Jason Coyle is hoping a change of tempo can enhance the hopes of Salsonic, adding to his Queensland Guineas success before a crack at the Villiers Stakes. The four-year-old gelding ended his previous preparation on a high with a last-to-first win in the Group Two Guineas at Doomben in June,… Read More »
Scone trainer Rodney Northam will let the weather decide whether he heads to Brisbane or Sydney with top sprinter Big Money. Big Money has been accepted for Saturday’s Group Three George Moore Stakes (1200m) at Doomben and the Listed Starlight Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill. Northam said he would prefer to… Read More »
Top Brisbane jockey Jim Byrne is expected to be fit to ride at Doomben after missing the Gold Coast meeting because of an ankle injury. Byrne was taken to hospital for X-rays after a horse whirled around and dumped him on the way to the barriers at jump-outs on Tuesday…. Read More »
Sir Patrick Hogan has confirmed the sale of his famous Cambridge Stud. New Zealand’s iconic thoroughbred nursery will remain in local hands after being sold to Auckland couple Brendan and Jo Lindsay. The stud was home to Sir Tristram and his son Zabeel who sired eight Melbourne Cups between them…. Read More »
Brett Cavanough is happily devoting more quality time to The Monstar and his growing band of stablemates since convincing former trainer Kerry Jordan to lend a helping hand. Jordan joined the Scone trainer as racing manager a fortnight ago, having previously worked with Racing NSW since 2009. “Kerry’s doing the… Read More »
The Chris Waller-trained Performer is the $8 favourite in first markets to give Sydney’s premier trainer his first win in the $3.5 million Golden Slipper. Waller has only had a handful of Slipper runners and Performer is one of the few he has had up and running early, winning the… Read More »
UK apprentice Joshua Bryan is following in the footsteps of Oisin Murphy and Kieran Shoemark with a riding stint in Melbourne with trainer Danny O’Brien during the Australian summer. Murphy and Shoemark were indentured to Andrew Balding in England and had Melbourne stints with the O’Brien stable during the northern… Read More »
David Payne will be back where it all began at his adopted home, Rosehill, when Reagan and Toulouse make their racing debuts. South Africa-born Payne focused on two-year-olds when he first moved to Sydney in 2002 and newcomers will be his priority on Saturday when the colts line up in… Read More »
The Kilmore Cup will not be rescheduled after having to be abandoned along with seven other races because of torrential rain and thunderstorms. Sunday’s meeting, which featured the Listed Kilmore Cup (1600m), was called off after one race. Racing Victoria’s racing operations manager, Paul Bloodworth, said over 80 per cent… Read More »
A $1 million race at the Magic Millions meeting at the Gold Coast is the main summer target for the Danny O’Brien-trained Toffee Nose who will continue her path when she steps up in distance at Sandown. Toffee Nose was unplaced in her first-up run this preparation but O’Brien is… Read More »
The prognosis is good for injured Lismore Turf Club manager Scott Jones as he continues treatment after an explosion at the racecourse, says the deputy chairman of the club. Jones suffered burns to 45 per cent of his body in a gas explosion on Thursday morning at the Lismore racecourse… Read More »
Fred and Irene Cowell are hoping to roll back the years over summer with the best horse they’ve ever had. Mighty Lucky provided the highlight of the Gosford husband and wife’s long-standing association with racing two years ago when he won the Festival Stakes and Summer Cup. He won the… Read More »
Newly crowned top jockey of the year Hugh Bowman says he has to pinch himself when he thinks of his achievements with champion Winx. Have Your Say 🗣: Do you think Hugh Bowman is the Worlds Best Jockey? – Leave a comment below Australia’s Bowman secured the title of the… Read More »
Apprentice Tahlia Hope has appealed the severity of a two-week suspension for weighing in overweight after a race on Ballarat Cup day. Hope was suspended for a total of 16 meetings – five metropolitan and 11 provincial meetings – after pleading guilty to weighing in more than 0.5kg above her… Read More »
Top jockey Jim Byrne is unlikely to ride at the Gold Coast meeting after injuring an ankle at jump-outs at Doomben. Byrne was hurt on Tuesday morning and taken to hospital for X-rays. His manger Cameron Partington said it appeared Byrne had sprained an ankle and he had been in… Read More »
Trainer Simon Morrish’s work with OTI horses during Matt Cumani’s enforced break has led to him training French import Fastnet Cyclone. The stayer runs in Wednesday’s Ladbrokes Handicap at Sandown after making his Australian debut earlier this month. Cumani was suspended for failing to report a strangles outbreak last year… Read More »
The Queensland Racing Integrity commissioner has taken the unusual step of issuing a statement refuting rumours a Toowoomba steward is under investigation for his association with a trainer. The rumour has been repeated on several websites and in social media in the past fortnight. In a release sent to all… Read More »
Jockeys Jarrod Fry and Jack Martin have been released from hospital with relatively minor injuries after a fall at Hamilton. Apprentice Martin fared the worst in Monday’s fall with a dislocated shoulder while Fry has soft tissue damage to an ankle. Victorian Jockeys’ Association chief executive Matt Hyland said Martin… Read More »
Racing Victoria stewards will not be issuing charges against four trainers who had horses return positive tests to arsenic. Stephen Theodore, Gareth Andrews, Kelvin Southey and Shae Reynolds all had horses horses return arsenic levels above the 0.30 milligrams per litre of urine threshold following races between May and August… Read More »
Two jockeys have been taken to hospital following a race fall at Hamilton. Jarrod Fry and apprentice Jack Martin were taken to the local hospital for X-rays following their falls in the WDEA Handicap. Riding Volontiers, Martin was the first to fall with Fry aboard Honest John coming down over… Read More »
