Michael Lunn embraces life as a country trainer, but with an untapped two-year-old in his small Dubbo stable a trip to Sydney is inevitable. Lunn spent more than a decade in the high-pressure surroundings of metropolitan training at Warwick Farm as foreman for Vic Thompson. He experienced highs like Procol… Read More »
Grey Lion has been getting closer to his first Australian win in recent starts and trainer Matt Cumani is hoping the imported stayer can achieve it on his home track in the Ballarat Cup. Cumani believes Grey Lion has continued to improve this spring as he prepares for his seventh… Read More »
The team behind champion racehorse Winx is open to the mare going for a record fourth Cox Plate, but also concerned how racing overseas could affect her preparation. Part-owner Peter Tighe says running in the Cox Plate in October depends on whether or not Winx races overseas at Royal Ascot… Read More »
Michael Freedman’s move to Hong Kong has led to Edward O’Rourke scanning for his own talent at the Karaka sales in New Zealand this week. The Irishman had anticipated working for another trainer once Freedman relocated earlier this year but, at the urgings of his former employer, O’Rourke secured his… Read More »
Trainer Shea Eden believes Alsvin is still a work in progress but is ready to take the next step when he makes his city debut at Sandown. The three-year-old will have his second start on Wednesday in the Chandler Macleod Handicap (1200m) after winning an 1100m-maiden at Sale on October… Read More »
Pentire, the sire of Melbourne Cup winner Prince Of Penzance, has died at Rich Hill Stud in New Zealand. The 25-year-old stallion was taken ill on Monday, and died after surgery for an intestinal tumour. “He was 25, but I thought he was going to live forever. He was still… Read More »
Former Racing Victoria chairman David Moodie was denied natural justice in findings that he inappropriately disclosed information during a cobalt investigation, a judge has ruled. Victorian Supreme Court Justice Kevin Bell found racing integrity commissioner Sal Perna failed to ensure a reasonable apprehension of bias did not arise in his… Read More »
Contracted Hong Kong jockeys are to be restricted in the number of overseas meetings they can attend. The HK Jockey Club says jockeys will only be given permission to ride at meetings where the Group One races are among the top 100 listed by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities…. Read More »
The quarantine order on two of Victorian trainer George Osborne stables has been lifted but a third remains classified as an infected place following a strangles case. The confirmed case was in a horse at Glenfern Park, Osborne’s pre-training facility at Romsey north of Melbourne. Osborne’s two Kyneton stables, one… Read More »
Leviathan owner Lloyd Williams will be interviewed by Victorian racing authorities over comments he made indicating he is the head trainer at Macedon Lodge. Williams, who won his sixth Melbourne Cup with Rekindling earlier this month, said in an interview with Sydney’s Sky Sports Radio he was in charge of… Read More »
Former Racing Victoria chairman David Moodie wants a judge to quash a finding that he leaked information during cobalt investigations. Victorian Supreme Court Justice Kevin Bell will hand down his decision in the racehorse owner and breeder’s judicial review on Tuesday. Moodie wants the judge to overturn Victorian racing integrity… Read More »
Seven horses trained in the eastern states of Australia feature among a full field of 16 plus four emergencies for the $1 million Group One Railway Stakes in Perth. Field 🏇: View the Railway Stakes Field Multiple Group One winner Black Heart Bart, who began his career in Western Australia… Read More »
New Racing Victoria chairman Brian Kruger says the the old board has left racing in Victoria in a strong financial state with a strong platform to build on, but noted there were challenges ahead. Speaking after the RV annual general meeting which delivered positive financial results for the Victorian racing… Read More »
Adelaide filly La Pomme De Pin is on target to make her mark in the Magic Millions 2YO Clockwise Classic at Ballarat after having her credentials enhanced by the result of the Merson Cooper Stakes at Sandown. La Pomme De Pin made her debut in a 1000m-race for two-year-olds in… Read More »
Clarry Conners has trained the winners of four Golden Slippers but is always on the look-out for the next one. He’s not sure if Capitulate will get there in March but he is keen to see what he can do this weekend. The colt is one of 10 entries taken… Read More »
New Zealand trainer Roger James will discuss with the owners of Von Tunzelman whether the gelding has another spring start in Victoria in the Ballarat Cup on a seven-day back-up. James has nominated Von Tunzelman for Saturday’s $300,000 Listed Ballarat Cup over 2200m after his fifth in the Group Three… Read More »
Viddora has been knocking on the door of a Group One win and gets her next chance in the $1 million Winterbottom Stakes in Perth. The Lloyd Kennewell-trained Viddora was among a host of horses who arrived in Perth on a flight from Melbourne on Monday morning ahead of Group… Read More »
Sydney trainer Gary Moore will travel to Victoria to try to qualify Paquirri for the $2 million Magic Millions Classic at the Gold Coast. Moore has opted to run the colt in Saturday’s Magic Millions 2YO Clockwise Classic (1000m), a race designed to give Victorian horses experience in the right-handed… Read More »
A new look Too Good To Refuse will make his return to racing in the Listed Recognition Stakes at Doomben. Trainer and part-owner Desleigh Forster has finally made the decision to have Too Good To Refuse gelded after tossing it about for months. “I have felt for some time that… Read More »
John Sadler is adamant Observational has never been treated outside the rules of racing despite an inquiry into the horse’s elevated bicarb level and the trainer has sent him to Perth as scheduled for Group One races. Sadler is facing two inquiries stemming from Observational’s scratching by Racing Victoria stewards… Read More »
