Scott Jones, the secretary/manager of the Lismore Turf Club, has been hospitalised after an explosion at the racecourse. Racing NSW said Jones suffered burns in the incident on Thursday morning. The race meeting scheduled for Saturday has been moved to Casino. Gas cylinder exploded in kitchen area at Lismore races… Read More »
Queensland trainers are pushing for the Sunshine Coast track to have more top class races while Eagle Farm is closed. The Sunshine Coast’s Corbould Park and Brisbane’s Eagle Farm are by far the two biggest racetracks in the state. Eagle Farm has been closed for much of the past three… Read More »
Vastly improved gelding Monsieur Gustave has shown he will be the horse to beat in the big Queensland summer sprints, with his all-the-way win in the Keith Noud Quality at Ipswich. Apprentice Tiffani Brooker made it two rides for two wins on Monsieur Gustave ($5), who beat Upstart Pride ($11)… Read More »
Godolphin has unveiled another promising two-year-old, with Gongs following the example of stablemate Dynamited by starting her career in style. The filly displayed her inexperience when clattering into the running rail at the furlong but she brushed that aside and claimed a maiden (1100m) by 5-1/2 lengths at the Canterbury… Read More »
Caulfield-based trainer Gerard Moloney had made up his mind that Taddei Tondo had run his last race. That was Monday morning, before final acceptances closed for Wednesday’s Sandown meeting. But with the deadline extended for the Le Pine Funerals Handicap because of a small field, Moloney had a rethink. In… Read More »
Mr Garcia is a new addition to Darren Weir’s stable and the favourite to give Victoria’s premier trainer his second Ballarat Cup and apprentice Ben Allen his first. The imported gelding made an immediate impression in Australia, winning an 1800m benchmark race at Flemington during the recent Melbourne Cup carnival… Read More »
Co-trainer Wayne Hawkes has higher hopes for a pair of three-year-olds that provided the stable with a midweek double at Sandown. Hawkes, who trains in partnership with his father John and brother Michael, says Sinjaree, winner of Wednesday’s Moorookyle Park Plate and Echo Jet, victor of the Chandler MacLeod Handicap,… Read More »
The stoic connections of Doukhan have been rewarded again as the injury-hampered Irish stayer recorded back-to-back wins for the first time. Plagued by tendon injuries after he relocated to Kris Lees’ Newcastle stable from France in 2014, Doukhan has made the most of his latest preparation with victories at Randwick… Read More »
More than 700 juveniles remain paid up for this season’s Group One Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield after first acceptances for Victoria’s biggest two-year-old race. The $1.5 million Blue Diamond in February attracted 1470 nominations in July and 706 horses remain for the 1200m race. The number of entries is… Read More »
Matt Cumani is thrilled all three of his entrants have made the Magic Millions 2YO Clockwise Classic field but the trainer is lamenting the barrier draw for one of his hopefuls. Cumani will saddle up Akkadian, Malawi Gold and Anthemoessa in Saturday’s $200,000 Magic Millions 2YO Clockwise Classic for juveniles… Read More »
Premier trainer Tony Gollan predicts bigger things to come for his apprentice and one of his first starters after they gave him an early double at Ipswich. Gollan’s apprentice Zoe White continued her recent good form when she steered his mare Prue’s Angel ($3.50) to win a class two (1020m)… Read More »
It’s no longer a case of the master versus apprentice for Frank and Joe Cleary at Rosehill. Yet a rare trip to Sydney for the Queanbeyan trainers will still be an experience to savour. Father and son would have been pitted against each other in the Country Classic (2000m) on… Read More »
Test The World approaches her third preparation with the challenge of proving she is capable of racing above benchmark level. Trainer Bjorn Baker has not yet set the bar particularly high for the four-year-old mare but Test The World has a point to prove at Rosehill on Saturday. She has… Read More »
The home of the Cox Plate is set for a revamp after the 100th running of the famous race. The Moonee Valley track will be rebuilt and reoriented and a new grandstand will be constructed following the 2020 Group One event. The plans are part of a $2 billion vision… Read More »
The Peter and Paul Snowden training partnership hope to kick off their annual Queensland summer campaign with a stakes win at Doomben. The Snowdens will have Gold Symphony, who is resuming from a spell, in the Listed Recognition Stakes on Saturday. Peter was a regular visitor to Queensland for the… Read More »
Champion Irish jumps jockey Ruby Walsh is confident he will be fit to ride at the Cheltenham Festival. Walsh broke his leg in a fall at Punchestown on Sunday but has the Cheltenham meeting in March in his sights. “Hopefully it will heal quickly,” Walsh told Racing UK. “A broken… Read More »
Australian horse Boom Time continues to please his connections as he prepares to compete on the international stage in the Japan Cup. The Caulfield Cup winner, who is trained by David and Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig, had a serious hit-out on Tuesday morning on the turf at Tokyo Racecourse…. Read More »
Gold Coast trainer Angela Plumb is looking forward to bringing her first runner to Sydney, but plans to start Sugar Sizzle at Rosehill are subject to change. Plumb will make a call whether the only two-year-old in her stable runs in the $150,000 Golden Gift (1100m) on Saturday when acceptances… Read More »
Tasmania is set to host the first Australian Female Jockey Championship under lights at Launceston later this season. The event, to be held on March 7 next year, will feature two female jockeys from each state and one representing the Northern Territory in a four-race competition at the night meeting…. Read More »
Jamie Walter’s Proven Thoroughbreds has secured naming rights to the Group Two Guy Walter Stakes named in honour of his late brother. A multiple winning trainer, Guy Walter died suddenly in May 2014. The following year the Australian Turf Club renamed the Wiggle Stakes to recognise Walter’s contribution to NSW… Read More »
