Brisbane sprinter Too Good To Refuse will be on trial for a trip to Melbourne when he resumes at Doomben. Too Good To Refuse hasn’t run since finishing 11th in the Glasshouse Quality at Caloundra in July and is now back with trainer Desleigh Forster at Eagle Farm after a… Read More »
Ben Melham is free to ride on Caulfield Guineas day after having the severity of a careless riding suspension reduced on appeal. Fellow jockey John Allen has also had a win on appeal against the severity of a careless riding ban and can ride on Saturday. Melham was banned for… Read More »
Amelie’s Star has not been given a weight penalty in Caulfield and Melbourne Cups for her victory in the Group Three Bart Cummings at Flemington. The Darren Weir-trained mare earned a ballot exemption into the Melbourne Cup on November 7 with her two-length victory in Saturday’s 2500m race and remains… Read More »
Glen Boss will ride the Willie Mullins-trained Riven Light in the Group One Caulfield Stakes which will determine the rest of Irish horse’s Australian spring campaign. Now based in Singapore, Boss has ridden 81 Group One winners in Australia including three Melbourne Cups on Makybe Diva. “We’ve got Glen Boss… Read More »
Racing at Armidale on the NSW Tablelands has been called of because of surface water on the track after heavy rain overnight. Monday’s postponement comes a day after the last four races at Coonamble in the Central West of the state had to be abandoned because of continuous rain during… Read More »
A day after claiming her 14th Group One win and taking her unbeaten sequence to 21, Winx has been officially crowned Australia’s champion racehorse for the second straight year. The award is for her achievements of last season which included her second Cox Plate with the mare’s next start to… Read More »
English Classic-winning jockey Jimmy Fortune is looking to the future after announcing his retirement ffrom a career spanning almost 30 years. As well as winning the St Leger at Doncaster on Lucarno for trainer John Gosden in 2007, Fortune won a host of other big races, including the 2008 Queen… Read More »
Hugh Bowman’s choice of a Melbourne Cup ride been whittled down following the announcement Ryan Moore will partner Red Cardinal at Flemington. It brings together the team that won the 2014 Melbourne Cup with Protectionist – trainer Andreas Wohler, owners Australian Bloodstock and Moore. Red Cardinal is in quarantine at… Read More »
Corey Brown has taken every opportunity to get to know the horse he hopes to partner to victory in the inaugural $10 million The Everest. Brown was given the nod last weekend to ride Golden Slipper winner She Will Reign in Saturday’s Everest (1200m) at Randwick and has been a… Read More »
Rosehill Guineas winner Gingernuts will not run in the Caulfield Cup with his schedule interrupted when a vital lead-up race in New Zealand was cancelled. He was to run in Saturday’s Group One Livamol Classic at Hastings but the meeting was called off after five races amid safety concerns on… Read More »
Two horses from the Irish stable of master trainer Aidan O’Brien are set to make their first Australian spring carnival appearances in the Group One Caulfield Stakes. Taj Mahal and Johannes Vermeer arrived at the Werribee quarantine centre eight days ago and are both scheduled to contest Saturday’s 2000m Caulfield… Read More »
Having watched Humidor get trounced by Winx in the Turnbull Stakes, trainer Darren Weir will test the horse in blinkers at trackwork before deciding if he wears them in the $3 million Caulfield Cup. Humidor won the Group One Makybe Diva Stakes the start before Saturday’s Turnbull but he was… Read More »
Royal Symphony will wear winkers in the $2 million Group One Caulfield Guineas as he bids to bounce back from his first defeat. The Tony McEvoy-trained colt won his first four starts in style to earn Guineas favouritism but the three-year-old had his colours lowered in the Prelude (1400m) last… Read More »
Lindsay Park senior trainer David Hayes has issued a warning not to dismiss the youngest member of his trio of runners in The Everest. Redkirk Warrior, Vega Magic and Tulip are part of the 12-horse field for the $10 million at Randwick on Saturday. Vega Magic is the most fancied… Read More »
Tough gelding Rudy is likely to chase a wild card into the Magic Millions series when he resumes in the next few weeks. Rudy became one of the few Queensland-trained horses to pass $1 million prize money when he won the Group Three Tattersall’s Cup at his most recent start… Read More »
A strong solo gallop by international visitor Kaspersky on the grass at Werribee has trainer Jane Chapple-Hyam looking forward to his Australian debut in the Toorak Handicap. The horse was given a solid hit-out on Sunday morning at the Werribee quarantine centre, working over 1400m under track rider Joe Berkely… Read More »
Ben Currie has set a Queensland record by training six winners and a second on the seven-event TAB Toowoomba card. Currie’s winners on Saturday evening were Island Sunset, Mishani Rainman, Amanat, Hot Talk, Apoloboom, and High Africane and his second was with Mishani La Scala. It was the second time… Read More »
Participants in Queensland’s three racing codes have been put on notice they face severe bans if they engage in match-fixing. Queensland Racing Integrity Commission boss Ross Barnett said harness driver Barton Cockburn, who pleaded guilty to match-fixing charges in the Magistrates Court last week, had been warned off for life…. Read More »
Roly Poly could head to the Breeders’ Cup after giving trainer Aidan O’Brien a 23rd Group One win this year with a typically gutsy performance in the Sun Chariot Stakes at Newmarket. Taking her personal Group One tally in 2017 to three, Roly Poly would not give in and kept… Read More »
Jockey Stephen Baster has completed a stakes race Flemington double with Pure Pride recording an impressive win. Baster won the opening race, the Listed Maribyrnong Trial Stakes on debutant Nomothaj before Pure Pride won the Listed Paris Lane Handicap. Pure Pride ($15) scored a two length win from Wyndspelle ($7)… Read More »
