t give him enough answers about promising three-year-old Flash Cash. The winner of a Bendigo maiden two starts ago, Flash Cash is set to have his first run on a wet track in Saturday’s Chandler Macleod Handicap. A trip to… Read More »
Viddora takes strong Melbourne spring carnival form into the $1 million Winterbottom Stakes in Perth and trainer Lloyd Kennewell is hoping the mare gets a trouble-free run in her latest bid to break through at the top level. Adelaide-trained Viddora arrived in Perth last Sunday week and Kennewell can’t fault… Read More »
Chris Waller will learn if he has inherited another handy European import when Mister Sea Wolf adds the element of unknown to his three-pronged assault on the Group Three Festival Stakes. While Japonisme and Good Project are seasoned domestic performers, Mister Sea Wolf has only stepped out in a barrier… Read More »
Trainer John Sadler faces a charge of improper conduct over the scratching of Observational from a race at Sandown. Racing Victoria stewards issued the charge against Sadler for his alleged conduct before and after stewards ordered Observational’s scratching from the Group Three Eclipse Stakes at Sandown on November 18. Observational… Read More »
The punt to bring back Gamblestown from retirement has not yet paid dividends, but trainer Joe Pride is confident the rejuvenated gelding can justify the faith of connections. Leg issues appeared to have ended the seven-year-old’s racing life but after more than a year off, Gamblestown embarked on a lengthy… Read More »
Wet weather thwarted Kilmore Cup day plans for stablemates War Legend and Lord Barrington and trainer Mike Moroney is hoping it does not happen again at Sandown. War Legend was entered for last Sunday’s Listed Kilmore Cup (1600m) while Lord Barrington was in a support race, but the meeting was… Read More »
Fresh from a double on Mudgee Cup day, Hawkesbury trainer Brad Widdup is willing Junglized to continue the trend with a coveted metropolitan win at Rosehill. The three-year-old gelding was Widdup’s first runner – and winner – at Canberra in May shortly after he started training out of Platinum Park… Read More »
The anticipated big wet at Sandown is not expected to cause too many disruptions for trainer Robert Smerdon. The Caulfield stable has four runners engaged at Saturday’s meeting with only Bellegano unlikely to take her place. Bellegano is listed to run in the 1300m Chandler Macleod Handicap. “I just question… Read More »
Jeff Lloyd and Robbie Fradd’s decision to miss the Doomben meeting has given rising star jockey Matt McGillivray a chance to win his second stakes race. Lloyd and Fradd will be riding in an international jockeys series in Mauritius where they have both previously been champion jockey. They dominate the… Read More »
Apprentice Taylor Marshall has lodged an appeal against a lengthy suspension for careless riding. Earlier this week, Racing Victoria stewards concluded an inquiry into the reason jockey Arron Lynch fell from Red Crown near the 400m mark of a race at Yarra Valley on October 28 and found Marshall guilty… Read More »
Stewards will inspect a rain-soaked Doomben racecourse late on race eve but the Group Three George Moore Stakes meeting is in no danger. The Ipswich meeting on Friday was abandoned after the track was soaked by 80mm of rain in the past three days. Doomben course manager Jim Roberts said… Read More »
A race day track inspection will determine the fate of the Sandown meeting if the expected heavy rain forecast for Melbourne eventuates. Sandown track manager Tim Bailey says a decision on whether the meeting goes ahead will be determined following a 7am track inspection on Saturday. The Sandown track was… Read More »
Bjorn Baker will make a call on whether to prolong Redouble’s campaign after the gelding attempts his third successive win at Rosehill. The four-year-old, who was transferred to the Baker stable from Hawkes Racing last autumn, has the fifth start of this campaign in Saturday’s Boxing Day At Royal Randwick… Read More »
Trainer Paul Butterworth admits he breathed a sigh of relief when jockey Jim Byrne declared he would be OK to ride at Doomben. Byrne injured an ankle during the jump-outs on Tuesday and missed the Gold Coast meeting the following day. He is confident he will ride at Doomben on… Read More »
A Victorian trainer will front the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board over the alleged attempted race day treatment of two horses. Pakenham trainer Matthew Leek will front the RAD Board on December 21 on three charges following a visit from Racing Victoria’s Compliance Assurance Team before the Pakenham meeting on… Read More »
Mister Smartee will finally get to race in Sydney, two years after Chris Waller’s plans to buy the gelding were undone by a failed veterinary examination. The now three-year-old arrives at Rosehill – Waller’s training base in the city – via Port Macquarie, where he is among Tas Morton’s small… Read More »
The forecast for significant rain in Melbourne has prompted trainer Mike Moroney to send Milwaukee to Sydney to race at Rosehill. Milwaukee was scratched from a race at Ballarat last Saturday when the track was downgraded to heavy after rain on race day. The gelding is entered for the Schweppes… Read More »
Matthew Smith is savouring every moment with Palazzo Pubblico, realising this is probably her final season before she heads to the breeding barn. The Warwick Farm feared the mare could have been retired by owner Gerry Harvey before she turned six, but fortunately the retail baron opted to keep Palazzo… Read More »
West Australian apprentice Fred Kersley wants to make his own name in the tough world of thoroughbred racing. Kersley is the grandson of another Fred Kersley, a legend of harness racing in Western Australia and a successful thoroughbred trainer, most notably with multiple Group One winner Northerly. The young Kersley… Read More »
The positives are expected to outweigh the negatives for Monsieur Gustave as he chases his fourth straight stakes win. Monsieur Gustave picked up where he left off in the winter when he won the Listed Keith Noud Quality at Ipswich last week. It followed Listed wins in the Eye Liner… Read More »
